Knockin' on heaven's door
According to the BBC, "All football matches cancelled in Italy." And seeing that the Pope was the first Vatican ruler to have satellite TV installed so that he could watch international football, the Italian calcio authorities must be praised for this decision. But back to last night's posting about that 1997 concert in Bologna where Bob Dylan sang for the pontiff. As we noted, one of the songs he sang was " Knockin' on heaven's door" from the 1973 album Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and there's no better moment to give it a spin than this. So, here goes:
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Good luck on your journey, John Paul II. Football fans, and a billion others, will miss you.
Comments
On a related note I just saw Dylan last night here in Chicago, the eve before the Pope's passing. I remembered hearing about the concert you wrote about and given the circumstance thought that Bob might mention or play something appropriate. Nothing from Time Out Of Mind (which I thought darkly appropriate) but he did do an absolutely beautiful version of Forever Young that nearly brought tears to my eyes.
For the Pope? I'd like to think so.
Posted by: Scott | April 3, 2005 6:27 AM