Bob Dylan

[Serial_Apologist]

I only just realised that if you spoonerize the name Bob Dylan, you almost get dob villains!





... as you were....

[cloughie]

I only just realised that if you spoonerize the name Bob Dylan, you almost get dob villains!





... as you were....

Noy one of your best S_A!

Safer maybe with anagrams - could be cast for the next film - choose the role!

BOND ABLY

NOBLY BAD

[johncorrigan]

Noy one of your best S_A!

I'd go as far as to say forkin' dodgy, cloughie.

By the way, JR, loved the Infidels outtake, there. Letterman was very nervous with Bob at the end.

[johncorrigan]

Just noticed that 4 extra re-ran Kershaw's exploration of 'Highway 61 Revisited' recently. Still plenty time to catch it again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b06gtk2l

[cloughie]

Just noticed that 4 extra re-ran Kershaw's exploration of 'Highway 61 Revisited' recently. Still plenty time to catch it again.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b06gtk2l

Thanks for that jc - My favourite Bob album!

[johncorrigan]

Dylan does Cohen live in '88. Hallelujah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXbESHTveY0

[johncorrigan]

Hadn't been out of Scotland in four years and the first time I ventured through London my pal manages to score me my first trip to the London Palladium, and who should I see but the old song and dance man. Great show. Bob did pretty much his lockdown album, 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' in its entirety playing piano throughout except for a sudden burst of moothie at the end of the wonderful 'Every Grain of Sand' which brought the fans to their feet. I might have preferred a few more oldies, but you take what you get with His Bobness. Great take on 'Watching the River Flow' and Mercer's 'That Old Black Magic' and the wondrous 'You Gotta Serve Somebody'. We also got a couple of Bob style jokes including a nod to Lennon where we were invited to rattle our jewellery and his great wee Chaplinesque dance. Some guy Bob.

[johncorrigan]

I like David Remnick's writing. He's written some top pieces for the 'New Yorker' over the years and this recent piece about Dylan ahead of the release of his new book is no exception.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/31/a-unified-field-theory-of-bob-dylan

[johncorrigan]

Hadn't been out of Scotland in four years and the first time I ventured through London my pal manages to score me my first trip to the London Palladium, and who should I see but the old song and dance man. Great show. Bob did pretty much his lockdown album, 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' in its entirety playing piano throughout except for a sudden burst of moothie at the end of the wonderful 'Every Grain of Sand' which brought the fans to their feet. I might have preferred a few more oldies, but you take what you get with His Bobness. Great take on 'Watching the River Flow' and Mercer's 'That Old Black Magic' and the wondrous 'You Gotta Serve Somebody'. We also got a couple of Bob style jokes including a nod to Lennon where we were invited to rattle our jewellery and his great wee Chaplinesque dance. Some guy Bob.

We didn't get an encore from Bob that night in the Palladium, but Nottingham got this tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis as their encore from His Bobness. Lucky spuds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCMtGbeG2c

[kindofblue]

We didn't get an encore from Bob that night in the Palladium, but Nottingham got this tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis as their encore from His Bobness. Lucky spuds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCMtGbeG2c

I attended the gig in Nottingham at the Motorpoint Arena. As a spectacle it was not great to be honest. This kind of music is ideally performed in a much smaller venue, and given that Bob was behind his piano for the great majority of the time there was little to see. In terms of musical content I defer to the excellent Richard Willams whose review is here https://thebluemoment.com/ . It's Richard's home town and his third time of listening to this particular tour so I was interested in his comments about Bob's improved vocal performance, and I agree that he was confident and clear. The engineers had to do some work on the mix at the start as he was being drowned out by the percussion. For me it was a memorable event as I had never seen him before, but also a reminder as to why I don't like music in arenas whch are actually an ice rink.

[johncorrigan]

I attended the gig in Nottingham at the Motorpoint Arena. As a spectacle it was not great to be honest. This kind of music is ideally performed in a much smaller venue, and given that Bob was behind his piano for the great majority of the time there was little to see. In terms of musical content I defer to the excellent Richard Willams whose review is here https://thebluemoment.com/ . It's Richard's home town and his third time of listening to this particular tour so I was interested in his comments about Bob's improved vocal performance, and I agree that he was confident and clear. The engineers had to do some work on the mix at the start as he was being drowned out by the percussion. For me it was a memorable event as I had never seen him before, but also a reminder as to why I don't like music in arenas whch are actually an ice rink.

Thanks for that, kob, and thanks for the Richard Wiliams' blog. I was glad to have seen him in the Palladium...it felt relatively intimate. I saw Bob five years ago in the Armadillo in Glasgow but we had very good seats, perhaps 8 or 9 rows from the front. And because I was in the stalls this time, and he was on a stand-up piano, I only saw his head appear above the parapet from time to time. My pal, who was up in the circle, said he could only see the top of Bob's head. I thought his voice was sounding pretty good from where I was. Glad you got to see him, and his celebration of Jerry Lee Lewis sounded great. I have to say what an amazing guy Bob is, to be able to pull that song out of his repertoire on the day of the Killer's death.

[kernelbogey]

Not my thing, Bob: but this may be of interest:
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan is published by Simon & Schuster (£35).

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/01/the-philosophy-of-modern-song-by-bob-dylan-review

[johncorrigan]

Not my thing, Bob: but this may be of interest:
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan is published by Simon & Schuster (£35).

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...b-dylan-review

It just popped through the letterbox, kb. Looking forward to having a good wee dig through it.

[Mandryka]

I wonder if anyone can help me find something.


My favourite Dylan song at the moment is Bob Dylan’s Dream. It’s one of the very few songs which makes me go damp eyed, it expresses a sentiment which I understand very well. There used to be a video which went with it on YouTube - the video showed the young Bob just talking and drinking and making music with his friends, and somehow it was perfect given the subject of the song.

However I can no longer find this video anywhere, and I really want to see it again! Can anyone find it? Or is it simply unobtainable in the UK?

[johncorrigan]

I wonder if anyone can help me find something.


My favourite Dylan song at the moment is Bob Dylan’s Dream. It’s one of the very few songs which makes me go damp eyed, it expresses a sentiment which I understand very well. There used to be a video which went with it on YouTube - the video showed the young Bob just talking and drinking and making music with his friends, and somehow it was perfect given the subject of the song.

However I can no longer find this video anywhere, and I really want to see it again! Can anyone find it? Or is it simply unobtainable in the UK?

I don't know the film, Mandryka - wish I could help. I would like to see it too. I thought it might have been on that film Bob made for 'Quest' on Canadian TV in '64, but
I looked and 'Bob Dylan's Dream' isn't on it.