Poetry

Al seu bloc, l'autor Francesc Mompo anima a la gent a escriure haikus sobre el monument franquista que incomprensiblement encara tenim a Tortosa. Els podeu llegir al seu bloc (cada dia hi ha més), i podeu participar escrivint un. Tal com diu Francesc, poesia contra fascisme!

Si hi ha algu que em ve al cap quan sento aquesta frase, és Woody Guthrie. Aqui tenim una poesia que Bob Dylan va escriure al seu honor, Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie.

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As I've said many a time on the blog, Tortosa stands out in Catalunya as having the largest monument dedicated to Franco still standing - 36 years after his death!!

The author and poet Francesc Mompo is encouraging bloggers to write haikus on this subject, and so far has had a good response as can be seen on his blog. As he says, poetry against fascism! Doesn't that bring Woody Guthrie to mind?

Here's Bob Dylan's poem on Woody.

Talking Dustbowl Blues - Woody Guthrie - Day 4

... si Bob Dylan reconeix algú com un dels seus ídols, aquest algú és Woody Guthrie (1912-1967), cantautor americà par excellence . Aquí el tenim amb els Talking Dustbowl Blues de l’any 1937...

... if Bob Dylan ever has to name somebody as his idol or inspiration, I’m sure that somebody would be the American singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie (1912-1967). Here he is with Talking Dustbowl Blues from 1937...

Goin` to Apaculpo - Jim James & Calexico - Day 3

... quan pensem en la cançó Pretty Woman, és inevitable recordar la pel·lícula de l’any 1990 amb Julia Roberts i Richard Gere. Richard Gere també actua a la pel·lícula I’m not there sobre Bob Dylan.
Goin’ to Apaculpo d'aquella pel·lí, aquí cantada per Jim James i Calexico (la cançó de Dylan originalment sortia als Basement Tapes, la música que ellva gravar amb The Band als anys 60) ...

... listening to Pretty Woman usually makes us think of the 1990 film of the same name with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Gere also appears in the film I’m not there about Bob Dylan.
Here’s Goin`to Apaculpo from the film, sang here by Jim James and Calexico, but originally from the Basement Tapes, the music Dylan recorded with The Band in the 1960s...