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A FAMILY
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you
—“Hero”
It was the middle of July 1993, and I was headed to Schenectady, New York, to record aThanksgiving special for NBC. It was the first event to kick off promotion1 for my soon-to-be- released third studio album, Music Box. The first single, “Dreamlover,” would bedropping in a week, and the full album would be released on the last day of August.
Schenectady, a typical industrial city in eastern New York, was largely made up ofEastern European immigrants and Black folks who had come from the South to work inthe town’s cotton mill. It’s a straight shot north along the Hudson River from Hillsjail.
The concert was to be taped in Proctors Theatre, a former vaudeville2 house completewith a red carpet, gold leaf galore, Corinthian columns, chandeliers, and Louis XVcouches in the balcony promenade—the whole nine yards. Even though it was a beautiful,classic theater, it was not the setting I would have chosen, to be sure; nor would mosttwenty-year-olds in the early 1990s. But I made few decisions about my whereabouts then.
Outside of the recording3 studio, every aspect of my life was decided4 by a committee inthose days, with Tommy acting5 as chairman of the board. (Oddly enough, I was neverinvited to the meetings.)
As we pulled up to the center of town, the streets seemed to be increasingly empty,and I began to notice a lot of police officers. Several streets were blocked off near thetheater, patrolled by clusters of men in dark uniforms, outfitted6 with shiny shoes and blackguns. The limo slowed to a crawl as I stared out the window, the eerily8 quiet streets rollingby. A familiar anxiety was rising inside, which I fought mightily
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promotion
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| n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传 | |
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vaudeville
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| n.歌舞杂耍表演 | |
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recording
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acting
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desolate
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gilded
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dressing
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barricades
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| 路障,障碍物( barricade的名词复数 ) | |
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squads
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vocal
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nominations
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coveted
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accolades
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coordinated
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farmhouse
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celebrities
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parental
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solely
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debut
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lyrics
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mainstream
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reclaim
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simplicity
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trepidation
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adoration
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dedicated
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inaugural
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royalties
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initially
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choir
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cocktail
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exhaustion
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idol
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tragic
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metaphor
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