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1、Lesson1:RockSuperstars:WhatDoTheyTellUsAboutOurselvesandOurSociety?Rockisthemusicofteenagerebellion.---JohnRockwell,rockmusiccriticByaman’sheroesyeshallknowhim.---RobertPennWarren,novelistItwasmid-June,1972,theChicagoAmphitheaterwaspacked,sweltering,rocking.Onstage
2、,MickJaggeroftheRollingStoneswassinging“MidnightRambler.”CriticDonHeckmanwastherewhenthesongended.“Jagger,”hesaid,“grabsahalf-gallonjugofwaterandrunsalongthefrontplatform,sprinklingitscontentsoverthefirstfewrowsofswelteringlisteners.Theysurgetofollowhim,eagertobeto
3、uchedbyafewbaptismaldrops”.ItwaslateDecember,1973,Some14,000screamingfanswerecrunchinguptothefrontofthestageatCapitalCenter,outsideWashington,D.C.AliceCooper,America’ssingingghoul,wasendinghisact.Heendsitbypretendingtoendhislife–withaguillotine.His“head”dropsintoas
4、trawbasket.“Ooh,”gaspedagirldressedinblack.“Oh,isn’tthatmarvelous?”Fourteen-year-oldMickPerliewastheretoo,buthisparentsweren’t.“Theythinkhe’ssick,sick,sick,”Mikesaid.“Theysaytome,‘Howcanyoustandthatstuff?’”ItwaslateJanuary,1974.InsidetheNassauColiseuminUniondale,Ne
5、wYork,BobDylanandTheBandweretuningforaconcert.Outside,inthepouringrain,fanChrisSingerwaswaitingtogetin.“Thisispilgrimage,”Chrissaid,“Ioughttobecrawlingonmyknees.”Howdoyoufeelaboutallthisadulationandheroworship?WhenMickJagger’sfanslookathimasahighpriestoragod,areyou
6、withthemoragainstthem?DoyoushareChrisSinger’salmostreligiousreverenceforBobDylan?Doyouthinkhe–orDylan–ismisguided?DoyourejectAliceCooperassick?Orareyoudrawnsomehowtothisstrangeclown,perhapsbecauseheactsoutyourwildestfantasies?Thesearen’tidlequestions.Somesociologis
7、tssaythatyouranswerstothemcouldexplainalotaboutwhatyouarethinkingandaboutwhatyoursocietyisthinking–inotherwords,aboutwhereyouandyoursocietyare.“Musicexpresseditstimes,”sayssociologistIrvingHorowitz.Horowitzseestherockmusicarenaasasortofdebatingforum,aplacewhereidea
8、sclashandcrash.HeseesitasaplacewhereAmericansocietystrugglestodefineandredefineitsfeelingsandbeliefs.“Theredefinition,”Horowitzsays,“isataskuniqu
