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[gg cox] Great movie. [youtube video]

gg cox — 6/5/2025 4:04:36 PM

[Elmer Flugum] In FOLK MUSIC: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs (Yale University, 273 pp....

Elmer Flugum — 12/12/2022 3:13:06 PM

In FOLK MUSIC:

A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs (Yale University, 273 pp., $27.50; illustrated by Max Clarke),

"Marcus, who has spent decades analyzing Dylan’s music, zooms in on songs dating from 1962 to 2020. He reminds the reader early on that Joni Mitchell once accused Dylan of being a “plagiarist.” “Everything about Bob is a deception,” she told The Los Angeles Times in 2010. Marcus doesn’t refute the idea so much as he argues that Dylan’s music has always been a vessel through which to channel the lives, stories and sounds of others, and that this creative process is, after all, at the heart of the American folk tradition.

Though the book is described as a biography, its chapters swing from modern events such as the death of George Floyd and the riot at the Capitol to Dylan’s embarrassing stint as a fundamentalist preacher. It is not chronological and the reader can sometimes feel suspended in the air, weightless and waiting for Marcus to reveal what a painting done by the Black artist Henry Taylor in 2017 has to do with a song written by Dylan in 1964. He uses the 1965 song “Desolation Row” to recall three Black circus workers who were lynched in Duluth, Minn., Dylan’s hometown, in 1920. Was Dylan’s Ukrainian grandfather in the crowd, like so many white Americans who once cheered as they watched Black men killed at the hands of a bloodthirsty mob? Marcus does not know. Still, the song and that grisly moment may yet be connected in that Dylan could have imagined his grandfather being there in the audience that day, “which is to say, in an artist’s sense, that he was,” Marcus suggests.

Marcus, who famously derided some of Dylan’s music with words that are unprintable here, calls Dylan’s 1980s albums “a true parade of sludge” and writes of “the deepest trough of the nadir of his career.” But the book is kind in its defense of Dylan as a student who, through his songs, has tried to explore nearly every corner of the American experience, using his music and lyrics as signposts on a map. “It would be a mistake to assume there’s any road on that map that Bob Dylan, as a historian, as a listener and a scholar, a folk man, doesn’t know,” Marcus writes. To that end, Dylan’s new book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” is a collection of essays centered on why certain songs just keep getting better with time."

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/books/review/new-music-books.html

[Elmer Flugum] Bob Dylan has no philosophy His new book is the work of a talker, not a thinker...

Elmer Flugum — 11/15/2022 12:26:15 PM

Bob Dylan has no philosophy

His new book is the work of a talker, not a thinker

unherd.com

[Elmer Flugum] Bob Dylan doesn’t like you He may be a musical genius, but he's also an obnoxio...

Elmer Flugum — 11/11/2022 12:30:01 PM

Bob Dylan doesn’t like you

He may be a musical genius, but he's also an obnoxious jerk

unherd.com

[dylan murphy] No, he wouldn't be the best concert you've ever been to at all. But at almost 80...

dylan murphy — 4/25/2022 11:42:16 AM

No, he wouldn't be the best concert you've ever been to at all. But at almost 80 it might be more about just seeing a legend one last time. I've seen many stars of the past that are no longer around. Country and rock. It makes for good memories to relive with family and friends. And that was just part of the overall trip.

Yeah, I didn't expect much audience interaction. We're talking about a guy that didn't even go to pick up his Nobel Prize himself. When I last saw Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder spent some time sitting on the stage just talking about things on his mind. Not a lot of time, but still. I don't think people in that industry make a lot of money on albums and cds anymore because of streaming. So they do understand the paying fans in the crowd are who make them money. A seat cost a lot more than it did when I was younger.

[Elmer Flugum] I have not gone to any of his concerts. I suspect the delivery would be a quirky...

Elmer Flugum — 4/19/2022 11:13:01 AM

I have not gone to any of his concerts. I suspect the delivery would be a quirky affair and not all that entertaining.

I enjoy listening to him from afar.

" expecting Dylan to speak to the history of some of the songs..."

Never, to do so would break the manipulative mirage he creates....which is part of his charm and cleverness- the shape shifter.

