7.
Between Elvis and Alice, rock critics say, a number
of rock stars have helped our society define its beliefs
and attitudes. Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection.
He spoke of civil rights, nuclear fallout, and loneliness. He spoke of change and of the bewilderment
of an older generation. “Something’s happening here,”
he sang. “You don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?”
7)摇摆乐评论家们说，从埃尔维斯到艾丽斯，许多摇摆歌星帮助我们这个社会解释了其信仰与态度。鲍勃·狄伦触动了不满的神经，他唱到民权、核散落物以及孤独。他唱到变革和老一代人的惶惑，他唱道：“这儿发生着什么事，你不知道是什么事，对吗，琼斯先生?”
8. Others entered the debate.
The Beatles, Horowitz said, urged peace and piety,
with humor and maybe a little help from drugs. The
Rolling Stones, arrogant
street-fighting men, demanded revolution. The Jefferson
Airplane's “We Can Be Together” and “Volunteers (
Got a Revolution )” were two further statements of
radical
youth.
8)其它人也加入到辩论中来厂。霍洛威茨说，硬壳虫乐队怀着幽默，或许还有麻醉品的一臂之力敦促和平与虔诚。傲慢的打架斗殴的滚石乐团的人们要求革命。杰佛逊飞机乐队的“我们能够联合”和“志愿者(有一场革命)”则是激进青年的两项进一步的声明。
9. But politics wasn't the
only subject debated in the hard rock of the sixties.
Feelings, always a part of any musical statement,
were a major subject. Janis Joplin sang of her sadness.
The Beatles showed there was a range of emotions between
love and hate. Then came The Band, mixing the more
traditional ideas of country and western music into
the more radical “city” ideas of hard rock. This country
element, Horowitz feels, helped its audience express
an urge to “get away from it all,” to “go back to
the old days.” One of the best current examples of
what Horowitz is talking about is John Denver. His
most notable songs –“Sunshine on My Shoulders,” “Rocky
Mountain High,” and “Country Road” – combine the musical
drive and power of folk rock, while the lyrics
celebrate
the simple joys of “the good old days.”
9)但政治并不是60年代强硬派摇摆乐所辩论的唯一题目。任何音乐表现中必有的部分即情感也是一个重要题目。贾尼斯·乔普林歌唱自己的悲哀。硬壳虫乐队揭示出在爱与恨之间有着一系列的感情。以后又出现了乡村乐队，把乡村音乐和西部音乐所表达的较为传统的观念与强硬派摇摆乐较为激进的“都市”观念结合了起来。霍洛威茨认为这一乡村音乐的成份为听众表达了“摆脱这一切”，“回到过去”的强烈愿望。当前最能说明霍洛威茨的意思的例子之一是约翰·丹佛，他最著名的歌曲“我肩上的阳光”、“高高的落基山”和“乡间小路”把民间摇摆乐的音乐气魄与力量结合了起来，而歌词则赞美了“美好的过去”的淳朴的欢乐。
