Jimmy Su : Like A Rolling Stone

這是BOB DYLAN在１９６５年發的第一張唱片裡頭的第一首歌，當時２４歲的他早已石破天驚立下千古不墜的民謠詩人地位。

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

以下是我在youtube上蒐集的三個很棒的演唱版本：


Live by "Bob Dylan" in 1966


Music Video by "The Rolling Stones"


"Jimi Hendrix" Live in Monterey / Like a Rolling Stone in 1967



從我開始聽滾石大嘴巴此曲一直是我最愛的搖滾歌曲top10。電腦裡有個資料夾叫作" jimmy's 100 Rock'n Roll "，是念大學時代用napster 一首一首把那100首搖滾經典名曲(VH1: 100 Greatest Rock Songs)跨山隔海的從世界的彼端抓下來。其中Like A Rolling Stone是先抓到The Rolling Stones的版本。

對我來說意義最深刻的是排名第3 "Stairway to Heaven / Led Zeppelin"，哪個學過吉他的不曾幻想過自己的手指頭能有jimmy page的1/10快好抓下那銷魂得鋪天蓋地的solo。當年抓的並不完整，很幸運的在室友強納生的ftp裡發現 100 Greatest Guitar Solos，100首都有了只是並不完全是榜上的歌手詮釋的版本，如此補足不少我遺漏的。

Bob Dylan的原創版本當然是經典中的經典，但是他老人家含在嘴裏呢喃的詩句以及飄浮不定隨心所至的吉他和絃，連高手都難以摹仿。至然，最近煩惱要考過TOEFL itp 500的我，很難去follow他在唱甚麼。

今天令我興奮的是第一次聽到jimi hendrix 在蒙特利的現場，馬世芳說『蒙特利是搖滾在６０年代最美的戀曲。』，jimi hendrix也是在那場演出之後奠定迷幻搖滾先驅的里程碑，換句話說這個名字從"紅"到"爆炸紅"就靠這一場。我想多多少少跟他做了個舉動有關係"把他手上那把Fender Stratocaster澆上油放火燒，樣不像某個巫毒教的祭司把象徵吉他手的神器給sacrifice 給搖滾大神"。



歐！把"Jimi Hendrix Monterey"當關鍵字key入youtube搜尋，有看不完的矇特利現場，而且影像清晰聲音品質奇佳無比，我心裡響起不下10次"真他媽的有夠屌"的OS。看完Hey Joe之後沒有人會對『jimi hendrix 無所不能』這句話有半點懷疑。我真不能像馬世芳馬大爺那般能讓人由他那纖細貼切的文字體會搖滾的美妙，所以拜託你找個很快的網路吧，一定要看呀！