Ranije ove godine objavljeno je da je Bob Dylan napisao tekstove o više od 60 različitih pjesama za svoju nadolazeću knjigu “‘Philosophy of Modern Song”. Sada su otkrivena imena svih 66 pjesama o kojima je pisao.
Nije iznenađujuće da će klasične pjesme koje su napisali i/ili snimili američki velikani kao što su Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Little Richard, Townes Van Zandt doći u obzir. Manje očekivano, Dylan će skrenuti s puta kako bi analizirao pjesme poput “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” Cher , “Witchy Woman” Eaglesa, “CIA Man” grupe The Fugs i “Come On-a My House” Rosemary Clooney.
U najavi u ožujku rečeno je da će knjiga predstavljati “tečaj o umjetnosti i zanatu pisanja pjesama”, jer Dylan “analizira ono što naziva ‘zamkom lakih rima’, razlaže kako dodavanje jednog sloga može oslabiti pjesmu, i čak objašnjava na koji je način bluegrass povezan s heavy metalom.” U najavi je dalje navedeno da su eseji “naizgled o glazbi, ali zapravo su meditacije i razmišljanja o ljudskom stanju”.
Najstarija pjesma na popisu je “Rudy Was a Lady” Stephena Fostera napisana 1849., a slijedi je “The Whiffenpoof Song” s početka 1900-ih. Zastupljene su blues, R&B i hillbilly pjesme iz prve polovice 20. stoljeća, ali većina pjesama je iz 50-ih do 70-ih, zlatnog doba za rock, pop, soul i country. Uronio je u eru punka/novog vala s “Pump It Up” Elvisa Costella i “London Calling” grupe The Clash. Dvije najnovije pjesme na popisu su “It Doesn’t Hurt Anymore”, koju je snimila Regina Belle 1989., i “Dirty Life and Times” Warrena Zevona, s njegovog oproštajnog albuma “The Wind” iz 2003.
Jedna od iznenađujućih pjesama na popisu mogla bi biti “Witchy Woman” Eaglesa — iznenađujuće, ako ni zbog čega drugog, Dylan je u intervjuu 2021. naveo tri druge pjesme Eaglesa kao svoje omiljene pjesme grupe: “New Kid in Town”, “Life in the Fast Lane” i “Pretty Maids in a Row” (za koju je rekao da bi zadnja mogla biti jedna od najboljih pjesama ikada”). Dylana su o tome pitali u intervjuu jer je njegova pjesma “Murder Most Foul” uključivala stihove “Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey / Take it to the limit and let it go by.”
Poglavlje o “Pump It Up” moglo bi biti zanimljivo, budući da Costello slobodno priznaje da je djelomično inspirirana Dylanovim “Subterranean Homesick Blues”, pa će biti zanimljivo vidjeti hoće li se dug priznati kao dio posvete.
Sadržaj knjige:
“Detroit City” (Bobby Bare)
“Pump It Up” (Elvis Costello & the Attractions)
“Without a Song” (Frank Sinatra)
“Take Me From This Garden of Evil” (Jimmy Wages)
“There Stands the Glass” (Webb Pierce)
“Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me” (Billy Joe Shaver)
“Tutti Frutti” (Little Richard)
“Money Honey” (Elvis Presley)
“My Generation” (The Who)
“Jesse James” (Harry McClintock)
“Poor Little Fool” (Ricky Nelson)
“Pancho and Lefty” (Townes Van Zandt)
“The Pretender” (Jackson Browne)
“Mack the Knife” (Bobby Darin)
“The Whiffenpoof Song” (Rudy Vallee)
“You Don’t Know Me” (Ray Charles)
“Ball of Confusion” (The Temptations)
“Poison Love” (Johnnie & Jack)
“Beyond the Sea” (Bobby Darin)
“On the Road Again” (Willie Nelson)
“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
“The Little White Cloud That Cried” (Johnnie Ray)
“El Paso” (Marty Robbins)
“Nelly Was a Lady” (Stephen Foster)
“Cheaper to Keep Her” (Johnnie Taylor)
“I Got a Woman” (Ray Charles)
“CIA Man” (The Fugs)
“On The Street Where You Live” (From “My Fair Lady”)
“Truckin’” (The Grateful Dead)
“Ruby, Are You Mad?” (The Osborne Brothers)
“Old Violin” (Johnny Paycheck)
“Volare” (Domenico Modugno)
“London Calling” (The Clash)
“Your Cheatin’ Heart” (Hank Williams)
“Blue Bayou” (Roy Orbison)
“Midnight Rider” (The Allman Brothers Band)
“Blue Suede Shoes” (Carl Perkins)
“My Prayer” (The Platters)
“Dirty Life and Times” (Warren Zevon)
“Doesn’t Hurt Anymore” (Regina Belle)
“Key to the Highway” (Little Walter)
“Everybody Cryin’ Mercy” (Mose Allison)
“War” (Edwin Starr)
“Big River” (Johnny Cash)
“Feel So Good” (Shirley & Lee)
“Blue Moon” (Elvis Presley)
“Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves” (Cher)
“Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy” (Uncle Dave Macon)
“It’s All in the Game” (Tommy Edwards)
“A Certain Girl” (Ernie K-Doe)
“I’ve Always Been Crazy” (Waylon Jennings)
“Witchy Woman” (Eagles)
“Big Boss Man” (Jimmy Reed)
“Long Tall Sally” (Little Richard)
“Old and Only in the Way” (Charlie Poole)
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana)
“By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (Glen Campbell)
“Come On-a My House” (Rosemary Clooney)
“Don’t Take Your Guns to Town” (Johnny Cash)
“Come Rain or Come Shine” (Ray Charles)
“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (Nina Simone)
“Strangers in the Night” (Frank Sinatra)
“Viva Las Vegas” (Elvis Presley)
“Saturday Night at the Movies” (The Drifters)
“Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Pete Seeger)
“Where or When” (Dion and the Belmonts)
(izvor: ravnododna.com)