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Bob Dylan — Subterranean Homesick Blues
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kcar
Posted: May 10, 2013 - 23:24
 
 crogers wrote:
I just read a curious comment about Bob on Squidoo.  According to the (unsigned) post, Dylan can actually sing like an opera star, but has decided instead to sound "like a harpooned pigeon in the last throes of death" intentionally, in an attempt to appeal to a specific audience.  

Could it be so?  Is he really crazy like a fox?
 

 


{#Roflol} times infinity, to the power of infinity. Most house cats have a greater chance of singing like an opera star than Dylan does. 




crogers
(Sunny California)
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 11:08
 
I just read a curious comment about Bob on Squidoo.  According to the (unsigned) post, Dylan can actually sing like an opera star, but has decided instead to sound "like a harpooned pigeon in the last throes of death" intentionally, in an attempt to appeal to a specific audience.  Exactly whom, I can't imagine.

Could it be so?  Is he really crazy like a fox?
 

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Mar 25, 2013 - 10:24
 
Genre-breaking at the time.... hard to separate the rating for 'musical history' from that for 'musicality'
 

Ramenoodler
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 07:16
 
I am not a fan of Bob Dylan. 

He only plays like one basic song, and he's spent 30 years filling numerous albums with variations of that same half-chant melody.
When A Bob Dylan some comes on, I hit 'stop' on my player, and come back after a few minutes.

I really do think his music is that terrible.  

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 10:14
 

Everybody in my church be dancing...  love this song...
 

zurcronium
(Not in Texas)
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 02:26
 
20 years or schooling and they put you on the day shift . . .

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 06:26
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I'm starting to appreciate Mr. Dylan's music more and more as world events unfold.  I suspect that what once was old will become new again, music-wise, as things come unwrapped around us. Perhaps the true visionaries have already provided their wisdom, and it's up to us to sift through the crap of "modernism" and find the gems of truth in the music of the past.
 

Well said...  miss you...

 

JHZ
(between Clark and Hilldale)
Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 14:59
 
 crogers wrote:
Hey, maybe I can be a poet too!

Rat-nasty noises
Like knitting needles
Dipped in drain cleaner
Thrust deeply into
My ear drums.

Why must you
Torment me so
The original vagabond
The impacted sinus
The lyrical asininity

Perhaps once
You spoke for some
Who couldn't find the words
Why they thought you could
I don't know.

I am leaving you now
To be enjoyed by
Those who can
I cannot and shall not
Suffer you any longer.

Hmmm, maybe not...
  certainly not!



crogers
(Sunny California)
Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 18:29
 
Hey, maybe I can be a poet too!

Rat-nasty noises
Like knitting needles
Dipped in drain cleaner
Thrust deeply into
My ear drums.

Why must you
Torment me so
The original vagabond
The impacted sinus
The lyrical asininity

Perhaps once
You spoke for some
Who couldn't find the words
Why they thought you could
I don't know.

I am leaving you now
To be enjoyed by
Those who can
I cannot and shall not
Suffer you any longer.

Hmmm, maybe not...

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 06:18
 
The melody of the vocals is nearly one straight line...stay safe.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 07:56
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Whatever turns you on.
 
Ha.

Kanuffen
(Trelleborg, Sverige)
Posted: Nov 01, 2012 - 07:56
 
 richlister wrote:


Nor mine, but then again, they are ALL shit.
 
HAHAHAHA!

richlister
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 00:53
 
 TuneAgeWhereWoof wrote:
not my favoriate Dylan tune...
 

Nor mine, but then again, they are ALL shit.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 13:00
 
 Geecheeboy wrote:
Did he just say Facebook?
edit:  it was "face full." I looked it up. But I sure heard Facebook.
 
He doesn't mention Facebook, but he makes references to Justin Bieber and the iPhone 5 in the third stanza.

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 21:42
 
 ziakut wrote:
Good song for sittin' on the porcelain, while sniffin' toe jam. 
 
Whatever turns you on.

TuneAgeWhereWoof
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 08:46
 
not my favoriate Dylan tune...

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 08:43
 
 ziakut wrote:
Good song for sittin' on the porcelain, while sniffin' toe jam. 
 
O-o . . .   . is that one of the lyrics?

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 13:21
 
I watched this on Youtube one night. Nothing interesting about that except...I read the comments. Some young person was absolutely Gobsmacked that this was a video...they were certain, dead certain, that the first video was "video killed the radio star"...many folks tried to counsel them that there was a difference between the first video aired on MTV and the first video ever....pointing to some lovely film from a lot of amazing artists much older than Dylan.

