Wolemba Brian Garvey, Peace & Planet News, July 17, 2022
Iwo omwe amadziwa bwino nyimbo za Roger Waters amadziwa kuti mphamvu yolenga ya Pink Floyd ndi wotsutsa kwambiri. Koma kuwonetsetsa kuti aliyense akudziwa zomwe zidzachitike mu seweroli zidayamba ndi chilengezo chosavuta chowulutsidwa pa zokuzira mawu ndikujambulidwa pamakanema akulu akulu ndi zilembo zazikulu:"Ngati ndiwe m'modzi mwa omwe 'Ndimakonda Pink Floyd koma sindingathe kupirira anthu andale a Roger,' mungachite bwino kupita ku bar pompano."
Iye sanali kuseka. Kuyambira koyambira mpaka kumapeto Waters adagwiritsa ntchito nsanja yake kukuwa uthenga ku Boston Garden yodzaza. Unali uthenga womwe unali wotsutsa nkhondo, wotsutsa ulamuliro, wokomera anthu, komanso wokomera chilungamo; kupereka ndemanga zomwe sizinali zogwira mtima komanso zotsutsa mwadala kwa omvera ambiri.
Ochita ziwonetsero ayenera kudziwa kuti Roger Waters ndiye weniweni. Odzipereka ndi ogwira ntchito ochokera ku Massachusetts Peace Action analipo chifukwa choitanidwa mwachifundo ndi ogwirizana athu a nthawi yayitali, Smedley D. Butler Brigade of Veterans for Peace. Iwo adalandira matikiti kuchokera kwa Roger Waters mwiniwake. Pozindikira kufunika kwa ntchito ya VFP, munthu wa nthawi yaitali yemwe anali kutsogolo kwa gulu limodzi lalikulu la rock m'mbiri adayitana olimbikitsa mtendere ku ntchito yake ndipo adapempha kuti afalitse uthenga wawo. Pomwe a Vets for Peace adapereka makope a Peace and Planet, nyuzipepala yawo yolimbana ndi nkhondo komanso nyengo, patebulo lamaphunziro ku Garden, omenyera ufulu wa MAPA anali panja akupereka zikwangwani zotsutsana ndi kusefukira kwa Ukraine ndi zida zomwe zimalemeretsa opindula pankhondo.
Tinkadziwa kuti omvera adzamvetsera komanso kuti uthenga wathu udzalimbikitsidwa kuchokera pabwalo. Palibe aliyense wa ife amene ankayembekezera kuti mawuwo adzamveka mokweza komanso momveka bwino. M'kupita kwa maola awiri ndi theka Madzi adayankha pafupifupi nkhani zonse zomwe Massachusetts Peace Action imagwira ntchito tsiku lililonse. Anamenya nkhondo ku Middle East, ufulu wa Palestina, Latin America, zida za nyukiliya, chilungamo cha mafuko, apolisi ankhondo, ufulu wachibadwidwe, ndi mobwerezabwereza. Kufunitsitsa kwa Waters kutenga nkhani zovuta kwambiri mwachindunji komanso mozama, komanso kumveka komwe adalandira kuchokera kwa omvera ambiri, kunali kudzoza komwe kumayenera kuyang'anitsitsa.
Chiwonetserocho chinayamba ndi mtundu wocheperako wa "Comfortably Numb." Kuphatikizidwa ndi zithunzi za mzinda wowonongeka ndi wowonongedwa pazithunzi za mavidiyo a mapazi a 100, uthengawo unali womveka. Izi ndi zotsatira za mphwayi. Pamene zowonera zazikuluzikuluzikulu zidakwera ndikuwonetsa gawo lapakati mozungulira, gululo lidalowa mu "njerwa ina mu Khoma," mwina nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri ya Pinki Floyd. Waters adagwiritsa ntchito nyimboyi kuwunikira maphunziro omwe tonse timalandira kudzera m'mawu okopa omwe ali ndi mauthenga ngati "TIFE ABWINO AWO ZOIPA" akuyenda mobwerezabwereza.
Kenako, pa "Kulimba Mtima Kwa Kukhala kunja kwa Range," kunabwera zithunzi za purezidenti aliyense kuyambira Ronald Reagan. Pafupi ndi zilembo zazikulu za "WAR CRIMINAL," panali mapepala awo a rap. Madzi adatchula ana a 500,000 aku Iraq omwe anaphedwa ndi chilango cha Bill Clinton, 1 miliyoni omwe anaphedwa pa nkhondo za George W. Bush, mapulogalamu a drone a Barack Obama ndi Donald Trump, ndi chithunzi cha Joe Biden ndi mawu achinsinsi "akuyamba kumene ..." Nenani. zomwe mungafune, kwa Roger Waters sizokhudza kugawana. Anatsatiranso chikondwerero chabwino cha kukana ku Standing Rock panthawi ya nyimbo yatsopano, "The Bar," yomwe inatha ndi funso losavuta, "kodi mungachotsere dziko lathu?"
Pambuyo pa nyimbo zingapo zolemekeza woyambitsa mnzake komanso mnzake wapamtima Syd Barrett, yemwe adadwala matenda amisala kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 60, Waters adasewera "Nkhosa" kuchokera mu 1977 kulemekeza George Orwell, Zinyama. Iye anadandaula kuti: “Nkhumba ndi agalu ndi amphamvu kwambiri masiku ano, komabe sitiphunzitsa bwino ana athu. Timawaphunzitsa nkhanza ngati mkwatulo, kusakonda dziko, ndi kudana ndi ena. Ndipo n’zomvetsa chisoni kuti timawaphunzitsanso kukhala nkhosa zabwino.”
