The Dylan Appreciation Thread
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I picked up Modern Times today, which so far as I know is Dylan's most recent album. It is great, as I knew it would be, but it does not contain House of the Rising Sun. So now I am wondering what yov is referring to.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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House of the Rising Sun is actually quite early Dylan - it's on his first album ("Bob Dylan", 1962). It's remarkable in that, he sings it with the "original" lyrics, where the storyteller is a prostitute, and the "House" is apparently a brothel. (In the more famous versions, like by The Animals, the storyteller's gender has been changed.)
See the world as your self.
Have faith in the way things are.
Love the world as your self;
then you can care for all things.
~ Lao Tzu
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In Scorsece's great documentrary, No Direction Home, Dave Van Ronk describes how he was playing his original arrangement of House of the Rising Sun in coffeehouses in New York in the very early 1960s. One day, Dylan came to him and asked him if he minded if he (Dylan) recorded that arrangement. Van Ronk said he did mind, because he was planning to record it himself. Too late. Dylan had already recorded it. Then the Animals went on to have a big hit with it, and some people started accusing Dylan of plagarizing their version (even though he had recorded two years before they did). So Dylan stopped playing the song.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
A bit out of the ordinary but am I wrong in thinking this fellow sounds rather Dylanish?
Elvis Perkins: While You Were Sleeping
(adore this song, btw)
Elvis Perkins: While You Were Sleeping
(adore this song, btw)
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
Thanks for bumping this yov, reminded me to post about the phenomenal Season 3 finale of Battlestar Galactica where they play "All along the Watchtower" as the vipers spring into action.
SPOILERS FOR SEASON 3 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FOLLOW!
Its a new arrangement of the song, but it has all the power of Hendrix and Dylan combined. Awesome.
SPOILERS FOR SEASON 3 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FOLLOW!
Its a new arrangement of the song, but it has all the power of Hendrix and Dylan combined. Awesome.
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' bizarre sort of biopic starring six different actors portraying different versions of Dylan's public persona, comes out today. It is at 80% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, but with hugely widely varying reviews (even more than most films). Those who like it, really like it, but those who don't like it, really don't like it Not terribly surprising, I suppose.
I definitely look forward to seeing it, but probably not until it comes out on DVD.
I definitely look forward to seeing it, but probably not until it comes out on DVD.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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She's getting rave reviews (again). Even the critics who don't like the film mostly are praising her.
Edit: What a run she has had! Portraying Queen Elizabeth I (twice), Galadriel (in three films), Katherine Hepburn, and Bob Dylan (for all intents and purposes), all within ten years. Who'd a thunk it possible?
Edit: What a run she has had! Portraying Queen Elizabeth I (twice), Galadriel (in three films), Katherine Hepburn, and Bob Dylan (for all intents and purposes), all within ten years. Who'd a thunk it possible?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
Have always loved Bob Dylan! Ever since my big sis got a compilation record in the '60's with 'Positively 4th Street' and 'Like A Rolling Stone' on it.
One of my two favorite albums of his was Blood on the Tracks & Desire, and one of my favorite songs is:
Shelter from the Storm
'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose.
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Copyright © 1974 Ram's Horn Music
One of my two favorite albums of his was Blood on the Tracks & Desire, and one of my favorite songs is:
Shelter from the Storm
'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose.
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Copyright © 1974 Ram's Horn Music
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I'd be real curious to know what Dylan fans think about this old interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR8YuIGqWi4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR8YuIGqWi4
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
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What do I think about it? What should I think about it? I'm sure I know more about what I think about it than you know about what I think about it. Or maybe I should say that I Know more about what I think about it, than you Know about what I think about it.
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Finally saw Todd Hayne's convoluted sort of Dylan biopic "I'm Not There" last night. Parts of it were brilliant, particularly the parts with Cate Blanchett, and the parts with Marcus Carl Franklin, a young black actor who plays a version of the 11-year old Dylan, who calls himself "Woody Guthrie" and escapes from a juvenile correction center by hitching a ride on a train, carrying a guitar case labeled "This Machine Kills Fascists" (as did the real Woody Guthrie's guitar). But overall it is simply too convoluted and fractured to tell a coherent story. Which is perhaps the point, given the nature of Dylan's life, but it makes for a less than fully enjoyable film.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."