TEDDY PENDERGRASS

 　女性をくどくのならば、TEDDY Pほどの適任者はいない。彼の音楽は、男が聞くものではないのかもしれない。特に、彼のライブ盤は、インタビューなんかも入ってるんだけど、その内容からしてもはっきり言って女の子のファン向けだ。歌の内容もすごくいやらしいというか、官能的だもんね。COME GO WITH MEといって自分の家に誘い込み、 CLOSE THE DOORといい、 TURN OFF THE LIGHTで一件落着、悪い奴だね、全く。なぜか、男はこうじゃなくっちゃ、と思わせてしまうということで、男のカリスマ的存在、女のアイドル、といったところでしょうか。私は、映画NUTTY PROFESSORの中で、DR. CRUMPがTEDDY Pを聞きながら踊っているシーン。エンディングでCarlaと踊るシーンでのインスト演奏がきっかけで、彼の猛烈なファンになりました。同映画のサントラには入っておらず、その当時はTEDDY Pのベスト盤ＣＤも世に出ておらず、探すのに結構苦労しました。ちなみに、彼の別の面を知る上では、ソロ活動前の、HAROLD MELVIN & BLUENOTESでのリードボーカルが非常にお勧めです。

TEDDY PENDERGRASS (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-34390),1977
*I DON'T LOVE YOU ANY MORE
*THE WHOLE TOWN'S LAUGHING AT ME
*AND IF I HAD
*THE MORE I GET, THE MORE I WANT

LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-35095),1978
A*LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING
 *ONLY YOU
  COLD,COLD WORLD
  GET UP, GET DOWN, GET FUNKY, GET LOOSE
B*CLOSE THE DOOR
  IT DON'T HURT NOW
 *WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK

TEDDY (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-36003),1979
*TURN OFF THE LIGHT
*COME GO WITH ME
 

*LIVE! COAST TO COAST (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-36294),1979

LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING
ONLY YOU
MEDLEY: IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW
THE LOVE I LOST / BAD LUCK
WAKE UP EVERYBODY
INTRODUCTION
WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK
GET UP, GET DOWN, GET FUNKY, GET LOOSE
L.A. RAP
COME GO WITH ME
CLOSE THE DOOR
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
DO ME
LIVE INTERVIEW
WHERE DID ALL THE LOVIN' GO
LIVE INTERVIEW
IT'S YOU I LOVE
LIVE INTERVIEW
SHOUT AND SCREAM
LIVE INTERVIEW CONCLUDES

TP (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-36745),1980
*LOVE TKO
*CAN'T WE TRY

IT'S TIME FOR LOVE (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-37491),1981

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-38118),1982

HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS YOU (PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL PZ-38646),1983

LOVE LANGUAGE (ASYLUM 9-60317),1984
 IN MY TIME
 SO SAD THE SONG
 HOT LOVE
 STAY WITH ME
 HOLD ME (WITH WHITNEY HOUSTON)
 YOU'RE MY CHOICE TONIGHT (CHOOSE ME)
 LOVE
 THIS TIME IS OURS

WORKIN' IT BACK (ASYLUM 9-60317),1985

JOY (ELECTRA 9-60775),1988
*JOY

TRULEY BLESSED (ELECTRA 9-60891),1990
*IT SHOULD'VE BEEN YOU

LITTLE MORE MAGIC,1993
 I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT YOU
 SLIP AWAY
 I CHOOSE YOU
 VOODOO
 TENDER
 CAN'T HELP NOBODY
 A LITTLE MORE MAGIC
 MY FATHER'S CHILD
 SAY IT
 NO ONE LIKE YOU
 REPRISE
 
YOU & I,1997

*GREATEST HITS (THE RIGHT STUFF 7243-8-36994-2-1),1998

 1 I DON'T LOVE YOU ANY MORE
 2 THE WHOLE TOWN'S LAUGHING AT ME
 3 AND IF I HAD
 4 THE MORE I GET, THE MORE I WANT
 5 CLOSE THE DOOR
 6 ONLY YOU
 7 WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK
 8 LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING
 9 TURN OFF THE LIGHT
10 COME GO WITH ME
11 SHOUT AND SCREAM
12 CAN'T WE TRY
13 LOVE TKO
14 JOY
15 IT SHOULD'VE BEEN YOU