从U2发展至今的整个历史来看,他们始终没有把摇滚同关注与参与社会和政治活动分开过,他们的作品始终洋溢着一种激情,一种期望改变旧世界、歌颂献身的激情。主唱Bono更是经常以个人名义致力于如反战、支持亚洲某地区独立等自发性国际政治活动,这首歌就是献给缅甸反对党领导人——Aung San Suu Kyi(翁山苏姬)的作品,激励她坚持自己的理想,不要因为遭遇挫折而放弃过去的努力。
“如果黑暗让我们分离
如果阳光离我们很遥远
如果你的玻璃心碎了
在你回头的一刹那
不,坚强起来”
U2乐队
U2正式成立于1978年的夏天,成员包括:
主唱:Bono Vox(博诺·沃克斯)
吉他手:the Edge(“刀刃”)
贝司手:Adam Clayton(亚当·克莱顿)
鼓手:Larry Mullen(拉里·马伦)
同年,在英国的利姆里克市获得选秀比赛的冠军之后,U2被知名的音乐经纪人Paul McGuinness看中,并很快与CBS爱尔兰唱片公司签约。他们的第一张专辑《EP U2:3》中收录的单曲《Out of Control (1979)》成功地登上了爱尔兰流行歌曲排行榜的榜首,后来又以一曲《Another Day (1980)》再次占据排行榜首位。此后,他们推出了一张又一张深受乐迷喜爱的专辑,逐渐确立了自己在摇滚音乐史上不可撼动的地位。
毫无疑问,U2乐队是现代摇滚乐领域中最受欢迎的乐队之一,他们在体育场的演出总能吸引无数乐迷。成立20多年来,U2乐队在音乐上始终走在潮流的前头,在商业上也创造了巨大的成功:他们的唱片总销量已高达1亿,单是这方面的销售额就达到100亿人民币。【文/本站编辑HeMing】
继续前行(Walk on)歌词
And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage that you can bring
And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind
And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong
Walk on, walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it
Walk on, walk on…
Stay safe tonight
You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been
A place that has to be believed to be seen
You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom
Walk on, walk on
What you’ve got they can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight
And I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on
Home… hard to know what it is if you’ve never had one
Home… I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home
That's where the hurt is
I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on
Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
It's only time
And I'll never fill up all my mind
All that you sense
All that you scheme
All you dress up
And all that you see
All you create
All that you wreck |