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这两天，这首歌肯定会刷屏朋友圈的……

要说一个民谣歌手得了诺贝尔文学奖，那就只能是鲍勃·迪伦了，这首著名的歌曲，歌词甚至被选入了美国中学教材…… 他一辈子写了不知道多少歌，他是史蒂夫·乔布斯的偶像，他也是好几代人人的偶像。

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man ?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand ?
Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned ?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Yes, how many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea ?
Yes, how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free ?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn’t see ?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Yes, how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky ?
Yes, how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry ?
Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died ?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

写这首歌的时候，鲍勃·迪伦仅仅 21 岁…… 在那张叫《Sing Out!》的专辑封面上，有这样一段话：

There ain’t too much I can say about this song except that the answer is blowing in the wind. It ain’t in no book or movie or TV show or discussion group. Man, it’s in the wind — and it’s blowing in the wind. Too many of these hip people are telling me where the answer is but oh I won’t believe that. I still say it’s in the wind and just like a restless piece of paper it’s got to come down some … But the only trouble is that no one picks up the answer when it comes down so not too many people get to see and know … and then it flies away. I still say that some of the biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and know it’s wrong. I’m only 21 years old and I know that there’s been too many … You people over 21, you’re older and smarter.

54 年之后的今天，翩翩少年已经成了 75 岁的老爷子。早在 2008 年，鲍勃·迪伦就被提名诺贝尔文学奖了，一转几年过去，终于落实了。可估计谁也说不清这么个“大奖”对鲍勃·迪伦有什么具体的意义，这个奖更像是一场“致敬”。

1963 年的时候，他的反战歌曲广为流传，一度被视为新一代左派歌手领军任务。结果，当“紧急国民委员会”授予“自由奖”的时候，鲍勃·迪伦公开发言反对，拒绝领奖，称自己只是一个独立的诗人……

所以说，得奖这事儿，大家看着热闹甚至羡慕，得主还不一定喜欢呢。

老爷子一生活在巅峰。冲出道到现在，不知道得了多少奖，格莱美奖、摇滚名人堂(1988)、学院奖、金球奖甚至还有普利策奖……

1988 年开始，鲍勃·迪伦开始了他的巡演，名字叫“Never Ending Tour”，其后的时间里，竟然能够保持每年 100 场的密度…… 2008 年也来中国演了一场。

关于鲍勃·迪伦的传记片，我最喜欢的是这部：《I’m not there》，主演竟然是 Cate Blanchett，扮相、演技都极其惊艳。

I’m not there，估计就是老爷子现在的状态罢……