E-minor7 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude for all your support and loyalty across the years.This is an unreleased song we recorded a while back that you might find interesting.Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you.Bob Dylan Murder Most Foul Twas a dark day in Dallas November '63 A day that will live on in infamy President Kennedy was a-ridin’ high Good day to be livin' and a good day to die Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb He said "Wait a minute, boys you know who I am ?" "Of course we do We know who you are" Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car Shot down like a dog in broad daylight Was a matter of timing and the timing was right You got unpaid debts we've come to collect We're gonna kill you with hatred without any respect We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face We've already got someone here to take your place The day they blew out the brains of the king Thousands were watching no one saw a thing It happened so quickly so quick by surprise Right there in front of everyone's eyes Greatest magic trick ever under the sun Perfectly executed skillfully done Wolfman oh wolfman oh wolfman howl Rub-a-dub-dub it's a murder most foul Hush little children You'll understand The Beatles are comin' they're gonna hold your hand Slide down the banister go get your coat Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags Pick up the pieces and lower the flags I'm going to Woodstock it's the Aquarian Age Then I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage Put your head out the window let the good times roll There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll Stack up the bricks pour the cement Don't say Dallas don't love you Mr. President Put your foot in the tank and step on the gas Try to make it to the triple underpass Blackface singer whiteface clown Better not show your faces after the sun goes down Up in the red light district they've got cop on the beat Living in a nightmare on Elm Street When you're down in Deep Ellum put your money in your shoe Don't ask what your country can do for you Cash on the ballot money to burn Dealey Plaza, make left-hand turn I'm going down to the crossroads gonna flag a ride The place where faith hope and charity died Shoot him while he runs boy Shoot him while you can See if you can shoot the invisible man Goodbye Charlie Goodbye Uncle Sam Frankly Miss Scarlett I don't give a damn What is the truth, and where did it go ? Ask Oswald and Ruby they oughta know "Shut your mouth" said the wise old owl Business is business and it's a murder most foul Tommy can you hear me ? I'm the Acid Queen I'm riding in a long black limousine Riding in the backseat next to my wife Heading straight on in to the afterlife I'm leaning to the left got my head in her lap Hold on I've been led into some kind of a trap Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give We're right down the street from the street where you live They mutilated his body and they took out his brain What more could they do ? They piled on the pain But his soul's not there where it was supposed to be at For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that Freedom oh freedom freedom cover me I hate to tell you mister but only dead men are free Send me some lovin' tell me no lies Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by Wake up little Susie let's go for a drive Cross the Trinity River let's keep hope alive Turn the radio on don't touch the dials Parkland hospital only six more miles You got me dizzy Miss Lizzy - You filled me with lead That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline Never shot anyone from in front or behind I've blood in my eye got blood in my ear I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier Zapruder's film I seen night before Seen it 33 times maybe more It's vile and deceitful It's cruel and it's mean Ugliest thing that you ever have seen They killed him once and they killed him twice Killed him like a human sacrifice The day that they killed him someone said to me "Son the age of the Antichrist has only begun" Air Force One coming in through the gate Johnson sworn in at 2:38 Let me know when you decide to thrown in the towel It is what it is and it's murder most foul What's new p****cat ? What'd I say ? I said the soul of a nation been torn away And it's beginning to go into a slow decay And that it's 36 hours past Judgment Day Wolfman Jack speaking in tongues He's going on and on at the top of his lungs Play me a song Mr. Wolfman Jack Play it for me in my long Cadillac Play me that "Only the Good Die Young" Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung Play St. James Infirmary and the Court of King James If you want to remember you better write down the names Play Etta James too Play "I'd Rather Go Blind" Play it for the man with the telepathic mind Play John Lee Hooker Play "Scratch My Back" Play it for that strip club owner named Jack Guitar Slim going down slow Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" Play it for the First Lady she ain't feeling any good Play Don Henley play Glenn Frey Take it to the limit and let it go by Play it for Karl Wirsum too Looking far far away at Down Gallow Avenue Play tragedy play "Twilight Time" Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust" Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust" Ride the pink horse down the long lonesome road Stand there and wait for his head to explode Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree Play it for the Reverend play it for the Pastor Play it for the dog that got no master Play Oscar Peterson Play Stan Getz Play "Blue Sky" play Dickey Betts Play Art Pepper Thelonious Monk Charlie Parker and all that junk All that junk and "All That Jazz" Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz Play Buster Keaton play Harold Lloyd Play Bugsy Siegel play Pretty Boy Floyd Play the numbers play the odds Play "Cry Me A River" for the Lord of the gods Play Number 9 play Number 6 Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks Play Nat King Cole play "Nature Boy" Play "Down In The Boondocks" for Terry Malloy Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin" There's 12 Million souls that are listening in Play "Merchant of