[dylan murphy] A couple of weeks ago I saw Bob Dylan in concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. ...

dylan murphy — 4/18/2022 4:16:11 PM

A couple of weeks ago I saw Bob Dylan in concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Nice sellout crowd for a Thursday night. I've seen him a few times before but I've never been to the Fox, so I wanted to see that. Also at his age you never know if it will be the last time you might have the chance to see him. Typical in that he had very little interaction with the fans. I thought his band was very good. Bob himself stayed behind the keyboard the whole time. The vocals were ok and about what I expected.

The song selection was based off the Rough and Rowdy Ways album. My only issue is he didn't do Murder Most Foul, which was his most poplar song off that album. Looking at his set list from other cities I see he didn't do it at any location. Not sure why. In fact he didn't do any of his more well known songs. One lady we were with said it was the first concert of a famous person she had been to where she didn't recognize any song he did. Lol. But I still had a good time and glad I went.

One younger random guy ended up in the seat beside me. Before the show we talked and he said he was expecting Dylan to speak to the history of some of the songs. His first time seeing him. I just shook my head and said to not get his hopes up. Afterwards he said it was a real thrill to see him anyway. I would recommend to any person that has a chance, to see him while you still can.

[Elmer Flugum] In May the Bob Dylan Centre will open its doors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, drawing on a...

Elmer Flugum — 12/13/2021 10:50:41 AM

In May the Bob Dylan Centre will open its doors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, drawing on a collection of more than 100,000 artefacts to explore the musician’s cultural influence.

https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2021/11/08/noteworthy-new-museums-are-opening-their-doors-in-2022

The World Ahead 2022

Noteworthy new museums are opening their doors in 2022

From Bob Dylan, to Broadway, to a new National Museum in Oslo

Nov 8th 2021

It has been a grim couple of years for museums. In 2019 more than 230m people visited the 100 most popular institutions worldwide; in 2020, that figure fell to 54m because of coronavrius lockdowns and social-distancing requirements. More than 40% of museums surveyed by unesco, the cultural arm of the United Nations, had to close again for parts of 2021 amid new waves of the virus. The pandemic has negatively affected ticket sales—a crucial source of revenue for museums—as well as government subsidies. Some museums have taken to “de-accessioning” (museum-speak for “selling”) artworks from their collections in order to cover wages and running costs.

In the midst of the gloom, 2022 will bring some bright spots for the sector. In May the Bob Dylan Centre will open its doors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, drawing on a collection of more than 100,000 artefacts to explore the musician’s cultural influence. Fans will be able to listen to unreleased recordings by the ten-time Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter and learn how hits such as “Like a Rolling Stone” were made. Notebooks, letters and other manuscripts will be on display, showing the literary sensibilities that led to Mr Dylan being awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 2016. The folk-rock star has also dabbled in visual art over the years, creating the album cover for “Self Portrait” in 1970 and exhibiting his colourful, expressionistic paintings all over the world. Even dedicated Dylanologists may learn something new.

Bob Dylan’s notebooks, letters, manuscripts and paintings will be on display

Those whose musical tastes are of a more theatrical bent will be able to get their toes tapping at the Museum of Broadway when it makes its debut in New York in the summer. It will tell the story of the historic arts district from 1735, when the first theatre opened, to the present day. (Before the pandemic struck, Broadway had enjoyed its best season in history, grossing $1.8bn in the year to May 2019.) Through visual art and interactive installations, visitors will learn about the industry’s pioneers, go backstage at historic musicals and discover how a Broadway show is produced.

In June, 12 years after the architectural design was chosen, the National Museum in Oslo will open in its new location on the city’s waterfront. The institution was established in 2003 when several museums, including the National Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art, were integrated. There will be plenty of room in the new premises, as the museum boasts a total surface area of 54,600 square metres (587,700 square feet), making it the largest of its kind in the Nordic countries (though some locals grumble that it looks like a prison). Around 5,000 artworks from the museum’s collection will be on display, twice as many as before. Its most prized possession is Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”, but the inaugural exhibition will focus on contemporary Norwegian art, asking: “What is good art? And who decides?” Good questions, indeed.

