Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)

Forever Young is a rock song by Bob Dylan, who in 1974 is appeared on the album Planet Waves. He was later released as a single.

The text is a series of good food and good wishes (first line: " May god bless and keep you always" - " May God bless you and keep at all times " ) which will be assigned an anonymous permanent, but young person, perhaps a child ( " May you grow up .. " - " May you grow up ...") It consists of three stanzas, which open as a refrain in each of the request. " May you stay forever young" - "May you forever young Me. " Because of the slow, ballad-like melody the song gets something solemn, comparable to a religious hymn. , the desire to" forever young " to stay, but not understood in the context of the song than the ultimately nonsensical dream of " eternal youth " but figuratively as a Staying Young in heart and mind, which is apparent from the verses (but also very rich in metaphor ).

The song became one of Dylan's most popular titles and has been played at his concerts often. Its popularity led to the fact that other artists tried on the song - including Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, The Band ( with Dylan live at The Last Waltz ), Grateful Dead, Meat Loaf, Kitty Wells and Diana Ross. Also non -adapted cover versions have been created over the years: Rod Stewart, for example, wrote the song around and made it his own version, the content of Dylan's piece supported by disseminating the same message. An unusual for a cover version of interpretation can be found on the fourth disc of the album " Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International ." Of 2012 to hear the 90 -year-old Pete Seeger, the melody sings no more, but speaks to the music.

About English-language cover versions, there were also some in other languages, including German. André Heller, Wolfgang Ambros played "Forever Young" as Forever young, Morten Harket and ( head of the band a- ha) in Norwegian as Evig Ung. Another German -language version is available from Wolfgang Niedecken and his band BAP.

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Bob Dylan - Lyrics 1962-1985, Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1987

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