Venice" play "Merchants of Death" Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth Don't worry Mr. President Help's on the way Your brothers are coming there'll be hell to pay Brothers ? What brothers ? What's this about hell ? Tell them "We're waiting Keep coming" We'll get them as well Love Field is where his plane touched down But it never did get back up off the ground Was a hard act to follow second to none They killed him on the altar of the rising sun Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon" Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June" Play "Lonely At the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave" Play it for Houdini spinning around his grave Play Jelly Roll Morton play "Lucille" Play "Deep In a Dream" and play "Driving Wheel" Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums" Play darkness and death will come when it comes Play "Love Me Or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell Play "The Blood-stained Banner" play "Murder Most Foul" Edited March 28, 2020 by E-minor7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 An epitaph/elegy for the American Dream. At a most dire moment in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard McCoy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 *rolls eyes* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul14 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Leonard McCoy said: *rolls eyes* Yup. I love Dylan but,,,,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Connect the dots: They lead right to where we are now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Really great lyrics. Plus, Dylan’s delivery is really good/really haunting. Just listened to it twice to pick up all of lyrics and mood of the song. Disclaimer: I am a Dylan fan. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, QuestionMark said: Really great lyrics. Plus, Dylan’s delivery is really good/really haunting. Just listened to it twice to pick up all of lyrics and mood of the song. Disclaimer: I am a Dylan fan. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff My thoughts as well. In this case, it helps to have lived through that entire era to appreciate all the cultural references. I was a junior in high school when Kennedy was killed, and I remember that day like it was yesterday. Not coincidentally, I had my introduction to Dylan's music a few months later. You sort of had to be there... It's a hard rain a'gonna fall, and it's falling again. Dark days, long nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Must underline I don't want to throw a politically biased card here. It's sat up like the message it is - and must be seen as, , , a piece of art. What strikes me is that Dylan seems to have been contacted by his muse, both in lyrics and performance. A wonder which doesn't happens as often as often as earlier and therefore is equally uplifting to hear, , , even though it resulted in a dark tune now aired in a dark phase. We may like or not, but Bob carved a rock with this statement . And showed his format as a living world class artist with an intact key to the lounge'n'league of his own best. As a (sometimes dropping) fan I found the track very impressing. On more levels than 1. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 This is quite powerful. This is why Dylan was, is and always will be relevant. There may never be another like him.........ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I remember being in the 5th grade, the nuns housekeeper came into the classroom and took Sister Leticia out into the hallway. She came back in crying and announced that President Kennedy had been shot and that we should all go home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Never heard this before, but it certainly goes along with Dylan being a prodigious writer. When I saw the length of the lyrics I figured I'll listen to a bit of it, then just read them. But, the dark atmosphere of the recording really pulled me in. Sounds like a melodeon creating that somber and meloncholy sound. To me, Dylan really nails the historical event and what went on around it. So many of the songs that followed this event were cultural offsprings of it. I'm glad I listened to it all instead of just reading the lyrics. You won't dance to this song and you almost have to have been there or at least seriously read the history of this era to really pick-up on what Dylan is singing about. He paints one-hell-of-a picture with all the metaphors and similes. .....The music of the 60s was so much more than "music," It was part of all that was happening in societies throughout the world and it spoke of what was happening....... I was a freshman in high school when Kennedy was killed. I still remember coming down the steps from the 3rd floor and someone yelled that the president's been shot. By the time I got out to my ride, the radio was reporting he had died. And revolving around all of this was the ever-growing turbulence of the 60s. His Bobness is one of a very rare breed. He just might be the proverbial "one of a kind." I can see this being like Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy. At first glance I hesitated because of the length , but then I saw it was a true historical journey. Anyway, Dylan is Dylan. No matter what The Beatles, The Stones, etc. were doing, people like Dylan, Lightfoot, Cash, Prine, and a few others were doing their own thing. I definitely see myself listening to this song many times. Dylan is truly Dylan. Thank God! Edited March 28, 2020 by MissouriPicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 For those too young to know, "Play it for that strip club owner named Jack" refers to Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who killed Kennedy. That set of a whole train of conspiracy theories that still surround Kennedy's murder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, MissouriPicker said: The music of the 60s was so much more than "music," So right - and B.D. was among it's finest messengers. . 