Ladies and gentlemen please welcome the poet laureate of rock 'n' roll. The voice of the promise of the 60's counterculture. The guy who forced folk into bed with rock. Who donned makeup in the 70's and disappeared into a haze of substance abuse. Who emerged to find Jesus. Who was written off as a has-been by the end of the 80's, and who suddenly shifted gears releasing some of the strongest music of his career beginning in the late 90's. Ladies and gentlemen - Columbia recording artist Bob Dylan!
Meist geht das im Begeisterungssturm des Publikums ein wenig unter, denn wer will schon den Announcer hören, wenn His Bobness kommt.
Ich freue mich jedes Mal, dass Jesus auch bei den Theme Time Radio Hours nicht ausgesperrt wird. In dieser Woche ging es um Körperteile, von Kopf bis Fuß. Wie üblich mit allerlei Witzen (...to pick out pants, put em round your neck!) und Skurrilitäten (the guy who opens beer bottles with his eye socket) gespickt...
- From Head To Toe - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1965)
- Dry Bones - The Delta Rhythm Boys (1953)
- I've Got You Under My Skin - Louis Prima & Keely Smith (1959)
- I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song) - Louis Prima (1967)
- A Fistful Of Dollars - Ennio Morricone (1964)
- Fist City - Loretta Lynn (1968)
- Down On Bended Knee - Johnny Copeland (1962)
- Heart Of Glass - Blondie (1978)
- Ten Tiny Toes, One Baby Nose - Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartet (1933)
- Finger Poppin' Time - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (1960)
- Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - The Monroe Brothers (1936)
- Big Legs - Gene Phillips (1947)
- Moulty - The Barbarians (1966)
- She's Scattered Everywhere - Archibald (1950)
- If I Only Had A Brain (The Wizard Of Oz) - Shorty Rogers (1959)
- Brain Cloudy Blues - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1946)
- Waist Deep In The Big Muddy - Pete Seeger (1967)
- With Arms Outstretched - Rilo Kiley (2002)
Sakrales und Säkulares in bunter Mischung, die Spaß macht. Ein gut aufgelegter Bob Dylan, der behauptet, die Sendung in Cannes aufzuzeichnen, während Pierre Mencini behauptet, man befände sich im Historical Abernathy Building. Prima so. Genau richtig: I'm not there.
Croz sei Dank, hier ist die Sendung:
From Head to Toe
P.S.: Foto von Columbia Records. Schließlich geht es ja um den Columbia Recording Artist... :-)