Sounds and Fury

「以色列的集體行動是違反日內瓦協定的犯罪行為。他們為何可以如此做？是因為他們有美國的許可嗎？」


我心目中最偉大的搖滾客Patti Smith最近發表一首新歌Qana，哀悼黎巴嫩難民，並且批判以色列的軍事行動。


他首次公開演唱這首歌的場合是八月初在芝加哥的Lollapalooza搖滾祭。
這一天下午，他在給兒童的舞台上演出。
在演唱這首Qana前，她問底下的父母說，如果你們的小孩被炸彈炸死，你們會作何感想。
這段談話和演出事後引起不小爭議。


批評者認為太政治化，且沒有必要在兒童舞台上講這個。
贊成者認為他是極少數美國音樂人會在此時對這個議題表態。
不愧是Patti Smith

不過，這不是他第一次寫黎巴嫩問題了。七八年前，他就寫過Where Duty Calls


歌曲下載。


歌詞在此。
There's no one
in the village
not a human
nor a stone
there's no one
in the village
children are gone
and a mother rocks
herself to sleep
let it come down
let her weep


the dead lay in strange shapes


Some stay buried
others crawl free
baby didn't make it
screaming debris
and a mother rocks
herself to sleep
let it come down
let her weep


the dead lay in strange shapes


Limp little dolls
caked in mud
small, small hands
found in the road
their talking about
war aims
what a phrase
bombs that fall
American made
the new Middle East
the Rice woman squeaks


the dead lay in strange shapes



little bodies
little bodies
tied head and feet
wrapped in plastic
laid out in the street
the new Middle East
the Rice woman squeaks


the dead lay in strange shapes


Water to wine
wine to blood
ahh Qana
the miracle
is love



聲明與歌曲背景在此
The Israeli practice of collective punishment is a war crime under the Geneva Convention. Why are they allowed to do this? Because they have our permission?


We send over four billion dollars in aid and weapons to Israel every year. We are paying for this devastation. The slaughter of children. The country in ruins.We are paying for this. George Bush willfully rejected a truce and now we have the Qana massacre on our head. Thirty seven of the dead were children.


Qana is considered by some as the location of the first miracle of Christ. Turning water into wine. There is no wine flowing in Qana today. Only blood. Only blood.


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