Ibhalwe nguBrian Garvey, Peace & Planet News, Julayi 17, i-2022
Abajwayelene nomculo kaRoger Waters bayazi ukuthi amandla okudala alandela uPink Floyd yisishoshovu esiphumela obala. Kodwa ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi amaphuzu azodlalwa aqale ngesimemezelo esilula esasakazwa ngemibhobho futhi sabhalwa ezikrinini ezinkulu zevidiyo ngezinhlamvu ezinkulu:"Uma ungomunye walabo 'Ngiyamthanda u-Pink Floyd kodwa angikwazi ukumelana nabantu bakaRoger bepolitiki,' ungenza kahle ngokungena ebhawa njengamanje."
Wayengadlali. Kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni u-Waters wasebenzisa inkundla yakhe ukuze amemeze umlayezo e-Boston Garden egcwele phama. Kwakungumlayezo owawumelene nempi ngokusobala, owawumelene nokugunyazwa, usekela abantu, nosekela ubulungisa; enikeza ukuphawula okungagcini nje ngokuthinta inhliziyo kodwa nokubekela inselele ngamabomu kubabukeli abavamile.
Izishoshovu kufanele zazi ukuthi uRoger Waters uyisivumelwano sangempela. Amavolontiya nabasebenzi abavela eMassachusetts Peace Action bebekhona ngesimemo somusa sabalingani bethu besikhathi eside, i-Smedley D. Butler Brigade of Veterans for Peace. Amathikithi bawathole kuRoger Waters uqobo. Ebona ukubaluleka komsebenzi we-VFP, indoda eyayiphambili isikhathi eside yelinye lamaqembu amakhulu e-rock emlandweni wamema izishoshovu zokuthula emsebenzini wakhe futhi wacela ukuthi basakaze umlayezo wabo. Ngenkathi i-Vets for Peace inikezela ngamakhophi e-Peace and Planet, iphephandaba labo elimelene nempi kanye nesimo sezulu, etafuleni lezemfundo e-Garden, izishoshovu ze-MAPA zazingaphandle zinikeza amapheshana ngokumelene nokukhukhula kwe-Ukraine ngezikhali ezisiza ukucebisa abazuzi bempi.
Sasazi ukuthi izilaleli zizokwamukela nokuthi umlayezo wethu wawuzoqiniswa esiteji. Akekho kithi owayelindele ukuthi inanelwe ngokuzwakalayo nangokucacile. Phakathi namahora amabili nesigamu i-Waters ikhulume cishe zonke izinkinga iMassachusetts Peace Action esebenza kuzo zonke izinsuku. Washaya impi eMpumalanga Ephakathi, amalungelo asePalestine, eLatin America, izikhali zenuzi, ubulungiswa bobuhlanga, amaphoyisa ahlomile, amalungelo abomdabu, njalo njalo njalo. Ukuzimisela kuka-Waters ukuthatha izihloko ezinzima kakhulu ngokuqondile nangokujulile, kanye nokuzwakala kwemisindo ayithola ezithamelini ezivamile, kwaba ugqozi olufanele ukubhekisiswa.
Uhlelo lwaqala ngenguqulo ebhalwe phansi ethi "Comfortable Numb." Ibhangqwe nezithombe zedolobha elicekelwe phansi nelinencithakalo ezikrinini zevidiyo eziyizinyawo eziyi-100, umlayezo wawucacile. Lena imiphumela yokunganaki. Njengoba izikrini ezinkulu ziphakama ziveza inkundla emaphakathi emzuliswaneni, ibhendi yangena “Kwesinye Isitini Odongeni,” mhlawumbe iculo lika-Pink Floyd elidume kakhulu. U-Waters wasebenzisa ingoma ukuze agqamise imfundo esiyithola sonke ngenkulumo-ze enemilayezo efana nokuthi “SIBAHLELILE OKUBI” eskrola esikrinini kaningi.
Okulandelayo, phakathi nesihloko esithi "The Bravery of Being Out of Range," kwavela izithombe zabo bonke umongameli kusukela kuRonald Reagan. Eceleni kwelebula elikhulu elithi “WAR CRIMINAL,” kwakunamashidi abo e-rap. U-Waters ubalule izingane zase-Iraqi ezingu-500,000 ezabulawa unswinyo lukaBill Clinton, isigidi esi-1 ezabulawa ezimpini zikaGeorge W. Bush, izinhlelo ze-drone zika-Barack Obama no-Donald Trump, kanye nesithombe sikaJoe Biden esinombhalo ongaqondakali othi "uqala nje..." Isho. okufunayo, kuRoger Waters akuphathelene nokuchema. Walandelisa ngomgubho omuhle wokumelana ne-Standing Rock ngesikhathi sengoma entsha, “Ibha,” eyaphetha ngombuzo olula, “ungasikhipha ngomusa izwe lethu?”
Ngemva kwezingoma ezimbalwa zokudumisa umsunguli kanye nomngane wakhe omkhulu uSyd Barrett, owabulawa ukugula ngengqondo kabuhlungu ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-60, u-Waters wadlala “Izimvu” ngokuhlonipha kwakhe uGeorge Orwell, Izilwane ngo-1977. Ukhale ngokuthi, “izingulube nezinja zinamandla kakhulu namuhla, nokho asikazifundisi kahle izingane zethu. Sibafundisa ubudlwangudlwangu njengokuhlwithwa, ubuzwe obukhulu, kanye nenzondo yabanye. Ngokudabukisayo nathi sibafundisa ukuba yizimvu ezinhle.”
