Baby we were born to run

我這一個星期都在聽Concert for New York City的Disc two。我曾經很希望寫一篇有關The Who的現場演出，談一談那是如何非凡，如何令人難以至信地把能量轉化成聲音。

後來，我又曾經想談一談大波士Bruce Springsteen的Born To Run是如何一首定義性的搖滾樂曲，完全乎合了搖滾樂應有的男性暴力能量以及逃避壓迫的自由奔放。

有一個早上，當我在上環正優哉悠哉地聽著剛才提到的那一片CD上班，剛聽到一位名為Melissa Etheridge的女歌手在Acoustic自彈自唱版本Born To Run，就在她唱起一句「Tramps like us, baby we were born to run」，我前方的一位本來正在急步趕上班的OL，在歌聲下開始拔足狂奔，相信她是遲到了……

實在很巧合，第二晚，我跟我家姐都因為經過一天辛勞的工作而疲憊不堪，兩人都沒有洗澡便睡著了。凌晨時候先後醒來及爭沖涼房，當我沖完涼後，本來決定要開始玩無雙大蛇，卻在轉台時發現電影台正在播放一套事後發現是不值一提的爛片魔鬼屍餐續集(Jeepers Creepers 2)。好不容易看完了，卻發現另一電影台剛剛開始播放失戀排行榜(High Fidelity)。

而且Bruce Springsteen拿著結他客串現身了一會兒。

之後的一個早上，到我差點遲到了……他朝君體也相同？不見得，我能夠保持優雅，急步走就可以了……

搖滾樂絕對不是一味地嘈一味地快，The Who用中板的速度就能把Concert For New York City—就像Queen用那些經典合唱搖滾偷了Live Aid一樣—給偷去了，Born To Run不用很快，但完完全全地鈎畫出那種搖滾樂的自由奔放，暴力、熱情跟賊頭賊腦是不同的。

年青，逃走，雖然孤獨但一直追尋，踏上旅程，永不回頭，當然，還要熱情地跟著大波士，一起嚎叫。



Born To Run
by Bruce Springsteen

In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway american dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
Its a death trap, its a suicide rap
We gotta get out while were young
`cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
And strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
`cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild, girl I want to know if love is real

Beyond the palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The highways jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybodys out on the run tonight but theres no place left to hide
Together wendy we'll live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I dont know when were gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go and well walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run