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"Cult of Personality" is a song by rock band Living Colour. It was their second single off their debut album, ''Vivid'', released on July 14, 1988. "Cult of Personality" reached #13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #9 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It also won the Grammy award for "Best Hard Rock Performance" in 1990. Its music video earned two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video and Best New Artist. The song was ranked #69 on VH1's ''100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/ )〕 The solo was ranked #87 in Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" list.〔(100 Greatest Guitar Solos )〕 It was also selected as for inclusion in the musical reference book, ''1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die: And 10,001 You Must Download''. In 2007, the song was re-recorded and released for the video game ''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''. The re-recording was later featured in ''Guitar Hero Smash Hits''. It also appeared in the famous video game ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' on the radio station "Radio X". The song was also the entrance music for former WWE wrestler, CM Punk, and Living Colour performed the song live for his entrance at WrestleMania 29. The band's founder, Vernon Reid described the song as very special for the band not just for its commercial success but because it was essentially written in just one rehearsal session. The riff was stumbled upon while practicing something else and by the end of the session they had written what was to become Living Colour's best known song. The song contains many political references, and shares its name with a phenomenon involving psychology and politics. ==Political figures referenced== "Cult of Personality" prominently includes several audio samples of speeches from 20th-century political leaders. The song begins with an edited quote from the beginning of "Message to the Grass Roots", a speech by Malcolm X. As it appears in the song, the quote is: ''"... And during the few moments that we have left, ... We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand."'' The unabridged beginning of the speech is: ''"... And during the few moments that we have left, we want to have just an off-the-cuff chat between you and me—us. We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand."''〔Malcolm X: "Message to the Grass Roots": http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/malcolmxgrassroots.htm〕 During a rest in the music at 4:35, John F. Kennedy's inaugural address is heard ("Ask not what your country can do for you ..."). The song ends with Franklin D. Roosevelt saying "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", from his first inaugural address. The lyrics also mention Benito Mussolini, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Stalin, and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cult of Personality (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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