77宣言之 Like a Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan 2006年8月發表最新專輯--磨登時代Modern Times，雙雙站上專輯銷售以及iTunes下載率冠軍寶座，以65歲高齡成為史上最老的銷售冠軍。本張專輯仍然傳達一貫的反戰思想，也許是911陰影、美國出兵伊拉克與中東危機刺激人心，或者是長年宰制排行的黑人Rap熱潮消退，所以大家才紛紛給予這搖滾活化石（last man standing）一個關愛......

我在iTunes上試聽一下，並沒有產生火花，這也許和Bob Dylan的音樂類型有關，如果不明白歌詞，很難第一次就有印象，就跟喝白開水沒啥兩樣。早期的Bob Dylan寫過很多好歌，但都是由別人來唱紅，例如知名度最高的「隨風而逝Gone with the wind」是由Peter, Paul and Mary（彼得、保羅與瑪莉）唱到全世界各角落。還有像Television與Guns 'n' Roses翻唱的"Knoking on heaven's door"、Souxie & Banshees改編的"This wheel's on fire"都比原曲要悅耳得多，原曲如嚼臘。不過Bob Dylan隻身一個人就改變人們認為搖滾樂膚淺的印象，即使已經闖蕩樂壇半世紀，鮮少有人可及。

這張冠軍專輯，iTunes上有不少評論，雖然有人認為這位活化石該入土了，別再出來賣弄啦！但大多數人都認為Bob Dylan老罔老嘛是擱ㄟ哺土豆，詞一樣詩意盎然，歌曲則耐聽有味，其中一篇評論是：
「那些堅持這張專輯一點也不具有啟發性的人，他們追求的是Bob Dylan不再追求的，而Bob Dylan早就沒有需要證明什麼....」
"Those who insist that this album is 'uninspired' are looking for something else, I think, something Dylan ceased to do years ago. Bob has nothing else to prove...."--Ramblin' Seminarian

那麼全盛時期的民謠搖滾詩人是什麼模樣？滾石Rolling Stone音樂雜誌曾經在2004年列了一張史上500大好歌清單，名列第一的就是Bob Dylan1965年發行的Highway 61 Revisited中的Like A Rolling Stone。雖然，因為同名的關係，Rolling Stone有自我廣告之嫌，這首呈現「搖擺沒有落魄時久」的現世搖滾曲還是好聽得不得了（我已不知如何來形容），每當心情低落之時，這首歌總是給我力量，特別是那一句「當你一無所有，你就一無所失 When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose」...



‧套用原曲的版本

Like a Rolling Stone

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?