 Love and Theft (2001) [ larger cover art ] |
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Well, I'm stranded in the city that never sleeps
Some of these women they just give me the creeps
I'm avoidin' the south side the best I can
These memories I got, they can strangle a man
Well, I came ashore in the dead of the night
Lot of things can get in the way when you're tryin' to do what's right
You don't understand it, my feelin' for you
You'd be honest with me if you only knew
I'm not sorry for nothing I've done
I'm glad I fought, I only wish we'd won
The Siamese twins are comin' to town
People can't wait, they've gathered around
When I left my home the sky split open wide
I never wanted to go back there, I'd rather have died
You don't understand it, my feelin' for you
You'd be honest with me if only you knew
My woman got a face like a teddy bear
She's tossin' a baseball bat in the air
The meat is so tough you can't cut it with a sword
I'm crashin' my car trunk first into the board
They say that my eyes are pretty and my smile is nice
Well, I'll sell it to ya at a reduced price
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
You'd be honest with me if only you knew
Some things are too terrible to be true
I won't come here no more if it's botherin' you
There's a Southern Pacific leaving at 9:45
I'm havin' a hard time, believin' some people would ever arrive
I'm stark naked but I don't care
I'm goin' off into the woods, I'm huntin' bear
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
Well, you'd be honest with me if only you knew
I'm here to create the new imperial empire
I'm gonna do whatever circumstances require
I care so much for you, didn't think I could
I can't tell my heart that you're no good
Well my parents, they warned me not to risk my years
And I still got their advice oozing out of my ears
You don't understand it, my feeling for you
Well, you'd be honest with me if only you knew
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 13:22  Bob Dylan by ~ohindiegirl Belinda ©2008-2010 ~ohindiegirl I really made this for my Dad, seeing that he is a huge fan of Bob Dylan. I hope the background colours. |
| Frawg (Maine) | Posted: Aug 28, 2006 - 06:31 Pyro wrote: The best thing about this song is the incredible band backing him up. It's the only good thing about this song.
I highly respect Dylan's work, but my God, this is just awful. I can't even listen to him to figure out if these are well written lyrics. They probably are - but the "gargled in acid" voice is just awful. Sorry in advance for those of you who consider this good work. We can just agree that Dylan's past work was wonderful. s |
| BeetNik (Oak Creek, WI) | Posted: Aug 28, 2006 - 06:27 Time for DYLAN TO RETIRE. I LOVED HIS EARLY WORK ("Oh Mercy" and prior). |
| carbonatom (Manchester UK) | Posted: Jul 15, 2006 - 08:17     |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Jun 30, 2006 - 16:26 algrif wrote: I don't understand why so many people rate this song.
I find it pretty ordinary. I think Dylan has been going slowly down hill for years. If this was released using a pseudonym, no one would give it a second thought. 
Dylan's way ahead of you. He recorded this one to push over-analyzing fencesitters back the other way. |
| algrif (Slightly west of Zero) | Posted: Jun 16, 2006 - 01:28 ThePoose wrote: A lot of abstract art, if released under a pseudonym, would be rejected outright (consider Barnett Newman). You have to consider works of art in the context of their creator's body of work.
Why???? If it is not valid on its' own merits, then it is not valid. Full stop. EG: I bake great bread (it is my art, if you like). But if a bake bad bread I throw it away. It doesn't become good bread because it is in the context of my previous work.!! |
| siloco | Posted: Jun 01, 2006 - 13:42 I used to write off anything that came out post "Series of Dreams." Daniel Lanois' productions to me sounded like they were propping up a weak batch of tunes. This song makes me want to question that evaluation. Maybe I'll change my mind. |
| ThePoose | Posted: Jun 01, 2006 - 11:24 A lot of abstract art, if released under a pseudonym, would be rejected outright (consider Barnett Newman). You have to consider works of art in the context of their creator's body of work. |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 07:27 algrif wrote: If this was released using a pseudonym, no one would give it a second thought.
