人和書 ( Men and Books) : Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan 2020 (Lyric video)

2020年3月29日星期日

Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan 2020 (Lyric video)

Live acoustic cover of "Murder Most Foul", a new song written by Bob Dylan, posted as a surprise today, March 27, 2020, on Bob Dylan's YouTube channel, Facebook page and Twitter profile in a post which said: "Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years. This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting. Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you. Bob Dylan" The song was inspired by the murder of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963 and it's full of hisorical and musical references in its lyrics. I don't know when it was recorded, but it sounds to me that it's a quite recent recording and its musical arrangement sounds much like the recent sound in Bob Dylan's concerts, inspired by his recent trilogy of albums containing covers of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. This song sound to me like an ideal sequel to "Roll On John", which was included in "Tempest" (2012) and which was a tribute to John Lennon. The original version by Bob Dylan is 17 minutes long, but my version is even longer. I was experimenting around with harmonica a little longer, I guess. Performed with acoustic guitar, Hohner Blues Harp in the Key of F and vocals, with Shure 5575LE vintage microphone and Roland Cube Street Ex amplifier.

Chang Chaotang
歲月輓歌
兩天前(March.27)
鮑伯·狄倫發表了一首新歌
這是三年來他首發的笫一首錄音室歌曲
全長16分55秒
有評論家說
這是莎士比亞「哈姆雷特」的音樂版
或許是他看到大家正搶購手槍
或許他對人性恐慌、暴戾的指控
或是他對生命荒謬、無常的哀嘆
約翰·甘迺迪之死
遂成為一種救贖與警世的圖騰
他發佈這首歌曲時機
也是疫情漫延的當下
在推特上他最後註記說：
「大家保持警覺，注意安全。」
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