If you see her, say hello She might be in North Saigon She left here in a hurry I don't know what she was on You might say that I'm in disarray And for me time's standing still Oh, I've never gotten over her I don't think I ever will
A bright light from me, I saw A shattering of souls Just one of them reckless situations Which nobody controls Well the menagerie of life rolls by Right before my eyes And we'll do the best we can Which should come at no surprise
If you're makin' love to her Watch it from the rear You never know when I'll be back Or liable to appear Oh it's as natural to dream of peace As it is for rules to break But right now I got not much to lose So you better stay awake
Sundown, silver moon Hitting on the date (days?) My head can't understand no more What my heart don't tolerate But I know she'll be back some day Of that there is no doubt And when that moment comes, Lord Give me the strength to keep her out.
BREAKING NEWS The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to
Bob Dylan
“for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
Prize motivation in Swedish: ”som skapat nya poetiska uttryck inom den stora amerikanska sångtraditionen”.
Age: 75 Born: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Biobibliographical notes Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He grew up in a Jewish middle-class family in the city of Hibbing. As a teenager he played in various bands and with time his interest in music deepened, with a particular passion for American folk music and blues. One of his idols was the folk singer Woody Guthrie. He was also influenced by the early authors of the Beat Generation, as well as by modernist poets.
Dylan moved to New York in 1961 and began to perform in clubs and cafés in Greenwich Village. He met the record producer John Hammond with whom he signed a contract for his debut album, called Bob Dylan (1962). In the following years he recorded a number of albums which have had a tremendous impact on popular music: Bringing It All Back Home and High-way 61 Revisited in 1965, Blonde On Blonde in 1966 and Blood On The Tracks in 1975. His productivity continued in the following decades, resulting in masterpieces like Oh Mercy (1989), Time Out Of Mind (1997) and Modern Times (2006).
Dylan’s tours in 1965 and 1966 attracted a lot of attention. For a period he was accompa-nied by film maker D. A. Pennebaker, who documented life around the stage in what would come to be the movie Dont Look Back (1967). Dylan has recorded a large number of albums revolving around topics like the social conditions of man, religion, politics and love. The lyrics have continuously been published in new editions, under the title Lyrics. As an artist, he is strikingly versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter.
Besides his large production of albums, Dylan has published experimental work like Taran-tula (1971) and the collection Writings and Drawings (1973). He has written the autobiog-raphy Chronicles (2004), which depicts memories from the early years in New York and which provides glimpses of his life at the center of popular culture. Since the late 1980s, Bob Dylan has toured persistently, an undertaking called the “Never-Ending Tour”. Dylan has the status of an icon. His influence on contemporary music is profound, and he is the object of a steady stream of secondary literature.
