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"Love You To" is a song by the Beatles from their 1966 album ''Revolver''. It is sung and written by George Harrison and features Indian instrumentation such as sitar and tabla. "Love You To" was the first Beatles song to fully reflect the influence of Indian classical music, following Harrison's sitar playing on "Norwegian Wood" in 1965. The recording features minimal participation from Harrison's bandmates; instead, he created the track with tabla player Anil Bhagwat and other Indian musicians from the Asian Music Circle in London. Harrison wrote the composition partly as a love song to his wife, Pattie Boyd. The lyrics also incorporate philosophical themes inspired by his experimentation with the hallucinogenic drug LSD. For musical inspiration, Harrison drew from the work of master sitarist Ravi Shankar, who became his sitar tutor shortly after the song's recording. "Love You To" has been hailed by musicologists and critics as groundbreaking in its presentation of a non-Western musical form to rock audiences, particularly with regard to authenticity and avoidance of parody. As such, the song introduced listeners of contemporary pop music to a genre and culture that Harrison would promote for the rest of his career. Ronnie Montrose, Bongwater, Jim James and Cornershop are among the artists who have covered "Love You To". ==Background and inspiration== Having added sitar accompaniment to the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" in October 1965, George Harrison wrote "Love You To" as a way to showcase the instrument. He said that the composition was also designed to feature the tabla, a pair of Indian hand drums, for the first time. Music critic Richie Unterberger describes the song as the Beatles' "first all-out excursion" in raga rock, a genre that author Nicholas Schaffner says was "launched" by Harrison's use of sitar on "Norwegian Wood". Harrison wrote the song in early 1966 while the Beatles were enjoying an unusually long period free of professional commitments, due to their inability to find a suitable film project. He used the available time to further explore his interest in Indian classical music and the sitar, which, journalist Maureen Cleave noted in a contemporary article, "has given new meaning to () life".〔 Available at (Rock's Backpages ) (subscription required).〕 Harrison's activities included receiving sitar tuition from an Indian musician at the Asian Music Circle (AMC) in north London, where he also attended music recitals, and seeing Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar perform at the Royal Festival Hall.〔 As reflected in "Love You To", Harrison continued to immerse himself in recordings by Shankar, who, when the pair met at the AMC's headquarters in June 1966, would agree to take Harrison as his student. As he seldom had titles for his songs, the working title for the new composition was "Granny Smith". The song was partly inspired by Harrison's experimentation with the hallucinogenic drug LSD, which he credited as a catalyst for increased awareness and his interest in Eastern philosophical concepts. Author Ian MacDonald views the subject matter of "Love You To" as "part philosophical" and "part love-song" to Pattie Boyd, the English model whom Harrison married in January 1966. 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「Love You To」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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