Friday 3 February 2012

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'

Recently, I am reading "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson. I quite enjoy the reading, I can always get into the world of the books depicted by the authors using my imagination. I am like zooming into the past of Steve Jobs, just like what you watchin Harry Potter. Haha.

What makes reading the book fun is I can search online the songs and people mentioned. By doing this I can gain more understanding on what the issues discuss in the book and sink deeper into their times. =)

Undoubtedly, Steve Job's favourite singer was Bob Dylan, but he said his performance was not that good in his later years. I have just started to listen to Bob Dylan's songs. This song "The Times They Are A-Changing'" is a very famous song in their generation, and the lyrics are meaningful too.

Steve Jobs used the second phrase as opening during the launch of the first Macintosh in 1984.XD



Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.




8 comments:

♥ Neri said...

omg that song is amazing right! heard it last year and ohmy its just too good! and jiayou in finishing your steve jobs yo :)

Dë~3MusketEErz said...

Wow, you did?you heard it before?haha.ABOLIDEBOH!

So let us siao BOB DYLAN!!

I will try to finish it la.Almost k.Will read english version after finishing chinese version.=) den read chinese version a second time. Then read both version at the same time.XD

For the times they are a changin!!yeah!

少芬 kee said...

OMG ! Neri!!!!哈哈!

你在澳洲啦!!!希望你生活愉快!:)
(学学你们使用OMG!哈哈哈!)

还没看完这最新的博文,不过才读了几行就想先留言,有时间再看下文。(不好意思啦,最近比较忙啦!哈!)

——嘿,我喜欢你那句:. I am like zooming into the past of Steve Jobs里使用的zooming!!!!!有动漫的感觉!

♥ Neri said...

omg 老师!! 你怎么也来这里留言啊? 你平常不是在那个格子留言吗? 啊 我的影响力好大哦 哈哈! 老师 你也是哦 好好享受人生 快点找到真命天子啦:)

嘛条儿 YES that song is AMAZING! and why la you read chinese version and eng together lol? YOU GOT TWO VERSIONS ?!! 0.0

Dë~3MusketEErz said...

o-m-g ! Neri ah, teacher zao zao jiu started to comment in this column dy k! U check my posts' comments see. Haha.

Neri ah!!you ah, my 'ma' is not that 'ma' laa.

No, I don't have english version, wil try to borrow from Zhen Jie (again) haha. Read both together only syok ma!!Yeah!!

Dë~3MusketEErz said...

老师啊,您每次都是这样的啦。哈哈。

很忙啊,下次再逃到海边去看海吧。挺想念大海的。

哇奥(念快快)~动漫的感觉啊。哈哈。我明白您的意思,但动漫不是会动的漫画吗。呵呵。

老师觉得鲍勃·迪伦的这首《时代在变》好听吗?XD

老师假期愉快!!新年快乐!

少芬 kee said...

nerineri,“嘛”条儿帮我回答啦,哈!
谢谢你的关心,我相信你的祝福很快会在我身上实现的,因为你时常给我的留言都会扯上真命天子,哈哈哈!

马条儿,这首歌,嗯,还好吧,觉得但凡以口琴为配乐的歌曲总有些伤感……

Dë~3MusketEErz said...

好吧老师,既然曲子不过您的标准,词应该非常有意思吧?尤其有一段告诉父母的,还有关于政治人物的。

说到口琴,老师还有一点让我对鲍伯·迪伦非常钦佩的是他是边弹吉他边吹口琴边唱歌的!!好厉害吧。他把口琴架在肩膀上,虽然看起来不会很酷,但要像他那样表演很酷!老师可以去优管查看。=)

老师啊,我们大家及时能再见面吃饭啊。哈哈哈。您有空的话就尽管吩咐媛芬啊、柔仪啊约我们出来。还有去皇后湾边界书局的计划呢?

祝您愉快!情人节快乐!