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 13:16
 
"The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle..."

Ah, my youth.{#Zip-lip} 

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 13:15
 
Good song for sittin' on the porcelain, while sniffin' toe jam. 

bachbeet
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 - 22:45
 
From the album right before Highway 61 Revisited.  Great stuff.  His most creative period was up until John Wesley Harding.  He then lost it until Blood on the Tracks and Desire.  I don't have any of his albums after Desire.  But the ones I do have are just terrific.

mistabird
(frei republik allgäu)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 14:04
 
danke  danke

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 13:26
 
It never gets old, until it gets old. Which happened about 2 minutes 45 seconds minutes ago.

Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 13:25
 
Did he just say Facebook?
edit:  it was "face full." I looked it up. But I sure heard Facebook.



Dinges,_the_Dude
(below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88')
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 12:08
 
 TJS wrote:
As annoying as any of his other songs.  Actually, I think it's a bit moreso.
 
I could't agree more!!!
The man can't sing and all of his so called melodies sound just the same... {#Headache} (Sorry, Bill!)

dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA)
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 12:06
 
The first rap song?  {#Bananapiano}

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:37
 
As annoying as any of his other songs.  Actually, I think it's a bit moreso.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 18:40
 
 anglicana wrote:
Frankly, this deserves a 10+ rating.
 


I agree...  love it...

 

anglicana
(Israel)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 00:56
 
Frankly, this deserves a 10+ rating.

calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 05, 2011 - 08:39
 

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Einmalige Union von Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Santana, Mai 1984, Hamburg

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Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 20:06
 
 ziakut wrote:
Hey! Bobby's got good pitch!!! Oh wait...he's only singing one note thru the whole song...scratch that. The most catchy part of this tune is the ending. It leads to another song.
 
He only needed one note. That's why he's Bob Dylan.


Pharlap
(Bahama, NC)
Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 07:19
 
"20 years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift".....if you're lucky

Snoopy2
(A Snoopy Lovin' House)
Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 10:16
 
I'm home but now I'm sick, and I'm feelin blue, guess why?

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jun 17, 2011 - 05:06
 
Never.......gets..........old.{#Dancingbanana_2}

The_Enemy
(...is within)
Posted: May 16, 2011 - 14:56
 
we be bopping'


scmerriam
(Moscow, Idaho, USA)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 10:55
 
Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
By the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tiptoes
Don't try "No-Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles



Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 14:13
 
Always good to be subterranean.

calypsus_1
Posted: Feb 26, 2011 - 23:02
 

Nice Cy!


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Feb 26, 2011 - 17:44
 
I'm starting to appreciate Mr. Dylan's music more and more as world events unfold.  I suspect that what once was old will become new again, music-wise, as things come unwrapped around us. Perhaps the true visionaries have already provided their wisdom, and it's up to us to sift through the crap of "modernism" and find the gems of truth in the music of the past.

seabell
(Trinidad & Tobago)
Posted: Feb 26, 2011 - 17:38
 
Oh gawd, not again...

ParkerH
(Naples, FL)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 11:12
 
Now we're talkin!

ihategrapejuice
(Bloomington, IN)
Posted: Jan 26, 2011 - 11:12
 
What a fantastic segue from "The Zookeepers - Beautiful World"!!  Subterranean Homesick Blues has almost exactly the same tempo and started in time with the end of The Zookeepers. Amazing!


johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 16:39
 
Godfather of Rap

Geeeeee thanks Bob

nicolewe
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 09:49
 
"Don't follow leaders, watch yer parking meters..." {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Cowboy}{#Motor}

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 09:49
 

The only version of this song I knew was from the RHCP... both of them very cool




lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 09:49
 
 dmax wrote:
Not the first rap song. Look to the various "talking blues" for other cool ones.
 

good point....how bout first rap song in the rock and roll era.

ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 09:49
 
Hey! Bobby's got good pitch!!! Oh wait...he's only singing one note thru the whole song...scratch that. The most catchy part of this tune is the ending. It leads to another song.

bronorb
(Wisconsin)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 09:47
 
 lemmoth wrote:
"the pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles"

Applies to the financial crisis today - Wall Street banks being the vandals
 

Right on.
This has never been more true.


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 14:04
 
"the pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles"

Applies to the financial crisis today - Wall Street banks being the vandals

(former member)
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 14:04
 
Not the first rap song. Look to the various "talking blues" for other cool ones.