趕緊出去轉一個圈,當作黃昏散步,拍幾株藍花楹樹留個紀念。
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There are two messages US political elites should be hearing. The simplistic neo-liberal market-fundamentalist theories that have shaped so much economic policy during the last four decades are badly misleading, with GDP growth coming at the price of soaring inequality. Trickle-down economics hasn’t and won’t work. Markets don’t exist in a vacuum. The Thatcher-Reagan “revolution,” which rewrote the rules and restructured markets for the benefit of those at the top, succeeded all too well in increasing inequality, but utterly failed in its mission to increase growth.
This leads to the second message: we need to rewrite the rules of the economy once again, this time to ensure that ordinary citizens benefit. Politicians in the US and elsewhere who ignore this lesson will be held accountable. Change entails risk. But the Trump phenomenon – and more than a few similar political developments in Europe – has revealed the far greater risks entailed by failing to heed this message: societies divided, democracies undermined, and economies weakened.
這是最後一場演唱會了。鮑勃· 迪倫在漫天掌聲中緩步上臺,時間是1966年5月27日。一束聚光燈從倫敦皇家艾伯特大廳(The RoyalAlbert Hall)漆黑的天幕斜射下來,籠罩著迪倫和他的吉他,把瘦長的影子打在背後的布幕上,琴身不時隨著身軀的傾側反射出刺眼的亮光。
本文成於一九九七年。一九九八年,這場傳奇的實況錄音終於由哥倫比亞唱片公司正式發行。經考證,這份流傳多年的錄音實際上是來自一九六六年五月十七日的曼徹斯特自由貿易廳(Manchester Free Trade Hall)演唱會,而非死忠樂迷言之鑿鑿的倫敦艾伯特大廳。但唱片公司為了紀念這場錄音多年來的「地下經典」地位,特地在標題保留加了引號的「皇家艾伯特大廳」字樣,向這段歷史致意。專輯名為《靴子腿系列第四輯:「皇家艾伯特大廳」演唱會》(BootlegSeries Vol.4 : The「 Royal Albet Hall」 Concert )。
"Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything."
年輕鄉下仔Robert Zimmerman隻身闖蕩紐約。短短幾年間,成了民歌手Bob Dylan,再成了萬人擁戴的抗爭歌曲英雄Bob Dylan。
但Bob Dylan拒絕永遠扮演樂迷心目中的Bob Dylan。對於未來音樂路,他自有主張。他不要被定型為抗爭歌曲英雄,也不要被定型為民歌歌手。
對於轉用電吉他,高唱搖滾樂的Bob Dylan,樂迷不能接受,樂評人不能接受,很多民歌同路人不能接受。Bob Dylan也對來自四面八方的批評嗤之以鼻。
1966年,Bob Dylan展開世界巡迴演唱,形式定為每場上半場木吉他個人演唱,下半場電吉他伴樂隊玩搖滾。
5月17日,Bob Dylan在英國Manchester的Free Trade Hall演唱會,下半場唱完Ballad of a Thin Man後,在一片觀眾的不滿聲中,突然有人高叫"Judas!"。
手持電吉他的Bob Dylan還擊,"I don't believe you ... You're a liar!...(轉身對樂隊說)Play it fucking loud!",唱出最後一曲Like a Rolling Stone。
那場“決裂”演唱會的錄音,幾年後地下流出,迅即成為經典。但不知何故,bootleg錄音將表演場地誤作London的Royal Albert Hall。所謂習非勝是,到1998年推出正式版本時,唱片公司索性加個引號,稱之為The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert。
(新近出版的36張CD套裝集Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings,除收入Manchester Free Trade Hall“決裂”演唱會外,更首度發行確實的London Royal Albert Hall演唱會錄音,即所謂“The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert”)
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