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The 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute was a political demonstration conducted by African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony on October 16, 1968, at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City. After Smith and Carlos won gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the 200-meter running event, they turned on the podium to face their flags, and to hear the American national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Each athlete raised a black-gloved fist, and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. In addition, Smith, Carlos, and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets. In his autobiography, Silent Gesture, Smith stated that the gesture was not a "Black Power" salute, but a "human rights salute". The event is regarded as one of the most overtly political statements in the history of the modern Olympic Games...

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I guess I should've known by the way
You parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last
See, you're the kinda person that believes in makin' out once
Love 'em and leave 'em fast...

I guess I must be dumb
'Cause you had a pocket full of horses
Trojan and some of them used
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "What have I got to lose?"

And honey, I say Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
(Oh)
Little Red Corvette
You need a love that's gonna last...

I guess I should've closed my eyes
When you drove me to the place where your horses run free
'Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me...

Believe it or not, I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "Baby, have you got enough gas?", Oh yeah...

Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
(Yes, you are)
Little Red Corvette
You need to find a love that's gonna last
(Oh, oh)...

A body like yours oughta be in jail
'Cause it's on the verge of bein' obscene
Move over, baby, gimme the keys
I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine...

Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
Need to find a love that's gonna last, hey hey...

Little Red Corvette
Honey, you got to slow down
(Got to slow down)
Little Red Corvette...

'Cause if you don't, you're gonna run your little red corvette
Right in the ground
(Little Red Corvette)
Right down to the ground
(Honey, you got to slow down)...

You, you, you got to slow down
(Little Red Corvette)
You're movin' much too fast, too fast
Need to find a love that's gonna last...

Girl, you got an ass like I never seen, ow
And the ride
I say the ride is so smooth, you must be a Limousine...

Ow, baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
You need a love, you need a love that's, uh, that's gonna last
(Little Red Corvette)...

Babe, you got to slow down
(Y got to slow down)
Little Red Corvette
'Cause if you don't, 'cause if you don't...

You're gonna run your body right into the ground
(Right into the ground)
Right into the ground
(Right into the ground)
Right into the ground
(Right into the ground)...

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“Springsteen on Broadway,” which has been running at the 948-seat Walter Kerr Theater since October, is a reflective two-hour program in which Mr. Springsteen intersperses stripped-down versions of some of his most popular songs with stories about his life adapted from his memoir, “Born to Run.” He performs the show mostly alone — accompanying himself on piano, guitar and harmonica — but is also joined for a few songs by his wife, Patti Scialfa...

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Był wspaniałym gościem. Miałem okazję przyjaźnić się z nim przez ostatnie 20 lat, momentami dane nam było być naprawdę blisko – niekiedy dzielić śniadanie i łóżko w domu hotelu na trasie. Robert był dla polskiej kultury kimś takim jak dla Anglii Joe Strummer. Wiecznie niespokojny, kreatywny duch, niepoprawny marzyciel i ultraliberał. Duchowy Indianin i naturalny buddysta. Był dla nas wszystkich źródłem nieustającej inspiracji.

Kapitalne płyty Brygady, Izraela i Armii, mnóstwo świetnych piosenek z głębokim, mądrym przesłaniem. Miał swoje wielkie, ludzkie słabości i wszyscy ludzie wewnętrznego kręgu o nich wiedzieli, ale mimo to nie sposób było Roberta nie kochać i nie szanować. Cieszę się, że miałem okazję z nim pracować i być tak blisko – Robert na zawsze pozostanie częścią mnie.

Powrócił właśnie do Wielkiej Przestrzeni jak mistrz Yoda i utworzył kolejną, inspirującą konstelację na niebie. Jest już wolny – tak jak zawsze chciał...

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