Born in the USA
BORN IN THE USA(生在美国)是美国超级摇滚巨星bruce springsteen在1984年推出的同名专集中的第一首歌曲,也是springsteen的代表作,此歌的录音在springsteen的精选专集中都能找到.在美国20世纪最佳歌曲评选中,位居第59位.
演唱者美国摇滚歌坛上有一位绰号"老板"(THE BOSS)的重量级人物,他出生在美国新泽西州的一个工人家庭,他通过歌声为自己赢得了"美国蓝领阶层代言人"的称号.美国前总统罗纳德·里根竞选演讲时为博得劳动者的支持,也引用他的歌词.美国最有影响力的的两大杂志<<时代>>(TIME)和<<新闻周刊>>(NEWSWEEK)则在同一周将他登上封面------他就是bruce springsteen.
早在20世纪60年代中期,当时还是一个10多岁少年的bruce就开始了他的音乐生涯,他穿梭于新泽西州的数个酒吧,苦苦挣扎了8年,才于1973年出了自己的第一张专集<<GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK,N.J.>>
bruce的专集<<生在美国>>在1984年推出,立刻引起了巨大的轰动,销量高达2000万张,成为流行音乐史最畅销的十大专集之一.在随后两年的巡演中,他成功的树立了劳动阶级的新形象,并成为世界摇滚超级巨星.
歌曲背景歌曲BORN IN THE USA的灵感来自美国参加过越战的老兵RON KOVIC的回忆录<<生于7月4日>>.KOVIC曾是美国海军路战队队员,在越战中脊椎受伤而落下终身残疾,胸部以下全部瘫痪.20世纪80年代后期,KOVIC还同导演OLIVER STONE合作,把他的回忆录搬上银幕,著名演员TOM CRUISE在奥斯卡获奖影片<<生于7月4日>>中扮演角色原形就是RON KOVIC.此外,激发bruce创作这首歌还有另外一个因素:20世纪60年代所在乐队的一个鼓手在越南阵亡.
赏析当我们仔细聆听这支雄浑而激越的歌曲后,我们会发现,它既是为越战退伍老兵遭遇所作的呐喊,更是对美国社会繁华表面下非人道和不公正现象的控诉.通过这支歌,我们会真切的感受到bruce音乐中最重要的一个特点:着力反映美国的各种社会问题,对劳动人民的困难和挫折给予深切的同情.
歌词Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand"
I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now