Surely Woody Guthrie was a poor mans Woody Guthrie?
Highway 61 Revisited ....Desolation Row!
As a lifelong enforced Dylan fan I always have a soft spot for Infidels.
Surely Woody Guthrie was a poor mans Woody Guthrie?
Good point!!
Desolation Row!
[i]They're selling postcards of the hanging,
they're painting the passports brown[/i]
Blimey. It was about Brexit all along!
[i]Here comes the blind commissioner
they've got him in a trance[/i]
Yup, Brexit alright.
When asked about the spiritual significance of
"But people don't live or die, people just float"
Dylan said - " it rhymes with Coat" 🙂
[i]Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Window wide open, African trees
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
She gone with the man
In the long black coat
Somebody seen him hanging around
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
There was dust on the man
In the long black coat
Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
She gave her heart to the man
In the long black coat
There are no mistakes in life some people say
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
But people don't live or die, people just float
She went with the man
In the long black coat
There’s smoke on the water, it’s been there since June
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
Somebody is out there beating a dead horse
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
She gone with the man
In the long black coat[/i]
HAVE YOU SEEN HOW MUCH DYLAN TICKETS ARE? I might ceremoniously burn my Dylan albums. It's what he would have wanted.
Always liked John Wesley Harding, Highway 61 Revisited, Desire, Blonde on Blonde, Blood on the Tracks, Freewheelin and many others.
Masters of War on Freewheelin is outstanding for its lyrics (even though he stole the tune).
The Album I don't like is Slow Train Coming.
Listed to desire a few times in the last couple of days, can definitely see it becoming a fave!
Freewheelin'
And whilst you are there, listen to Ralph McTell sing about the album cover on West 4th Street and Jones
Really I agree that Highway 61/Bringing it all back home/Blonde on blonde are his creative peak but nobody has mentioned his later albums so I'm going to suggest Time out of Mind
Dug this out last night and jolly fine it was too (despite being a cheap 80s vinyl reissue)
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My favourite is the one where he sings in tune... 😉
It's what he would have wanted.
He’s dead?
Oh, sorry, that’s Joe Cocker.
I hate Bob Dylan, he's a kunt.
