8. marts 2014 arkiv

Bob Dylan i 1980’erne

8. marts 2014

Bob Dylans firsere begyndte med det religiøst farvede album Saved! og blev rundet af med Oh Mercy i 1989. Og årtiet opfattes af mange som det svageste i Dylans værk. Men måske er tiden inde til at lytte til disse plader igen og give dem en ny chance. Og noget i den retning har producerne Jesse Lauter og Sean O’Brian måske tænkt. I hvert fald har de produceret “Bob Dylan in the 80’s: Volume One”, hvor en række yngre kunstnere fortolker sange fra den periode i Dylans oeuvre.

En af sangene – Built to spills udgave af “Jokerman” kan man lytte til – og hente ned ganske gratis – lige her.

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8. marts 2014

I anledning af den 8. marts

8. marts 2014

Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is…think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it…do something about it

We make her paint her face and dance
If she won’t be a slave, we say that she don’t love us
If she’s real, we say she’s trying to be a man
While putting her down, we pretend that she’s above us

Woman is the nigger of the world…yes she is
If you don’t believe me, take a look at the one you’re with
Woman is the slave of the slaves
Ah, yeah…better scream about it

We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that she’s too unworldly to be our friend

Woman is the nigger of the world…yes she is
If you don’t believe me, take a look at the one you’re with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yeah…alright…hit it!

We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she’s young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb

Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is…if you don’t believe me, take a look at the one you’re with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yes she is…if you believe me, you better scream about it

We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance