Dylan apparently really valued his painting lessons from his neighbor down the road, all the more so since the guy didn't care at all about rock and roll celebrity, although he did feel pretty guilty when he abandoned the guy one day to entertain George Harrison at his house.
― From a Vanity 6 (James Redd and the Blecchs),
not guilty
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 November 2016 23:40 (seven years ago) link
For leading you astrayOn the road to Mandalay..
― Mark G, Friday, 4 November 2016 00:24 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-lQyRihb3k
― Plastico-Tico no Fubá (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 November 2016 02:21 (seven years ago) link
great read, thanks Karl
― niels, Friday, 4 November 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
that garland jeffries album is great if you were there were another early graham parker & the rumor or elvis costello record
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 November 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
Can someone remember which Heylin book is good?
― niels, Saturday, 25 February 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
hmm my library only has the 1991 version of 'Behind the Shades' - must've been the one I read last time
iirc it's p definitive - any other recommendations?
wanna do a Dylan podcast, so I'm gonna read up a bit (the Heylin bio, Chronicles, Gray's Encyclopedia for reference, the Scorsese doc)
― niels, Saturday, 25 February 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
Took that one out of my own library a while back, perhaps in Revisited. The quotes are excellent, but I skimmed over his own opinions, since I was forewarned.
― Nesta Leaps In (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 February 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
happy birthday, you overrated genius!
made a playlist for the occasion https://open.spotify.com/user/betamaxdk/playlist/5ObYSdPI0mpDzl7ObTe2cR
― niels, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 08:30 (six years ago) link
a tony award is next bob dylan has written lyrics and music for a musical opening next year― conrad, Friday, 21 October 2016
― conrad, Friday, 21 October 2016
i must say - i wasn't expecting three songs off of infidels
― conrad, Saturday, 29 July 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
You got 'em, and so much more:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/inside-bob-dylan-musical-girl-from-the-north-country-w502632?utm_source=rsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=091317_16
― dow, Thursday, 14 September 2017 01:54 (six years ago) link
I saw it. It's very bad indeed. Don't waste your money.
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 14 September 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
Dylan's not overrated. Conor McPherson, however...
― Eazy, Thursday, 14 September 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
Bob Dylan is overrated, depending on who you're talking to.
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Friday, 15 September 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
trying to decide if i want to shell out to see bob next month — mavis staples opening definitely makes it more enticing.
― tylerw, Friday, 15 September 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
didn't know they were still touring together, that's sweet
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 September 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
also Bob otm
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.BWwHxBlXMM2QEE7z-aSxhwEsEK%26pid%3D15.1&f=1
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 September 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
$2500 for a signed copy of his Nobel prize lecture (the one he couldn't be bothered to deliver in person):
http://bobdylannobel.com/
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 2 November 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
lol wasn't it plagiarized from sparknotes or whatever too
― j., Thursday, 2 November 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
hadn't seen this one, kinda cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXcCqSjDPU
― niels, Friday, 22 December 2017 08:44 (six years ago) link
Update: Merrill Markoe decodes neighbor Dylan's 2017 Christmas lights. She's been doing this on and off for nine years, for backstory includes helpful pix along the way, li'l film at the end. Sorry it's on Vice.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59wp5k/a-critical-analysis-of-bob-dylans-2017-xmas-lights?utm_campaign=VICE+HOLIDAY+NEWSLETTER+1225&utm_content=VICE+HOLIDAY+NEWSLETTER+1225+CID_1adfe21ae8e2a4793a42f7bac14e15d2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=vicetwitterus&utm_source=Campaign+Monitor&utm_term=A+Critical+Analysis+of+Bob+Dylans+2017+Xmas+Lights
― dow, Monday, 25 December 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Very favorable re New York production (didn't like the British) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/theater/girl-from-the-north-country-review-bob-dylan.html
― dow, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
Hope "Clothesline Saga" and others from The Basement Tapes are in there, ditto John Wesley Harding.
― dow, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
So now the director of Call Me By Your Name is making a movie based on Blood On The Tracks:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/call-me-by-your-name-bob-dylan-blood-on-the-tracks-film-738293/
― dow, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
I hope the internet is down the day Dylan dies.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
kinda feels like todd haynes already made the blood on the tracks movie with one of the segments in I'm Not There, but ah well ... supposedly there's a screenplay some guy in the 70s wrote for Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
^^^my feelings exactly
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 1:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'm gonna post and tweet so much it's gonna be insane
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
the takes are going to be hottt!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
I'm sure we could get a 1,000+ thread going right now if we want to get a jump on things
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
snowtakes
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
honestly, though are there any new frontiers for dylan hot-takers? feels like everything has been covered. there's probably someone out there who's written tens of thousands of words on christmas in the heart. (which is great, don't get me wrong!)
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
feel like ILM is full of hot takes on Street Legal tbh
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
maybe that was the last frontier idk
unless you can cook up a hot take on Froggy Goes a Courtin
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Everything he did is worthless except tarantula
― coetzee.cx (wins), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
Anyone been hailing Knocked Out Loaded or Down in the Groove as lost classics? I know everyone loves “Brownsville Girl” (hot take: it’s kinda funny but stupid and not really worth returning to, “Long and Wasted Years” uses the same delivery in a 10x better song)
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
I posted a lil' about "KOL" recently: Defend the very defensible - Knocked Out Loaded
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
Street Legal is good!
― Duke, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
I love Street-Legal -- OG mix, not 1999 Don DeVito mix. Represent!
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, October 16, 2018 4:05 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Me2. I will be more insufferable than I was when Bowie died
― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
is preferring the 1999 street legal mix a hot take? i prefer it.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
I bought it years ago and promptly returned it. Maybe I'd like it more now, I dunno. The version on Spotify seems to be OG mix?
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Oh dear. I didn't realise there was a Street Legal mix beef. No idea which side I'm on....
― Duke, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
The original mix is a horror; the 1999 mix improved it vastly. It's still not a great album (I'm fine with okay).
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
God, I love the Dylan thing of putting a 12-bar blues song as track #2 on an LP.
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
I've an old vinyl edition and the 2003 reissue. Is the latter the remix?
― Duke, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
HOW MUCH HOW MUCH
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 3:29 PM (fifty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sorry Street Legal is good is canon now
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:21 (five years ago) link
fine, then my hot take is that it is actually terrible
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
The 2003 SACD reissue is indeed the remix. Tho according to da Wiki - "In 2014, as part of The Complete Album Collection Vol. 1, Street-Legal was again remastered, but restored to its original 1978 Stan Kalina LP mix."
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:24 (five years ago) link