[Elmer Flugum] Video: wfmu.org

Elmer Flugum — 12/8/2021 1:04:23 PM

[Elmer Flugum] LIFE OF A SONG SWEETHEART LIKE YOU "Let’s work backwards. It’s 2020. Chrissie ...

Elmer Flugum — 9/18/2021 2:30:49 PM

LIFE OF A SONG

SWEETHEART LIKE YOU

"Let’s work backwards. It’s 2020. Chrissie Hynde is bored at home. She and her guitarist James Walbourne, across London, record a version of Bob Dylan’s “Sweetheart Like You” for her album Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan. Hynde throws out the lines rather than crooning them. And as she sings “A woman like you should be at home, that’s where you belong . . .”, her voice cracks, archly.

It’s 2007. In one of the great missed opportunities, Bryan Ferry does not include the song on his album of Dylan covers. (Nor indeed does Bettye LaVette, on hers.)

It’s 1995. Rod Stewart, who has history with taking on Dylan’s songs, deploys a cod-American accent on his organ-heavy version of “Sweetheart Like You”. His reading smooths out the song’s strangenesses: you suspect it is actually addressed to a literal sweetheart, no more, no less.

It’s 1993. Judy Collins starts by speaking the verses into a reverberant silence, before being joined by hesitant descending piano chords. When crashing drums appear, it’s as if they are being played in a neighbouring room. Collins ends with a pretty, wordless coda.

It’s 1983. “Sweetheart Like You” is the first single from Bob Dylan’s new album, Infidels, the successor to a couple of poorly received gospel outings. A BBC2 review show plays the video (Dylan and a small band, not the musicians on the record, sing to a woman sweeping up after a nightclub closes). The panel compare it unfavourably with Tom Waits’ “In the Neigborhood”. It sounds, sniffs one panellist, like Dire Straits.

And to some extent it does. Dylan has enlisted Dire Straits’ frontman Mark Knopfler to produce the album (promoting him from guitarist on his Slow Train Coming album). The top end of the sound is Knopfler’s guitar and Alan Clark’s keyboards, with Mick Taylor playing a Knopfleresque solo. But the bottom end is provided by the peerless Jamaican rhythm section Sly and Robbie: Dylan had spent a lot of time in the Caribbean before making the album and wanted a reggae feel.

In many ways, the album’s country-blues with a disorienting echo of dub is as good as Dylan ever sounded on record, at least until Daniel Lanois produced Oh Mercy later in the decade. His phrasing is exemplary, warm and conversational. Setting his version against Hynde, Stewart and Collins, none of them slouches, you hear how often their micro-decisions break the spell of the song, tipping it respectively into the agitated, the louche or the alienated. You also hear how their minor adjustments to Dylan’s lyrics throw off the balance.

But wind back further and you can hear Dylan himself constantly at work on the words. On the alternative take included in the revelatory new box set Springtime in New York (released on September 17), the opening verse is still taking shape. The boss has gone north, “the very last thing he said was ‘see ya later’ . . . he did go out in style”. There are too many words; the eventual “vanity got the best of him” is just right. Go back even further, to genuine bootlegs, and you can hear the song starting cold with “The boss ain’t here”, which throws us too precipitately into its world. Adding “the pressure’s down” — possibly a nod to Toots and the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop”? — tames the pace. Even with the pressure down, for a while the boss went up north to, bewilderingly, a “lighthouse round the bend”. Sometimes a lighthouse is just a lighthouse; nonetheless, Dylan is inching towards the alchemical balance of the song, a mixture of Guys and Dolls card-sharpery, political aphorism (“Steal a little and they throw you in jail; steal a lot and they make you king”), and off-kilter seduction (“You could be known as the most beautiful woman who ever crawled across cut glass to make a deal”). What he reaches is a commentary on the state of the world as powerful as, if more oblique than, the album’s “lost” masterpiece (eventually released in 1991), “Blind Willie McTell”."

David Honigmann

ft.com/life-of-a-song

[Elmer Flugum] Bob Dylan accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old in 1965 theguardian.com

Elmer Flugum — 8/24/2021 11:38:47 AM

[Peach] Hi, Happy New Year to you too! I certainly agree with you regarding the commerc...

Peach — 1/4/2021 12:55:41 PM

Hi, Happy New Year to you too!

