Müzik tarihinin gelmiş geçmiş en büyük isimlerinden 5 tanesi; Bob Dylan, eski Beatle George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty ve the Electric Light Orchestra'dan Jeff Lynne, 1988 yılında Traveling Wilburys adıyla bir araya gelmiş ve Vol.1 ile Vol.3 isimli albümleri kaydetmişti. Videoda ise, grubun kadrosundaki Dylan, Petty ve Harrison'a, Eric Clapton, Neil Young ile The Byrds'ün efsane ismi Roger McGuinn eşlik ediyor ve birlikte Dylan'ın klasik bestesi "My Back Pages"i seslendiriyorlar.
Müzik tarihini bilen, bu "baba"ları dinlemiş ve sevmiş birilerinin şu videoyu seyredip etkilenmemesi mümkün değil. Efsane şarkının efsane sözleri zaten başka bir âlem..
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rollin’ high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
“We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said I
Proud ’neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
“Rip down all hate,” I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now
Girls’ faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics
Of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now
A self-ordained professor’s tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty
Is just equality in school
“Equality,” I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now
In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I’d become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My pathway led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now
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