AndyJ
(Oregon) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:17 | |
The music and lyrics are by Joan Baez... I think this maybe about Dylan. The "Washington Square: reference is more likely a clue to NYC than SF...
She has a great voice and phrasing... I love her sound...Makes me wish for a bit of wine...and quiet conversation with a good friend, o someone in the process of becoming...
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ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:16 | |
Moak wrote:
fingerpin wrote:"A couple of light years ago". Arrrg...a light year is just a year. Okay, I'll chalk it up to poetic license. A light year isn't a year...it's the distance light travels in a year.
...a couple of light years ago...still sounds good though.
I dunno 'bout that: I've had a few dark years. ;-) |
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:15 | |
bev wrote:
...yes...those have got to be my favorite lines from the song...which I believe is filled with amazing lines. It's a solid "10" for me — from the very first time I heard it and through every time since. So haunting. And knowing some of the history of Joan's affair with Bob Dylan just makes it even more poignant.
"...and if you're offering me Diamonds and Rust...I've already paid..."
Wow.
Yeah, this song and Jackson Browne's "Fountain of Sorrow" are both filled with amazing imagery and emotional insight. Both make me stop whatever I'm doing and listen, for the thousandth time, to the last note. |
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Randomax
(Wimberley, TX) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:14 | |
fingerpin wrote:
I was taking issue with the fact that here it is used as a measurement of time rather than the distance it actually represents. As far as a measurement of time, a light year is still just a year. Just wanted to clarify. :)
I always thought she meant how QUICKLY the couple of years had gone....at the speed of light |
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dw
(PHill, CA) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:14 | |
Still beautiful....so descriptive.
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martinc
(Ottawa Canada) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:14 | |
One of Steve Jobs favorite ladies.
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The_Enemy
(...is within) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:14 | |
CMax wrote:Is this about Bob Dylan?? That what I've always understood. |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:14 | |
oh I'll be damned if I'll listen to this...
PSD.
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mandolin
(...drifting...) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 13:14 | |
CMax wrote:Is this about Bob Dylan?? ...yep... |
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CMax
(Copenhagen) | | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 04:07 | |
Is this about Bob Dylan??
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fingerpin
(oHIo) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 11:14 | |
Moak wrote:
fingerpin wrote:"A couple of light years ago". Arrrg...a light year is just a year. Okay, I'll chalk it up to poetic license. A light year isn't a year...it's the distance light travels in a year.
...a couple of light years ago...still sounds good though.
I was taking issue with the fact that here it is used as a measurement of time rather than the distance it actually represents. As far as a measurement of time, a light year is still just a year. Just wanted to clarify. :) |
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Moak
(Reading, PA) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 09:20 | |
fingerpin wrote:"A couple of light years ago". Arrrg...a light year is just a year. Okay, I'll chalk it up to poetic license.
A light year isn't a year...it's the distance light travels in a year.
...a couple of light years ago...still sounds good though.
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bev
(Reno, NV) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 09:18 | |
vandal wrote:Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there
...yes...those have got to be my favorite lines from the song...which I believe is filled with amazing lines. It's a solid "10" for me — from the very first time I heard it and through every time since. So haunting. And knowing some of the history of Joan's affair with Bob Dylan just makes it even more poignant. "...and if you're offering me Diamonds and Rust...I've already paid..." Wow. |
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fingerpin
(oHIo) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 09:17 | |
"A couple of light years ago". Arrrg...a light year is just a year. Okay, I'll chalk it up to poetic license.
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GarageDragon
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Remember the scene in "Animal House" where Belushi grabs some guy's guitar and smashes it against the wall?
This song reminds me of that.
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ploba
(the other coast and hang a left) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 09:16 | |
Not a huge fan of her - but this song...o this song. Its a 10.
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whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 09:15 | |
This would be a NO for me...
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Grammarcop
(Upriver from Zug Island) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 09:15 | |
Joan Baez two days in a row? Bill, are you okay? Are you going through a crisis or something?
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coy
(san antonio) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 09:14 | |
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:32 | |
"I never did see what my father saw in her."
That's because you're not your father. I've often wondered about choices my father (and my children) have made, and then rejoiced that I am not living their llives.
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kcar
| | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:27 | |
Cynaera wrote: Well, word of advice - next time you feel like slitting your wrists, use a scalpel and open your carotid artery instead. You'll bleed out much quicker that way.  No, no: the femoral artery. Leave a beautiful corp se.
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AndyJ
(Oregon) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:17 | |
You might investigate some of her very early work on Vanguard. My favorite of hers is "Any Day Now" with lyrics by Bob Dylan. She makes it flow and adds new meanings to his presentations. I'd also recommend her sister, Mimi's, work with Richard Farina... Folk-ish but lots of references to the Tolkien Trilogy and changes... Not expensive now as Amazon has them used... Richard's book " Been Down So Long Seems Like Up To Me" is a bit of fun-dated before the hippie world but still fun.. TMI-? Sorry . Just sharing
claya wrote:I wish my parents had played this instead of Crystal Gale..... although some parts do feel dated, her voice is simply beautiful. The first song I remember was Heartache Tonight by the Eagles.... on 8track.... and then some Crystal stuff.
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AndyJ
(Oregon) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:10 | |
Don't hear this often. Every time it seems it relates to new memories and experience.
If you don't remember those who passed close by like a comet or meteor... Well, that's probably your issue. Not theirs.
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coyote620
(Near the river, USA) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:09 | |
Very nice and must say that is a beautiful photo.
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abbey_normal
(Behind keyboard) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:09 | |
Not into the cramabunchofsyllablesintoaline style.
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:07 | |
yuk , crap, terrible, barf, boring, gag
other than that , it's ok (not) |
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Baketown
(Maryland) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 14:06 | |
Where's Rob Halford, lol !!!
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 23:10 | |
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claya
(Boerne Texas) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 09:36 | |
I wish my parents had played this instead of Crystal Gale..... although some parts do feel dated, her voice is simply beautiful. The first song I remember was Heartache Tonight by the Eagles.... on 8track.... and then some Crystal stuff.
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Buddyo
(Madison Wi) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 09:31 | |
probably the best thing Joan ever did—because she meant it
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