2022-06-15 14:09:13流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(1112)You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

1966/07,Bob Dylan在紐約住家附近騎摩托車發生意外受傷,休養期間與他的專屬樂團The Hawks ( 後更名為The Band ) 錄製了大量的歌曲,此首《You Ain't Goin' Nowhere》即為其中之一,由於歌詞一直未敲定 ( 之後改了幾版 ),一直拖到1971才正式發行。

不過,美國樂團The Byrds卻搶先於1968發行此曲,除了因為和Dylan是同家唱片公司,有機會先聽到「釋出版」;另在1965,因改編翻唱Dylan的《Mr. Tambourine Man》,奪得排行榜的冠軍而聲名大噪,想來再翻唱也是因為「食髓知味」。但這一次的成績並不理想,只得到第排行榜第74名。1989,The Byrds的吉他手兼主唱Roger McGuinn與團友Chris Hillman會同Nitty Gritty Dirty樂團又重錄此曲,單曲成績大耀進,獲得排行榜第6名。儘管有Nitty Gritty Dirty樂團的參與,但此優良名次的榮譽還是歸於該二人。

The Byrds現場演唱《Mr.Tambourine Man》,最右為Roger McGuinn

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The Byrds在荷蘭發行此曲的唱片封套


此曲的第一版歌詞中,有好些句子是非常即興和荒謬的。還好1967的第2版有做了些修正,除了明確知道在等待明天新娘的到來,其他的也有些超現實,像是飛到「安樂椅」上 ( are we gonna fly, Down in the easy chair ),以及不知跟「成吉思汗」又有何關係 ( Now Genghis Khan, he could not keep )?而此版也被釋出作為翻唱者的版本。1971,Dylan又修改了歌詞,其中由於The Byrds的Roger McGuinn將原詞「Pick up your money, pack up your tent」唱成了「Pack up your money, pick up your tent」,Dylan對此表達了他的嘲弄,在緊接的歌詞前加了McGuinn的名字 --- McGuinn/You ain't goin' nowhere。而McGuinn也在1989的版本同樣的位置上加了Dylan作為回敬。

1992,Roger McGuinn(中)參與了Bob Dylan30週年紀念音樂會,左為前「披頭合唱團」吉他手George Harrison。

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Roger McGuinn與Chris Hillman 1989的版本

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加拿大女歌手Shania Twain與Nitty Gritty Dirty樂團等之版本

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Bob Dylan出道時,Joan Baez已是「民謠皇后」,除了提攜過Dylan,倆人也交往過一陣子,看來Dylan並不喜歡Baez。每次聽Baez翻唱Dylan的歌曲,感覺仍充滿深深的愛意,而猶未能打動得到轉寰,真是替她傷感。此為1968的版本,歌詞中的「bride」改成了「man」。

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Clouds so swift, rain won't lift
Gate won't close, railing's froze
Get your mind off wintertime
You ain't goin' nowhere
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
I don't care how many letters they sent
The morning came, the morning went
Pack up your money, pick up your tent
You ain't goin' nowhere
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots
Tailgates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain't goin' nowhere
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
Now Genghis Khan, he could not keep
All his kings supplied with sleep
We'll climb that hill, no matter how steep
When we get up to it
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come
Oh-ho, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair?