Na Brian Garvey, Nūhou Maluhia & Honua, Lulai 17, 2022
ʻO ka poʻe i kamaʻāina i ka mele a Roger Waters, ʻike ʻo ia ka mea hoʻomohala ma hope o Pink Floyd he mea hoʻoikaika ʻōlelo. Akā no ka ʻike pono ʻana i ka poʻe a pau i ka helu e hele ana i ka hana i hoʻomaka me kahi hoʻolaha maʻalahi i hoʻolaha ʻia ma luna o nā leo kani a paʻi ʻia ma nā kiʻi wikiō nui i nā leka nunui:"Inā ʻo ʻoe kekahi o ka poʻe 'Aloha wau iā Pink Floyd akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kū i ka poʻe kālai'āina o Roger,' pono paha ʻoe e lele i ka pā i kēia manawa."
ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻakaʻaka. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a hiki i ka hoʻopau ʻana, hoʻohana ʻo Waters i kāna paepae e hoʻōho i kahi leka i kahi māla ʻo Boston. He ʻōlelo ia i kūʻē i ke kaua, kūʻē i ka mana, kākoʻo i ka poʻe, a me ka hoʻopono; ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka poignant akā i ka manaʻo hoʻi e paʻakikī i kahi anaina nui.
Pono e ʻike nā mea hana ʻo Roger Waters ka hana maoli. Ua hele mai nā mea manawaleʻa a me nā limahana mai Massachusetts Peace Action ma o ke kono lokomaikaʻi a ko mākou mau hoa lōʻihi, ʻo Smedley D. Butler Brigade o nā Veterans for Peace. Ua loaʻa iā lākou nā tiketi mai Roger Waters iā ia iho. No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hana a VFP, ua kono ke kanaka lōʻihi i mua o kekahi o nā hui pōhaku nui ma ka mōʻaukala i nā mea hoʻoikaika maluhia i kāna hana a noi aku e hoʻolaha i kā lākou leka. ʻOiai ka Vets for Peace i hāʻawi i nā kope o ka Peace and Planet, kā lākou antiwar a me ka nūpepa pro-climate, ma kahi papa hoʻonaʻauao ma ka māla, aia nā mea hana MAPA ma waho e hāʻawi ana i nā mea lele e kū'ē i ke kahe ʻana o Ukraine me nā mea kaua e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā mea waiwai kaua.
Ua ʻike mākou e ʻoluʻolu ka poʻe e hoʻolohe a e hoʻoikaika ʻia kā mākou leka mai ke kahua. ʻAʻohe o mākou i manaʻo e hoʻokani ʻia me ka leo nui a me ka maopopo. I loko o nā hola ʻelua a me ka hapa, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Waters i nā pilikia āpau a Massachusetts Peace Action e hana ai i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua paʻi ʻo ia i ke kaua ma ka Hikina Waena, nā kuleana Palestinian, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, nā mea kaua nuklea, ka hoʻoponopono lāhui, ka mākaʻi koa, nā kuleana ʻōiwi, a ma luna a ma luna. ʻO ka makemake o Waters e lawe pololei a hohonu i nā kumuhana paʻakikī, a me ke kani ʻana i loaʻa mai kahi anaina nui, he mea hoʻoikaika e pono ke nānā pono ʻia.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hōʻike me kahi mana haʻahaʻa o "Comfortably Numb." Hoʻohui pū ʻia me nā kiʻi o ke kūlanakauhale i luku ʻia a neoneo ma nā kiʻi wikiō 100 kapuaʻi, ua maopopo ka leka. ʻO kēia nā hopena o ka manaʻoʻole. I ka piʻi ʻana o nā pale nunui e hōʻike ana i ke kahua waena o ka pōʻai, ua komo ka hui i loko o "Another Brick in the Wall," ʻo ia paha ke mele kaulana loa a Pink Floyd. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Waters i ke kani e hōʻike i ka hoʻonaʻauao i loaʻa iā mākou a pau ma o ka propaganda me nā memo e like me "US GOOD THEM EVIL" e ʻōwili pinepine ana ma ka pale.
