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"The '59 Sound" is a 2008 song by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem. Written by the band and produced by Ted Hutt, it is the title track of the band's second full-length album. Released as the album's lead single, the song reached the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in early 2009. The song, which received mostly favorable reviews from critics, was performed live by the band with Bruce Springsteen at the Glastonbury and Hard Rock Calling festivals in June 2009. ==Background== "The '59 Sound" was the first song written by singer-songwriter-guitarist〔 〕 Brian Fallon for the band's 2008 album, also titled ''The '59 Sound''.〔 〕 Fallon recalled, "I never wrote a song like that before. And I thought it was better than anything else I ever wrote. I showed it to the guys (the band ) and they thought it was awesome. Then the next one was "Great Expectations" and we definitely knew where we were going with (album )."〔 Fallon said the band had tried to emulate the sound of soul music from the late 1950s, because "back then it seemed like there was a genuine feeling of excitement going on that I don’t think is necessarily happening right now. It seems like when you look back on that era a lot of it is embodied in that Memphis sound, so it’s just a giant celebratory thing."〔 〕 Bassist Alex Levine noted that in addition to being inspired by soul music, he used to use a 1959 Fender Bassman.〔 〕 Lyrically, the song is an elegy for a friend who died while the band was elsewhere performing a gig.〔 〕〔 〕 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「The '59 Sound (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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