Well it’s past midnight here, but on the West Coast it’s still Bob Dylan’s birthday.
Took a few things to nudge me into realizing this.
When I checked out meteoriot’s site, lose the label I noticed an entry, crossposted from Docudharma, lol … and it had a video whose tragedy was it was more relevant today than ever. As meteoriot noted, Dylan was only 22 when he did Masters of War:
‘Course he wasn’t too bad at the love songs, either:
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I have a lot of favorites. The Times They are A’Changing is a tune whose lyrics often come to my mind in these strange times. Blowin’ in the Wind is a classic. Mr. Tambourine Man.
I remember it was a scandal when he played the electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival. What a scamp.
I forget sometimes what a genius Dylan is because his work is so simple it seems anyone could write those tunes, those lyrics.
Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan. 67 years old.
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… whenever I think of Bob Dylan, for some reason I think of OPOL. Dunno exactly why. Never heard OPOL sing or anything.
Something about the spirit of Dylan’s music, I guess.
…I’m a fan of the cranky old man Dylan of the last three albums and the never-ending tour. I mean, sure, “Like a Rolling Stone” is still the best, and my ultimate favorite Dylan lyric, and BringinitallBlondeontheHighway61TracksofLove is never to be sneezed at, but the old guy cracks the whip pretty well on Time Out of Mind, Love & Theft, and Modern Times.
But that’s just my opinion. I do love to see the shows though, especially those where no one knows what the fuck song he’s singing until the chorus (and sometimes not even then!). And I fucking loved “I’m Not There” with the 6 different people as Dylan.
And yet I am also Mr. Jones. No really, I am.
And here I though he was ageless…. no?
Up on Housing Project Hill
It’s either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you’re lookin’ to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don’t need you
And man they expect the same
Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
Into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who
Just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left looking just like a ghost
last year for the first time and although I waited so long to see him preform it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. He has never stopped growing artistically. When I was a kid I awaited each new album as he was the best artist/poet musician of my time. This is one of my favorites, it kind of reminds me of you NPK