New Order, “1963”

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大きな行李の中から現れたコケティッシュな女は、自分がその中に閉じ込めれていた行李よりはるかに小さな行李を片手に何かを求め旅をはじめます。コンパスを手に右へ左へ後ろへ前へ。キャメラの前ではしゃぎ、おどける女が手にする行李が徐々に大きくなっていることにあるとき観客は気付きます。二本の木の枝を金属探知機に見立て、探していた「何か」に激しく反応する様を演じてみたりするものの、しょせんつまらない嘘でしかありません。旅を続ける女の行李はさらに大きくなるばかりで、その大きさは誰の目にも明らかになり、当の本人すら持て余しはじめます。
やがて田園地帯から運河のある街へと女は至ります。巨大化し続ける行李は、もはや背負わなければ持ち運べないほどの大きさです。運河沿いの道に立ち並ぶレンガ造の建物の壁に貼られたバンドのポスターにコンパスは激しく反応します。ついに女は求めていたものを見つけられたのか？と思っていると、女は、ん〜っ、ポイってな感じでコンパスを運河に放り投げます。女は巨大な行李を背負い、おぼつかない足取りでさらに旅を続けます。ついに行李は最初、女がその中に閉じ込められていた行李と同じくらい巨大になっています。やがて女はその行李の中に潜り込み自ら蓋を閉ざすことでしょう。

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メロディアスで美しい、とても親しみやすい曲ですが、歌詞は少し不思議で、JFKの暗殺事件に想を得たとも言われています。理解されることを拒絶しているようでもあり、一方で理解されることを強く待ち望んでいるようでもあります。
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It was january, 1963
When johnny came home with a gift for me
He said I bought it for you because I love you
And I bought it for you because it's your birthday, too
He was so very nice, he was so very kind
To think of me at this point in time
I used to think of him, he used think of me
He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw tears were in his eyes
He never meant to hurt me
Oh, god, johnny, don't point that gun at me
There's so many ways our lives have changed
But please, I beg, don't do this to me
Johnny, don't point that gun at me
Can I save my life at any price?
For god's sake won't you listen to me?


And though he was ashamed that he had took a life
Johnny came home with another wife
And he often remembered how it used to be
Before that special occasion, 1963
There was too many ways that you could kill someone
Like in a love affair, when the love is gone
He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw hatred in his eyes
He never meant to hurt me
Oh, god, johnny, don't point that gun at me
There's so many ways our lives have changed
But please, I beg, don't do this to me
Johnny, you keep on using me
Can I change my life for any price?
Oh, johnny, won't you listen to me?

He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw hatred in his eyes
But he never meant to hurt me
Oh, god, johnny, don't point that gun at me
There's so many ways our lives have changed
But please, I beg, don't do this to me
Johnny, you keep on using me
Can I change my life for any price?
Oh, johnny, won't you listen to me?

I just want you to be mine,
I don't want this world to shine
I don't want this bridge to burn
Oh, johnny, do you miss me?
I just want to feel for you
I will always feel for you...