I certainly agree with you regarding the commercial. LOL!

[Rainy_Day_Woman] Hi Peachness, how is the world treating you? Up in northern climes for the holi...

Rainy_Day_Woman — 1/1/2021 5:51:20 PM

Hi Peachness, how is the world treating you?

Up in northern climes for the holidays, brrr and lot’s of snow

Wishing you a very happy and safe new year

Regarding Dylan’s work, just don’t want to hear it on a toilet bowl commercial

[Peach] Very sad, indeed.

Peach — 12/7/2020 8:39:59 PM

[Rainy_Day_Woman] Bob Dylan sells entire song catalog to Universal Media Group The catalog runs ...

Rainy_Day_Woman — 12/7/2020 11:21:45 AM

Bob Dylan sells entire song catalog to Universal Media Group

The catalog runs from Dylan's 1962 "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Murder Most Foul," released earlier this year, the music company said Monday.

Bob Dylan has sold his entire song catalog to Universal Music Group, the record company announced on Monday.

The deal means that more than 600 of Dylan's copyrighted songs written over nearly 60 years — "from 1962's cultural milestone 'Blowin' In The Wind' to this year's epic 'Murder Most Foul,'" the press release said — are now owned by the media giant.

"It is no exaggeration to say that his vast body of work has captured the love and admiration of billions of people all around the world," Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group.

Sad

[elpolvo] [youtube video] [Verse 1] It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63 A day that ...

elpolvo — 3/27/2020 6:42:22 PM

[Verse 1]
It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63
A day that will live on in infamy
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
"Of course we do, we know who you are!"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
We've already got someone here to take your place
The day they blew out the brains of the king
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul

[Verse 2]
Hush, little children, you'll understand
The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
Slide down the banister, go get your coat
Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
I'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
Then I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage
Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
Try to make it to the triple underpass
Blackface singer, whiteface clown
Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
Up in the red light district, they've got cop on the beat
Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
Don't ask what your country can do for you
Cash on the ballot, money to burn
Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
The place where faith, hope, and charity lie
Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
See if you can shoot the invisible man
Goodbye, Charlie! Goodbye, Uncle Sam!
Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
What is the truth, and where did it go?
Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
"Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl
Business is business, and it's a murder most foul

[Verse 3]
Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
Ridin' in the backseat next to my wife
Headed straight on in to the afterlife
I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
We're right down the street, from the street where you live
They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
What more could they do? They piled on the pain
But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie
Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
Parkland hospital, only six more miles
You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
Never shot anyone from in front or behind
I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
Zapruder's film I seen night before
Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more
It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
They killed him once and they killed him twice
Killed him like a human sacrifice
The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
Air Force One comin' in through the gate
Johnson sworn in at 2:38
Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
It is what it is, and it's murder most foul

[Verse 4]
What's new, pussycat? What'd I say?
I said the soul of a nation been torn away
And it's beginning to go into a slow decay
And that it's thirty-six hours past Judgment Day
Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues
He's going on and on at the top of his lungs
Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
Play it for me in my long Cadillac
Play me that "Only the Good Die Young"
Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
Play "St. James Infirmary" and the Court of King James
If you want to remember, you better write down the names
Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind"
Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back"
Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
Guitar Slim going down slow
Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe

[Verse 5]
Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good
Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
Take it to the limit and let it go by
Play it for Carl Wilson, too
Looking far, far away down Gower Avenue
Play tragedy, play "Twilight Time"
Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
Stand there and wait for his head to explode
Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
Play it for the reverend, play it for the pastor
Play it for the dog that got no master
Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
Play "Blue Sky," play Dickey Betts
Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker and all that junk
All that junk and "All That Jazz"
Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
Play the numbers, play the odds
Play "Cry Me A River" for the Lord of the gods
Play Number nine, play Number six
Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"
Play "Down In The Boondocks" for Terry Malloy
Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"
There's twelve million souls that are listening in
Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"
Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth
Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay
Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?
Tell them, "We're waiting, keep coming," we'll get them as well
Love Field is where his plane touched down
But it never did get back up off the ground
Was a hard act to follow, second to none
They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"
Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"
Play "Lonely At the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave"
Play it for Houdini spinning around his grave
Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille"
Play "Deep In a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel"
Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp
Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"
Play darkness and death will come when it comes
Play "Love Me Or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
Play "The Blood-stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"

[elpolvo] [graphic] consequenceofsound.net

elpolvo — 11/28/2018 10:56:12 AM

consequenceofsound.net

[John Pitera] Bob Dylan Remembers Jerry Garcia Artists and colleagues pay tribute to the late ...