Akekho ongachitha umzuzwana, umbukwane ngesikhathi sokuphumula kungenzeka kube umyalezo ocacile ngokumelene nezempi kanye nokwenza inzuzo ngempi kukho konke ukusebenza. Ingulube enkulu evuthekayo, ewukudla kwamakhonsathi e-Pink Floyd nayo evela ku-Animals, yantanta phezulu ngaphezu kwezithameli futhi yandiza izungeza inkundla. Ngakolunye uhlangothi kwakukhona umyalezo othi “Fuck the Poor.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, “Yebela Abampofu, Uphe Abacebile.” Okufakwe eceleni kwale milayezo kwakungamalogo “osonkontileka bezokuvikela” abakhulu emhlabeni, abazuzi bempi uRaytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Elbit Systems, nokunye.
Njengoba isethi yesibili iqala amabhanela abomvu awela ophahleni futhi isixuku sathuthelwa kungazelelwe sayiswa embuthanweni wobufascist owawuthi “Enyameni” kanye nokuthi “Gijima Njengesihogo.” Egqoke njengomuntu onegunya elimnyama eligqoke ijazi lesikhumba elimnyama, izibuko zelanga ezimnyama, nebhande lengalo elibomvu, i-Waters yabonisa izingozi zamaphoyisa ahlonyiwe, ubuhlanga, nezinkolo zobuntu. Izikrini zibonise izithombe zamaphoyisa egqoke ngendlela engafani ne-fascist stormtroopers, umbono osujwayeleke kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Amanzi aqhubekile nalo lonke uhlangothi lwesibili lwe-albhamu ka-Pink Floyd ethi Dark Side of the Moon. Exhumanisa ubunxiwankulu nezempi waphinde wakhombisa izithombe zokupakisha imali ngezindiza zempi, izindiza ezinophephela emhlane, kanye nezibhamu zokuhlasela ngesikhathi “seMali.” Waqhubeka nokudlala ethi “Us And Them,” “Noma Yimuphi Umbala Owuthandayo,” nethi “Eclipse,” eyayisetshenziselwa ukugubha ukuhlukahluka nokulwela umuzwa wobunye naso sonke isintu. Izifinyezo zabantu abavela kumasiko emhlabeni wonke bahlangana ndawonye ukuze bakhe i-tapestry, ekugcineni bakha ukukhanya okuningi nge-prism ku-albhamu yobuciko be-albhamu ye-Dark Side.
Kuleli qophelo embukisweni ukuxhumana phakathi kweciko nezethameli kwase kucacile. Ihlombe lalilokhu liqhubeke njalo kwaze kwabonakala ukuthi u-Waters wathinteka ngenxa yempendulo, esondela izinyembezi zenjabulo nokwazisa. Uhlangothi lwakhe lwalumfushane kodwa lunamandla. “AmaLanga Amabili Ekushoneni Kwelanga,” iculo eliphathelene nokuqothulwa kwezikhali zenuzi, labonisa indawo enohlaza enqotshwe isiphepho esikhulu somlilo sesikhali se-athomu. Abantu abangenacala baba yizifanekiselo kwase kuthi lezo silhouette zaphenduka zaba izingcezu eziningi zamaphepha ezivuthayo njengoba zashiswa yi-shock wave.
Akuwona amaDoobie Brothers. Umdlalo onzima. URoger Waters, oyiciko nesishoshovu njengoba nje engumculi, ukhumbuza izethameli zakhe ukuthi zingakhululeki ngalokho okungalungile emphakathini wethu. Usiphatha kabi ngamabomu. Kuhloswe ukuba kube impama ebusweni futhi ihlaba ngaphezu kokujabulisa. Kodwa likhona ithemba nakhona. Ukwazi ukuthi lezi zinkinga eziyinkimbinkimbi neziyinselele zingadlala kubabukeli abajwayelekile, noma okungenani esixukwini ebesigcwele izindawo ezinkulu zedolobha, kuyanika inhliziyo. Kufanele inikeze inhliziyo izishoshovu zesimo sezulu ezilwa neminyaka engama-200 kawoyela namalahle negesi nemali. Kufanele kunikeze amandla izishoshovu ze-BLM ezishaywa ngesisi esikhalisa izinyembezi nezinduku nezihlangu zokubhebhetheka; kungakhathaliseki ukuthi babanjwe izigebengu zamaNazi noma amaphoyisa enza njengabo. Kufanele kunikeze ithemba kubashisekeli bokuthula ezweni lempi yaphakade.
URoger Waters akesabi ukuthi, "Fuck the Warmongers." Akesabi ukuthi “Fuck your Guns.” Ungesabi ukusho ukuthi "Fuck Empires." Ungesabi ukuthi "I-Assange Yamahhala." Ungesabi ukusho ukuthi "I-Palestine Yamahhala." Uzimisele ukunikezela umbukiso Wamalungelo Abantu. Kumalungelo Okuzala. Kumalungelo AkwaTrans. Ngelungelo Lokumelana Nomsebenzi.
Akuyona eyawo wonke umuntu. Abanye abantu bangene e-bar. Ubani ozidingayo? NgoLwesibili ebusuku iBoston Garden ibigcwele abantu abalungele ukuzwa lo mlayezo. Umlayezo wethu. Ebusuku bethu obumnyama bomphefumulo zonke izishoshovu ziye zazibuza, "Ingabe ukhona umuntu laphaya?"
Impendulo ithi Yebo. Bakhona futhi basuthi njengathi. Imibono efana nokuthula nobulungiswa kanye nokuphikisana nokugunyazwa ayiyona inselele. Zivamile. Kuyasiza ukwazi lokho. Ngoba Amanzi aqinisile. Lokhu akuyona i-drill. Kuyiqiniso futhi izingozi ziphezulu. Kodwa abantu bakithi bakhona. Futhi uma singahlangana, singanqoba.
