10首有關歷史事件的經典歌曲(下)

6. Sweet Caroline

6. 甜蜜的卡羅

Neil DiaMond was a "young, broke songwriter" in the '60s when he saw a photo of Caroline Kennedy and her parents, President John F. Kennedy and FLOTUS Jackie Kennedy, in a magazine. "It was a picture of a little girl dressed to the nines in her riding gear, next to her pony. It was such an innocent, wonderful picture; I immediately felt there was a song in there." Caroline was 11 at the time the song was released, and Diamond sang it to her at her 50th birthday celebration in 2007. In 2014, Diamond said the song was really about his then-wife Marsha, but he needed a three-syllable name to fit the melody.

60年代，尼爾·戴蒙德在雜誌上看見肯尼迪總統夫婦和他們的女兒卡羅琳·肯尼迪的時候還是一個窮困潦倒的年輕作曲者，他說：“照片中，小卡羅琳打扮得像個小公主一樣，在她的小馬駒旁騎着小車。照片裏面的卡羅琳天真無邪，整幅畫面看起來棒極了。於是我突然就有了寫歌的衝動。”這首歌正式發行的時候，卡羅琳11歲。在2007年，她50歲生日的時候，戴蒙德還在她的生日會上演唱了這首歌。2014年，戴蒙德說這首歌實際上是寫給他當時的妻子瑪莎的，只是他需要一個三音節的名字來適應節奏。

7. Polly

7. 波莉

Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic remembers Cobain writing "Polly" after reading a newspaper article about Gerald Arthur Friend, who was a serial rapist and kidnapper from Lakewood, Washington.

涅槃樂隊的貝斯手奎斯·諾沃斯里克還記得柯特·科本是在讀了報上的一篇文章之後才寫出了這首歌。那是一篇關於華盛頓，萊克伍德地區一個屢次作案的強姦犯和綁架犯傑拉爾德·亞瑟·弗倫德的文章。

In June 1987, a 14-year-old girl accepted a ride from Friend after a concert and was repeatedly raped and tortured. Luckily, she managed to escape after gaining Friend's trust. He was stopped a day later for a traffic violation and eventually convicted of first-degree kidnapping and rape. He was ordered to serve the remainder of a 1960 sentence (for a previous rape in which he was mistakenly paroled) in addition to a second 75-year sentence.

1987年6月，一個14歲的女生在看完音樂會後搭乘弗倫德的便車，慘遭他的凌辱和虐待。幸運的是，在取得弗倫德的信任之後，女孩成功逃脫。在因爲交通違章被拘留一天後，弗倫德終於歸案並被控一級強姦和綁架罪。結果他不僅要繼續服滿1960年的刑期（之前被減刑假釋），在此之後，還要繼續服刑75年。

8. My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down

8. 我的腦子在翻滾（邦佐去了比特堡）

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan's state visit to a German World War II cemetery where Waffen-SS soldiers were buried was met with significant criticism from not only the Jewish community but former American GIs. Reagan said the dead at Bitburg were "victims of Nazism also…drafted into service to carry out the hateful wishes of the Nazis." Lead singer Joey Ramone (who was Jewish) was outraged and wrote the song with fellow band member Dee Dee Ramone and Plasmatics' keyboardist/bassist Jean Beauvoir in protest.

1985年，羅納德·里根總統對德國二戰公墓——黨衛軍士兵被埋的地方進行了國事訪問。這場國事訪問不僅受到猶太羣體的譴責，還受到前美國士兵的激烈批評。里根說，比特堡的死去的戰犯“也是納粹主義的受害者……爲了納粹的罪惡慾望而投身軍隊。”這激怒了身爲猶太人的樂隊主唱喬伊·雷蒙，於是他和另一位樂隊成員迪拉莫內以及plasmatics樂隊的鍵盤手兼貝司手約翰·波娃一起寫了這首歌表示抗議。

The song was originally called "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg," but guitarist Johnny Ramone fought against it, as he was a conservative and fully in support of Reagan. It was eventually changed to "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)."

這首歌最初叫做“邦佐去了比特堡”，但吉他手喬尼表示反對，因爲他是一個保守主義者，並且還是里根的鐵桿粉絲。所以這首歌的歌名最終被改爲“我的腦子在翻滾”。（注：“邦佐去了比特堡”中的“邦佐”指的是羅納德·里根，因爲他在演員時期出演過《君子紅顏》中的邦佐（Bonzo）。）

9. April 29, 1992

9. 1992年4月29日

The Sublime song "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" is sung as "April 26, 1992"—a mistake on the band's part, since the song is about the L.A. Riots. More specifically, it addresses their involvement in the looting, burning, and general hell-raising that took place after the acquittal verdict of four cops in the Rodney King beating trial.

崇高樂隊的歌曲“1992年4月29日”被唱成了“1992年4月26日”，但實際上這是樂隊在演唱時的失誤，因爲這首歌是爲了洛杉磯暴動而創作的。更確切的說，它描述的是在暴動中的打砸搶事件和一般的動亂行爲——這些行爲發生在洛杉磯警察局白人警察過度使用武力襲擊羅德尼·金卻被判無罪之後。

Released on Sublime's 1996 multi-platinum self-titled album, the song refers to the chaos that took place in the band's hometown of Long Beach in the days following the verdict. Using actual Long Beach Police Department radio transmissions and verses that describe personal involvement in the pillaging, it gives a localized account of the Long Beach riots (complete with street addresses of the destruction).

這首歌最初被髮布在崇高樂隊1996年的多白金同名專輯中。它提及了判決幾天後發生在樂隊故土長灘的動亂。整首歌通過使用真實的長灘警察分局的無線電傳輸信號聲以及描述劫掠行爲中的個人行爲的俳句，輔以被毀壞的街道的名稱，給人一種長灘騷亂現場的即視感。

10. I Don't Like Mondays

10.我不喜歡星期一

Sir Bob Geldof wrote "I Don't Like Mondays" while on tour in the U.S. in 1979. He was being interviewed at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, when a telex (pre-fax) report came in with word of a shooting spree at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego.

這首歌是鮑勃·吉爾道夫先生1979年在美國旅行時創作的。他在接受喬治亞州立大學校園廣播站的採訪時，收到了報導聖地亞哥羅弗克利夫蘭小學機槍掃射學生事件的傳真（以及隨之而來的電報）。

16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer fired at children in the school's playground, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. She showed no remorse for her crime and explained, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day." Geldof immediately started composing the song He said later, "Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. I was thinking about it on the way back to the hotel, and I just said 'Silicon chip inside her head had switched to overload." I wrote that down. And the journalists interviewing her said, 'Tell me why?' It was such a senseless act. It was the perfect senseless act, and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it. So perhaps I wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it. It wasn't an attempt to exploit tragedy."

在這一事件中，16歲的布倫達·安·斯賓塞在操場上向孩子們開火，造成兩個成年人死亡，七個孩子及一名警察受傷。之後她對自己的行爲毫無悔意，還說：“我不喜歡星期一，我這樣做是爲了讓這天更熱鬧。” 在聽說這件事情之後，吉爾道夫立馬着手寫下了這首歌。之後他說：“因爲不喜歡星期一就要剝奪別人的生命，實在是很奇怪。我在回賓館的路上一直在想這個問題。正如我之前所說，她似乎已經失去了正常的情感。記者在採訪她的時候，問她爲什麼要這麼做。她的答案實在是太冷漠了——她的行爲冷漠，給的理由也很冷漠。所以我寫了一首消極冷漠的歌來說明這件事情，而不是在利用這個悲劇炒作。”