by nicolaou 34 Replies latest social entertainment
So yeah, I'd say he's come a long way from Hibbing, Minnesota.
The Zimmerman family lived in an apartment a couple of blocks from my house before they packed up and moved to Hibbing. Dylan fans stop by there to take pictures of where Bob lived during his earliest years.
Frozen One,
That's right. He was born in Duluth before moving over to the Iron Range.
..Bob Dylan is incredible!!.."Lay,Lady,Lay".."Not Dark Yet".."Things Have Changed".......The list goes on and on...OUTLAW
The only thing I don't like about Bob Dylan is his voice. Apart from that I think he is brilliant!
Maddie
Guys really like Bob Dylan.
He is good, but its like he is ok to really like too!
lol
purps
My husband loves Bob Dylan...I think his son is SOoo hot....
A friend of mine who is a huge Dylan fan says that there's an unparalleled genius in his nasally, half-spoken half-sung vocal style, he loves it...I don't know...typically I like that style, I think of Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, and Tom Petty, I love those guys, but I still haven't gotten Dylan. I recently bought the Greatest Hits album, the one pictured below, one of the few Greatest Hits albums that has become an icon in its own right. I like some of the songs, not sure I love any, and I really can't stand a couple of them, Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (the 'Everybody must get stoned' song) especially.
hey DantheMan
so good to see you post!!!!
purps
Dylan was the anti-establishment voice of the 60's. How often I listened to the incredible phrasings of his political commentary. No it wasn't his voice (although it does grow on you), or the music. It's all in the words. And now, over 40 years later, I still can recite so many of them, as millions of others would likewise testify.
"Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying"
(It's alright ma, I'm only bleeding)
"Johnny's in the basement, mixin up the medicine
I'm on the pavement, thinkin bout the government
A man in a trenchcoat, badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough, wants to get paid off"
Or, have a joint and listen to The Gates of Eden
"The lampost stands with folded arms, it's iron claws attached."
Wanna hear a really good, angry anti-war song? Check out Masters of War, which condemns the arms industry.
Or fun with prejudice?
"I'm a liberal, but to a degree.
I want everybody to be free
But if you think I'd let Barry Goldwater
Move in next door and marry my daughter
You must think I'm crazy."
As far as Hendrix goes, in my mind, he retains the title of absolutely best and most creative rock/blues guitarist ever. If any of you youngsters want to hear some really blistering rock guitar, check out Voodoo Chile, Slight Return at the highest volume possible. Stevie Ray Vaughn is second best, in my opinion. Incredibly good guitarist and songwriter, but not nearly as creative as Hendrix. Hendrix was definitely not from planet earth. SRV did a cover of Voodoo Chile, Slight Return. He obviously also had great admiration for Hendrix. When Clapton, Jeff Beck and other legendary English blues guitarists first went to see Hendrix in England they were dumbfounded. They asked each other, "How the f*** is he doin that?" Jimi was in a class all by himself. Listen to Electric Ladyland on headphones and you won't even need any dope to get stoned.
Lenny
Last may, he performed in Paris and I took my wife along to see his show with some expectation as he had been a landmark in my teen age as with many who are now in their fifties. Very disappointing, to be honest. I had always viewed him as a folk singer and we found a noisy rock band. I hardly recognized like a rolling stone . He doesn't care in the least for the audience, no introductory words, no good bye. In my opinion he should draw to retirement, if he's still got a tiny bit of respect for his public left, but I understood from the No direction home film by Scorcese that he never had much of it.
