We Weren't Born To Follow

上次回家，在與老爹的聊天當中，螢幕上的畫面突然牢牢抓住了我的目光，那是Bon Jovi的主唱-老瓊(Jon)。他們出新歌了吔！






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一直好喜歡Bon Jovi最近幾張專輯主打歌的精神，從 ,"It's My Life",”Everyday”,  "Have A Nice Day” “Lost Highway” 到這張的"We Weren’t Born To Follow"。無一不傳達出濃濃的鼓舞意味。或許是已經年逾不惑，回首一路走來，他們應該很慶幸當初有堅持住自己的理想。讓他們很希望把成功的美好感覺和歌迷們分享，鼓勵大家堅持自己的理想。(不是夢想喔，夢想常常會讓人覺得是不可能的事，理想則是能做到的事)


歌詞的內容很有意義，建議可以抽空看看(但是中文MV翻譯感覺翻得不好)。當我第一次聽到"When life is a bitter pill to swallow, You gotta hold on to what you believe."這句，真是莫名地感動到頭皮發麻，無以復加。那週本來為了論文進度很糟一事很消沈，後來整個人活了過來。等論文寫完，我要把Bon Jovi加入論文的開頭感謝名單。哈哈哈，我是認真的。

和過去幾首主打歌的MV不同的是，為了配合"We Weren’t Born To Follow"的歌詞內容，MV蒐集了很多先行者及開創者的經典歷史畫面，有很久到幾十年前的萊特兄弟，也有最近到今年的歐巴馬。我一開始認出了不少個，後來慢慢地找齊了。大家就參考看看吧....

出現的人物：(沒有依照出現次序)
黛安娜王妃(Princess Diana)，
萊特兄弟 (Wright brothers)，
前美國總統甘乃迪(Jeff Kennedy)，
前美國副總統高爾(Al Gore)，
美國黑人人權運動代表人物金恩博士(Dr. Martin Luther King)，
連續七屆自行車環法賽冠軍阿姆斯壯(Lance Armstrong)，
維京集團創辦人布朗森爵士(Richard Branson)，
2009年初紐約哈德遜河迫降的英雄駕駛蘇倫伯格(Chesley Sullenberger)，不知道的人看這裡:英雄機長，哈德遜河的奇蹟

1993年諾貝爾和平獎得主，前南非總統曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)，
以及最新的2009年諾貝爾和平獎得主，現任美國總統歐巴馬(Barack Obama)。


另外是一些歷史事件像是阿波羅13號(Appolo 13)，呼籲正視氣候變化的遊行，50年代女權運動的遊行。最酷的是六四天安門事件，人肉擋坦克的畫面(還是我老爹認出來的，我完全沒印象)，不過我想大陸版會剪掉吧。


剩下的比較不確定的畫面好像有柏林圍牆拆除(但那國旗不是德國的？)，911攻擊事件，巴西里約贏得2012奧運主辦權的慶祝畫面(畫面充滿了黃色和綠色)。


p.s.為什麼老瓊他越老越帥啊....


歌詞：
We Weren't Born To Follow lyrics

This one goes out to the man who minds the miracles
This one goes out to the ones in need
This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical
This ain't about no apology
This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry
This road was paved by the winds of change
Walking beside the guilty and the innocent
How will you raise your hand when they call your name?

Yea, Yea, Yea,
We Weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that’s a saints and sinners pleas
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say
Yea, Yea, Yea, ooooohhh,, Yea

This one's about anyone who does it differently
This ones about the one who doesn’t sit and spit's
This ain’t about our living in a fantasy
This ain’t about giving up or giving in

Yea, Yea, Yea,
We Weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that’s a saint's and sinner's pleas
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say
Yea, Yea, Yea, ooooohhh,, Yea

Let me hear you say
Yea, Yea, Yea, oooohhhhh, Yea

“Guitar”

Yea, Yea, Yea,
We Weren’t born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that’s a saints and sinners pleas
We weren’t born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say
Yea, Yea, Yea, ooooohhh,, Yea

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