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"John the Revelator" is a traditional gospel blues call and response song.〔Sleeve notes from ''Dark Was the Night'' by Blind Willie Johnson, Columbia/Mojo Working Blues 1998〕 Music critic Thomas Ward describes it as "one of the most powerful songs in all of pre-war acoustic music ... () has been hugely influential to blues performers".〔 〕 American gospel-blues musician Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" in 1930 and subsequently a variety of artists have recorded their renditions of the song, often with variations in the verses and music. The song's title refers to John of Patmos (or traditionally John the Apostle) in his role as the author of the Book of Revelation. A portion of that book focuses on the opening of seven seals and the resulting apocalyptic events. In its various versions, the song quotes several passages from the Bible in the tradition of American spirituals. ==Blind Willie Johnson version== Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" during his fifth and final recording session for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia on April 20, 1930. Accompanying Johnson on vocal and guitar is Willie B. Harris (sometimes identified as his first wife), who sings the response parts of the song. Their vocals add a "sense of dread and foreboding" to the song, along with the chorus line "Who's that a writin', John the Revelator" "repeated like a mantra".〔 Johnson's lyrics reference a number of passages from the Bible: :() Well who's that writin'? () John the Revelator〔Revelation 1:1-3 ''The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.''〕 :Who's that writin'? John the Revelator :Who's that writin'? John the Revelator :A book of the seven seals〔Revelation 5:1 ''And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.''〕 :() Tell me what's John writin'? () Ask the Revelator :What's John writin'? Ask the Revelator :What's John writin'? Ask the Revelator :A book of the seven seals :Well who art worthy, thousands cried holy〔Revelation 4:8 ''And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.''〕 :Bound for some, Son of our God〔Luke 1:35 ''And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.''〕 :Daughter of Zion, Judah the Lion〔Revelation 5:5 ''And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.''〕 :He redeemeth, and bought us with his blood〔Acts 20:28 ''Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.''〕 :(verses 1 & 2 ) :John the Revelator, great advocator〔1 John 2:1 ''My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.''〕 :Get's 'em on the battle of Zion :Lord, tellin' the story, risin' in glory :Cried, "Lord, don't you love some I" :(verses 1 & 2 ) :Well Moses to Moses, watchin' the flock〔Exodus 3:1 ''Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.''〕 :Saw the bush where they had to stop〔Exodus 3:2 ''And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.''〕 :God told Moses, "Pull off your shoes"〔Exodus 3:4-5 ''And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.''〕 :Out of the flock, well you I choose〔Exodus 3:10 ''Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.''〕 :(verses 1 & 2 ) The song was released as one of the last singles by Johnson and is included on numerous compilations, including the 1952 ''Anthology of American Folk Music''.〔〔(Keefer, Jane. Folk Music - An Index to Recorded Resources )〕〔(''Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 2: Social Music'' )〕 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「John the Revelator (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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