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"Tea in the Sahara" is a song by the British new wave band The Police. Written by Sting, the song appeared on the band's final album, ''Synchronicity''. It was written about the Paul Bowles novel ''The Sheltering Sky''. A live version of "Tea in the Sahara" appeared as the B-side to "King of Pain" in Britain and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" in America. ==Background== The lyrics of "Tea in the Sahara" were inspired by the Paul Bowles book ''The Sheltering Sky,'' titled ''Un thé au Sahara''/''Un tè nel Sahara'' (translating to ''Tea in the Sahara'') in France/Italy, in which three sisters wait for a prince to join them for tea in the Sahara Desert, but the prince never returns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sting.com/discography/index/ablum/albumId/164/tagName/Singles+(The+Police) )〕 Sting was a fan of the novel, and based the lyrics of the song on the story.〔 Guitarist Andy Summers, who claimed to have been the one who gave Sting ''The Sheltering Sky'', used a special technique in recording his guitar part for the song, involving turning the guitar up to near-feedback levels and "wobbling" it.〔 Despite Sting's affection for the song, he has since claimed that the track was too fast.〔 He said in 1993, "I've always loved the song. There's so much space in it. But I think we played it too fast on the album and live."〔 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「Tea in the Sahara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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