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George Harrison ｜ His REAL Feelings About Japan
Former Beatle George Harrison embarked on the last tour of his career to Japan in 1991. In an interview from that same year, the ex-Beatle talked about his real feelings about Japan and Japanese audiences. In this lesson, we will take a look at the interview, learn some of the key phrases and how to use them.
元ビートルズのジョージ・ハリスンは、1991年に彼のキャリアの中で最後の来日公演をしました。その年のインタビューで、日本や日本の観客に対する本当の気持ちを語っています。このレッスンでは、そのインタビューを動画をみながら、英語を学んでいきましょう。
Interview Transcript: George Harrison Part I
- And um, how do you like the Japanese audience? I noticed that you’ve picked up a little Japanese.
I like them very much. I like that Japanese people are very polite.
Now, some people don’t like to play to them because they think they’re very quiet after American audiences. But, I like them. They’re very nice people. They listen and they applaud.
And once you get used to the fact they’re not all drunk and screaming, like they are in America, maybe then I… it’s… it’s okay.
It was better for me to test the atmosphere here. It was Eric’s (Eric Clapton) idea actually, because the audiences are known to be appreciative. Whereas, you just don’t know what’s gonna happen if you go in Europe or America.
Interview Transcript: George Harrison Part II
- The Japanese still have a yen for Beatlemania, old and young alike. And when word got out Eric Clapton and his band were bringing Ex-Beatle George Harrison on a 12 concert tour of Japan they shelled out up to $75 a ticket to see two rock legends.
Yeah, when I was a junior high school student I studied English very hard because I wanted to get married with George Harrison.
- The quiet Beatle says he decided on doing his first public concert since 17 years to help cure an old habit.
I really needed an excuse to stop smoking, actually.
- Eric Clapton is still smoking. And in Japan, Harrison was hot too, combining solo efforts with Beatle stand-bys.
Oh, I had to get myself out of a rut. I was just smoking and, um… Been smoking all my life and I thought, well Eric suggested, cause he wasn’t working this year, and, um, I think he liked the idea of doing something, because he committed himself to a year off. And, um, I needed something just to get myself out of a rut.
- Coming to Japan, he says, was a chance to test the waters for possible future tours in the US and elsewhere.
I don’t know. I don’t think I’m gonna just launch myself in to, you know, touring the world. Or anything like that. But, I think possibly I’ll do a few shows here and there over the next year or two. Um, maybe just little mini-tours. You know? Maybe do like two or three weeks at a time. And, um, I think I’ll do a few shows in the States.
- Japanese Beatles’ fans got what they came to hear.
‘While my guitar gently weeps.’
‘Old brown shoe.’ Um, ‘Taxman.’ Um, ‘Something.’ ‘Here comes the sun.’ ‘Piggies.’
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