Bittersweet Samba (Herb Alpert) drum cover by Jonathan Finch BITTERSWEET SAMBA モバイル

ビタースウィート・サンバリミックス!

中高年なら知っているラジオ深夜番組「オールナイト・ニッポン」のテーマ曲「ビタースイート・サンバ」に加え、大ヒットの「蜜の味」も入ったアルバム。私のようなオジサンには、うれし懐かしのアルバム。ブックレットの若きイケメン時代のハーブ・アルパートの写真も懐かしい。ＣＤ化されてよかった一枚。理屈はぬきに、懐メロを楽しみたい。マリアッチを聴いたことのないリスナーにもオススメ。

bittersweet samba~ニッポンの夜明け前~

Re:Japan第２弾！
　某ラジオ局の番組のオープニングに歌詞を付けて、Re:Japanが歌ってリリースということですが、何か懐かしいような感じがします。
　でも、何か悩んだ時にフッきらせるような歌だと思います。また、落ち込んだりヘコんだりした時に聴くといいと思います。

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Bittersweet Samba (Herb Alpert) drum cover by Jonathan Finch

This one is "Bittersweet Samba" by Herb Alpert (the "A" in A & M Records - the other guy is Moss). Like my other clips, this is a loose cover, not intended to be a duplication of the original drum track. I can clone when necessary, but when I'm alone, I like doing my gut feel on how a tune moves for me. I used to be on the road non-stop, no day job. But that was over 18 years ago. When I got off the road I stopped playing entirely and only recently got my drums from storage and set them up (couple or 3 years ago). Right now I play maybe once every few weeks or so. I'd like to start playing a little every day again. Actually I've been kicking around the idea of getting in some local band to play weekends. There's NOTHING like playing drums on stage, surrounded and inundated by sound pressure, a big audience getting off on it. I do miss that feeling quite a bit. Anyway, I've seen how brutal some of these drummers are when commenting on other players on YouTube. Go easy on me fellas, haha, I've been out of the business for almost 2 decades. Hope you like it. I enjoyed doing it. I always love it when I play. And I really should have my butt kicked for not playing more.