A laila, i ka wā "The Bravery of Being out of Range," hele mai nā kiʻi o kēlā me kēia pelekikena mai Ronald Reagan. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lepili nui "WAR CRIMINAL," ʻo kā lākou mau pepa rap. Ua haʻi ʻo Waters i 500,000 mau keiki Iraqi i pepehi ʻia e ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana a Bill Clinton, 1 miliona i pepehi ʻia i nā kaua o George W. Bush, nā papahana drone o Barack Obama a me Donald Trump, a me ke kiʻi o Joe Biden me ka ʻōlelo huna "hoʻomaka wale nō ..." E ʻōlelo. ʻO ka mea āu e makemake ai, no Roger Waters ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i ka partisanship. Ua ukali ʻo ia me kahi hoʻolauleʻa maikaʻi o ke kūʻē ʻana ma Standing Rock i ka wā o kahi mele hou, "ka Bar," i hoʻopau ʻia me kahi nīnau maʻalahi, "e ʻoluʻolu anei ʻoe e hoʻokuʻu i ko mākou ʻāina?"
Ma hope o kekahi mau mele i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kāna hoa hoʻokumu a me kāna hoa aloha ʻo Syd Barrett, ka mea i make i ka maʻi noʻonoʻo i ka hopena o 60, ua hoʻokani ʻo Waters iā "Sheep" mai kāna hoʻomana 1977 iā George Orwell, Animals. Ua kanikau ʻo ia, "ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā puaʻa a me nā ʻīlio i kēia lā, ʻaʻole naʻe mākou e aʻo maikaʻi i kā mākou mau keiki. Ke aʻo aku nei mākou iā lākou e like me ka rapture, ultra-nationalism, a me ka inaina o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. A ʻo ke kaumaha, ke aʻo aku nei mākou iā lākou pehea e lilo ai i hipa maikaʻi.
ʻAʻole hoʻokahi e hoʻonele i kahi manawa, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ka wā hoʻomaha paha ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi loa e kūʻē i ka militarism a me ke kaua waiwai o ka hana holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kahi puaʻa puʻupuʻu nui, kahi kumu nui o nā ʻaha mele ʻo Pink Floyd mai nā Animals, lana kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ke anaina a lele a puni ke kahua pāʻani. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao ka memo "Fuck the Poor." Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, "ʻaihue mai ka poʻe ʻilihune, hāʻawi i ka mea waiwai." Hoʻopili pū ʻia me kēia mau leka nā logo o nā "ʻoihana pale kaua" nui loa o ka honua, ʻo nā mea waiwai kaua ʻo Raytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Elbit Systems, a me nā mea hou aku.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻelua, hāʻule nā hae ʻulaʻula mai ke kaupaku a ua lawe koke ʻia ka lehulehu i kahi hui fascist me "Ma ke ʻiʻo" a me "Holo e like me Hell." Ua ʻaʻahu ʻia e like me ke kiʻi mana i loko o ka ʻaʻahu ʻili ʻeleʻele, nā aniani ʻeleʻele, a me ke kāʻei ʻulaʻula, ua hōʻike ʻo Waters i ka pōʻino o ka hoʻokele militarized, racism, a me nā moʻomeheu pilikino. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi o nā mākaʻi i ʻaʻahu ʻokoʻa ʻole ʻia mai nā stormtroopers fascist, kahi ʻike i maʻa loa i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua hoʻomau ka wai me ka ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka album a Pink Floyd ʻo Dark Side of the Moon. Hoʻohui hou i ka capitalism me ka militarism ua hōʻike hou ʻo ia i nā kiʻi o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kālā me nā mokulele kaua, nā helikopter hoʻouka, a me nā pū hoʻouka kaua i ka wā "Kālā." Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka pāʻani "ʻO mākou a me lākou," "Kekahi kala āu e makemake ai," a me "Eclipse," i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻolauleʻa ai i nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole a hoʻokūkū i ka manaʻo hoʻokahi me nā kānaka āpau. Ua hui pū ʻia nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi o nā kānaka mai nā moʻomeheu a puni ka honua e hana i kahi tapestry, ma hope o ka hana ʻana i ke ʻano o ka mālamalama ma o ka prism i loko o ka kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi o Dark Side.
