| 词条 | Changing of the Guards |
| 释义 |
| name = Changing of the Guards | cover = Changing of the Guards cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Bob Dylan | album = Street-Legal | B-side = Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) | released = 24 October 1978 | format = Single | recorded = April 1978 | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock, gospel | length = 6:41 (1978 original); 7:04 (1999 remix) | label = Columbia | writer = Bob Dylan | producer = Don DeVito | prev_title = Baby, Stop Crying | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Gotta Serve Somebody | next_year = 1979 }} "Changing of the Guards" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released in 1978 as a single and as the first track on his album Street-Legal. As an A-side single it failed to reach the Billboard Top 100. However, the song has been included on compilation albums: Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3, released in 1994, and the Deluxe Edition of Dylan, released in 2007. A slightly longer mix of "Changing of the Guards", including an extended fade, was included on editions of Street-Legal released in 1999 and 2003. CritiqueMusically, "Changing of the Guards," like much of Street-Legal, concocts a sound unknown to prior Dylan records.{{citation needed|reason=According to whom?|date=July 2015}} This is in part effected by a trio of female back-up singers, a prominent saxophone in between verses, and a hauntingly dynamic chord progression. This is evident in several of the instrumental components. The drums play a driving and consistent 4/4 rhythm devoid of the reverb heard on Dylan's prior album Desire. The chord progression has a certain catch that is very noticeable: there is a repeating cadence, which, by landing on the dominant chord, "begs" for resolution. However, rather than resolving with the tonic chord, it is resolved with the relative minor chord, creating an almost tragic feeling throughout. Most listeners instinctively expect a major, happy-sounding tonic chord. Instead, the music moves to the unusual and dark-sounding relative minor chord, although each verse does end with a final resolution to the major. Over the course of the recording cited here, the performance speeds up slightly, noticeable to most listeners only when hearing the track's beginning repeated immediately after it ends; this type of accelerando is usually avoided in studio recordings. Lyrically, this song has prompted much critique, both positive and negative. According to Oliver Trager author of Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, "Changing of the Guards" has been criticized as a "song in which Dylan unsuccessfully and cynically parodies his anthemic self in haunting fashion..."[1] Conversely, several commentators have found much depth and meaning in the song's lyrics. Noted Dylan expert Michael Gray, author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, commented that "Changing of the Guards" is a thorough description of Dylan's personal journey, from the beginning of his musical career, about sixteen years prior (the opening line is "Sixteen years"), through his marriage to and divorce from Sara Dylan, up to his conversion to Christianity[2] , which was announced soon after the song's release. Indeed, much religious and biblical imagery is found in this work, especially apocalyptic imagery—not new ground for Dylan. Dylan once commented: "It means something different every time I sing it. 'Changing of the Guards' is a thousand years old'".[1] However, even the song's greatest admirers concede the opacity of the lyrics. "Like much in 'Changing of the Guards', the intended meaning of this passage is opaque..."[2] The seemingly deliberate ambiguity of the lyrics marked Street-Legal's effective abandonment of the narrative approach that dominated Dylan's previous album Desire. Live performance historyDylan performed "Changing of the Guards" only during the tour following its 1978 release, often as the closing song of the set [3]; it was played significantly faster than the album version. This tour was documented on the double live album Bob Dylan at Budokan, though "Changing of the Guards" was not included. Covers"Changing of the Guards" has been covered by:
References1. ^1 {{cite book| last = Trager| first = Oliver| authorlink = Oliver Trager| coauthors = | title = Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia| publisher = Billboard Books | year = 2004| location = | pages = 104| url = | doi =| id = | isbn = }} 2. ^1 {{cite book| last = Gray| first = Michael| authorlink = Michael Gray (author)| coauthors = | title = The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia| publisher = Continuum Books | year = 2006| location = | pages = 220–223| url = | doi =| id = | isbn = 0-8264-6933-7 }} 3. ^https://bobdylan.com/setlists/?id_song=26039 External links
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