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Je me fais plaisir aujourd’hui avec cette chanson de mon idole de toujours Bob Dylan, et j’espère que je ne suis pas le seul à l’aimer. Un critique américain avançait qu’il s’agissait de la chanson la plus mature et profonde de Dylan sur l’Amérique. Bob n’y va pas avec le dos de la cuillère et son évaluation est assez accablante. Plusieurs ont prétendu que le Slow Train (Un train lent) de Dylan faisait référence à l’approche de la fin du monde. Au-delà de cette dernière affirmation, qu’elle soit vraie ou fausse les paroles de la chanson sont exhilarantes et ce qui n’enlève rien au tout, le jeu de guitare de Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) est tout simplement superbe et on en se lasse pas de l’entendre.    

« « «   Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted,   Can't help but wonder what's happenin' to my companions,   Are they lost or are they found, have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down,   All their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon,   There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend » » »   I had a woman down in Alabama,   She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic,   She said, "Boy, without a doubt, have to quit your mess and straighten out,   You could die down here, be just another accident statistic.",   There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend » » »   All that foreign oil controlling American soil,   Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed,   Sheiks walkin' around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings,   Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris,   And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend » » »   Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more,   You can't rely no more to be standin' around waitin',   In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over in his grave,   Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan,   And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend » » »   Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters,   Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition,   But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency,   All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the name of religion,   And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend » » »   People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting,   Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it,   They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions,   They talk about a life of brotherly love, show me someone who knows how to live it,   There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend » » »   Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy,   A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could do to stop it,   I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy,   But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets,   There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend » » ».

La chanson provient de l’album  “ Slow Train Coming “  de 1979. J’espère que vous avez apprécié et je vous laisse là-dessus… Bonne journée, bonne écoute et à la prochaine…