Ma kēia wahi o ka hōʻike ua ʻike ʻia ka pilina ma waena o ka mea pena a me ka lehulehu. Ua hoʻomau ʻia ka paʻi ʻana a hiki i kahi ʻike ʻia ʻo Waters i ka pane ʻana, kokoke i ka waimaka o ka hauʻoli a me ka mahalo. He pōkole kona hoʻopaʻa inoa akā ikaika. Ua hōʻike ʻo "Two Suns in the Sunset," he mele e pili ana i ka nuklear holocaust, i kahi ʻāina uliuli i lanakila ʻia e ka ʻino ahi nui o kahi mea kaua atomika. Ua lilo ka poʻe hala ʻole i mau silhouettes a laila ua lilo kēlā mau silhouette i mau ʻāpana pepa e ʻā ana i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia e ka hawewe haʻalulu.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka Doobie Brothers. He hōʻike paʻakikī. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Roger Waters, ʻoiai he mea pena kiʻi a he mea hoʻokani pila ʻo ia, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kāna poʻe e ʻoluʻolu ʻole i ka hewa o ko mākou kaiāulu. Hoʻopilikia ʻo ia iā mākou me ka manaʻo. He paʻi ia i ka maka a ʻoi aku ka ʻona ma mua o ka leʻaleʻa. Akā, aia kekahi manaʻolana. No ka ʻike ʻana e hiki ke pāʻani i kēia mau pilikia paʻakikī a paʻakikī i kahi anaina nui, a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi i ka lehulehu i hoʻopiha i kekahi o nā wahi nui loa o ke kūlanakauhale, e hāʻawi i ka naʻau. Pono ia e hāʻawi i ka puʻuwai i nā mea hoʻoikaika kino e hakakā nei me 200 mau makahiki o ka aila a me ka lanahu a me ke kinoea a me ke kālā. Pono ia e hāʻawi i ka ikaika i ka poʻe hoʻoikaika BLM e paʻi ʻia me ke kinoea waimaka a me nā pahu a me nā pale haunaele; inā paha e paʻa ʻia lākou e nā pōā Nazi a i ʻole nā mākaʻi e hana like me lākou. Pono e hāʻawi i ka manaʻolana i nā mea hoʻoikaika maluhia ma ka ʻāina o ke kaua mau loa.
ʻAʻole makaʻu ʻo Roger Waters e ʻōlelo, "Fuck the Warmongers." ʻAʻole makaʻu ʻo ia e ʻōlelo "Fuck your Guns." ʻAʻole makaʻu e ʻōlelo "Fuck Empires." ʻAʻole makaʻu e ʻōlelo "Free Assange." ʻAʻole makaʻu e ʻōlelo "Free Palestine." Makemake e hoʻolaʻa i kahi hōʻike no Human Rights. I ka Pono Hanau. I nā Kuleana Trans. I ke kuleana e pale aku i ka hana.
ʻAʻole no kēlā me kēia kanaka. Ua hauʻoli kekahi poʻe i ka pā. ʻO wai ka mea e pono ai? Ma ka po Poalua, ua piha ka mahinaai o Bosetona i na kanaka makaukau e lohe i keia olelo. ʻO kā mākou leka. I ko mākou mau pō pōʻeleʻele o ka ʻuhane, ua nīnau nā mea hana a pau iā mākou iho, "Aia kekahi ma waho?"
ʻAe ka pane. Aia lākou i waho a māʻona, e like me mākou. ʻAʻole pili nā manaʻo e like me ka maluhia a me ka hoʻopono a me ka anti-authoritarianism. ʻO lākou ka manaʻo nui. He kōkua ka ʻike ʻana i kēlā. No ka mea, pololei ka Wai. ʻAʻole kēia he drill. He mea maoli a he kiʻekiʻe ka pili. Akā aia ko mākou poʻe ma waho. A inā hiki iā mākou ke hui pū, hiki iā mākou ke lanakila.
