Un 45 tours peut-il changer le monde ? 4 vers répétés comme un mantra en 1971 m’ont marqué à jamais. Et tant mieux si les plus jeunes l’ont découverte avec Metal Gear Solid. 25 albums studio plus tard, Joan Baez a tiré sa révérence l’année dernière à Montreux après son ‘Fare Thee Well Tour’ même si elle a rejoint sur scène Lana Del Rey en octobre pour chanter son Diamonds & Rust et Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright de Dylan. Tom Waits, Josh Ritter ou encore Mary Chapin Carpenter ont participé à son dernier disque toujours aussi engagé. On peut la retrouver chez elle chanter pour la France, pour l’Italie ou pour nous tous. Merci Madame.
Joan Baez – Whistle Down The Wind
I grew up here all of my life
But I dreamed someday I’d go
Where the blue eyed girls and red guitars
And the naked rivers flowI’m not all I thought I’d be
I’ve always stayed around
And I’ve been as far as Mercy and Grand
Frozen to the groundI can’t stay here and I’m scared to leave
So kiss me once and then
I’ll go to hell
I might as well
Be whistlin’ down the windThe buses at the corner
The clock on the wall
Broken down windmill
There’s ain’t wind at allAnd I’ve yelled and I’ cursed
If I stay here I’ll rust
I’m stuck like a shipwreck
Out here in the dustThe sky is red, and the world is on fire
And the corn is taller than me
And the dog is tied to a wagon of rain
And the road as wet as the seaSometimes the music from a dance
Will carry across the plains
The places I’ve been dreaming of
Dream only of your faceThere are places where they never sleep
And the circus never ends
So I will take the Marley Bone Coach
And be whistlin’ down the wind
So I will take the Marley Bone Coach
And be whistlin’ down the wind
Joan Baez - Whistle Down The Wind
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Be Of Good Heart
- Another World
- Civil War
- The Things That We Are Made Of
- The President Sang Amazing Grace
- Last Leaf
- Silver Blade
- The Great Correction
- I Wish The Wars Were All Over