John Pitera — 8/16/2018 4:16:33 PM

Bob Dylan Remembers Jerry Garcia
Artists and colleagues pay tribute to the late Grateful Dead bandleader

By BOB DYLAN

Jerry Garcia and Bob Dylan performing at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don’t think eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great – much more than a superb musician with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal.

To me he wasn’t only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he’ll ever know. There are a lot of spaces and advances between the Carter family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There’s no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep.

This story is from the September 21st, 1995 issue of Rolling Stone.

( This is the other reason the Dylan more than earned the Nobel Prize........ anyone that can write like
this is a Nobel prize laureate.....! Right on)

Jerry doing a Bob Dylan Song..... ( I Shall be released)

Shining star ( you are my shining star, don't you go away)

What a Wonderful World --- Satchmo - Louie Armstrong

JJP

[Peach] Amen. ;-)

Peach — 7/25/2017 8:09:27 PM

[marcos] Fifty-two years today - 'electrified half his audience, electrocuted the other',...

marcos — 7/25/2017 6:22:18 PM

Fifty-two years today - 'electrified half his audience, electrocuted the other', lol - en.wikipedia.org

Crank it Mr Bob, if they can't handle 11, give em 12 - youtube.com

[Peach] Thank you for the link, elpolvo. I will enjoy it.

Peach — 7/1/2017 5:35:08 PM

[elpolvo] Thanks Peach. Elston Gunn's youtube channel has many excellent and rare Dylan p...

elpolvo — 7/1/2017 4:52:16 PM

Thanks Peach.

Elston Gunn's youtube channel has many excellent and
rare Dylan performances... Some posted as recently as
this week.

youtube.com

[Peach] Nobel Lecture: svenskaakademien.se

Peach — 6/6/2017 6:01:27 PM

[Elmer Flugum] Testimony by Robbie Robertson review – Bob Dylan’s buddy and the Band theguardi...

Elmer Flugum — 12/10/2016 5:13:02 PM

Testimony by Robbie Robertson review – Bob Dylan’s buddy and the Band

theguardian.com

[Lost1] Woo Hoo ..yeah buddy rollingstone.com

Lost1 — 10/13/2016 6:50:19 PM

[Elmer Flugum] lol bobdylan.com Moving product: cuttingedge.bobdylan.com

Elmer Flugum — 11/22/2015 3:22:46 PM

[elpolvo] oooooo baybee, oooooo weee... i'll take my potatoes down to be mashed. and i'll ...

elpolvo — 11/21/2015 5:14:55 PM

oooooo baybee, oooooo weee... i'll take my potatoes down to be mashed.
and i'll see you tomorrow with the cheese and the cash.

[Elmer Flugum] In G-d we trust, all others pay C-A-S-H ! :^)

Elmer Flugum — 11/21/2015 2:02:52 PM

[elpolvo] Ok fine. Do you take paypal?

elpolvo — 11/20/2015 3:22:08 PM

[Elmer Flugum] Naturally, this issue will have to be resolved by the paying of a fine. :^)

Elmer Flugum — 11/20/2015 2:54:55 PM

[Peach] I must have “ The Cutting Edge! ”

Peach — 11/10/2015 10:43:33 AM

[elpolvo] "This video does not exist?"it was there six months ago but evidently has been m...

elpolvo — 11/9/2015 3:32:34 PM

"This video does not exist?"

it was there six months ago but evidently has been moved since then.
sorry, i don't even remember what the content was. it was dylan related
but could have been a "cover". ??

[Elmer Flugum] "This video does not exist?"

