A perfect ’50s sappy love ballad – Bob Dylan om The Beatles
24. februar 2017“The Beatles were singing, ‘Do you want to know a secret’. They were so easy to accept, so solid. I remembered when they first came out. They offered intimacy and companionship like no other group. Their songs would create an empire. It seemed like a long time ago. ‘Do you want to know a secret.’ A perfect ’50s sappy love ballad and nobody but them could do it. Somehow there was no wussy about it. The Beatles blasted away.” [ Bob Dylan – Chronicles, s. 204 ]
Jeg læser stadigvæk i Dylans krønike, små bidder inden jeg falder i søvn (og som regel falder bogen ud af min hånd lige før…). Man bliver klogere på kunstneren og mennesket Dylan, når man læser bogen – og den overflødiggør mange andre biografers forsøg på at finde ind til den ‘sande’ Dylan.
