| 词条 | Queen Jane Approximately |
| 释义 |
| name = Queen Jane Approximately | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Bob Dylan | album = Highway 61 Revisited | released = August 30, 1965 | format = | recorded = August 2, 1965 | studio = Columbia Studios, New York | venue = | genre = Folk rock, garage rock[1] | length = 5:19 | label = Columbia | writer = Bob Dylan | producer = Bob Johnston | tracks = {{Highway 61 Revisited tracks}} }} "Queen Jane Approximately" is a song from Bob Dylan's 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited. It was released as a single as the B-side to "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" in January 1966. It has also been covered by several artists, including The Grateful Dead and The Four Seasons.[1] MeaningSimilar to other Dylan songs of this period, "Queen Jane Approximately" has the singer criticizing the subject of the song, warning her of an imminent fall from grace.[1] Although the song covers similar ground to "Like a Rolling Stone", "Queen Jane Approximately" is gentler and shows the subject some compassion.[2] The main point of criticism is that the subject lives in an inauthentic world filled with superficial attitudes and people and meaningless, ritualized proprieties.[3][4] However, the singer also invites the subject to come and see him if and when she is willing to break away from her superficial diversions and engage in an honest, authentic experience, or when she needs someone to ultimately pick up the pieces.[1][3] The song is structured in five verses, in which the first two deal with Queen Jane's relationship with her family, the second two deal with her relationship with her "courtiers" and the last deals with her relationship with bandits.[9] This structure essentially maps out a path from those closest to her to a way out of her current situation, preparing for the last lines of the fifth verse where the narrator offers "And you want somebody you don't have to speak to / Won't you come see me Queen Jane?"[9] The song incorporates several attitudes towards the subject, including condescension, self-righteousness, contempt, compassion as well as sneering.[5] But as with so many of Dylan's lyrics, ambiguity and alternative meanings abound. "Queen Jane Approximately" can also be heard as the singer, reflecting on the emptiness of his own life, telling himself to go "see" the "Queen Jane" of heroin addiction. Each verse offers up a tribulation relieved in this manner. The second verse, referencing "when all the flower ladies want back what they have leant you. . ." is, in this context, a statement on drug withdrawal. In the end, the singer is exhausted by people, he "wants somebody you don't have to speak to" and turns to Queen Jane. StyleThe song is structured as a series of ABAB quatrain verses, with each verse followed by a chorus that is just a repeat of the last line of the verse, which is always "won't you come see me Queen Jane".[6] Each B line ends with a rhyme on "ain", while the A lines each end with a double-syllable rhyme, such as "cheek to / speak to" or "lent you / resent you".[6] The music is recorded with a "warts and all" philosophy consistent with the rest of the Highway 61 Revisited album.[5] The electric guitars are out of tune or out of phase and clash with the organ and piano chords, the bass has Spanish inflections, and the mix is raw with a sound similar to garage rock.[5][2][4] Musicians on "Queen Jane Approximately" include Dylan, Mike Bloomfield on electric guitars and Al Kooper and Paul Griffin on keyboards. Identity of Queen JaneOne of the persistent questions about the song is the identity of the Queen Jane to whom the title refers. Speculation about the subject has included Tudor queens Lady Jane Grey and Jane Seymour.[2][4][7] Even more speculation has centered on Joan Baez, as the similarity of the names "Jane" and "Joan" allow the name 'Jane' to be a thinly veiled attempt to hide Baez's identity, Dylan's and Baez's reputations as the king and queen of folk music, and the souring of the relationship between Dylan and Baez around the time the song was written.[5][2][3][4] However, in 1965 Dylan himself told journalist Nora Ephron that "Queen Jane is a man".[3][8] Live performancesAlthough Dylan has only rarely played this song live,[7] a live version appears on the album Dylan and the Dead.[1] In a 2005 poll of artists reported in Mojo, "Queen Jane Approximately" was listed as the #70 all time Bob Dylan song.[9] References in other worksIn the song "The Famous Jane" by Texas supergroup Arc Angels, the closing lines refer to several songs with the name "Jane" in the title, including Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane", Dylan's "Queen Jane Approximately", and The Rolling Stones' "Lady Jane". Also, the Steely Dan album Can't Buy a Thrill (a title taken from the song "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry") includes the song "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)" which is musically based on "Queen Jane Approximately".{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} The Milk Carton Kids' song "Queen Jane" from their album Retrospect is an allusion to Dylan's lyric. References1. ^1 {{Cite web|title=Queen Jane Approximately covers |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:1244732 |publisher=allmusic |accessdate=June 26, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627222026/http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg |archivedate=June 27, 2009}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title=Highway 61 Revisited|author=Polizzotti, M.|pages=113–118|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8264-1775-6 }} 3. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title=Don't Think Twice It's Alright|author=Gill, A.|page=87|year=1998|isbn=1-56025-185-9}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title=No Direction Home|author=Shelton, R.|page=281|year=1997|isbn=0-306-80782-3}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite web|title=Queen Jane Approximately|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t1992117|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=June 26, 2009}} 6. ^1 {{Cite book|title=Bob Dylan Performing Artist|author=Williams, P.|pages=166–167|year=1990|isbn=0-88733-131-9}} 7. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title=Like a Complete Unknown|author=Hinchey, J.|pages=147–151|year=2002|isbn=0-9723592-0-6}} 8. ^{{Cite book|title=Bob Dylan|author=Humphries, P.|page=26|year=1995|isbn=0-7119-4868-2}} 9. ^{{Cite web|title=100 Greatest Dylan Songs|publisher=Mojo|date=November 2005|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojo_p4.htm#Bob%20Dylan%20Songs|accessdate=July 4, 2009}} External links
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