| 词条 | Highwire (song) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Highwire | cover = Highwire.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Rolling Stones | album = Flashpoint | released = 1 March 1991 | format = CD, 7" | recorded = January 1991 | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock | length = 3:41 | label = Rolling Stones | writer = Jagger/Richards | producer = Chris Kimsey, The Glimmer Twins | prev_title = Terrifying | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = Ruby Tuesday (live) | next_year = 1991 }} "Highwire" is an anti-war song by The Rolling Stones featured on their 1991 live album Flashpoint.[1] Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Highwire" is one of the rare examples of the Stones taking on political issues - in this case, the fall-out from Persian Gulf War. On the song, Jagger said at the time of its release, "It's not about the war. It's about how it started."[2] Richards continued, saying, "This is not about the war. It's about how you build up some shaky dictator. You can't build them up, 'cause then you've got to slam them down."[2] The song's lyrics deconstructed the build-up to the war, and criticized the politics behind it: {{cquote|We sell 'em missiles, We sell 'em tanks; We give 'em credit, You can call the bank; It's just a business, You can pay us in crude; You love these toys, just go play out your feuds; Got no pride, don't know whose boots to lick; We act so greedy, makes me sick sick sick.}}{{cquote|We walk the highwire; Sending the men up to the front line; Hoping they don't catch the hell fire; With hot guns and cold, cold lies.}}"Highwire" was released as Flashpoints first single on 1 March 1991. It reached #29 in the UK, #57 in the US, #28 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. An accompanying video directed by Julien Temple was released and depicted the Stones in an industrial set performing the song. ChartsWeekly charts
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Mick Jagger - vocals Keith Richards - guitar Ron Wood - guitar, pedal steel guitar Bill Wyman - bass guitar Charlie Watts - drums See also
Notes1. ^John Stewart Bowman Facts about the American wars -- 1998 p716 "But neither that nor another antiwar song, "Highwire," by the Rolling Stones, received much attention. Nor did "Die for Oil, Sucker," by Jello Biafra, formerly of the Dead Kennedys. " {{Navboxes|title = The Rolling Stones|list ={{The Rolling Stones}}{{The Rolling Stones singles}}{{The Rolling Stones albums}}}}2. ^1 {{cite web| last =| first =| title = Highwire| work = Time Is On Our Side| publisher =| url = http://timeisonourside.com/SOHighwire.html| accessdate = 2006-07-18}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2024&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2024.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2024|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991|work=RPM|accessdate=November 23, 2017}} 7 : The Rolling Stones songs|1991 singles|Songs written by Jagger/Richards|Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one singles|Song recordings produced by the Glimmer Twins|1991 songs|Music videos directed by Julien Temple |
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