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"I Don't Care Anymore" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the B-side to the lead single from his 1974 album ''Dark Horse''. The A-side was "Dark Horse" in the majority of countries internationally and "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" elsewhere, including the United Kingdom. It is one of Harrison's relatively rare compositions in the country music genre and, equally unusual among his 1970s releases, the recording is a solo performance by him. Harrison wrote "I Don't Care Anymore" during a period of personal upheaval, with the end of his marriage to Pattie Boyd. The song is a love song, in which he express his desire for a woman who appears to be married. Harrison recorded the track in Los Angeles in October 1974, in a single take. His hoarse vocals reflect the onset of laryngitis as he rushed to complete his album while rehearsing for a North American tour. Several commentators hold the song in low regard, finding the literal message in the title mirrored in Harrison's overly casual performance. Along with "Deep Blue" and "Miss O'Dell", "I Don't Care Anymore" was one of three non-album B-sides issued by the artist during the 1970s. Having been unavailable officially for 40 years after its initial release, the song was included as a bonus track on the 2014 ''Apple Years 1968–75'' reissue of ''Dark Horse''. ==Background and composition== "I Don't Care Anymore" is one of the relatively few George Harrison compositions released before 1980 that he does not discuss in his autobiography, ''I, Me, Mine''.〔Spizer, p. 260.〕 Authors Ian Inglis and Dale Allison identify it as a song expressing lust for a married woman,〔〔 written during a period when Harrison was romantically linked to, variously, Krissy Wood (wife of guitarist Ron Wood),〔Wood, p. 147.〕 Maureen Starkey (ex-bandmate Ringo Starr's wife)〔Pattie Boyd, ("Pattie Boyd: 'My hellish love triangle with George and Eric' – Part Two" ), ''Daily Mail'', 4 August 2007 (retrieved 20 December 2012).〕〔O'Dell, pp. 258–59, 263–64.〕 and English model Kathy Simmons.〔Clayson, p. 329.〕〔Badman, pp. 129, 135.〕 When discussing another song from 1974, "Simply Shady", Harrison later referred to this time as "a bit of a bender",〔Mick Brown, ("A Conversation With George Harrison" ), ''Rolling Stone'', 19 April 1979 (retrieved 8 June 2015).〕 while his marriage to Pattie Boyd finally fell apart.〔〔Doggett, p. 225.〕 Musically, according to Inglis, "I Don't Care Anymore" is an example of the "synthesis of jug band, skiffle, and country traditions" that Harrison had grasped via influences such as Bob Dylan, the Band, Lonnie Donegan, David Bromberg and the Lovin' Spoonful.〔Inglis, p. 49.〕 Author Bruce Spizer views the song as Dylan-influenced in its musical arrangement, like Harrison's 1973 B-side "Miss O'Dell", but describes the chord sequence as "pure Harrison".〔 On the released recording, "I Don't Care Anymore" begins with Harrison speaking in a deep growl.〔Leng, p. 158.〕 These opening words – "''Two old cowpoke went riding out one cold December day''"〔 – are a reference to Stan Jones's 1948 song "Riders in the Sky".〔Kevin Howlett's liner notes, ''Dark Horse'' CD booklet (Apple Records, 2014; produced by George Harrison), p. 6.〕 The casual nature of the performance is further reflected in Harrison's spoken introduction before the first verse:〔 "''Okay, here we go, folks / Got a B-side to make, ladies and gentlemen …''"〔 In the verses, he states a willingness to "''kick down anybody's door''" in order to pursue his adulterous affair.〔〔Allison, p. 145.〕 Inglis notes a rare "wistfulness" in the lines "''There's a line that I can draw / That often leaves me wanting more''", which appear in the middle-eight.〔 Harrison's musical biographer, Simon Leng, considers that the song recalls the "teenage preoccupations" of Harrison's Beatles-era compositions "Don't Bother Me" and "I Need You", but he adds: "The difference is that this time there's a menacing undercurrent of aggression and just a hint of one drink too many."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Don't Care Anymore (George Harrison song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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