So true, so true. |
| ThePoose | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 07:26 Echoes of Highway 61 Revisited. |
| Jamoo2003 | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 07:26 I just realized I am brilliant. |
| BGGA (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 07:25 dsmcd01 wrote: "Masked and Anonymous" is a terrific movie, if only to see Bob perform. Highly recommend it.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/masked/trailer.html FWIW, D. A cult classic. I also really like the soundtrack for the film.  |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 07:25 I think we have to admit that this man is the prophet and savior of the genres of folk, rock and roll and the blues. Agelessly and forever relevant always able to ROCK when he wants to and God love 'im when he wants to! I love this whole album, too!    although it took a while
to grow on me and when life gave me the situations to make sense of the words WOW and now I can dig it every time |
| seekinggrace (2038 miles from Paradise) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 07:24 It's going to be so cool when this song ends. |
| redeyespy (Sunny, FL) | Posted: Apr 18, 2006 - 17:42 More zest than your usual Dylan elegy, but overlength hurts it a bit. Tightening it up would've made it a minor classic. But yeah, the band is crankin' here! |
| algrif (Slightly west of Zero) | Posted: Apr 04, 2006 - 03:17 I don't understand why so many people rate this song.
I find it pretty ordinary. I think Dylan has been going slowly down hill for years. If this was released using a pseudonym, no one would give it a second thought.
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| brighthue (MetroWest, MA) | Posted: Apr 04, 2006 - 03:13 Outstanding song, strong band and vocals so bad they're good.  |
| cattgirl813 (On the beaten path) | Posted: Mar 20, 2006 - 09:32 Moak wrote: Darn IT!!!! When I started doing this, I swore I would give NO SONG a 10.
Why? If the song deserves it in your opinion, give it freely. Like what you like, love what you love, and to hell with the rest. |
| discochuck (Manhattan Beach, CA) | Posted: Jan 20, 2006 - 14:45 Pyro wrote: The best thing about this song is the incredible band backing him up.
The beat sounds a bit ska-influenced. |
| trempel (Abbostsford, BC, Canada) | Posted: Dec 08, 2005 - 00:32 dogdokken wrote: One of the better cuts off Love & Theft
Change that to the best |
| dogdokken (los angeles, ca) | Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 09:01 One of the better cuts off Love & Theft |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 08:56 Darn IT!!!! When I started doing this, I swore I would give NO SONG a 10. |
| Wisecrowe (State College, PA) | Posted: Nov 08, 2005 - 17:29 The Best! |
| bro (Salisbury, UK) | Posted: Nov 08, 2005 - 17:26 honu wrote: Just curious...anyone know why when I've tuned into RP, when I check on the comments for a song, it';s clear that alot of other people have already been hearing the song before it's even started on my computer?
hi honu look at the dates on these comments ... they're old! i too thought the same thing when i first started using this site. |
| strick (Syracuse- your sympathy accepted...) | Posted: Nov 08, 2005 - 17:26 Now that's funny- On the last post I asked for a little honesty. Who could ask for more???  |
| honu | Posted: Oct 10, 2005 - 10:56 Just curious...anyone know why when I've tuned into RP, when I check on the comments for a song, it';s clear that alot of other people have already been hearing the song before it's even started on my computer? |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Sep 10, 2005 - 23:24 Sobient wrote: If you say that sentence again I'll tear off your intestines.
Such violence, eesh! I'm trying to remember the first time I said it. Pretty sure it was the one you responded to. Either you need to get out more, or at least find a better outlet for your hostility. Maybe you could track down lbrc. And, for the record, my intestines aren't detachable, so you won't be tearing them off any time soon. Despite Bob's singing, the song still merits a 7. |
| pyxxel (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Aug 12, 2005 - 06:07 Pyro wrote: The best thing about this song is the incredible band backing him up. Oh soooo true! What a pity that such a great song, so well executed, gets almost totally ruined by such a rubbish singer. |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Jul 28, 2005 - 10:17 Sounds for all the world like George Harrison guitar licks. |
| DJac (Seattle) | Posted: Jul 28, 2005 - 10:10 Anything this guy does is a causative force... the way he is wired is connected to things most humans don't have a screen for... Go Bobby!  |
| Johray63 (The Lowlands) | Posted: Jun 28, 2005 - 22:14 beelzebubba wrote: allright, fine and dandy, but what else has this guy done????
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| Sobient | Posted: May 30, 2005 - 12:58 Roverfish wrote: Sounds pretty good for a dead guy.
 If you say that sentence again I'll tear off your intestines. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: May 30, 2005 - 12:47 Sounds pretty good for a dead guy. |
| Pyro (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Mar 03, 2005 - 10:32 The best thing about this song is the incredible band backing him up. |
| beelzebubba (Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?) | Posted: Mar 03, 2005 - 10:23 allright, fine and dandy, but what else has this guy done???? |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Massachusetts) | Posted: Jan 03, 2005 - 11:35 Hannio wrote: Hock it up and clear your throat, Bob.
