За любители и почитатели на двамата едновременно – на автора на песента Том Уейтс и на нейния изпълнител Джон Кеш (който я включи през 1994 г. в първия си от серията албуми с Рик Рубин American Recordings ) Записът от онова далечно време е аматьорски и калпав, но пък е автентичен…
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Down There By The Train
There’s a place I know You can hear the whistle, You’ll be washed of all your sins There’s a golden moon Down there by the train, If you’ve lost all your hope, Down there by the train, Well, I’ve never asked forgiveness Down there by the train, |
Долу край трена
Познавам едно място, Вслушай се и чуй свирката, Ще бъдеш умит от всичките си грехове Златен месец пронизва Долу край трена, Ако си загубил цялата надежда, Долу край трена, Вярно е, че никога не съм молил за прошка, Долу край трена, |
Written by: Tom Waits and Kathleen Waits-Brennan
© за превода на български: Милен Радев
Из едно интервю:
Terry Gross (2002): … Johnny Cash… recorded your song “Down There By The Train”.
TW: Yeah right that killed me! That was, that was, that was wild. I was like “That’s it, I’m all done now. Johnny Cash did a song… all done, thanks very much.” That was really flattering you know. Lovely he did it too.
TG: Oh yeah. Do you know how he knew the song or why he decided to record it?
TW: Well a lot of people sent in tunes when he was doing this record with Rick Rubin. And eh different people that eh… you know, different songwriters sending in tunes and then he just picked them. I didn’t know if he was doing it or not. I figured, well I hadn’t done it. I don’t know why I hadn’t done it, I don’t remember. And so eh… I didn’t really know until the record came out. I said: “Wow that’s great!” When someone is doing a tune, especially someone that you have been listening to since you were a kid, it’s a bit of a validation…
TG: Oh yeah…
TW: … and it’s meaningful.
TG: Johnny Cash is pretty validating when it comes to that. (laughs)
TW: Yeah alright!…
TG: So did you meet Johnny Cash?
TW: No, I have not met Johnny Cash. I look forward to that day down the road. I would love to meet him.
(Source: “Fresh Air interview with Tom Waits”, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, produced in Philadelphia by WHYY. Radio show as archived on Fresh Air website. May 21, 2002)