| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 6/28/2006 3:31:20 AM | May the fates forgive me for what I am about to say, but, oh dear do I dare say it? Guns and Roses did a pretty fair cover of Knockin' On Heaven's Door. There, I said it, let the stoning begin | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 8/10/2006 5:07:34 PM | Hey, all:
Oh, yeah, he is among the VERY BEST. And strange as it may seem, one of the best ever love songs is one by Dylan. "Tomorrow is a Long Time" is on Greatest Hits Vol. II, and it must be on an earlier one, but the one I know is simple, spare (guitar only) and his voice is simple, soft, and direct. The beauty is in the words and the feeling. Here are 2 verses sandwiched with the chorus:
"If today was not a crooked highway
If tonight was not a crooked trail
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all
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Yes and only if my own true love was waiting
And I could only hear her heart a-softly pounding
If only she was lying by me
I'd lie in my bed once again
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There is beauty in that silver singing river
There is beauty in that rainbow in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes."
For a lifelong lover of nature, that last verse just rips my heart out.
And for an old revolutionary like me, "Chimes of Freedom" is wonderful:
"Tolling for the warriors whose strength is not to fight,
Tolling for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
And each and every underdog soldier in the night
As we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing."
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"Condemned to drift, or else be kept from drifting."
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"Tolling for the searching ones on their speechless seeking trail,
For the lonesome hearted lovers with too personal a tale,
And for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
And we gaze upon the chimes of freedom flashing."
Thirty+ years later it still rings perfectly true. And it makes me want to shout the words at the top of my lungs. Until I am hoarse and crying like a kid.
And the full version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" is fabulous and full of yearning:
"...let me forget about today until tomorrow."
Talk about dancing outside naked, arms swinging to the Moon or Sun.
There are 100s of his songs I could talk about. For me the music that can make me cry, or feel some other emotion very profoundly, EVERY time I hear it, even if I have heard it 100s or 1000s of times before, is the best. Dylan's does it.
Great topic--great topic.
David
Messages done with sustainable energy, with Wind and Sun. | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 8/14/2006 8:04:32 PM | | Tommorrow Is A Long Time was written by Dylan for then girlfriend Suze Rotolo when she left him to go to Italy for an unspecified period of time in 1962...very sad, romantic song, as is another favorite, Boots of Spanish Leather | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 8/14/2006 9:29:34 PM | | When I Paint My Masterpiece....what do you think Bob's masterpiece was...or has it yet to be 'painted' ??? | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 8/15/2006 9:42:49 AM | | Elvis Presley's version of "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" is really good | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 8/15/2006 9:49:32 AM | He's a great songwriter, a great musician, sometimes a great singer, sometimes great performer...
His songs are great American music and literature.
Sometimes his performances really stink... but he also does things that are among the best ever done... | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 8/15/2006 10:57:17 AM | | I AM BOB A DYLAN FAN HE IS A GREAT ARTIST | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 8/15/2006 12:46:46 PM | I love Bob Dyan and i think hes great, my mum met him once backstage at his conceert and she said what a nice friendly person he was, she really liked him and said to him my son and daughter like you. I was Jealous because i would like to have met him.
I like many of his songs and grew up with them and i also used to fancy him and find him attractive. He is a real person unpretenscious and he writes about what he believes in. | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 2/26/2007 1:07:45 PM | | Come on folks..... lets keep this one going | |
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Posted: 2/27/2007 3:19:00 PM | My brother gave me his Dylan CD: As it was transfered to my hand it was immediately thrown in the garbage; My brother was going to throw it away and thought I might be interested. I can't stand his singing...sounds like drug induced roller coaster ride...EEEeeeeeeVV VvvvREEEEEEEEEEEE BODY MUuuuST GET STOOOOOOOOooooooooonnnnnnneD.
Bob Dyan and Neil Young should sing together and call it "Train Wreck" Tour 2007. Ear Plugs and Morphine handed out at the door. | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 2/27/2007 4:06:41 PM | I thought the Grateful Dead did some FANTASTIC Dylan Covers
Mighty Quinn, Baby Blue, When I Paint My Masterpiece, and a LOT more...
