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1、1RockSuperstars：WhatDoTheyTellUSAboutOurselvesandOurSocietyItwasmid-June，1972，theChicagoAmphitheaterwaspacked，sweltering，rocking.Onstage，MickJaggeroftheRollingStoneswassinging"MidnightRambler."CriticDonHeckmanwastherewhenthesongended."Jagger,"hesaid,"grabsahalf-gallonjugofwateran
2、drunsalongthefrontplatform,sprinklingitscontentsoverthefirstfewrowsofswelteringlisteners.Theysurgetofollowhim,eagertobetouchedbyafewbaptismaldrops."ItwaslateDecember,1973.Some14,000screamingfanswerecrunchinguptothefrontofthestageatCapitalCenter,outsideWashington,D.C.AliceCooper,A
3、merica'ssingingghoul,wasendinghisact.Heendsitbypretendingtoendhislife--withaguillotine.His"head"dropsintoastrawbasket."Ooh,"gaspedagirldressedinblackgasped.Oh,isn'tthatmarvelous?Fourteen-year-oldMikePerliewastheretoo,buthisparentsweren't.Theythinkhe'ssick,sick,sick,"Mikesaid."The
4、ysaytome,'Howcanyoustandthatstuff?'ItwaslateJanuary,1974.InsidetheNassauColiseuminUniondale,NewYork,BobDylanandTheBandweretuningforaconcert.Outside,inthepouringrain,fanChrisSingerwaswaitingtogetin."Thisispilgrimage,"Chrissaid."Ioughttobecrawlingonmyknees."Howdoyoufeelaboutallthis
5、adulationandheroworship?WhenMickJagger'sfanslookathimasahighpriestoragod,areyouwiththemoragainstthem?DoyoushareChrisSinger'salmostreligiousreverenceforBobDylan?Doyouthinkhe—orDylan—ismisguided?DoyourejectAliceCooperassick?Orareyoudrawnsomehowtothisstrangeclown,perhapsbecauseheact
6、soutyourwildestfantasies?Thesearen'tidlequestions.Somesociologistssaythatyouranswerstothemcouldexplainalotaboutwhatyouarethinkingandaboutwhatyoursocietyisthinking--inotherwords,aboutwhereyouandyoursocietyare."Musicexpressesitstimes,'sayssociologistIrvingHorowitz.Horowitzseesthero
7、ckmusicarenaasasortofdebatingforum,aplacewhereideasclashandcrash.HeseesitasaplacewhereAmericansocietystrugglestodefineandredefineitsfeelingsandbeliefs."Theredefinition,"Horowitzsays,"isataskuniquelyperformedbytheyoung.Itistheyalonewhocombineinventionandexaggeration,reasonandmotio
8、n,wordandsound,musicandpolitics."ToddRun
