U2《新年之日》 

U2-New Year's Day 

这首歌因为其背负的政治色彩，很难被打上情歌的烙印，而事实上在最初，它是U2主唱博诺(Boo)献给妻子的歌，在排练中他即兴改了歌词，让它有了别的含义。

1976年成立的U2，尽管已经发行了专辑和单曲，但并没有找到突破口，几个成员加入了神神叨叨的宗教团体，博诺甚至在录音室里宣扬神要再临世界：情况太复杂 ，现实太残酷了（崔健《时代的晚上》），在乐队走上邪路加入邪教前，博诺终于找到了方向：直白和尖锐的社会议题。

他用歌词支持了当时波兰的一个社会组织， 描绘了一种坚韧不拔、决心克服障碍的精神，以日历翻向新的一年为象征，把节日的庆祝和社会挑战的现实进行了对比：在最黑暗的时代，总有希望迎来更光明的未来。这大概是人类对自由和正义的普遍渴望，要为自己所信仰的事物而奋斗。

这支当时还很年轻的传奇摇滚乐队凭借这首歌，首次在大西洋两岸获得了认可。而U2也渐渐习惯了从社会话题中找歌词灵感，比如下一张专辑他们谈到了马丁·路德· 金（《Pride （In the Name of Love）》），再下一张专辑他们谈到了中美洲战乱（《Bullet The Blue Sky》），话题再回到这首歌，口号和主义当然不是全部歌词，歌曲也有着异常优美的旋律：不知疲倦的贝斯、探寻的钢琴、军鼓美妙清脆的敲击—尽管这不是一首标准的新年歌曲，但酒吧里还是经常有人唱起它，人们抛开歌词，更关心歌里给出的情绪：听天由命、决心和焦虑。

该系列往期节目链接

428 Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good  Golly Miss Molly

429 Solomon Burke-Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

430 The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais

432 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia

436 Love- Alone Again Or

437 Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender

438 The Stooges-I Wanna Be Your Dog

439 John Cougar Mellencamp-Pink Houses

441 The Del-Vikings -Come Go With Me

442 Little Richard-Keep A Knockin'

443 Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff 

444 Sonny & Cher-I Got You Babe

445 Nirvana-Come As You Are

446 Toots & The Maytals -Pressure Drop

447 The Shangri-Las-Leader Of The Pack

448 The Velvet Underground-Heroin

449 The Beatles-Penny Lane

450 Glen Campbell-By The Time I Get To Phoenix

451 Chubby Checker-The Twist

452 Sam Cooke-Cupid

453 Guns N' Roses-Paradise City

454 George Harrison-My Sweet Lord

455 Nirvana-All Apologies

456 Lloyd Price-Stagger Lee

457 The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

458 Sam & Dave-Soul Man

459 Muddy Waters-Rollin' Stone

460 The Chiffons-One Fine Day

461 Prince & The Revolution-Kiss

462 The Staple Singers-Respect Yourself

463 The Beatles-Rain

464 The Four Tops-Standing In The Shadows

465 Cheap Trick-Surrender

466 Del Shannon-Runaway

467 Guns N' Roses-Welcome To The Jungle

468 The Stooges-Search And Destroy

469 Carole King-It's Too Late

470 Joni Mitchell-Free Man In Paris

471 Willie Nelson-On The Road Again

472 The Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go?

473 Aretha Franklin-Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

474 Funkadelic-One Nation Under A Groove

475 Beastie Boys-Sabotage

476  Foreigner-I Want To Know What Love Is

477 Rick James-Super Freak

478 Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit

479 LaBelle-Lady Marmalade

480 Van Morrison-Into The Mystic

481 David Bowie-Young Americans

482 Alice Cooper-I'm Eighteen

483 The Cure-Just Like Heaven

484 Joan Jett-I Love Rock 'N Roll

485 Paul Simon-Graceland

486 The Smiths-How Soon Is Now?

488 Fleetwood Mac-Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) 

493 The Crystals-Then He Kissed Me-1963

494 The Eagles-Desperado-1973

495 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles-Shop Around-1960

496 The Rolling Stones -Miss You-1978

497 Weezer-Buddy Holly-1994

498 Brook Benton-Rainy Night In Georgia-1970

499 Thin Lizzy-The Boys Are Back In Town-1976

500 Boston-More Than A Feeling-1976