I remember seeing them together in Philly, that was a treat with Jerry playing the Pedal Steel. | |
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| Bob Dylan--POET
Posted: 3/2/2007 6:58:23 AM | I've been a huge fan my whole life. Although it's impossible to narrow it
down, any cut off the Blonde on Blonde
album is superb. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is completely mood
altering. Visions of Johanna - unbelievable. Dylan has a way of taking you
to another place entirely.
His greatness is his lyrics, he is a inspired poet. Dylan is one of the
few in the music business who could still write a twenty minute song
and people would listen to it.
I haven't read everything on this thread but 'Going Down the Road' by
Martin Scorcese is not to be missed - double DVD with Dylan talking
through it. He's so much of a poet that he can barely speak in a normal
way. The words just flow through him into music.
Leonard Cohen is up there but doesn't have the same body of work. | |
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| Bob Dylan--POET
Posted: 3/2/2007 10:20:27 AM | ^^^
If you are referring to the Dylan DVD by Martin Scorcese that appeared on PBS, it is actually titled "No Direction Home". But I agree, it is a great film. I was amazed at the amount of film footage of Dylan back from the early part of his career. But what I'd like to see is film of Dylan performing from those days which includes the entire song, not just a clip. I bet there would be a lot of interest in a DVD of complete concert performances. | |
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| Bob Dylan--POET
Posted: 3/2/2007 2:35:49 PM | | Thanks for the correction Sierrasman on the DVD name. I have it and didn't walk over to look at it! I watched a Dylan concert here in Calgary where he unfortunately had his back to us playing keyboard the whole time. His voice is very fast and very weak in concerts as well so I tend to stick with his CDs. | |
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| Bob Dylan--POET
Posted: 3/2/2007 2:55:21 PM | notyourmommy,
I've always wanted to see Dylan in concert, but never knew which Dylan would show up. I've heard that sometimes he'll come out and be more like the old Dylan, and other times more like when you saw him. But I'm glad he's still around and making music. I think the old guys are still the best. I'm going to see Eric Clapton in two weeks. | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 3/2/2007 6:35:31 PM | BLONDE ON BLONDE POOR!?WHAAAAT?
...ITS ONLY "THE" SEMINAL ROCK ALBUM...OK RAINY DAY WOMEN NOT GREAT!......BUT 13MORE TRACKS OF TECHNICOLUR IMAGERY AND MINBLOWING "LIVE" STUDIO PLAYING...NO OVERDUBS IN THOSE DAYS...2OR3 TAKES AT THE MOST...SAD EYED LADY IN 1..! AND THE MUSICIANS HARDLY NEW ABOUT HIM LET ALONE MET HIM BEFORE...!
OBVIOUSLY 5BELIEVERS/STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE/I WANT YOU(THE TEMPLATE POP SINGLE)..THE LIST GOES ON...
....GLAD YOU INTO BOB ALL THE SAME...CHECK OUT JOHN WESLEY HARDING..BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME(AND HE DID..!) as the beatles and stones still only doin american soundalikes at the time...ok beatles were on to paperbackwriter bur the bside Rain a direct lift of Dylans sound
BOBS the main man in that period....
great to find this thread too! | |
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Posted: 3/2/2007 6:45:42 PM | yeah suzes mother really didnt like him much and packed her off to Italy...thinking it would pUt him off her trail....seems it really cut him up bad....his womanising started soon after.. I think it was revenge....
another beautiful song "girl from the north country"....about echo helstrom his girlfriend from Dinkytown,St PAUL...
He gave men permission to be emotional.... | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 3/2/2007 7:06:28 PM | WAS IN FLORIDA ON MY 1ST AND ONLY VISIT TO YOUR AMAZING COUNTRY...SITTING OUT AT NIGHT HEARD THAT TROPICAL EVENING BUZZ OF CRICKETS....WATCHED LITTLE LIZARDS(GEKKOS) TWO FEET FROM MY EYES.....AND THOUGHT OF THE MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT....WHAT AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERIC SONG....
