


Numa despedida e homenagem a Yanayev e a tantos outros camaradas como ele que por aí pululam e vão desaparecendo, deixo-vos a letra de uma ode ao conservadorismo nostálgico numa música de Billy Joel de 1977 – The Way You Are (acima):
Don't go changing, to try and please me,
You never let me down before,
Don't imagine, you're too familiar,
And I don't see you anymore.
I would not leave you, in times of trouble,
We never could have come this far,
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,
I'll take you just the way you are.
You never let me down before,
Don't imagine, you're too familiar,
And I don't see you anymore.
I would not leave you, in times of trouble,
We never could have come this far,
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,
I'll take you just the way you are.
Don't go trying, some new fashion,
Don't change the colour of your hair,
You always have my, unspoken passion,
Although I might not seem to care.
I don't want clever, conversation,
I never want to work that hard,
I just want someone, that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew,
What will it take till you believe in me,
The way that I believe in you?
I said I love you, and that's forever,
And this I promise from the heart,
I couldn't love you, any better,
I love you just the way you are.
I don't want clever, conversation,
I never want to work that hard,
I just want someone, that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.
Don't change the colour of your hair,
You always have my, unspoken passion,
Although I might not seem to care.
I don't want clever, conversation,
I never want to work that hard,
I just want someone, that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew,
What will it take till you believe in me,
The way that I believe in you?
I said I love you, and that's forever,
And this I promise from the heart,
I couldn't love you, any better,
I love you just the way you are.
I don't want clever, conversation,
I never want to work that hard,
I just want someone, that I can talk to,
I want you just the way you are.
Eu lembro-me de Yanaiev, de ver a sua face algo canina aquando do golpe, e de ficar impressionado com o tamanho da sala onde se realizava a conferência de imprensa. Nunca mais ouvi falar dele, e menos ainda da sua morte.
ResponderEliminarSe o Golpe tivesse vingado - e eu acho que já aqui confessei que cheguei a acreditar que vingaria - Yanayev era indispensável para, como Vice-Presidente da URSS, dar ao que se sucedesse uma aparência de legalidade - deu para perceber que a ideia deles era «adoentar» Gorbachev.
ResponderEliminarMas depois, tenho quase a certeza absoluta que seria "dialecticamente" descartado.
Note-se que escrevi «dialecticamente descartado» porque naqueles tempos considerava-se que o desperdício e deitar coisas fora eram vícios intrínsecos do sistema capitalista - com o socialismo aproveitava-se tudo...