什麼是巴布狄倫

Dylan, Bob，原名Robert Zimmerman。

美國歌手和作曲家，在明尼蘇達州杜魯日和鐵礦城希賓（Hibbing）度過遊蕩不定的童年，後以狄倫為姓（取自詩人狄倫.湯瑪斯之名）到全國各地旅行。他在生活和歌唱方面都刻意模仿民謠歌手格思裡（W. Guthrie），在紐約市格林威治村的咖啡屋中開始其職業演唱生涯。1960年代早期錄製的幾張唱片使他獲得認同，其中〈隨風飛揚〉和〈正在改變的時代〉兩首曲子成為民權運動之歌。巴布狄倫寫的歌以民謠傳統為根底，特別是使用簡單旋律方面，許多曲子配上隱喻和寓意的歌詞，顯示一種以往美國民謠音樂中少見的詩藝。1965年巴布狄倫採用與過去社會抗議歌曲和非電子樂器截然有別的許多搖滾樂節奏和電子擴音樂器，具有里程碑意義的專輯唱片有《重訪61號公路》（1965）和《金髮人論金髮人》（1966），奠定了他作為搖滾樂領導人物的地位，盛名達到頂峰。隨著1966年的摩托車意外和一段時間的離群索居之後，巴布狄倫做了另一次音樂轉向，發表了數張專輯（最有名的是1969年的《納什維爾地平線》），以輕柔、沈思的聲調及使用鄉村音樂要素而出人意表。後期的專輯有《軌道上的血跡》（1975）、《異教徒》（1983）、《被遺忘的時光》（1997）等。可能是同時代美國歌手中最令人讚歎、最具影響力的。

1941年～

Dylan, Bob

U.S. singer and songwriter. He grew up in Duluth and the iron-range town of Hibbing, Minn., adopted the name of the poet Dylan Thomas, and traveled around the U.S. in imitation of W. Guthrie. He began performing professionally in Greenwich Village coffeehouses, and in the early 1960s began releasing albums that brought him admiring attention. His songs “Blowin' in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin'” became anthems of the civil-rights movement, and “Mr. Tambourine Man” was interpreted as a paean to hallucinogenic drugs. In 1965 he adopted electrically amplified instruments and the rhythms of rock and roll in a major departure. The landmark albums Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and Blonde on Blonde (1966) established him as a leading figure in rock, bringing him to the pinnacle of his popularity. After a motorcycle accident in 1966, he underwent another musical turnabout and released several albums (notably Nashville Skyline, 1969) that, with their muted, reflective tone and their use of country-music elements, again surprised his public. His many later albums have included Blood on the Tracks (1975) and Time out of Mind (1997). He is perhaps the most admired and influential American songwriter of his time.