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"Something in the Way She Moves" is a song written by James Taylor that appeared on his 1968 debut album for Apple Records, ''James Taylor''. It has also been covered by other artists, including Tom Rush and Harry Belafonte. The opening line inspired George Harrison to write the #1 Beatles' song "Something." According to James Taylor's stage banter at the Apollo Theater on June 16, 2015, this was the song he played for Paul McCartney as an audition before signing with Apple Records. ==James Taylor version== "Something in the Way She Moves" is a romantic song. ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' critic Jon Landau regards the song as being about "transcendence of a sort."〔 Taylor plays the song accompanied only by acoustic guitar. Author Barry Alan Farber used "Something in the Way She Moves" as one of his favorite songs on the theme of love that "both comforts and strengthens." He particularly notes the lines: :''It isn't what she's got to say :''But how she thinks and where she's been :''To me, the words are nice, the way they sound With these lines, Taylor shows awareness, rare in songs, that part of what is soothing about his lover is the quality of her voice.〔 Farber speculates that what is appealing is that it may remind Taylor of his mother's voice, so that Taylor is being soothed by recalling being taken care of as a youth.〔 Farber also highlights the lines: :''Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning :''And I find myself careening :''Into places where I should not let me go. as effectively expressing a feeling many people have of "being scared of not being anchored sufficiently well in the world."〔 Allmusic critic Linsday Planer regards "Something in the Way She Moves" as one of the "notable inclusions" on the ''James Taylor'' album. Fellow Allmusic critic David R. Adler described it as "one of Taylor's finest melodies".〔 ''Rolling Stone Album Guide'' critic Mark Coleman agrees that it is a "highlight" of ''James Taylor'', describing the song as "winsome" and predicting the path Taylor would take in future recordings. Taylor biographer Timothy White describes it as being "unquestionably Taylor's finest performance" on ''James Taylor''. White described it as "spare in presentation" and "poignant on its own elegant terms."〔 ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' critic Jon Landau believes that the spare performance and Taylor's "restrained delivery" add to the song's power, as Taylor "lets the melody, lyric, guitar, and voice speak for themselves."〔 Martin Charles Strong describes it as being a "memorable original" and one that "marked Taylor out as a kind of male Joni Mitchell, if not quite as adventurous." Taylor included "Something in the Way She Moves" on his 1976 ''Greatest Hits'' but, as with "Carolina in My Mind," also from ''James Taylor'', he had to re-record the song due to rights issues. It was also included on the 2003 compilation album ''The Best of James Taylor''. A live version was included on Taylor's and Carole King's live album ''Live at the Troubadour''. A solo live version leads off Taylor's album ''One Man Band''. 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「Something in the Way She Moves」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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