Dvadeset godina. Ne mogu vjerovati da je prošlo toliko, ali jest. Otkada sam prvi puta čuo ovu pjesmu. Otkako je uopće objavljena. Otkako se na scenu, barem sporadično, vratio Robbie Robertson, jedan od onih čije bi se odsustvo osjetilo i u samom Panteonu...
Yeah, I can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know where people play games with the night
Oh da, mnogo puta. Svijet crvenih svjetiljaka stran mi je i dalje, i ne zagledavam iza njih. No, nedavno, šećući jednim čudnim, podijeljenim gradom, shvatio sam da ipak biram tu stranu. Samo običnom, ni po čemu posebnom ulicom, četvrt nebodera i poslovnih zgrada u kojima se donose odluke o milijardama odvojena je od banhofskog okruženja, kvarta javnih kuća i peep showova. Šećući onuda, s rukama koje su me htjele potegnuti u svaku vežu, smijući se i odgovarajući "Nein, danke." shvatio sam jednu bitnu stvar.
Ondje se osjećam neusporedivo bolje i prirodnije nego s druge strane one ulice. Čemu pretvaranje?
God, it was too hot to sleep
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden I could hear somebody whistling
From right behind me
I turned around and she said
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said "I don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way."
She said "Hang the rich."
Dobro, to se baš i ne događa. Pratim krive jukeboxe, bit će...
Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Ae. Nazvao sam svojedobno jednu kompilacijsku kazetu "Forsiranje kazete rijeke". Nekako je ispalo da mnoge od mojih najdražih pjesama govore o nekakvim rijekama i putovanjima koja ne prestaju. Robbie je, naravno, bio gore...
Idemo li nekamo? O da, ne znam kamo, ali mogli bismo...
Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
Yea, that's when time stood still
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madam X
And let her read my mind
She said "That Voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."
Zastat ću ovdje samo da pohvalim odabir. I automobila i glazbe.
I da kažem kako je lijepo opet pričati sa pjesmama.
I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find, ... no control
Možda. A to je osjetan napredak
Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river
Došlo je, čini se, napokon vrijeme da napravim taj čun i potražim treću obalu.
Wait, did you hear that
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "There's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "No, I like it, I like it, it's good."
She said "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."
You like it now but you'll learn to love it later - mislim da su to stihovi iz ove pjesme kojih se najčešće sjetim. I da, možda je vrijeme da počnem učiti. Negdje niz rijeku, načuo sam, postoje djevojke koje rado daju instrukcije o onome što me zanima. Zašto ne, uostalom?
I been spellbound - falling in trances
I been spellbound - falling in trances
You give me shivers - chills and fever
I been spellbound - somewhere down the crazy river
Idemo li nekamo? O da, ne znam kamo, ali mogli bismo...
Post je objavljen 01.11.2007. u 23:18 sati.