onewilyfool Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 make ya wanna cry that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 He's such a fickle interviewer- I feel like you never know who you're going to hear from, whether it's an interview from '64 or the present. That one was a little sad because he said he can't keep up with the songs he's done. But he doesn't give himself credit- he can still write really amazing songs (Tempest is a great album). It's like any artist that ages, there's obviously transformation and a little bit of melancholy, but Bob's still got enough to say and has (always and still) a great way of saying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyHeart Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Gotta love Bob. Who can ever follow in his footsteps. All those incredible songs and I'm not sure if he ever had a #1 hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I love this guy. He's as real as you can get. Kind of like he's not sure he's a big star, etc., or why he's one. I'd enjoy seeing someone who is a director of one of these outfits that teaches people how to write songs sit down with Dylan. I suspect that on many things Dylan would be the complete opposite of what is currently being taught.......There was an interview of Dylan and Cash, years ago. It tends to destroy all deep thought theories that great songwriters supposedly go through. Cash was insisting (both of them were laughing) that Dylan wrote the song "Wanted Man." Dylan said Cash helped write it, because Cash had a line in his head about "had all that I wanted of a lot of things I've had and a lot more than I wanted of some things that turned-out bad." Dylan told Cash he could use the line (even though it didn't fit with what the song was originally about) and Cash told him "it's your's." Dylan said the line was awesome and he knew he had to use it somewhere in the song, so he did because he liked it, and for no other reason......These people are often so unassuming and ordinary. Cash was just a country boy and Dylan a city boy and they both like singing and writing. Fairly intelligent people, but not rocket scientists. More than anything, they were/are "real." I don't profess to understand every song in Dylan's prodigeous catalog of songs, but good God, the man can write. He's doesn't try to baffle the interviewers with long-winded quotes or big words. Dylan is Dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Arlo Guthrie on songwriting. Songwriting is like fishing but you don't want to be downstream from Bob Dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Dylan is a genius he can write a song about nothing and everyone will love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasphobias Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think it was Ramblin' Jack that said Dylan could sit down with a notebook and write those 10-12 verse songs like someone was whispering in his ear. Scratch out a word here and there. I know I'm not the only one here who has tried to memorize one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Cool interview. Thanks for the link to it. QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbutkus Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 He's such a fickle interviewer- I feel like you never know who you're going to hear from, whether it's an interview from '64 or the present. That one was a little sad because he said he can't keep up with the songs he's done. But he doesn't give himself credit- he can still write really amazing songs (Tempest is a great album). It's like any artist that ages, there's obviously transformation and a little bit of melancholy, but Bob's still got enough to say and has (always and still) a great way of saying it. Every time I see Bob interviewed I get the impression that he's the only one who's getting the joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 yea seen that one before....I like it..for anyone who hasn't read his Chronicles ...do that..for someone so adept at "surrealist" lyricism...he's quite the realist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 "I can do other things now. . . " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The dman Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think it was Ramblin' Jack that said Dylan could sit down with a notebook and write those 10-12 verse songs like someone was whispering in his ear. Scratch out a word here and there. I know I'm not the only one here who has tried to memorize one. I've also heard a producer say Dylan would stay at the music stand all day in the studio writing and rewriting lyrics. Either way he wrote some brilliant stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think he was brilliant. But I also would have not liked to have been Bradley in that interview. Dylan came off as rather unlikable, as well as not all that interested in the interview, glimpses into his life, etc. And that is his prerogative. But then why do an interview on the most watched news program worldwide in the first place? For a different spin, go watch any Chris Isaak interview. Of course Dylan is in a different league in terms of song writing, but at the end of the day he is an entertainer and a story teller. What is so bad about telling your story, and doing so with a smile? Example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livemusic Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think he was brilliant. But I also would have not liked to have been Bradley in that interview. Dylan came off as rather unlikable, as well as not all that interested in the interview, glimpses into his life, etc. And that is his prerogative. But then why do an interview on the most watched news program worldwide in the first place? For a different spin, go watch any Chris Isaak interview. Of course Dylan is in a different league in terms of song writing, but at the end of the day he is an entertainer and a story teller. What is so bad about telling your story, and doing so with a smile? Example: The thing is this interview (it is much longer than the snippet that was posted here) is the best interview I have EVER seen of him. In this one, he seemed to be ONE HUNDRED PERCENT honest, not toying with the interviewer, which he has done in his prior interviews. They wanted to make him the Messiah and so, he just jerked their chain mercilessly. The man is a genius. Truly, a genius. I love a lot of writers but nobody has EVER come close to what he has written. It's truly mind-boggling. Just today, on my two hour drive to another city, I listened to a tribute album to him by various artists on his 60th birthday, over ten years ago. Some cool covers on there. He is eccentric, brilliant and FAR more likeable than you might think. Have you ever heard his satellite radio show? The guy is a hoot and I tell ya, this man knows music history like you wouldn't believe! I am so in awe of him! You know... he blew the minds of all the other artists back in the early days with what he was writing. Why? Because it truly is incredible writing. He rewrote the book on songwriting. This guy changed songwriting bigtime. As someone on that tribute album said, he made them believe that anything is possible in songwriting. It was a major paradigm shift in music when he came along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 For those of you (like me) who have an enduring interest in Dylan and his music, this is on the news stands now, until mid-May. I'd call it 125 pages of red meat for Dylan lovers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livemusic Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Thanks for the Rolling Stone tip, will buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I respect all of your respect for the man. I respect him too. I saw the whole 16 minute interview. And many others as well. Dylan was a chameleon throughout his life. He was never consistent in my opinion. He toyed with the media, and he toyed with many others too. Is he a genius? You bet. I have a ton of his songs in my playlists I listen to all the time. So no offense to any Dylan fans. Especially you Blind Boy Grunt. Edited to add that enjoy his son's music too. Give Jacob a listen. He is real good with imagery. Having been at ground zero on 9-11, he had a lot of songs that hit me well. Newer solo stuff is pretty good too. He does some neat stuff with Neko Case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusRob Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Lyrical Genius Nothing else to say.... "Subterranean Homesick Blues" By Bob Dylan Johny'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-skip cap In 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 DA Look out kid Don't matter what you did Walk on your tip toes 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 weather man To know which way the wind blows. Get sick, get well Hang around an 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 failed Look out kid You're gonna get hit But losers, cheaters Six-time users 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisA83 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Anyone know where to get that Rolling Stone mag in England or online? Thanks. Edit: found it on eBay - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390552186571 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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