02:42 pm:
Turpinot "analīzi", paņēmu Dilana autobiogrāfiju. Atšķīru pie ranta par dziesmu "Disease of Conceit", kur viņš stāsta, ka ideja radās pēc mācītāja Džimija Svagarta skandāla, kuru pieķēra motelī ar prostitūtu: "The Bible is full of these things. A lot of those old kings and leaders had many wives and concubines and Hosea the Prophet was even married to a prostitute, and it didn't stop him from being a holy man. But these were different times and for Swaggart, it was the end of the line. Reality can be overwhelming. It can also be a shadow, depending on how you look at it. (..) Conceit is not necessarily a disease. It's more of a weakness. A conceited person could be set up easily and brought down accordingly. Let's face it, a conceited person has a fake sense of self-worth, an inflated opinion of himself. A person like this can be controlled and manipulated completely if you know what buttons to push. So in a sense, that's what the lyrics are talking about."
Otsjuda divi secinājumi: ne visam mācītajam var uzticēties, un Dilana tekstus patiešām var skatīties pietiekami dziļi, lai reizēm aptrūktos elpa un nāktos iznirt atkal virspusē, un iedabūt plaušās kādu malku svaiga gaisa. Tiesa, tikai dažus, jo vairums ir diezgan vienkārši - labākajā (?) gadījumā tikai piebērtas šādas tādas garšvielas. Bet man patīk divdesmit slāņi visos virzienos, kaut Dilans uz to laikam nav īsti spējīgs. Most of the time I wouldn't change it even if I could.
