Dilan se vratio

Bob Dilan, ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’
Kada se Dilan vratio iz carstva senki prošle godine, nakon skoro deceniju od njegovog poslednjeg studijskog albuma (Cantankerous Tempest 2012). Za to vreme je dobio Nobelovu nagradu i još više izoštrio svoj talenat. Rough and Rowdy Ways su lirska turneja koja obiluje humorom u “My Own Version of You”. Album je na neki način most između dva veka, u kome se krije osećaj melanholije koji dostiže vrhunac na uzvišenoj baladi na kraju „Key West“. Ove pesme čine Dilanov najdimenzionalniji album od Love and Theft.

Key West
Bob Dilan
McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
Doctor said, “McKinley, death is on the wall
Say it to me, if you got something to confess”
I heard all about it, he was going down slow
I heard it on the wireless radio
From down in the boondocks way down in Key West
I’m searching for love, for inspiration
On that pirate radio station
Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest
Radio signal, clear as can be
I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see
Down on the flatlands, way down in Key West
Key West is the place to be
If you’re looking for immortality
Stay on the road, follow the highway sign
Key West is fine and fair
If you lost your mind, you will find it there
Key West is on the horizon line
I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac…

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