Bob Dylan，即使你年輕沒有聽過他的歌，相信也聽過他的鼎鼎大名。諾貝爾奬委員會在10月13日宣布Bob Dylan是今年文學奬的得主，形容他的作品「在偉大的美國歌曲傳統中，創造了全新的詩意表達方式」。喜歡Bob Dylan的人當然開心又驚喜，連香港詞人黃偉文也發文說這是對流行歌詞的一大肯定，但國際上也有不少文學中人質疑他對文學的貢獻。即使不同派別各執一詞，但他的貢獻和影響力不容置疑。平常聽開的「高溫燒滾了我一切」的朋友，不妨欣賞一下大師作：
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1. Make You Feel My Love (1997)
Adele曾經翻唱過，這上刀山下下油鍋無條件的愛：「I’d go hungry, I’d go black and blue/ I’d go crawling down the avenue/ There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do/ To make you feel my love」
2. Blowin’ in The Wind (1963)
在60年代冷戰氛圍中創作，美國總統甘迺迪在作品發表後三個月被行刺，歌曲被廣傳：「Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have/ Before he can hear people cry?/Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows/ That too many people have died?」
3. Just Like a Woman (1966)
他聲稱只是一首情歌，但對女性柔弱的描述，被女權份子批評多年：「She takes just like a woman, yes, she does/ She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does/ And she aches just like a woman/ But she breaks just like a little girl」
4. Mr. Tambourine Man (1964)
妙想天開的歌詞，有人說是他在吸毒後寫的：「Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin’ ship/ My senses have been stripped, my hands can’t feel to grip/ My toes too numb to step/ Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin’」
5. Tangled up in Blue (1975)
傷感的歌詞，據說是他與前妻離異的真人真事：「We drove that car as far as we could/ Abandoned it out West/ Split up on a dark sad night/ Both agreeing it was best」
6. Hurricane (1975)
另一首抗世之作，講述著名黑人拳手Rubin Hurricane Cater因種族歧視被控謀殺，蒙受19年冤獄：「Here comes the story of the Hurricane/ The man the authorities came to blame/ For somethin’ that he never done/ Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been/ The champion of the world」
7. The Times They Are a Changin’ (1964)
同樣出自冷戰時期的警世之作：「If your time to you is worth savin’/ Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone/ For the times they are a-changin’」
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)
Bob Dylan的第一首電子作品，還有60年代不常見的MV：「Don’t wanna be a bum/ You better chew gum/ The pump don’t work/ ’Cause the vandals took the handles」
9. Lay Lady Lay (1969)
另一首感人至深的情歌，不論歌詞還是旋律，今天再聽也絕不老土：「Whatever colors you have in your mind/ I’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine」
10. Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
一個富家女流浪凡間的故事，成為他最具影響力的作品之一，更曾經是《Rolling Stone》雜誌500首最偉大歌曲首名：「How does it feel/ To be on your own/ With no direction home/ Like a complete unknown/ Like a rolling stone?」
