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}} "Sloop John B" is a traditional folk song from The Bahamas, "The John B. Sails", which was included in Carl Sandburg's 1927 collection of folk songs, ''The American Songbag''. It is best known as a recording by the Beach Boys—the seventh track on their 1966 album ''Pet Sounds''. Brian Wilson sang, produced, and arranged the Beach Boys' recording. Released as an A-sided single two months before ''Pet Sounds'', it peaked at number 3 in the US and number 2 in the UK. In several other countries, the single was a number one hit. The group's folk rock adaptation of "Sloop John B" was ranked #271 on ''Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ==Arrangement== The Kingston Trio's 1958 recording of "The John B. Sails" recorded under the title "The Wreck of the John B" was the direct influence on the Beach Boys' version. The Beach Boys' Al Jardine, who was a keen folk music fan, suggested to Brian Wilson that the Beach Boys should do a cover version of "Sloop John B". As Jardine explains: :"Brian was at the piano. I asked him if I could sit down and show him something. I laid out the chord pattern for 'Sloop John B.' I said, 'Remember this song?' I played it. He said, 'I'm not a big fan of the Kingston Trio.' He wasn't into folk music. But I didn't give up on the idea. So what I did was to sit down and play it for him in the Beach Boys idiom. I figured if I gave it to him in the right light, he might end up believing in it. So I modified the chord changes so it would be a little more interesting. The original song is basically a three-chord song, and I knew that wouldn't fly. So I put some minor changes in there, and it stretched out the possibilities from a vocal point of view. Anyway, I played it, walked away from the piano and we went back to work. The very next day, I got a phone call to come down to the studio. Brian played the song for me, and I was blown away. The idea stage to the completed track took less than 24 hours."〔''The Pet Sounds Sessions'': "The Making Of ''Pet Sounds''" booklet, pg. 25-26〕 Working in the key of A-flat major, Jardine updated the chord progression by having the IV (D♭ major) move to its relative minor (B♭ minor) before returning to the tonic (A♭ major), altering a portion of the song's progression from IV — I to IV — ii — I. This device is heard immediately after the lyric "''into a fight''" and "''leave me alone''". Wilson elected to change some lyrics: "''this is the worst trip since I've been born''" to "''this is the worst trip I've ever been on''", "''I feel so break up''" to "''I feel so broke up''", and "''broke into the people's trunk''" to "''broke in the captain's trunk''". The first lyric change has been suggested by some to be a subtle nod to the 1960s psychedelia subculture.〔 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「Sloop John B」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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