200709/12Wed CATEGORY ： words of songJust Jack「Starz in Their Eyes」

Just Jack「Starz in Their Eyes」　はＰｅｔ Ｓｈｏｐ Ｂｏｙｓを思い起こさせるような、曲調と歌い方である。


歌詞は

They'll be making sure you stay amused
They'll fill you up with drugs and booze
Maybe you'll make the evening news

And when you're tripping over your dreams
They'll keep you down by any means
and by the end of the night you'll be stifling your screams

Since you became a VIPerson
It's like your problems have all worsened
Your paranoia casts aspersions
On the truths you know

And they'll just put you in the spotlight
And hope that you'll do alright
Or maybe not

Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
Why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
So why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
Starz in their eyes?

Remember they said you'd show them all
Emphasise the rise and not the fall
And now you're playing a shopping mall

Your mum and dad they can't believe
What you appear to have achieved
While the rest of these users are just laughing in their sleeves

Since you became a VIPerson
It's like your problems have all worsened
Your paranoia casts aspersions
On the truths you know

And now the tabloids use your face
To document your fall from grace
And then they'll tell you that that's just the way it goes
That's just the way it goes

Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
It's the same old story well they just didn't realise
And it's a long way to come from the dog and duck karaoke machine
And Saturday night's drunken dreams

Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
It's the same old story well they just didn't realise
And it's a long way to come from your private bedroom dance routines
And Saturday night's drunken dreams

Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
Why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
So why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
Starz in their eyes?

Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
It's the same old story well they just didn't realise
And it's a long way to come from the dog and duck karaoke machine
And Saturday night's drunken dreams

(When I grow up I'm going to be famous)

Behind the steel barrier and sequence and glitter
Five inch heels still knee deep in the litter
Each of them still bitter, shitter,
Wrapped up in the cloak of fake glamour, getting lost in the camera
Well footprints are fools gold, diamonds crusts on their one off plimsolls
So little time for these one off arseholes
Rigger martins of Barbie dolls,
A pair of big shades and a push up bra,
It's such a short gap between the gutter and stars,
That you've come a long way from the place that you started
So why'd you wanna go and get so down hearted

Welcome to the kingdom of the blagger
Uncutting you nose clean, coating you bladder
A whole lot happier a whole lot sadder,
Used to be satisfied but now you feel like Mick Jagger,

Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
It's the same old story well they just didn't realise
And it's a long way to come from the dog and duck karaoke machine
And Saturday night's drunken dreams

Now why do you wanna go and put starz in their eyes?
It's the same old story well they just didn't realise
And it's a long way to come from your private bedroom dance routines
And Saturday night's drunken dreams


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　本名Jack Allsopp(ジャック オルソップ)は1978年ロンドン北部に生まれる。イギリスのステージミュージシャン、Just Juck(ジャスト ジャック)の名で親しまれている。
　ジャックは、幼少の頃、ブレークダンス、エレクトロ ヒップホップ、ハウス等のダンス音楽による減量を行っていた。8歳の時にはブレークダンスの熱狂的ファンだった彼は、そのダンス音楽好きが助けてか、15歳の時にはＤＪを始める。家具デザインの学位を修めた後、ジャックは、音楽製作学校に入学し、演奏取り込みの潜在能力を高めることとなった。昼間は仕事に追わていたジャックだが、夜、音楽を極めることに努力した。

　ジャックのデビューアルバム、「The Outer Maker」は2002年に発売された。現代の生活や人間関係、社会の抑圧について歌った曲が収録されている。元々 独立系レーベルのＲＧＲ レコードから発売されたものだが、叙情的だという批判もあったが、すばらしいといった評価も得ている。2002年にジャックの曲は大ブレークしたものの、暫く低迷するが、2007年のＢＢＣ2のLater with Jools Holland やChannel 4 の The Friday Night Projectの番組でシングル曲の「Starz In Their Eyes」のＴＶデビューで再び脚光を浴びる。この曲は、イギリスのヒットチャート第２位を獲得した。「Starz In Their Eyes」はＤ＆Ｇの2008年ファッションショーでも使用された。

レコード目録(Discography）

アルバム
　The Outer Marker(2002)
　Overtome(2007)

シングル
Snowflakes
Paradise (Lost & Found)
Triple Tone Eyes
Starz in Their Eyes(2007)
Glory Days(2007)
Writer's Block(2007)
No Time(2007) 

Wikipedia から引用（翻訳に自信ありません、間違っていたらごめんなさい。）
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Jack

Just Jack official website
　　http://www.justjack.co.uk/

BBC Blast interview with Just Jack
　　http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/music/people/jack_allsop.shtml