lol at "union sundown" being the lead single. Dylan's back, baby!
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
Hmm... just did a little digging, and Wikipedia's list of singles may be misleading -- looks like "Union Sundown" may have been a UK single only, and "Sweetheart Like You" was the first U.S. single (w/"Union Sundown" on the B side).
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
(Honestly, that's even weirder -- why would UK listeners care about "Union Sundown"?)
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
yes "Sweetheart Like You" was the single -- got a video too iirc.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
It reached #55 on the Hot 100 (not... bad?)
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
his last top sixty single
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
Blind Willie would have towered weirdly over the rest of Infidels, threatening to dwarf Jokerman
I like the sound of that record and the outtakes but man there are some embarrassing songs
in a way Brownsville Girl would've been better on a bootleg collection
― niels, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
I'm actually ok with "Blind Willie" being a bootleg thing, but probably would prefer "Foot of Pride" on the LP.
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
(And yet, that song's obscurity made it all the more awesome when Lou Reed performed it on that TV concert.)
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
^^^ exactly
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
foot of pride has so many outrageous lines:
Well they'll choose a man for you to meet tonightYou'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doorsHow to enter into the gates of paradiseHow to carry a burden too heavy to be yoursYeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocksA whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanksThey like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study inSing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
I love paranoid/post-Christian, crypto-political Bob.
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
They used to grow food in KansasNow they want to grow it on the moon and eat it rawI can see the day coming when even your home gardenIs gonna be against the law
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
How to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
The sneer at the end of the verse
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
Wow for someone who thinks No Direction Home is literally the best rock documentary ever made, this is pretty tasty news
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/bob-dylan-martin-scorsese-rolling-thunder-film-netflix-1203104499/amp/
― piscesx, Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link