Elmer Flugum — 11/9/2015 2:20:37 PM

[Elmer Flugum] Bob Dylan and the “Hot Hand” newyorker.com

Elmer Flugum — 11/9/2015 2:20:08 PM

[elpolvo] [youtube video]

elpolvo — 5/7/2015 5:39:23 PM

[dylan murphy] Bob Dylan honored as MusiCares Person of the Year. msn.com Here's the Billboar...

dylan murphy — 2/8/2015 6:14:15 PM

Bob Dylan honored as MusiCares Person of the Year.

msn.com

Here's the Billboard story.
billboard.com

And the full transcript from the LATimes of the 30 minute speech.

latimes.com

At the end of the MSN story there is a list of artists that performed that night. Would like to see that on Youtube sometime.

[Elmer Flugum] Bob Dylan’s Sinatra Album newyorker.com

Elmer Flugum — 2/4/2015 1:05:52 PM

[Elmer Flugum] Bob Dylan, Fanboy newyorker.com

Elmer Flugum — 5/21/2014 11:19:36 AM

[elpolvo] ron posted this on the MUSIC JUKEBOX thread here: Message 29237589 a new take ...

elpolvo — 11/19/2013 3:13:33 PM

ron posted this on the MUSIC JUKEBOX thread here:

Message 29237589

a new take on "like a rolling stone". whodda thunk we'd still be
enjoying this song after 48 years?

[~digs] The 1969 Bob Dylan-Johnny Cash Sessions: Twelve Rare Recordings openculture.com

~digs — 9/20/2013 4:32:11 AM

[Elmer Flugum] Dylan Has the Answers newyorker.com [graphic]

Elmer Flugum — 9/5/2013 11:52:08 AM

Dylan Has the Answers

newyorker.com

[elpolvo] here's a beautiful biographical photo portrait of bob dylan set to a live audio ...

elpolvo — 6/11/2013 3:42:23 AM

here's a beautiful biographical photo portrait of bob dylan set to a live
audio performance of "Not Dark Yet"

[~digs] This 6-cd set, donated by Alan Fraser, documents all the known Dylan and Dead re...

~digs — 4/7/2013 5:32:10 AM

This 6-cd set, donated by Alan Fraser, documents all the known Dylan and Dead rehearsals from the Club Front in San Rafael, CA (June 1987) archive.org

[~digs] Oh, to have been in Buffalo last night to see Bob Dylan. When he began his show ...

~digs — 4/7/2013 5:25:37 AM

Oh, to have been in Buffalo last night to see Bob Dylan. When he began his show with "Things Have Changed," he wasn't kidding.

According to various reports, Dylan was on fire last night, probably inspired by the new addition of blues guitarist Duke Robillard in his band, who has apparently replaced Charlie Sexton in the line up.

In addition, Dylan's set list was radically changed. Gone were such standard fare as "Like A Rolling Stone," "Blowin' In The Wind," and his most played ever song, "All Along The Watchtower." In fact, only four of the 16 songs performed last night were from the 1960s and 70s. There were also a couple of 80s compositions thrown in for good measure, including "What Good Am I?", recently covered by Tom Jones.

Even more shocking for fans, in a good way, was the inclusion of four songs from Dylan's most recent album, "Tempest." These were the same songs performed last autumn, except last year there were eleven total performances (according to His Bobness), mostly toward the end of the tour. To have Dylan come back and play them all in one show was unexpected, to say the least.

Also of interest was the inclusion of "Love Sick." While Robillard did not play on this track when he participated in the "Time Out Of Mind" sessions, he has covered the song on his 1999 album, "New Blues For Modern Man."

According to Bob Links, Stu Kimball now plays acoustic rhythm guitar on all songs, while Robillard plays electric lead. Tony Garnier, George Recile, and Donnie Herron are all back in their traditional roles.

As for Dylan, he apparently did not pick up a guitar last night, but alternated between standing center stage and playing a grand piano (standing and sitting), occasionally with his harmonica at both stations.

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~digs — 3/10/2013 12:08:51 AM

[SIer formerly known as Joe B.] [graphic] Bob Dylan Here's pretty close to what I said last night in Madison. ...

SIer formerly known as Joe B. — 11/6/2012 3:49:28 PM

Bob Dylan

Here's pretty close to what I said last night in Madison. I said from the stage that we had to play better than good tonight, that the president was here today and he’s a hard act to follow. Also, that we’re not fooled by the media and we think it’s going to be a landslide. That’s pretty much all of it.

