Pledging My Time

Pledging My Time
Artista	Bob Dylan
Autore/i	Bob Dylan
Genere	Blues
Stile	Rock Blues
Edito da	Columbia Records
Pubblicazione originale
Incisione	Blonde on Blonde
Data	1966
Durata	3'47"

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 / Pledging My Time singolo discografico
Artista	Bob Dylan
Pubblicazione	aprile 1966
Album di provenienza	Blonde on Blonde
Dischi	1
Tracce	2
Genere	Blues rock Rock
Etichetta	Columbia
Produttore	Bob Johnston
Registrazione	1966
Formati	7"
Note	n. 2 n. 7
Bob Dylan - cronologia
Singolo precedente One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)/Queen Jane Approximately (1966) Singolo successivo I Want You/Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live) (1966)

Pledging My Time è una canzone blues (scritta nello stile di Elmore James) composta e registrata da Bob Dylan per l'inclusione nel suo doppio album Blonde on Blonde del 1966. Venne registrata all'inizio del 1966 a Nashville, Tennessee con musicisti di studio durante le sessioni per la lavorazione dell'album.

Il brano

Si tratta di un lento blues dall'atmosfera emotivamente opprimente accompagnato dalle frasi di chitarra di Robbie Robertson in stile "Chicago blues" e dall'armonica di Dylan coadiuvati dal piano blues di Hargus "Pig" Robbins e dalle rullate alla batteria di Kenny Buttrey. Nel testo, i riferimenti a "un mal di testa velenoso" e al trovarsi in una stanza "così soffocante che quasi non si riesce a respirare" evocano vividamente l'immagine di un fumoso bar notturno.

Curiosamente nel testo del brano è presente la strofa: «Someone sent for the ambulance / And one was sent / Somebody got lucky / But it was an accident» (Poi, hanno chiamato l'ambulanza / E uno l'hanno spedito / Qualcuno ha avuto fortuna / Ma è stato un incidente) ritenuta premonitrice dell'incidente motociclistico di cui sarebbe stato vittima Dylan di lì a poco dopo l'uscita dell'album.^[1]

Pubblicazione

Oltre che in Blonde on Blonde, Pledging My Time venne pubblicata anche su singolo come B-side di Rainy Day Women#12 & 35. Il 45 giri raggiunse la seconda posizione nella classifica statunitense Billboard Hot 100 e la numero 7 nella britannica Official Singles Chart.^[2]^[3]

Cover

Il brano è stato reinterpretato dal gruppo musicale psichedelico giapponese The Apryl Fool, sul loro album omonimo.

Note

^ Moryson, Elaine. La storia dietro ogni canzone di Bob Dylan: Parte prima - Gli anni sessanta, Tarab Books, Strade Blu Srl, 2000, Termoli, pag. 180, ISBN 88-88116-08-7
^ Billboard Hot 100, in Billboard, 28 maggio 1966. URL consultato il 16 dicembre 2012.
^ Official UK Charts, in Official Charts Company, 31 maggio 1966. URL consultato il 20 dicembre 2012.

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Pledging My Time, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
(EN) Pledging My Time, su SecondHandSongs.

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