リズムを刻むベース音から始まる曲は〈She Bop〉 ファンであれば誰もが知る性的な隠喩を含む女の子のちょっと生意気な歌詞を持つ曲ですが、1st.アルバム〈She’s So Unusual〉からシングルカットされ、超有名な〈Girls Just Want to Have Fun〉、〈Time After Time〉とともに、ビルボード3週連続でTop5に入るという人気曲でもあり、これを最初に持って来たシンディの挑発にほくそ笑んだファンも多いのでは…。 そして休む間もなく2曲目、〈The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough〉へと続く。
Ever since I was a child, I have wanted to know. The reason we are born. The reason suffering and love exist. These questions have been asked by literature for thousands of years, and continue to be asked today. What is the meaning of our brief stay in this world? How difficult is it for us to remain human, come what may? In the darkest night, there is language that asks what we are made of, that insists on imagining into the first person perspectives of the people and living beings that inhabit this planet; language that connects us to one another. Literature that deals in this language inevitably holds a kind of body heat. Just as inevitably, the work of reading and writing literature stands in opposition to all acts that destroy life. I would like to share the meaning of this award, which is for literature, with you – standing here in opposition to violence together. Thank you.