Tighten Up
歌詞:
[English]
Hi everybody. I'm Archie Drell and the Drells from Houston, Texas. We don't
Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk. In Houston we just started a
New dance called the Tighten Up. This is the music we tighten up to.
First tighten up on the drums. Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten
It up for me now. oh yeah
Tighten up on that bass now. Tighten it up. ha ha Yeah
Now let that guitar fall in. Oh yeah
Tighten up on that organ now.
Ya, do the tighten up. Yeah now.
I said if you can do it now,
It sure would be tough.
Now look here. Come on now. Make it mellow.
Let's tighten up now. Do the tighten up.
Everybody can do it now. So let's do it.
We're gonna tighten up. Let's do the tighten up.
You can do it now. So baby get to it.
Let's do your left now. Let's do your right.
You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.
Come on and tighten up. Tighten it up now.
Come on now drum. Tighten it up.
Tighten up that bass. Oh yeah
Now look here. I want that guitar to fall in on that.
Tighten it up now. Oh yeah
Now tighten it up organ.
There everybody, tighten it up.
Now look here. We gonna make it mellow for ya now.
We gonna make it mellow now.
Tighten up. You can tighten up.
この曲の語彙:
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dance /dæns/ A1 |
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walk /wɔːk/ A1 |
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music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1 |
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drums /drʌmz/ A1 |
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drummer /ˈdrʌmər/ A2 |
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bass /beɪs/ A2 |
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guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A1 |
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organ /ˈɔːrɡən/ A2 |
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mellow /ˈmeloʊ/ B2 |
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tighten /ˈtaɪtn/ B1 |
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tough /tʌf/ B1 |
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fall /fɔːl/ A2 |
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文法:
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We don't Only sing but we dance just as good as we walk.
➔ 相関接続詞（～だけでなく～も）
➔ 元の文章の構造は文法的に形式ばっていませんが、理解できます。よりフォーマルな構造は、「歌うだけでなく、歩くのと同じくらい上手に踊ります」または「歌うだけでなく踊りもします」となります。これは、グループが歌と踊りの両方に優れていることを強調しています。
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In Houston we just started a New dance called the Tighten Up.
➔ 過去形 (Started)
➔ 動詞「started」は、過去に始まり、完了したアクションを示しています。この文脈では、ダンスの人気が比較的最近始まったことを意味します。
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This is the music we tighten up to.
➔ 節の最後に前置詞
➔ 正式な文章では文末に前置詞を置くのは一般的には避けるべきですが、くだけた話し言葉や歌詞ではよくあります。前置詞「to」は動詞「tighten up」を支配しています。
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Come on now drummer. I want you to tighten It up for me now.
➔ 命令形と目的語代名詞 (It)
➔ 「Come on」は行動を促すために使用されます。「Tighten it up」は命令形であり、ドラマーに直接指示しています。代名詞「it」はドラムを指します。
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I said if you can do it now, It sure would be tough.
➔ 条件文 (タイプ1/可能性が高い)
➔ これはタイプ1の条件文に似ていますが、慣例的ではありません。それは、「タイトゥンアップ」を今すぐ行うことが可能であれば、驚くほど難しいだろうと示唆しています。これは遊び心のある発言で、まったく難しくないことを暗示しています。
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You can do it. But don'tcha just do it light.
➔ 短縮形と否定命令形 (Don'tcha)
➔ 「Don'tcha」は、「don't you」の口語的な短縮形です。これは否定命令形であり、軽く踊ることを避けるようにアドバイスしています。「light」の使用は、熱意やエネルギーがないことを意味します。
