He disappeared after two albums, and no one in America knew about him.
Those two music films took root and blossomed in the hearts of young people in Cape Town, South Africa by accident, awakening the souls of a generation, and hitting hundreds of thousands of pirated sales.
Everyone knows Rodriguez, but nothing about his people except his lyrics. There are rumors about his deeds. Or self-immolation on stage at a concert, or committing suicide by drinking bullets, or committing suicide by taking drugs in prison, in short, a national idol who has mysteriously died.
There are people who are trying to get more information about him to no avail.
An unexpected time-space connection brought a turning point, and the real Rodriguez didn't even exist! Have! die!
In the Motor City of Detroit, he quietly became a blue-collar worker, raised children, and lived. Do every job as earnestly and honestly as you sing with earnestness and honesty.
In the dirty work day after day still live like a poet. The severed finger of the right hand that was inadvertently exposed revealed the secret of the hardships of these years.
However, in addition to this, his tranquility, naturalness, calmness, neither humble nor arrogant, ordinary and extraordinary, looks a bit incredible.
For many years, the singer and his fans were like two cosmic planets with no intersection, until one day, the people who should recognize each other finally recognize each other.
South Africa, Cape Town, bursts of tears filled the eyes, and Caesar raised his arms and shouted as if he had returned. It is the miracle of the dead and the resurrection, the reunion of the lost and found.
More than 30 concerts, all of them are full, the superstar is full of style, everyone recognizes the voice, no one can believe it, this god-like person has been doing hard labor for the past 30 years, and after dozens of concerts, he Back home in Detroit, still me.
This story is legendary and blurry, but it is also simple and simple. Maybe the abyss of everyone's body is buried with a thin silver line. The difference between people is whether you find it. No matter whether it is noble and luxurious or poor, if you find it, you will find it. If you don't find it, you will not find it. You can't deceive others, and you can't deceive yourself.
Rodriguez, in America, zero, in south Africa, HERO!
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