最初接觸音樂時,曾很欣賞John Lennon,欣賞他的才氣、他宣揚和平的理念(give peace a chance),欣賞他並不是一個普通的音樂人。
他的歌,聽過很多Imagine / don’t let me down / staring over / Jealous Guy... 年少時,還很喜歡他的一首作品,叫”God”. 內裡有一段歌詞,是這樣的
I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I-ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
Í don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in gita
I don't believe in yoga
I don't believe in kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in Beatles
I just believe in me
年少,讀到這樣的歌詞,總覺得「信自己」,是很型的一件事。
長大了,現在回看這段歌詞,我慶幸,自己並沒有只信自己。從外人看,我並非一個怎樣虔誠的基督徒,很多有時候,還是頗胡鬧的一個人。但,我卻有我對信仰執著的大原則、偶爾「知死」或「見到棺材」,我會很主動找衪...
十多年成長時光,沒做過幾件好事,還是跌跌碰碰、甩皮甩骨,但我可以好肯定,信耶穌,比做無神論者,還是幸福千百萬倍。
就連宣告「上帝已死」的德國哲學家尼采(Friedrich Nietzsche),最後也落得神經失常的下場,到底,我們還是需要上帝。
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Love your sharing. BTW, when I have my car CD player fixed, I will borrow a CD from you - some favorite songs I like in this album ^_^ sidekick
Sidekick,
Sure!^_^
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