The Sky of Gene: U2 in Obama Concert

2009年1月20日星期二

U2 in Obama Concert

這是我的偶象搖滾團體U2，在美國準總統歐巴馬的就職活動之一，林肯紀念堂外廣場舉行了露天音樂會「四海一家」（We Are One）中的表演，真是熱血奔騰啊！

就職音樂會有至少50萬民眾熱情參與，歐巴馬與拜登伉儷也親臨現場。這場90分鐘的音樂會星光燦爛，演唱的歌手與團體跨越數個世代，最讚當然是U2！他們演唱的Pride (In the Name of Love)原是向民權運動偉人馬丁‧路德‧金（Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968）致敬的！在美國首位非裔總統的就職音樂會演唱Pride (In the Name of Love)，意義更是非凡！U2還演唱了另一首名曲City of Blinding Lights！

Pride (In the Name of Love)收錄在1984年的專輯The Unforgettable Fire。滾石雜誌列Pride (In the Name of Love)為「史上五百大最佳歌曲」第378名。

Pride (In the Name of Love)也收錄在U218 Singles和The Best of 1980-1990：

Pride (In the Name of Love)的歌詞：

One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love

Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride

In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...

City of Blinding Lights收錄在2004年推出的專輯How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb。City of Blinding Lights拿下2006年葛萊美獎（Grammy Awards）一座大獎：Best Rock Song。

City of Blinding Lights的歌詞：

The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now

Neon heart day-glow eyes
A city lit by fireflies
They're advertising in the skies
For people like us

And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

Don't look before you laugh
Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs purple irises
The camera can't see

I've seen you walk unafraid
I've seen you in the clothes you made
Can you see the beauty inside of me?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground

Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

Time...time...time...time...time
Won't leave me as I am
But time won't take the boy out of this man

Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights

The more you know the less you feel
Some pray for others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel... luckily