April 28, 2014

PETE SEEGER - 3/2 : The Biography


反戰先驅
Pete Seeger 參加了民權運動與60年代的反戰運動, 他的名聲更被關注。他的政治取向, 成為大學校園年青人的偶像和被受尊敬的美國民歌音樂家。


'BRING 'EM HOME"
1966年的反越戰歌曲:


BRING 'EM HOME - Bruce Springsteen

"For defense you need common sense
Bring them home, bring them home
They don't have the right armaments
Bring them home, bring them home"

If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

It will make the politicians sad, I know
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
They wanna tangle with their foe
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

They wanna test their grand theories
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
With the blood of you and me
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

We'll give no more brave young lives
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
For the gleam in someone's eyes
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The men will cheer and the boys will shout
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
And we will all turn out
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The church bells will ring with joy
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
To welcome our darling girls and boys
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

We will lift their voice in song
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
When Johnny comes marching home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from the overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
If you love this land of free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from the overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home








一本1972年由 Pete Seeger 撰寫有關民歌的歴史、民權與演唱者的書 "The Incompleat Folksinger (1972)。"God Bless The Grass" 與及 "Dangerous Songs" 這两首60年代的歌曲亦被篇入在當中的文章内。



 
環保運動 
在整個70年代末期至進入80年代, 很多音樂人與民謠歌手、詞曲作者合辦的演唱會, 比比皆是。但是這個時候的 Pete Seeger 却與其他社會活動份子合作, 要清除 "克遜河 Hudson River" 的污染行動, 並創立環保組織, 以單桅帆船在河上巡迴清理河水與濕地, 同時舉辦一些音樂活動作經費籌募以維護河流的環保工作。