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"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (sometimes titled as "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress") is a song by American songwriter Jimmy Webb. It has become a much-recorded standard, without ever having charted as a single. Webb appropriated the title from the 1966 science fiction novel ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' by Robert A. Heinlein.〔 The song is especially associated with Glen Campbell, who performed the song on his farewell tour, Judy Collins, and Joe Cocker, who first recorded the song in 1974. The song is commonly presented in the key of G (to B♭). The song structure consists of three seven-line verses and a two-line coda. The first two verses have a rhyme scheme of AABACDC. The third verse modulates three half steps (from G to Bb), with the rhyme scheme altered to ABABCDC, and the coda repeating the DC. The time signature of the song is common time with the lines introduced between the second and third beat. In a 2009 interview with Lisa Torem for ''Penny Black Music'', Jimmy Webb talked about the influence of Robert Heinlein and the song's title: Since Joe Cocker's first recording of the song in 1974, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" has been recorded by a variety of artists, from traditional renditions by female singers such as Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez, to versions by male singers such as Joe Cocker, Glen Campbell, and Michael Feinstein. Webb recorded the song twice, in 1977 for his ''El Mirage'' album, and again in 1996 for his ''Ten Easy Pieces'' album. The song has attracted a wide range of artists, including the Norwegian singer Radka Toneff, who recorded the song on her 1982 album ''Fairytales'', which in a 2011 poll of Norwegian musicians was voted the best Norwegian album ever. Various instrumental versions have also been recorded, including the 1997 version by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny on the album ''Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)'', which won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group. ==Recorded versions== * Joe Cocker on his album ''I Can Stand a Little Rain'' (1974) * Glen Campbell on his album ''Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb'' (1974) * Judy Collins on her album ''Judith'' (1975) * Jeannie Lewis on her album ''Tears of Steel & the Clowning Calaveras'' (1975) * Jimmy Webb on his album ''El Mirage'' (1977) * Erick Nelson and Michele Pillar on their album ''The Misfit'' (1979) * Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz on the album ''Fairytales'' (1982) * Linda Ronstadt on her album ''Get Closer'' (1982) * Joan Baez on her album ''Recently'' (1987) * Jimmy Webb on his album ''Ten Easy Pieces'' (1996) * Christine Andreas on her album ''Love is Good'' (1997) * Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden on their Jazz album ''Beyond The Missouri Sky'' (1997) * Sheila Jordan on her album ''Jazz Child'' (1999) * Kassie DePaiva on her album ''Naked'' (2000) * Tom Wopat on his album ''In the Still of the Night'' (2000) * Youn Sun Nah on her album ''Reflect'' (2001) * Grażyna Auguścik on her album ''The River'' (2001) * Jimmy LaFave on his album ''Texoma'' (2001) * The Walker Brothers on their compilation album ''If You Could Hear Me Now'' (2001) * Michael Feinstein on his album ''Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb'' (2003) * Karrin Allyson on her album ''Wild for You'' (2004) * Tone Damli on her album ''Bliss'' (2005) * Renee Fleming on her album ''Haunted Heart'' (2005) * Larry Norman on his live album ''Live at the Elsinore'' (2005) * Doug Parkinson on his album ''Somewhere After Midnight'' (2005) * Albert Lee on his album ''Road Runner'' (2006) * Aleksandra & the Belgian Sweets on their album ''Island Girl'' (2008) * Maureen McGovern on her album ''A Long and Winding Road'' (2008) * Andrew W.K. on NPR Music's "(Tiny Desk Concerts )" series (2009) * Lisa Kelly of Celtic Woman on their album ''Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart'' (2010) * Rumer on a 2010 iTunes EP including the hit ''Slow'' (2010) * Nick Haywood Quartet on their album ''1234'' (2011) * Nils Landgren on his album ''The Moon, the Stars, and You'' (2011) * Silje Nergaard on her album ''Unclouded'' (2012) * Josh Groban on his album ''All That Echoes'' (2013) * John Hollenbeck on his album ''Songs I Like a Lot'' (2013) * Sam Tsui during Shelton High 's pre-recorded live segment on New Year's Eve with Kurt Hugo Schneider (2013) * Rita Marcotulli & Luciano Biondini on their album ''La strada invisibile'' (2014) 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 Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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