Sounds and Fury

前天在家看了搖滾名人堂(Rock and Roll Hall of Fame )的「入堂」典禮。看到和聽到許多讓任何搖滾迷都會掉淚的經典表演感想。
例如Neil Young和 The Pretender的jam。尤其是被成為once in a life time的表演：Bruce Springsteen和U2合唱I still haven't found what I looking for. （ Boss是U2的inductor）

還有還有，你知道最令人期待當然是Bono的講話。我覺得他講的這段小故事，可能是最能象徵搖滾與政治結合的一個時刻：

1987年，U2在美國南方巡迴表演，為了希望讓金恩博士的生日成為國定假日。結果在亞利桑納州，FBI告訴他們不要上台，因為有人預謀刺殺Bono。
當然，他們還是上台了。
Bono激動地閉起雙眼唱起他現給金恩的名曲"Pride (In the Name of Love)"時，當他張開眼睛時，看到貝司手Adam Clayton站在他前面準備替他擋子彈（shit，我寫到這邊又掉下眼淚）。
Bono說，I guess that's what its like to be in a truly great rock and roll band.
以下是原文。
1987. Somewhere in the south. We'd been campaigning for Dr. King, for his birthday to become a national holiday. In Arizona,
they are saying no. We're campaigning very hard for Dr. King. Some people don't like it. Some people get very annoyed. Some people want to kill us.
Some people are taken very seriously by the FBI. They tell the singer that he shouldn't play the gig because tonight his life is at risk, and he must not go on stage. And the singer laughs. Of course we're playing the gig. Of course we go onstage, and I'm singing "Pride (In the Name of Love)" -- the third verse -- and I close my eyes. And you know, I'm excited about meeting my maker, but maybe not tonight. I don't really want to meet my maker tonight. I close my eyes and when I look up I see Adam Clayton standing in front of me, holding his bass as only Adam Clayton can hold his bass. There are people in this room who'd tell you they'd take a bullet for you, but Adam Clayton would have taken a bullet for me. I guess that's what its like to be in a truly great rock and roll band.

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