As emotional as it may sound, Bob Dylan, one of the most important poets in the music history, couldn’t help getting heart-touched by Alicia’s talent.
He even wrote a song talking about her. ”Thunder on the Mountain” has a second verse based on the song “Ma Rainey” by Memphis Minnie. Dylan cuts and shuffles Memphis Minnie’s lyrics substituting Alicia Keys and Hell’s Kitchen for Ma Rainey and her Georgia birthplace. The reference to Keys was listed by Rolling Stone as among the “ten weirdest shoutouts” in song. The guitar licks and riffs are typical of Chuck Berry’s famous records, with the melody sounding closest to “Let It Rock.”
Part of the lyrics go like this: ”I was thinking ’bout Alicia Keys, I couldn’t keep from crying / While she was born in Hell’s Kitchen, I was livin’ down the line”.
