今日の「聴き比べ」はボブ・ディラン(Bob Dylan)の『どこにも行けない(You Ain't Going Nowhere)』です。
先日の『地下室(The Basement Tapes)』からの曲です。と言っても、この曲はこのアルバムが発表される前に１９７１年のベストアルバム『Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume II』でリリース済みでした。
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
By Bob Dylan
Clouds so swift, the rain falling in
Gonna see a movie called Gunga Din
Pack up your money, pull up your tent, McGuinn
You ain't goin' nowhere
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day that my bride's a-gonna come
Ooh-wee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair
Genghis Khan and his brother Don
Couldn't keep on keeping on
We'll climb that bridge after it's gone
After we're way past it
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day that my bride's a-gonna come
Ooh-wee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair
Buy me some rings and a gun that sings
A flute that toots and a bee that stings
The sky that cries and a bird that flies
A fish that walks and a dog that talks
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day that my bride's a-gonna come
Ooh-wee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair
Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day that my bride's a-gonna come
Ooh-wee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair
この曲をザ・バーズ(The Byrds)が１９６８年のアルバム『ロデオの恋人(Sweetheart Of The Rodeo)』で見事なカントリー・ロックに仕立て上げました。グラム・パーソンズ(Gram Parsons)の加入によって、ザ・バーズはカントリー・ロックの先駆けとなったのです。
それでは今日はこの辺で。
