点评:There’s something about seeing the place where it all began. Got to tour Bob Dylan’s childhood home today with the current owner, archivist and collector Bill Pagel. Highlights were listening to early rock n roll records from Bob’s collection on Bob’s own record player and seeing the piano where he pounded out Little Richard songs as a teenager. Drawings on record covers, lyric manuscripts, and even carved initials in the walls reveal Bob’s intention to make a contribution to the world of music he loved.
Reminds me that you never know what these kids around you are going to do. We gotta encourage them to follow their dreams and nurture their passions and interests.
The kid who walked to high school out these doors in 1959 (whose grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Lithuania and Ukraine) later won the Nobel Prize in Literature for creating new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. His songs helped teach me how to write songs and I’m grateful. And when you’re grateful, you’re happy.
Thanks Bill Pagel for taking great care of the house and sharing it with us.
翻译:亲眼见证一切起源的地方,真令人感动。今天,我和鲍勃·迪伦的童年故居——现任主人、档案保管员兼收藏家比尔·佩格尔一起参观了这里。亮点在于用鲍勃的唱片机聆听他收藏的早期摇滚唱片,以及参观他十几岁时弹奏小理查德歌曲的钢琴。唱片封面上的图画、歌词手稿,甚至墙上雕刻的姓名首字母,都展现了鲍勃渴望为他热爱的音乐世界做出贡献的决心。
这让我想起,你永远不知道身边的孩子们将来会做什么。我们必须鼓励他们追随梦想,培养他们的热情和兴趣。
1959年,这个从家门口走进高中的孩子(他的祖父母分别从立陶宛和乌克兰移民到美国)后来因在伟大的美国歌曲传统中创造出新的诗歌表达方式而获得了诺贝尔文学奖。他的歌曲帮助我学习写歌,我对此心怀感激。当你心存感激时,你就会感到快乐。
感谢 Bill Pagel 悉心照料这所房子并与我们分享。