Bono vient d'écrire un joli article dans le magazine américain AARP (Américan Association of Retired People). Non, il ne s'agit pas pour lui de prendre sa retraite ! Mais plutôt de participer à un article collectif, en compagnie notamment de Bruce Springsteen et de Martin Scorsese, pour rendre hommage à Bob Dylan, qui aura 70 ans le 24 mai prochain.



Pas question de dénaturer cet article en le traduisant, car il est bourré de références directes à l'œuvre de Dylan. Donc, pour une fois, voici la version originale :

“When I was 13, Bob Dylan started whispering in my ear… it was a hoarse whisper, jagged around the edges, not-too-plain truths…ideas blowing in the wind about how the world could be a better place if we could just get it out of the hands of the hypocrites.

When I was 16, Bob Dylan whispered in my ear about how the real enemy was not flesh and blood, but of a spiritual nature.

At 21, with the slow train of faith having picked up a little too much speed, I stood at a religious crossroads and heard "Every Grain of Sand" stop time.

When I got married at 22, Bob Dylan was whispering in my ear about love and infidelity.

When I had my first child at 29, Bob Dylan wrote "Ring Them Bells" and "What Good Am I?"

When I ran out of gas in the late '90s, I had “Time Out of Mind “ to hold on to.

When the world crumbled around two shining towers, and New York had its two front teeth knocked out, I had “Love and Theft” to hang on to.

Now, having faced 50, I'm realizing I knew much more then than I do now. I'm returning to the brutal truth that "The Times They Are A-Changin' " — but you don't have to let them change you.

In short, all my life, Bob Dylan has been there for me”.

La totalité de l'article de AARP ici :
AARP : Bob Dylan, American idol