| 词条 | Who Killed Davey Moore |
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| name = Who Killed Davey Moore | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Bob Dylan | album = | EP = | written = 1963 | published = | released = | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Folk | length = | label = | writer = Bob Dylan | composer = | lyricist = | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | next_title = | next_year = | prev_track = | track_no = | next_track = }} "Who Killed Davey Moore" is a topical song written in 1963 by American folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. Though the song was not commercially released on Dylan's several studio albums in the 1960s, it was popular in his repertoire for live shows during that era. Dylan's performance of the song at Carnegie Hall on October 26, 1963, would later be released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 in 1991, and an October 1964 performance is on Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall, released in 2004.[1] BackgroundDavey Moore was an American boxer whose career spanned 1953 to 1963. Known as "The Little Giant", Moore stood at only {{convert|5|ft|2|in|cm}}. On March 18, 1959, Moore won the World Featherweight Title from Hogan Bassey. Moore held the title for four years and three days, defending it five times before losing it to Cuban Sugar Ramos on March 21, 1963. During the fight with Ramos in Dodgers Stadium, Moore was knocked down into the ropes during the 10th round. Moore lost by technical knockout at the end of the 10th round and Ramos took the title. Moore walked back to his dressing room and conducted post-fight interviews, stating his desire to fight Ramos again and regain the title. After reporters left he complained of headaches and fell unconscious. He was taken to White Memorial Hospital where he was diagnosed with inoperable brain damage. Moore never regained consciousness and died as a result of the affliction on March 25, 1963.[2]Criticism of boxingFollowing Moore's death, the morality of boxing was debated by politicians and religious leaders alike. Folksinger Phil Ochs' song "Davey Moore" offered a harsh criticism of the sport and those affiliated with it. However, Dylan's song delivered a more indirect message and a message that transcended the arena of boxing to include the enveloping society. In his typically ironic fashion, when Dylan introduced "Who Killed Davey Moore" during his October 31, 1964 show, he addressed the crowd:
Song structure and implicationsDylan's song borrows the structure of the children's rhyme Cock Robin. As Dylan takes the perspective of the referee, the crowd, the manager, the gambling man, the boxing writer, and Sugar Ramos he ends each line in the first person with the refrain
Before the chorus, from most likely an objective voice
In each verse, the defensive party gives its reasons why it is free from culpability. The sum total of their arguments implies that the blame belongs to them all—the constituent parts of the boxing industry.{{Fact|date=June 2009}} In the final verse, Sugar Ramos—"the man whose fists, laid him low in a cloud of mist"—concludes his defense: "it was God's will". These were the words of Moore's wife Geraldine on learning of her husband's death.[2] Pete Seeger sang the song in 1963 at the "We Shall Overcome" concert at Carnegie Hall (and recorded it on his 1963 album Broadside Ballads, Vol. 2), in a minor key, inserting the words in the refrain: "How come he died and what's the reason for?". References1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.bobdylan.com/us/music/bootleg-series-vol-6-bob-dylan-live-1964 |title=The Bootleg Series, Vol 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 (2004) |publisher=bobdylan.com |accessdate=15 June 2014}} {{Bob Dylan}}2. ^1 {{Cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Boxer-s-death-inspired-change-in-the-fight-game-2896321.php |title=Boxer's death inspired change in the fight game |first=Kevin |last=Modesti |work=San Francisco Chronicle |agency=Los Angeles Daily News |date=27 July 2001 |accessdate=15 June 2014}} 3. ^The introduction can be heard in Dylan's record The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall 4. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/who-killed-davey-moore |title=Who Killed Davey Moore? by Bob Dylan |publisher=bobdylan.com |accessdate=15 June 2014}} 3 : 1963 songs|Bob Dylan songs|Songs written by Bob Dylan |
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