V.A./The Times They Are A-Changin' (6가지 버젼 비교 감상)

Bob Dylan (1964)
Bob Dylan 자작곡으로 1964년 발표곡
 

 

"I wanted to write a big song, some kind of theme song, with short,

concise verses that piled up on each other in a hypnotic way," said Dylan.

 "This is definitely a song with a purpose."
Inspired by Scottish and Irish folk ballads and released less than two months after the
assassination of John F. Kennedy, the song became an immediate anthem and was covered by
artists from the Byrds to Cher.

Said Dylan, "I knew exactly what I wanted to say and who I wanted to say it to."
 

The Byrds (1965)
 

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

Keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again
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, they are a-changin'

 

Come senators, Congressmen Please heed the call

Don't stand at the doorway Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled

There's a battle outside And it's 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

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 a hand

For your times they are a-changin'

 

The line it is drawn And 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'


Nina Simone (1969)

 

Peter, Paul & Mary (1964)

 

Blackmore's Night (2001)

 

 Simon & Garfunkel (1964)