Bob is a poet, not a singer. Bob is a singer just like Yoko was. Or I am. Ok....I will stop....I am frightening myself !!! |
| BoFiS (Cranford, NJ) | Posted: Dec 19, 2004 - 16:09 aboutaboy wrote: Bob is a god.
period. Thought that was Clapton...but in the polytheistic world that is RP, I guess Dylan does deserve to be god as well  |
| dsmcd01 | Posted: Dec 19, 2004 - 16:06 "Masked and Anonymous" is a terrific movie, if only to see Bob perform. Highly recommend it. http://www.sonyclassics.com/masked/trailer.html FWIW, D. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 05, 2004 - 08:32 Hock it up and clear your throat, Bob. |
| artmarcia (Derby, KS) | Posted: Oct 21, 2004 - 14:31 I saw Bob Dylan perform in this "later" style--his voice sounds so gravelly now and the music sounded like mush. :( It pains me to say this because I love Bob Dylan. |
| masterhead (Sacramento, Ca) | Posted: Oct 21, 2004 - 14:18 I haven't really heard a single Bob Dylan song that I dislike...He is always honest and direct... |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Oct 21, 2004 - 14:16 lbrc wrote: i have seen all these comments on how bob "rocks" and "grooves". . .what the hell music are all of you talking about?!? how?!? are all of you living in the 50's?!?
i'll be honest with you bob. your songs do not rock. they aren't intelligent (however your marketing agent is to have such a fan base), and your folky crap style went out with the 60's. your son sucks and even he does a better job, you hack!  Does anyone you know suffer from an anger disorder? There is help out there for Anger Management. But you have to take the first step. Call. Before it's too late. |
| sans (philly) | Posted: Oct 21, 2004 - 14:15 Angloray wrote: there seems to be so much Dylan dislike out there in RP land, and though I do not take part (I really like many many of his songs), I must admit that this song doesn't do much to prove the case for Dylan fans. Some of the most recent stuff is great without him totally sounding like Death warmed over...ugh
Prove what case? Why should Dylan fans care if you don't like this song? Dylan is like an author that evolves as you do and, though his style and subject may change you keep reading him. Love & Theft is as powerful as Highway 61 even if not as listenable for ears that haven't grown through his changes. You'd be honest with me if only you knew... jayladdin wrote: THANK YOU! I've had that guitar riff in my head for months and haven't been able to remember who it was. (I could have sworn it was a Clapton song). Whew!
Larry Campbell rocks, and what about this swinging rythym section? |
| aboutaboy | Posted: Oct 21, 2004 - 14:13 Bob is a god. period. |
| Angloray (Los Angeles) | Posted: Aug 23, 2004 - 14:37 there seems to be so much Dylan dislike out there in RP land, and though I do not take part (I really like many many of his songs), I must admit that this song doesn't do much to prove the case for Dylan fans. Some of the most recent stuff is great without him totally sounding like Death warmed over...ugh |
| jayladdin (New York City) | Posted: Aug 23, 2004 - 14:34 THANK YOU! I've had that guitar riff in my head for months and haven't been able to remember who it was. (I could have sworn it was a Clapton song). Whew! |
| pseudafred (Work, MD) | Posted: Jun 15, 2004 - 11:18 My ears always welcome Bob Dylan. Is this a re-release of older music? That picture on the album above looks 20 years old. |
| Johray63 (In the middle of Meppel, The Netherlands (Holland)) | Posted: Jun 02, 2004 - 06:12 brighthue wrote: Why is Bob Dylan sounding like Captain Beefheart?
When I was listening to his latest recordings I was in fact thinking he started sounding like Howlin' Wolf! But then again, Captain Beefheart also sounded a bit like a weird kind of Howlin' Wolf. Tom Waits too, btw. |
| guiguy (Japan) | Posted: May 19, 2004 - 23:46 A very uneven LP, yet Mississippi and this song ROCK! Oh Mercy is such a gem, more from that, please |
| rulebritannia (Sussex countryside, England) | Posted: Mar 05, 2004 - 07:08 brighthue wrote: Why is Bob Dylan sounding like Captain Beefheart?
Well expressed, BH. |