Original Released in 1967, December 27
US: LP Columbia CS 9604
UK: LP CBS 63252
Bob Dylan returned from exile with "John Wesley Harding", a quiet, country-tinged album that split dramatically from his previous three. A calm, reflective album, "John Wesley Harding" strips away all of the wilder tendencies of Dylan's rock albums - even the then-unreleased "Basement Tapes" he made the previous year - but it isn't a return to his folk roots. If anything, the album is his first serious foray into country, but only a handful of songs, such as "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," are straight country songs. Instead, "John Wesley Harding" is informed by the rustic sound of country, as well as many rural myths, with seemingly simple songs like "All Along the Watchtower," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," and "The Wicked Messenger" revealing several layers of meaning with repeated plays. Although the lyrics are somewhat enigmatic, the music is simple, direct, and melodic, providing a touchstone for the country-rock revolution that swept through rock in the late '60s. (Stephen Erlewine in AllMusic)
Bob Dylan returned from exile with "John Wesley Harding", a quiet, country-tinged album that split dramatically from his previous three. A calm, reflective album, "John Wesley Harding" strips away all of the wilder tendencies of Dylan's rock albums - even the then-unreleased "Basement Tapes" he made the previous year - but it isn't a return to his folk roots. If anything, the album is his first serious foray into country, but only a handful of songs, such as "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," are straight country songs. Instead, "John Wesley Harding" is informed by the rustic sound of country, as well as many rural myths, with seemingly simple songs like "All Along the Watchtower," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," and "The Wicked Messenger" revealing several layers of meaning with repeated plays. Although the lyrics are somewhat enigmatic, the music is simple, direct, and melodic, providing a touchstone for the country-rock revolution that swept through rock in the late '60s. (Stephen Erlewine in AllMusic)
2 comentários:
Chego agora a casa ... vindo da faina.... e recebo uma prenda destas.... não mereço...
...mereço pois!... e o Rato muito mais....
..qu'isto aqui não é só pôr musica...
...todo o conhecimento e carinho postos nos posts até parece que o gajo estava lá quando isto tudo aconteceu...
será que não estava(-mos)...?
... acho que sim....
ou melhor...
... lembro-me(!) que sim
respeitem este Rato e o seu legado... é um Demiurgo...!
(O sistema metafísico de Platão centralizava-se no mundo das idéias: Divino, Perfeito e Imanifesto. A ele contrapõe-se a matéria, uma cópia grosseira, imperfeita, falível e impermanente. Entre a idéia e a matéria está o Demiurgo, o Criador.
Desta personalidade e actividade criadora - ou, melhor, ordenadora - é dotado o Demiurgo, o qual, embora superior à matéria, é inferior às idéias, de cujo modelo se serve para ordenar a matéria e transformar o caos em cosmos.)
Um grande abraço, e obrigado, para o Rato
do Ganza
Gracias!
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