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"Boom Boom" is a song written by American blues singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker and recorded in 1961. Although a blues song, music critic Charles Shaar Murray calls it "the greatest pop song he ever wrote".〔 "Boom Boom" was both an American R&B and pop chart success in 1962 as well as placing in the UK Singles Chart in 1992. The song is one of Hooker's most identifiable and enduring and "among the tunes that every band on the (1960s UK ) R&B circuit simply ''had'' to play".〔 〕 It has been recorded by numerous blues and other artists, including a 1965 North American hit by the Animals. ==Recording and composition== Prior to recording for Vee-Jay Records, John Lee Hooker was primarily a solo performer or accompanied by a second guitarist, such as early collaborators Eddie Burns or Eddie Kirkland.〔 〕 However, with Vee-Jay, he usually recorded with a small backing band, as heard on the singles "Dimples", "I Love You Honey", and "No Shoes". Detroit pianist Joe Hunter, who had previously worked with Hooker, was again enlisted for the recording session.〔 〕 Hunter brought with him "the cream of the Motown label's session men, later known as the Funk Brothers":〔 bassist James Jamerson, drummer Benny Benjamin, plus guitarist Larry Veeder, tenor saxophonist Hank Cosby, and baritone saxophonist Andrew "Mike" Terry.〔 They have been described as "just the right band" for "Boom Boom".〔 Hooker had a unique sense of timing, which demanded "big-eared sidemen".〔 〕 The original "Boom Boom" is an uptempo (168 beats per minute) blues song, which has been notated in 2/2 time in the key of F.〔 〕 It has been described as "about the tightest musical structure of any Hooker composition: its verses sedulously adhere to the twelve-bar format over which Hooker generally rides so roughshod".〔 The song uses "a stop-time hook that opens up for one of the genre's most memorable guitar riffs"〔 〕 and incorporates a middle instrumental section Hooker-style boogie.〔 According to Hooker, he wrote the song during an extended engagement at the Apex Bar in Detroit. Hooker's lyrics include Also included are several wordless phrases, "how-how-how-how" and "hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm". "Boom Boom" became the Hooker song that is "the most memorable, the most instantly appealing, and the one which has proved the most adaptable to the needs of other performers".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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