為什麼1973年對於美國人來說具有重大意義?
我有一次讀到「1973年後,一切都變了」之類的話。可以找到很多年表,幾百件事情,精確到天。但是其中發生了什麼影響深遠的事,改變了美國社會和一代人的生活?
1973年那肯定是說石油危機啊。二戰後最大的經濟危機,美國GDP暴跌5%,美元大貶值,金本位崩潰,完全改變了世界經濟格局,比之後的兩次石油危機和08年金融危機影響都大。
就跟有人說「1929年後一切都變了」時,你肯定知道他指的是大蕭條一樣。一月宣布越戰結束,水門
American Beauty 裡面的 Things have changed since 1973. 發生在 Lester 感嘆天價香煙(誤)的時候:
LESTER
Is that what we smoked last night?RICKY
This is all I ever smoke.LESTERHow much?RICKYTwo grand.
LESTERJesus. Things have changed since 1973.RICKYYou don"t have to pay now. I know you"re good for it.
完整台本:American Beauty Script at IMSDb.
如果要結合大背景的話,最直接的關聯是物價上漲,而這就讓人聯想到第四次中東戰爭,石油危機和「滯脹」,(以及中學歷史課本(誤),而這一切都始於 1973 年。
James Blunt 的 1973 作為專輯主打歌也是「懷舊」,想寫「他出生以前的事情」:http://ilikemusic.com asked James Blunt what 1973 meant to him personally. He replied: "Well I was born in 1978. So I wrote it about a girl called Simona in a song about a nostalgic moment - it"s a celebration of something we did last year in Ibiza. And Pacha originally opened in 1973, but 1973 was also a great year for music, so many fantastic albums came out at that time."
1973 by James Blunt Songfacts
引文來源:Interview #246: James Blunt」I』m a really nostalgic person,」 says James Blunt while cooling off in a Winnebago midway through a video shoot for his second album, All the Lost Souls (out Sept. 18). 」Memories are entirely what shape your present.」
Of course, 」1973」 — Blunt』s first single since his omnipresent No. 1 hit, 」You』re Beautiful」 — was written about a time when the 33-year-old singer was not yet born. The funky track brought Blunt together with frequent Dr. Dre collaborator Mark Batson. 」He was trying to write an English singer-songwriter song, and I was trying the Dr. Dre end of the scale,」 says Blunt. The video, in which a modern-day Blunt strolls among 』70s street scenes, reflects the song』s nostalgic tone. 」The 』70s sound like they were a time of excess and great flamboyance,」 he says, 」but a sense of fun as well.」
James Blunt"s ""1973"" video shoot
1973 年美國的一部分標誌性事件包括:還真是波瀾壯闊的一年。水門事件
越戰結束中美建交談判美元貶值,布雷頓森林體系崩潰美國設立空間站「天空實驗室」Roe v. Wade 案件,最高法院承認婦女墮胎權同性戀被從心理疾病列表中移除世貿中心大樓投入使用(就是911被炸的兩座)前總統林登·約翰遜逝世,他的名字縮寫LBJ巧合的讓人想起LeBron JamesOJ辛普森創下記錄,成為在一個賽季中持球衝刺超過2000碼的第一人。他就是1994年殺妻案的主角,案件在馬拉松式的審判後宣判他無罪,引發軒然大波。
沒有任何上下文的話,我傾向於原作者指的是「水門事件」
我記得那年油價貴了3倍,氣的我差點在加油站掏出打火機來,這都怪尼克松那個混蛋,要不是他亂搞,學生就不會鬧,越戰就不會輸,那中東就應該不會打仗,油價就不會漲了!後來79年油價又漲了3倍,估計也是因為他!反正都是這該死的混蛋!我很這該詛咒的老PY。。。呃不,老AH。。。。後來什麼卡特,誰誰的也都那德行!我對美國政治是失望透了!我早就不去投票了!從14歲那年開始就沒再投票過!USA!USA!USA!……
James blunt的一首歌1973
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