25と30

少し遅れてしまったが。
11月9日は伯林の壁崩壊25周年だったのだ。


Philip Oltermann “As Germany marks fall of the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev warns of new cold war” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/08/gorbachev-cold-war-threat-berlin-wall-25th-anniversary


記念セレモニーに先立って行われたシンポジウムで蘇聯最後の大統領ミハイル・ゴルバチョフ*1ウクライナ情勢を巡って西側の対応を強く批判する発言をしている。


Philip Oltermann “A city undivided: the fall of the Berlin Wall commemorated 25 years on” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/09/berlin-wall-fall-remembered-residents-25-anniversary


1989年11月9日に伯林の壁を越えた数千人のうちのひとりで、当時東独逸の反体制運動活動家だったTina Kroneの回想。

ヴィム・ヴェンダースの『ベルリン・天使の詩』が日本で公開されたのは1988年の春*2。天使を辞めたブルーノ・ガンツは壁際に落ちて、(やはり元天使の)ピーター・フォーク*3に逢う。あの頃、伯林の壁が(そんなに早く)なくなるということは想像できなかった*4

ベルリン・天使の詩 デジタルニューマスター版 [DVD]

ベルリン・天使の詩 デジタルニューマスター版 [DVD]

Press Association “Do They Know It’s Christmas? gets makeover for Band Aid’s 30th birthday” http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/09/do-they-know-its-christmas-band-aid-makeover-30-anniversary


今年はバンド・エイド30周年。それを記念して、”Do They Know It’s Christmas?”のニュー・ヴァージョンがリリースされる;


The song, performed almost entirely by British and Irish musicians, was originally released in 1984 to raise £8m for famine-hit Ethiopia. It has since been re-recorded in 1989 and 2004. The original supergroup featured Bananarama, George Michael and Duran Duran, as well as U2 frontman Bono – the only singer to perform the same line in both the original and most-recent versions.

The Irishman was joined 10 years ago by what were then fresh faces on the music scene – including Will Young, Jamelia, Ms Dynamite, Rachel Stevens, Natasha Bedingfield, the Sugababes, Busted, Katie Melua, Lemar, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Travis singer Fran Healy.

Others taking part, such as soul singer Joss Stone, were not even born when the original was recorded, while Mercury prizewinner Dizzee Rascal won acclaim for writing and performing a rap to accompany one of the verses.