宗教的な物を作りたかった

ボブ・ディランがニュー・アルバム、「テンペスト」についてRS誌に語った




とりあえず、ディランの言葉だけピックアップしておく


テンペストについて：
"anything goes and you just gotta believe it will make sense."
何でもあり

"I wanted to make something more religious,"
宗教的な物を作りたかった

"I just didn't have enough [religious songs]. Intentionally, specifically religious songs is what I wanted to do. That takes a lot more concentration to pull that off 10 times with the same thread -- than it does with a record like I ended up with."
特に宗教的な曲がやりたかった。

いわゆる、タイタニックソングについて：
それはカーターファミリーの「The Titanic」の事だとディランは言った。

"I was just fooling with that one night,"

"I liked that melody -- I liked it a lot. 'Maybe I'm gonna appropriate this melody.' But where would I go with it?"

ディランのタイタニックに対する見解は一般的な歴史的な見地だ。船のデッキは狂気に満ち、兄弟でけんかをし、デカプリオまで登場する。

"Yeah, Leo," says Dylan. "I don't think the song would be the same without him. Or the movie."


"People are going to say, 'Well, it's not very truthful,' "
みんな「それは真実じゃ無い」って言うだろう。

"But a songwriter doesn't care about what's truthful. What he cares about is what should've happened, what could've happened. That's its own kind of truth. It's like people who read Shakespeare plays, but they never see a Shakespeare play. I think they just use his name."
作曲家はそれが真実だとか気にしてない。関心があるのは、何が起こるべきなのか、何が起こったのかという事。それが作曲家自身の真実。それは人々がシェイクスピアの芝居は決して見ないのに、彼の戯曲は読むというのに似ている。



アルバムのタイトルがシェイクスピアにインスパイアされたというアイデアをディランは退けた。
"Shakespeare's last play was called The Tempest. It wasn't called just plain Tempest. The name of my record is just plain Tempest. It's two different titles."
シェイクスピアのテンペストは素直にテンペスト（大嵐）とは呼ばれて（解釈されて）いないが、私のレコードのタイトルはまさに大嵐だ。シェイクスピアとは違う。

以下は記者が聞いた収録曲の印象：
"Tin Angel"is a devastating tale of a man in search of his lost love; the dolefu
失った愛を探す悲しい男の物語：憂鬱

"Soon After Midnight" seems to be about love (but maybe it's revenge); the vengeful
愛についての歌だろうか（でも、多分、復讐）執念深い

"Pay in Blood" has Dylan darkly repeating
ディランのダークの連発

"I pay in blood, but not my own." Tenderness finally seals Tempest
優しさは嵐を封じ込む

"Roll On, John," Dylan's heartfelt tribute to his friend John Lennon
心からのトリビュート

This story is from the August 16th, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone.

▼Bob Dylan on His Dark New Album, 'Tempest' (Rolling Stone)
▼Bob Dylan Album 'Tempest' Features 14-Minute Song About The Titanic, Includes Leonardo DiCaprio Mention (Huffington Post)