关于他的传言很多,大部分都是说他已经不在人世。常见的说法就是他作为一个摇滚歌手在一次演出途中在舞台上燃烧自己把自己给烧死了,仿佛只有那么激进的手法才能符合一个传奇歌手的身份,但依然有人愿意去追踪,用水门事件”Follow the money”的逻辑竟然有一天真的被大家找到说这个在南非几乎人尽皆知的民谣歌手在过着和所有人都无两样的普通平凡生活的真实存在,民众顿时诧异了,也瞬间沸腾了。
他最后一首歌叫《Cause》,第一句开头就是:
Cause I lost my job two weeks before Christmas
而唱片公司因为他专辑的低迷决定和他解除合同的那天正好就是这句歌词的应景,有时不得不感叹人生的奇妙。
他用慵懒的声音慢慢唱道:
I wonder how many times you've been had
And I wonder how many plans have gone bad
I wonder how many times you had sex
把当时遭受各种禁忌忐忑心情压抑的南非青年内心点燃,仿佛思想触碰到了另外的新世界。
有时,他又像个洞悉一切的智者娓娓道来:
The mayor hides the crime rate
Council woman hesitates
Public gets irate but forget the vote date
…
Garbage ain't collected, women ain't protected
Politicians using people, they've been abusing
The mafia's getting bigger, like pollution in the river
And you tell me that this is where it's at.
镜头最后扫到睬过深层雪堆的Rodriguez的身影,一个人行走在这个冷酷世界里却依然充满深情。让人不由自主联想到他的另外一首歌《Street boy》作为应景:
Street boy
You've been out too long
Street boy
Ain't you got enough sense to go home
Street boy
You're gonna end up alone
You need some love and understanding
Not that dead-end life you're planning