29. oktober 2016 arkiv

Don’t get excited, it’s only rock’n roll

29. oktober 2016

Let the kids rock ‘n’ roll down to their baby souls
I hope they never get cold, I hope they never become old
Now old men and business men, they’re starting to learn
Hey rock ‘n’ roll
One two three four, who’s that knocking at my door?
Everybody
Rock ‘n’ roll
Now don’t get excited, it’s just rock ‘n’ roll
They’ve been doing it for so long, take a look at your soul
Old men and business men are starting to learn
Hey rock ‘n’ roll
One two three four, who’s that knocking at our door?
Everybody
Rock ‘n’ roll
And now you can do it, I know you can do
I’m just an old man but I can still boogaloo (oh what’s that?)
Old men and business men never get old
Hey rock ‘n’ roll
One two three four, who’s that knocking on everybody’s door?
Everybody
Rock ‘n’ roll
You’ve gotta rock’n’roll, hey baby, driving me crazy, I say ooh rock’n’roll

“It’s only rock’n roll, but i like it” sang Mick Jagger, men også Kevin Coyne, en af mine personlige favoritter, kan hylde rock’n roll, selv om han også var forbeholden over for rocken. Sangen findes bl.a. på mandens fjerde album “Matching Head and Feat”.

Candy siger

29. oktober 2016

Forleden var det tre år siden, Lou Reed døde. Og vi smider lige en lille minderune i den retning… Candy siger, med Lou og Anthony…

Antony Hegarty and Lou Reed – Candy Says from Logic Will Break Your Heart on Vimeo.

Om jeg accepterer prisen? Selvfølgelig

29. oktober 2016

Bob Dylan: “If I accept the prize? Of course.”

On 13 October, 2016, the Swedish Academy announced that this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

This week Bob Dylan called the Swedish Academy. “The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless”, he told Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. “I appreciate the honor so much.”

It has not yet been decided if Bob Dylan will attend any events during the Nobel Week in Stockholm in December. The Nobel Foundation will share information as soon as it is available. (Nobelprize.org)

Så faldt det på plads. Efter alskens spekulationer om Bob Dylan og hans accept af Nobelprisen i litteratur, viser det sig nu, at manden blot var overvældet, beæret og – ja – “målløs” over at blive udpeget af Nobelstiftelsen. Det er kun forståeligt, at det kan være overvældende at modtage den største internationale litteraturpris, selv om man har været nomineret i henved to årtier. Dylan ved selvfølgelig godt, hvem han er oppe imod og hvem der tidligere har fået prisen. Så det ville være mærkeligt, hvis ikke han blev lidt mundlam…


Bob Dylan – Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Live 1971) by alexnesic66