YES... OH MERCY AN OUTSTANDING ALBUM...HED HAD A LEAN PERIOD JUST PREVIOUSLY IF I REMEMBER....BUT ON THAT ONE...HE WAS WELL AND TRULY BACK...ITS SUCH AN "OUT THERE" RECORDING....RING THEM BELLS...SUBLIME...WHAT GOOD AM I..A TRULY HUMBLE SONG...SAW A SHOOTING STAR TONIGHT....
ACTUALLY IM JUST GONNA PUT IT ON...THANK YOU FOR POSTING THAT! | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 3/3/2007 7:32:48 PM | | On the bus..................I agree the Dead did do Dylan well. But The Band's version of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" is my favorite Bob cover. Even Jerry loved the Band's version. I saw Dylan in 2004 (or 2003) at the Phoenix in Toronto and man....he put on a hell of a show! | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 3/5/2007 3:33:01 PM | I was lucky enough to see Dylan a few times. The best one, perhaps my ultimate concert experience, was seeing the Rolling Thunder Revue in Quebec City in the third row center.
That band, and it's collection of talent, was something to see up close. Ticket prices were about ten dollars I think. I doubt there has been that diverse a collection of musical talent assembled into one group since.
The second part of the show opened up with just Dylan and Baez on accoustics. Roger McGuin showed up, did "Eight Miles High" , and Baez did her "hippie chick" dance across the stage. Joni Mitchell did her latest song she had just written - "Coyote". There was just an intensity and joy present that night that I've never seen equalled since.
I'm still a great fan of albums like "Blood On The Tracks". If you've ever had your heart broken, you can probably find pieces of it somewhere on that record. | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 3/18/2007 9:56:21 AM | | I am a latecomer to Dylan as well...only got into him the summer my father died in 2005...Sometimes I think tragedy in your life slows you down, makes you listen real hard to things you didnt give a second thought to....makes you open and receptive to the ways of the world...all of sudden, Dylan spoke to me...his music and lyrics..the depth and poetry and imagination and word play...I searched and listened to all I could find and was amazed by his growth and creativity and his quiet refusal to be pigeon holed into something hes not.....I was blown away by his early songwriting...that epic poem Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie....I now prefer Dylan versions of his own stuff rather than other artists...Theres nothing like listening to raspy Dylan on his Mr Tamborene Man..No one else was even on the same wavelength as him...and he contined to move on while others remained stuck...Hes the master or reinvention all while remaining true to himself...Saw him for the first time live last summer and was awed by his charisma | |
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Posted: 3/18/2007 10:02:30 AM | | I highly recommend Dylan fans to make the pilgimage to Dylan Days held once a year in May at the time of his birthday (24)....In Hibbing, MN...I went last year and spoke to many people who knew him personally as a child/teen...There you will meet the people, places, sounds, sights, smells, landscapes... where young Dylan got his roots and inspiration for his creativity...His childhood house is still there for tours..as is his high school, his fathers store, as is the place where he got his bar mitzvah..even the railroad crossing where he almost died after a motorcycle accident as a teen | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 3/22/2007 9:11:30 AM | | He spoke for a generation. a great songwriter. I have seen him in concert a few times he is a littel to pitchy for me I would rather play his records .but when others cover his tunes they are gold. What can you say he was a huge influance on songwritters ,muscians and the people. | |
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Posted: 3/22/2007 6:37:53 PM | I'm a Dylan fan here too. I became aware of him when I was in high school in the late 70s. Highway 61 was the first album of his that I bought. It was just a great album, with one of my favorites being Desolation Row. In all honesty, I don't know what he is saying most of the time, but the imagery and mood that the lyrics put you in are like no other artist. Some of my other favorites are:
One More Cup of Coffee
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Visions of Johanna
I Shall Be Released
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues..... | |
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| Bob Dylan...
Posted: 3/22/2007 9:53:26 PM | I'm with you QuitlySearching, Bob Dylan is a legend. I can't think of a songwriter/performer that even comes close. A true icon.
I have heard the critisisms also. Usually it is directed at his singing voice. To me that is part of his charm. It is part of what makes Dylan so incredible. | |
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