20130503 Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

2013년 5월 3일 오늘의 곡은 Marc Cohn의 Walking In Memphis입니다. 마크콘은 1991년 데뷔한 미국의 포크락 싱어송라이터로서 그의 데뷔싱글 Walking In Memphis가 빌보드차트 13위까지 오르며 큰 히트를 기록합니다. 그의 데뷔앨범 Marc Cohn은 빌보드 앨범차트 38위까지 오르며 플래티넘을 기록하지요. 호소력 짙은 그의 허스키한 목소리와 포크적이면서도 락과 소울, 피아노선율이 섞인 이 곡은 잔잔한 감동을 주네요. 여운이 깊은 곡 같습니다. 이 곡은 Cher, Bruce Springstee도 리메이크할 정도로 많은 유명세를 탔지요. 뮤직비디오 또한 분위기있게 흑백으로 멋지게 만들어졌습니다. 이 곡 이후에 마크콘은 그리 큰 인기를 얻지 못하지만 지금까지도 왕성한 활동을 벌이고 있습니다. 즐감하세요!

Put on my blue suede shoes and
I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

W.C. Handy
Won't you look down over me
Yeah, I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a boy can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?

I saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through

Now, security did not see him
They just hovered round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
And she's down in the jungle room

When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Now, they've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green, be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But boy you got a prayer in Memphis

Now, Muriel plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see her
And they asked me if I would
Do a little number
And I sang with all my might
She said, "Tell me are you a Christian, child?"
And I said, "Ma'am, I am tonight!"

Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Put on my blue suede shoes and I
Boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain