'Gotta Serve Somebody' tribute CD - list of biblical quotes

Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 15:19:15 +0200
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On 25 May 03 I posted a first version on rmd of a review of the
'Gotta Serve Somebody' Dylan tribute CD. A longer, revised version
of that review is now up on the Bob Dylan Critical Corner site
(see URL below).
Meanwhile, I now post on rmd a checklist which appears at the end of the
site version of my review, including the biblical quotes.
Chris Rollason
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'Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan', Columbia, COL 511126
2, 2003; material specially recorded 2001-2002; 11 tracks; total playing
time 54:56
CHECKLIST OF SONGS AND CITATIONS
- title; album source (STC - 'Slow Train Coming' or S - 'Saved'); performer;
rewritten or not; biblical citation; Old Testament (OT) or New Testament
(NT); biblical text (quoted in the King James version; in some cases I have
quoted only the part of the verse that seems relevant to Dylan's song)
1. Gotta Serve Somebody (STC) - Shirley Caesar - added intro; original
stanza 2 ('rock'n'roll addict') deleted; original stanza 7 ('you may call me
...') rewritten - Joshua 24:15 (OT): 'And if it seem evil unto you to serve
the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve'
2. When You Gonna Wake Up? (STC) - Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's -
song substantially rewritten ('additional lyrics by Lee Williams') - I
Corinthians 15:34 (NT): 'Awake to righteousness, and sin not'
3. I Believe In You (STC) - Dottie Peoples - lyric unchanged - Philippians
1:29 (NT): 'For unto you it is given in the behalf of the Christ, not only
to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake'
4. Are You Ready? (S) - Fairfield Four - lyric mostly unchanged; added
outro - Matthew 25:10 (NT): 'And while they went to buy, the bridegroom
came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the
door was shut'
5. Solid Rock (S) - Sounds of Blackness - added intro; lyric mostly
unchanged - Matthew 7:24 (NT): 'Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his
house upon a rock'
6. Saving Grace (S) - Aaron Neville - lyric unchanged - Ephesians 2:8 (NT):
'For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God'
7. What Can I Do For You? (S) - Helen Baylor - lyric unchanged; added
outro - Matthew 22:37 (NT): 'Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind'
8. Pressing On (S) - Chicago Mass Choir - lyric unchanged - Luke 16:16 (NT):
'Since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into
it'
9. Saved (Dylan/Tim Drummond) (S) - Mighty Clouds of Joy - lyric mostly
unchanged; added outro - Jeremiah 17:14 (OT): 'Heal me, O Lord, and I shall
be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise'
10. When He Returns (STC) - Rance Allen - lyric mostly unchanged; added
outro - Proverbs 18:12 (OT): 'Before destruction the heart of man is
haughty, and before honour is humility'
11. Gonna Change My Way of Thinking (STC) - Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples -
original first stanza sung by Dylan + spoken repartee + duet on six new
stanzas - Mark 10:49 (NT): 'And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be
called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort,
rise; he calleth thee'
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"All history is contemporary history"
Benedetto Croce (1941)
Christopher Rollason, M.A., Ph.D., Metz, France
Language Editor, The Atlantic Literary Review (Delhi) -
www.geocities.com/atlanticliteraryreview
Editor and contributor, Atlantic Publishers (Delhi) - see
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Co-editor, Bob Dylan Critical Corner site:
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