- Bob Dylan

[Elmer Flugum] Bob Dylan's new interview comments: Critical, provocative, or manipulative? ex...

Elmer Flugum — 9/14/2012 5:14:39 PM

Bob Dylan's new interview comments: Critical, provocative, or manipulative?

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Two provocative excerpts from a Bob Dylan interview with Mikal Gilmore, published in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine, are spreading like wildfire.

And I think that was the intent.

(Warning: Adult content)

Below is the first excerpt (slightly edited):

I want to ask about the controversy over your quotations in your songs from the works of other writers, such as Japanese author Junichi Saga's Confessions of a Yakuza, and the Civil War poetry of Henry Timrod. In folk and jazz, quotation is a rich and enriching tradition, but some critics say that you didn't cite your sources clearly. What's your response to those kinds of charges?
Oh, yeah, in folk and jazz, quotation is a rich and enriching tradition. That certainly is true. It's true for everybody, but me. There are different rules for me. And as far as Henry Timrod is concerned, have you even heard of him? Who's been reading him lately? And who's pushed him to the forefront? Who's been making you read him? And ask his descendants what they think of the hoopla. And if you think it's so easy to quote him and it can help your work, do it yourself and see how far you can get. Wussies and p*ssies complain about that stuff. It's an old thing – it's part of the tradition. It goes way back. These are the same people that tried to pin the name Judas on me. Judas, the most hated name in human history! If you think you've been called a bad name, try to work your way out from under that. Yeah, and for what? For playing an electric guitar? As if that is in some kind of way equitable to betraying our Lord and delivering him up to be crucified. All those evil m*****f***ers can rot in Hell.

Seriously?

I'm working within my art form. It's that simple. I work within the rules and limitations of it. There are authoritarian figures that can explain that kind of art form better to you than I can. It's called songwriting. It has to do with melody and rhythm, and then after that, anything goes. You make everything yours. We all do it.

Strong words, indeed.

Of course we do not know whether Dylan is being serious, cranky, or playful. We do not know the tone, nor are we made aware of Dylan's mood. Sure, the language is strong, but that can be misleading on the printed, or electronic, page. Does he really feel that way, or was it just posturing?

After the initial shock, I tried the understand Dylan's comments. Like his songs, his interviews are often a form of theater. Of course, this is all speculation, but I feel that Dylan, once again, is putting us on.

First of all, I don't think Dylan really cares about being called "Judas" forty-six years ago. However, that was a cultural milestone, captured on the Live 1966 CD, and manipulated and distorted in Martin Scorsese's documentary, No Direction Home. To many casual fans, that moment defines Dylan in their minds. Dylan knows how to drum up instant press with provocative statements, and now he has come up with this whopper.

Sorry, but the idea that Dylan is even the slightest bit concerned with that moment from nearly a half century ago does not ring true. The expletive at the end, so out of character for a wordsmith like Dylan, just emphasizes that this is an attempt to attract attention.

However, it was a brilliant public relations move. The report has been repackaged on dozens of sites, thus increasing both the readership of Rolling Stone, and the potential buyers of Dylan's new album. Of course, promoting Tempest is the reason Dylan wanted to be interviewed in the first place, and promote it he does.

As for the rest, it was something I had always suspected. Dylan was sprinkling clues in his songs, knowing they would be analyzed. This way, when the sources were eventually discovered, these relatively obscure works would get a surprising amount of new attention. It was a fun, positive thing, a little game he was playing.

Dylan freely quotes songs the Beatles recorded in his new composition, "Roll On John," a moving meditation on the death of John Lennon. The sources were obvious, so Dylan was not brought to the court of public opinion. However, when it comes to old blues, country, or folk tunes, or works of literature, everyone has a field day, trying to accuse Dylan of ripping off, rather than paying tribute to, the often long forgotten original artists.

The original detective that uncovered many of Dylan's sources, Scott Warmuth, never complained, or judged the artist. He just pointed out where Dylan was getting his material. Other people, however - those who often referred to Warmuth's work without attribution, ironically - did complain. The comments were typically lazy accusations by people with too much time on their hands, and not much upstairs. No wonder Dylan said what he did!

