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Guns N' Roses 與歐巴馬
2009/01/21 11:49:01瀏覽532|回應0|推薦0

歐巴馬今日凌晨正式上任。

這讓我想起了高中及大學時代很熱愛的重金屬搖滾樂團,Guns N' Roses。

八十年代,舞曲跟軟綿綿的「泡泡糖」情歌,佔據了主流排行榜,直到1987年,Guns N' Roses的出現,狂野的唱腔與奔放的電吉他、以及真實不媚俗的歌詞,G N' R在發片一年後,大紅大紫。

Appetite for Destruction 專輯賣了超過700萬張後,G N' R 一時之間沒有新作,就把一些小品舊作集結成一張專輯,就是:G N' R Lies。

專輯最令人耳熟能詳的是:Patience,登上流行榜TOP 10,但是整張專輯賣得遠不如處女作。

可能原因是:專輯中最後一首歌,「One in a Million」,太傷人了!罵盡所有少數族群,當然也包括非洲裔 (歌詞中以「黑鬼」,niggers)稱之。

甚至,還責怪移民將傳染病帶進美國。

二十年後,父親是非洲肯亞留學生,繼父是印尼人的歐巴馬上任了,用極懸殊的差距擊敗共和黨,再回顧這首代表美國保守主義的搖滾曲,尤其讓人玩味。

歌詞如下:

One in a Million


1,2,1,2,3,4
(Whistle)
Guess I needed sometime to get away
I needed some piece of mind
Some piece of mind that'll stay
So I thumbed it down to Sixth and L.A.
Maybe a Greyhound could be my way

Police and Niggers, that's right
Get out of my way
Don't need to buy none of your
Gold chains today
I don't need no bracelets
Clamped in front of my back
Just need my ticket; 'til then
Won't you cut me some slack?

You're one in a million
Yeah, that's what you are
You're one in a million, babe
You're a shooting star
Maybe someday we'll see you
Before you make us cry
You know we tried to reach you
But you were much too high
Much too high, much too high,
Much too high, yes, ow!

Immigrants and faggots
They make no sense to me
They come to our country
And think they'll do as they please
Like start some mini Iran,
Or spread some fuckin' disease
They talk so many goddamn ways
It's all Greek to me

Well some say I'm lazy
And others say that's just me
Some say I'm crazy
I guess I'll always be
But it's been such a long time
Since I knew right from wrong
It's all the means to an end, I
I keep it movin' along

You're one in a million
Oo, you're a shooting star
You're one in a million, babe
You know that you are
Maybe someday we'll see you, Oo
oh, Before you make us cry
You know we tried to reach you
But you were much too high
Much too high, Oo, much too high
Yeah,
Much too high, huh, no, no, oh
Ow!

Radicals and Racists
Don't point your finger at me
I'm a small town white boy
Just tryin' to make ends meet
Don't need your religion
Don't watch that much T.V.
Just makin' my livin', baby
Well that's enough for me

You're one in a million
Yeah that's what you are
You're one in a million, babe
You're a shooting star
Maybe someday we'll see you
Before you make us cry
You know we tried to reach you
But you were much too high
Much too high, ow, much too high,
Much too high, much too high
Yeah, yeee, yeah, yeee, igh!
Ow! Much too high
(Oh, much too high, ah,
much too high, ah, much too high
much too high, ow, much too high)
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