Osataya kamphindi, zowonera panthawi yopuma zitha kukhala uthenga womveka bwino wotsutsana ndi zankhondo komanso kupindula kwankhondo pazochitika zonse. Nkhumba yayikulu yofuulira, yomwe imapezekanso m'makonsati a Pinki Floyd ochokera ku Zinyama, idayandama pamwamba pa omvera ndikuwuluka mozungulira bwaloli. Kumbali ina kunali uthenga wakuti “Fuck the Poor the ”. Kumbali ina, “Iberani osauka, Perekani Olemera.” Ophatikizidwa pamodzi ndi mauthengawa anali ma logos a "makontrakitala achitetezo" akulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, opindula pankhondo Raytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Elbit Systems, ndi zina zambiri.
Pamene seti yachiwiri inayamba zikwangwani zofiira zinagwa kuchokera padenga ndipo khamu la anthu mwadzidzidzi linatengedwera ku msonkhano wachifasisti ndi "M'thupi" ndi "Thamangani Ngati Gahena." Atavala ngati munthu wopondereza atavala malaya akuda a chikopa, magalasi akuda, ndi lamba wofiira, Waters akuwonetsera kuopsa kwa apolisi, kusankhana mitundu, ndi miyambo ya umunthu. Zowonerazo zidawonetsa zithunzi za apolisi atavala mosasiyanitsa ndi ma stormtroopers a fascist, mawonekedwe omwe adziwika kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa.
Madzi anapitiriza ndi mbali yonse yachiwiri ya album ya Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon. Kulumikiza capitalism ndi zankhondo kachiwiri adawonetsa zithunzi zonyamula ndalama ndi ndege zankhondo, ma helikoputala owukira, ndi mfuti zowombera pa "Ndalama." Anapitiliza kuimba nyimbo za "Ife ndi Iwo," "Colour Iliyonse Imene Mumakonda," ndi "Eclipse," zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kukondwerera kusiyanasiyana komanso kulimbikitsa umodzi ndi anthu onse. Zithunzi za anthu azikhalidwe padziko lonse lapansi adalumikizana kuti apange chojambula, ndipo pamapeto pake adapanga kuwala kupyolera mu prism muzojambula zachimbale za Dark Side.
Pa nthawiyi muwonetsero mgwirizano pakati pa ojambula ndi omvera unali wowoneka bwino. Kuwomba m’manja kunapitirira mpaka pamene madzi anakhudzidwa mowonekera ndi kuyankhako, pafupi ndi misozi yachisangalalo ndi chiyamikiro. Mbali yake inali yachidule koma yamphamvu. “Madzuwa Awiri M’kulowa kwa Dzuwa,” nyimbo yonena za chiwonongeko cha nyukiliya, inasonyeza malo obiriwira ogonjetsedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho yoopsa ya chida cha atomiki. Anthu osalakwa adasandulika ma silhouettes kenako ma silhouetteswo adasandulika kukhala mapepala oyaka ambiri pomwe adatenthedwa ndi kugwedezeka kwamphamvu.
Si Achibale a Doobie. Ndiwonetsero yovuta. Roger Waters, wojambula komanso wochita zachiwonetsero monga momwe alili woimba, amakumbutsa omvera ake kuti asamasangalale ndi zomwe zili zolakwika m'dera lathu. Amatikhumudwitsa mwadala. Amapangidwa kukhala mbama kumaso ndipo amaluma kuposa momwe amakondera. Koma palinso chiyembekezo. Kudziwa kuti nkhani zovuta komanso zovutazi zitha kusewera kwa omvera ambiri, kapena kwa gulu lomwe ladzaza malo akulu kwambiri amzindawu, kumapereka mtima. Iyenera kupereka mtima kwa omenyera nyengo omwe akulimbana ndi zaka 200 zamafuta ndi malasha ndi gasi ndi ndalama. Izi ziyenera kupereka mphamvu kwa omenyera ufulu wa BLM kumenyedwa ndi utsi wokhetsa misozi ndi ndodo ndi zishango zachiwawa; kaya amangidwa ndi achiwembu a Nazi kapena apolisi omwe amachita ngati iwo. Iyenera kupereka chiyembekezo kwa olimbikitsa mtendere m'dziko lankhondo yamuyaya.
Roger Waters sakuchita mantha kunena kuti, "Fuck the Warmongers." Sachita mantha kunena kuti "Fuck your Guns." Osawopa kunena kuti "Fuck Empires." Osawopa kunena "Free Assange." Osawopa kunena "Palestine Yaulere." Wokonzeka kupereka chiwonetsero ku Ufulu Wachibadwidwe. Ku Ufulu Wobereka. Ku Trans Rights. Ufulu Wokana Ntchito.
Si za aliyense. Anthu ena adapita ku bar. Ndani amafunikira iwo? Lachiwiri usiku ku Boston Garden kunali kodzaza ndi anthu okonzeka kumva uthengawu. Uthenga wathu. M'masiku athu amdima amoyo onse omenyera ufulu adadzifunsa kuti, "Kodi pali wina kunja uko?"
Yankho ndi Inde. Iwo ali kunja uko ndipo adyetsedwa, monga ife. Malingaliro ngati mtendere ndi chilungamo komanso anti-authoritarianism sali malire. Iwo ndi ofala. Zimathandiza kudziwa zimenezo. Chifukwa Madzi ndi olondola. Uku si kubowola. Ndizowona ndipo zokhudzidwa ndi zazikulu. Koma anthu athu ali kunja uko. Ndipo ngati tingathe kusonkhana, tikhoza kupambana.
