誰說錄音帶沒有用？Michelle Shocked用一卷錄音帶，帶動了幾十年革命與反抗的腳步；在資訊快速流通、傳播媒介更為多樣化且輕便的今天，或許，我們已不再聆聽實體的錄音帶、雷射光碟，偌大黑膠的擺設與收藏性質也重於音樂內容本身，但除了遊戲實況、購物開箱、俊男美女小貓小狗的直播之外，如何讓有意義、有情感、值得流傳的種種理念，能在這科技發達的年代快速在大眾之間傳播出去、發揮正向力量，或許正是《The Texas Campfire Tapes》為我們帶來的啟示錄。
Oct ‘86 “5 a.m. in Amsterdam” single released on Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl / Mercury Records
It's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam
And this is how I know
Not by the voice on my portable radio
The batteries are oldIt's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam
And this is how I know
Not by a digital watch
I don't even own oneIt's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam
And this is how I know
Not by a traveler's clock
It wound down long agoIs a bell ringing in my head?
I remember you once said
"It's just a trick of lightning, Michelle
Tripping over power lines"
I'm living alone nowIt's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam
And this is how I know
There's a church beside a park
And it fills the dying darkWith five strokes
There it is again
Did you hear that?
Did you hear that?
Did you hear that?
作者介紹｜Join
Join，多年前曾寫過幾本關於搖滾，以及女人在唱歌的書。現為整天煩惱下一頓要煮什麼的宅婦一枚，偶爾煮字療飢，在鍵盤與檔案間攀爬維生。
本圖/文經授權轉載自想想論壇（原標題：【聽那些女孩唱歌】用一卷錄音帶催生幾十年的社運行腳：米雪兒．夏克的德州營火錄音帶（Michelle Shocked -《The Texas Campfire Tapes》)）
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