马丁-斯科西斯的《归乡无路》才发现真正的鲍勃-迪伦并不象书中描绘的那样是自觉的反文化英雄, 他是个特立独行的歌者。从明尼苏达的小镇出发,短短几年鲍勃-迪伦成为纽约反文化阵营的英雄,为爱伦-金斯堡视为垮掉一代的接棒人,实在是个奇迹。他的师传来自名歌,乡村,蓝调和早期的摇滚乐,特别是深受三,四十年代的民歌手伍迪-噶斯瑞的影响。老旧的唱片和波西米亚人的生活方式是他早期的灵感来源,他像海绵一样吸收各种音乐元素和思想,从演唱,改编别人的作品到自写自唱。在古老的民歌旋律演绎反体制的和社会批判。如圣灵附体,鲍勃-迪伦在他的歌中把住了一个时代的脉搏,他是预言者,是巫师(Shaman)在山巅宣告一个新时代的来临(金斯堡语)。他的歌(Blowin' in the Wind)在民权运动中,在向华盛顿进军中被广为传唱,成为那个时代的代言歌。然而鲍勃-迪伦并不想只成为左翼的歌手,他拒绝成为政治和意识行态的传声筒,当他把木吉他和口琴换成电吉他,唱出“像一块滚石”后,他被民歌运动的同志和支持者视为“犹大”。然而他继续走在自己的道路上。
Lyrics Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Though I know that evenings empire has returned into sand Vanished from my hand Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship My senses have been stripped My hands can't feel to grip My toes too numb to step Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade Into my own parade Cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging madly through the sun It's not aimed at anyone It's just escaping on the run And but for the sky there are no fences facing And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme To your tambourine in time It's just a ragged clown behind I wouldn't pay it any mind It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you
Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time Far past the frozen leaves The haunted frightened trees Out to the windy bench Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky With one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea Circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate Driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you