3 hours ago, j45nick said: For those too young to know, "Play it for that strip club owner named Jack" refers to Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who killed Kennedy. That set of a whole train of conspiracy theories that still surround Kennedy's murder. Yes and Ruby is also mentioned earlier in the text, , , actually in connection with Oswald. But the whole tale is a historical prism with Dylan reflecting from his side while others would reflect it from theirs. Bet millswinging P.T. is proud to be in - the Fleetwood Mac-turtledoves too. Especially the latter who don't really belong in the frame and therefor enjoy a heavy cadeau. And then we have the Fabs with their song I Want To Hold Your Hand, which as we know was a topic when Bob first met the group. He thought they sang I get high I get high. . . Edited March 28, 2020 by E-minor7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 My first night in Boot Camp - June 5th, 1968, they told us of the assassination of RFK. It was surreal. When he was told of his brother's assassination 5 years earlier, Bobby said "I thought they'd get me first." There were some witnesses who testified there was a 2nd gunman there in that LA hotel kitchen. Like the Grassy Knoll testimonies from Dallas. Then, in another 5 years - the disappearance of Hoffa who had a few times told associates that JFK and RFK had to be eliminated ... questions surrounding MLK's murder. The race riots of those times - LA, DC, Newark, Chicago, Detroit in '67 and '68. It was clear to us at the time, Sir Bobster was right - The Times They Are A-Changin'. LBJ's Great Society and Vietnam War: They certainly didn't change for the better. To say the 60s were a turbulent decade would be a pitifully trite understatement. These lyrics paint the mural for those who care to see it. A tip of the hat to Em7 to surfacing this song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I agree with Larry. Dylan is Dylan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Murph said: Dylan is Dylan. "I'm one person when I wake up in the morning and another when I go to sleep. I don't know who I am and don't really care". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B.D. in the late 90s But sure, , , we kind of recognize him, don't we. There he is, , , no, a ghost casting shadow, , ,there, there, , , narhh, a phantom behind a glass of scotch. Watch, he comes, he comes, , , he is here, , , listen. Yes, sometimes he is, yes. . Edited March 29, 2020 by E-minor7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Despite the obvious musical differences, this new song has a lot in common with much of his best work from early years--obtuse references, surreal imagery, leaving you almost exhausted at the end. Much like the best poetry of the beat generation. Oh man, I'm getting old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Well, I'll be the party pooper here. Listened to less than a minute of that and couldn't stand anymore. Sure, the lyrics are interesting. But whoever that guy is, it's not the Dylan from the 1960's that I admire. Just depresses me to see - and hear - him now. What I admired about him was his youth, enthusiasm and the incredible desire to make it. I still listen to those early recordings every day, but just have no interest at all after 1964. For me, 1962 is the Dylan I love. You can have that old guy.... sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcntryblues Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I have been bullish on this forum about how good Dylan still is, have posted clips of recent performances, etc. There are many here who disagree. But there is no one - no one - of his generation still making art like this. Mesmerizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) A few albums after Blood On The Tracks is where it ends for me. After that he didn't need to make any more music. Blood and John Wesley are my fav's. Edited March 29, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcntryblues Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) I love those, too, Sgt. Have you actually listened to 'Time Out Of Mind'? You might be pleasantly surprised. Edited March 29, 2020 by nrthcountryblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 19 minutes ago, Boyd said: What I admired about him was his youth, enthusiasm and the incredible desire to make it. Everyone ages. Enthusiasm waxes and wanes. He's already made it. Everything and everyone changes.......the only absolute truth in this universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Buc McMaster said: Everything and everyone changes.......the only absolute truth in this universe. No argument there, and I wish him well. But, thanks to the magic of recording, I can still enjoy what he was at age 20. For those of you who still enjoy his work.... that's great! But I'm just not interested anymore, and thought this thread needed at least one dissenting opinion. 🙂 Edited March 29, 2020 by Boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 51 minutes ago, Boyd said: No argument there, and I wish him well. But, thanks to the magic of recording, I can still enjoy what he was at age 20. For those of you who still enjoy his work.... that's great! But I'm just not interested anymore, and thought this thread needed at least one dissenting opinion. 🙂 Of course, , , and you are not the first. Must say you stepped off quite early. 62 to 64. In all respect - would it be unfair to place you in the narrow-fan category. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyd Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) Put me in whatever "category" you choose. That range of dates is really due to the amazing availability of all the bootleg recordings on the internet today. I made a tape of my (ex) Mother in Law's "Great White Wonder" album back in the early 70's (she was an old hippie who knew Ramblin' Jack Elliot and met a young Dylan at a party in the Village). Ihad some other tapes, but never heard things like the Finjan Club or Folksinger's Choice recordings (two of my favorites) until very recently. Later in the 70's and 80's, I had a number of his newer albums and enjoyed them at the time. They are still OK, but just don't do much for me today. But the more recent stuff is painful to my ears. Seriously.... if that was some guy you'd never heard of instead of Dylan, would you still listen to it? Edited March 29, 2020 by Boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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