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...years: "He was deeply tan, and at least four inches taller than when I had last seen him. His chest was bigger, his legs stronger and straighter... Presently he shrugged off the top of his damp suit. The loops fell away, leaving behind pale ghosts of themselves. Midges sang...
...cool night in 1986, I was invited to take part in an unprecedented concert held at the Beijing Workers' Stadium. The place was packed. I sang an original tune, Nothing to My Name, which people seemed to like. When the concert ended and I stepped outside, I saw some kids on the street imitating my moves. Few Chinese really knew what rock 'n' roll was back then. But we knew it was something that gave out energy. It was music with a message...
...performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989, 15 days before the crackdown. I sang A Piece of Red Cloth, a tune about alienation. I covered my eyes with a red cloth to symbolize my feelings. The students were heroes. They needed me, and I needed them. After Tiananmen, however, the authorities banned concerts. We performed instead at "parties," unofficial shows in hotels and restaurants...
...When we start to relax, please don't send us a fax, for we're surging, with urging, for merging," they sang to the tune of "Tit-Willow" from The Mikado...
...evening closed as the assembled crowd rose to their feet and tearfully sang the Radcliffe College alma mater, "Radcliffe, Now We Rise to Greet Thee...