♩Moondog - Do Your Thing (1978)
ネイティブアメリカンの改宗に努めていた牧師の父を持ちながら、ネイティブアメリカンの思想に共鳴するものの拒絶され、独自の道を歩むことになった琵琶法師を思い起こさせる "Moondog"。サンラを思い出す作風だが、時代的に重なっているので、影響し合っていたのかもしれない。サンラと同様、すべての逸話を読む気も、すべての作品を聴く気にもならないが、気になった曲をご紹介——Do your thing!
[Source]
https://www.brutenorse.com/blog/2019/12/10/the-human-race-is-going-to-die-in-44-time-the-pagan-philosophies-of-moondog
[Personnel]
Moondog (Louis Hardin) - vocals, percussion
Fritz Storfinger - piano
[Lyrics]
Do your thing;
be fancy-free to call the tune you sing
Don't give up;
that's not the way to win a loving-cup
Do your best;
and opportunity will do the rest
Don't give in;
capitulation is the greatest sin
Do what's right;
what's right for you to do with all your might
Don't regret;
what might have been, you might as well forget
Stand your ground;
and while you're standing there, be duty-bound
Learn to wait;
and while you're waiting, learn to concentrate
Make amends;
all enemies I call potential friends
Calm your fears;
and hope to cope at least a hundred years
Make your mark;
if need be, even make it in the dark
Mum's the word;
my sage advice, pretend you haven't heard