When I asked Warmuth if he would like to contribute to this article, he sent this Jack London quote:

"I can conceive of no more laughable spectacle than that of a human standing up on his hind legs and yowling plagiarism. No man with a puny imagination can continue plagiarizing and make a success of it. No man with a vivid imagination, on the other hand, needs to plagiarize."

[Jeanne_N] Medal of Freedom for Glenn, Dylan, Albright, others WASHINGTON — President Bar...

Jeanne_N — 5/29/2012 8:29:48 PM

Medal of Freedom for Glenn, Dylan, Albright, others

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama honored a diverse cross-section of political and cultural icons — including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, astronaut John Glenn, basketball coach Pat Summitt and rock legend Bob Dylan — with the Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony Tuesday.

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[SIer formerly known as Joe B.] Happy 71st to Zimmy! [graphic]

SIer formerly known as Joe B. — 5/24/2012 2:36:41 PM

Happy 71st to Zimmy!

[SIer formerly known as Joe B.] The Lonesome Life of George Zimmerman amnation.com The Lonesome Life of George ...

SIer formerly known as Joe B. — 4/23/2012 1:42:03 PM

The Lonesome Life of George Zimmerman
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The Lonesome Life of George Zimmerman
by Richard B. and Lawrence Auster
Based on Bob Dylan’s “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” ( lyrics, original recording) George Michael Zimmerman shot young Trayvon Martin
With a pistol he carried on his nightly surveillance
At a gated community in the city of Sanford
And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him
And they rode him in custody down to the station
And took statements and evidence that backed up his story
With nothing to show it was not how it happened
They couldn’t hold a man for defending his own life
And set George Michael Zimmerman free without charges.

But you who stir up the black race
And mock the white man’s fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain’t the time for your tears.

George Michael Zimmerman who has 28 years
A man of mixed race with a Peruvian mother
Had once helped a black man a cop had mistreated
Volunteered to act as a neighborhood watchman
To protect the community from burglary and stealing
To watch out for persons of suspect intentions
Carried a gun to protect his own safety
Called up the police when he saw something happening
A man acting strangely who was not someone known there
Walking behind houses and not on the main road
A crime can be stopped before it’s enacted.

But you who indict the white race
And stir the black man’s fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain’t the time for your tears

Trayvon Martin was a student in high school
He was seventeen years old and had once stolen jewelry
Suspended from school on three separate occasions
According to his brother he had punched a bus driver
He had once looked boyish but now acted dangerous
Styled himself as the NO LIMIT NIGGA
Quoted rap lyrics that threatened to kill women
Wore gold in his teeth and he talked like a hoodlum
Was walking around without a clear purpose
It was raining and dark and he wore a gray hoodie
Didn’t like being followed by the neighborhood watchman
Who called out to Trayvon for identification
And the watchman was struck in the face unexpected
By a fist through the air that slammed into his nose
He fell to the ground and found himself pummeled
By young Trayvon Martin who said he would kill him
Who kept beating his head on the hard concrete sidewalk
In fear for his life Zimmerman reached for his pistol
A struggle, a gunshot, and Trayvon lay dying!

But you who stir up the black race
And mock the white man’s fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain’t the time for your tears

In the media the anchormen found Zimmerman guilty
Said Trayvon was harmless and Zimmerman had tracked him
They told lies about Zimmerman that everyone swallowed
And the watchman was turned into a murdering racist
Who killed unarmed Trayvon for no other reason
Except he was feeling that way without warning
When he saw Trayvon’s blackness he just had to shoot him
Because that’s the way whites are and everyone knows it
And though Zimmerman was Hispanic it didn’t make no difference
The media made him a symbol of whiteness
The land of the free was the lynch mob nation
With blacks and white liberals spreading hatred of Zimmerman
Who went into hiding in fear for his own life
And blacks attacked whites in the city of Sanford
And threatened race war if he wasn’t arrested
A prosecutor was picked and she called no grand jury
She met Trayvon’s parents and bonded and prayed with them
And so it happened, as the liberals wanted
George Michael Zimmerman, with a murder indictment.

But you who stir up the black race
And mock the white man’s fears
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now’s the time for your tears.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at April 12, 2012 12:11 AM