Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
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13-10-2016, 11:25 AM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
I'm thrilled about it.
![]() But as if to knock me down, reality came around And without so much as a mere touch, cut me into little pieces |
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13-10-2016, 04:29 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
Well Chas ... as long as we're letting Bob tell the stories ... I see your blues and raise you my favorite ...
Early one mornin' the sun was shinin' I was layin' in bed Wondrin' if she'd changed at all If her hair was still red Her folks they said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like Mama's homemade dress Papa's bank book wasn't big enough And I was standin' on the side of the road Rain fallin' on my shoes Heading out for the east coast Lord knows I've paid some dues Gettin' through Tangled up in blue She was married when we first met Soon to be divorced I helped her out of a jam I guess But I used a little too much force We drove that car as far as we could Abandoned it out west Split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best She turned around to look at me As I was walkin' away I heard her say over my shoulder We'll meet again some day On the avenue Tangled up in blue I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But I never did like it all that much And one day the axe just fell So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I was looking for to be employed Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat Right outside of Delacroix But all the while I was alone The past was close behind I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind And I just grew Tangled up in blue She was workin' in a topless place And I stopped in for a beer I just kept lookin' at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear And later on as the crowd thinned out I's just about to do the same She was standing there in back of my chair Said to me, Don't I know your name? I muttered somethin' under my breath She studied the lines on my face I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces Of my shoe Tangled up in blue She lit a burner on the stove And offered me a pipe I thought you'd never say hello, she said You look like the silent type Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century And everyone of them words rang true And glowed like burnin' coal Pourin' off of every page Like it was written in my soul From me to you Tangled up in blue I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs There was music in the cafes at night And revolution in the air Then he started into dealing with slaves And something inside of him died She had to sell everything she owned And froze up inside And when finally the bottom fell out I became withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin' on Like a bird that flew Tangled up in blue So now I'm goin' back again I got to get to her somehow All the people we used to know They're an illusion to me now Some are mathematicians Some are carpenters' wives Don't know how it all got started I don't know what they're doin' with their lives But me, I'm still on the road Headin' for another joint We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point Of view Tangled up in blue A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein |
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13-10-2016, 04:36 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
I think the words stand on their own.
In case you don't know this one. ![]() A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein |
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13-10-2016, 05:03 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
With God on Our Side
Bob Dylan My name it is nothing, my age it means less The country I come from is a part of the Free West I was taught and brought up there its laws to abide And that the land that I live in has God on its side Oh the history books tell it, they tell it so well The cavalries charged, the Indians fell The cavalries charged, the Indians died For the country was young with God on its side Oh the first World War, it came and it went The reason for fighting I never could get But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride For you don't count the dead when God's on your side And then the second World War, it came to an end We forgave the Germans and now we are friends Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried The Germans now, too, have God on their side But now we have weapons of chemical dust And if fire them we're forced to, why then fire them we must One push of the button and a shot the worldwide And you never ask questions when God's on your side Though many a long hour I've thought on this That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss But I can't think for you, you will have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side And now as I leave you, I'm weary as hell The confusion I'm feelin', there ain't no tongue can tell The words fill my head and drop to the floor That if God's on our side, he'll stop the next war. ![]() |
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13-10-2016, 05:22 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
(13-10-2016 08:15 AM)Grasshopper Wrote: I'm as big a Bob Dylan fan as anyone (and I like his singing, too -- or I did until the last few years), but it's a real stretch to call his stuff literature, and I would have to consider this one of the worst prize selections ever. Here comes the story of The Hurricane! The man the authorities came to blame For somthin' that he never done! Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The Champion of The Worrrrrld! Vio li hin mu oo hoo sic |
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13-10-2016, 05:24 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
Once I got past his voice and learned the cadence of his songs I really learned to enjoy his stuff. Unique and original.
Oddly, my favorite song of his is one that doesn't follow his usual style. I really like 'Lay, Lady, Lay'. See here they are the bruises some were self-inflicted and some showed up along the way. - JF |
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13-10-2016, 05:36 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
My thoughts on reading this over my morning joe?
First... incredulity. Second... is it April 1st already? Third... rolling around laughing helplessly at the apparent delusions of the Nobel committee.. As one who grew up during his mono-tonal banshee wailing and predictable political diatribes, I can only guess there's a newly rehashed Dylan CD on the way (god [sic] help us all). I'm a creationist... I believe that man created God. |
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13-10-2016, 05:38 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
(13-10-2016 05:24 PM)Anjele Wrote: Once I got past his voice and learned the cadence of his songs I really learned to enjoy his stuff. Unique and original. Sorry Anjele... there's a few too many oxymorons in that sentence. ![]() I'm a creationist... I believe that man created God. |
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13-10-2016, 06:19 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
Well, I went back and read a bunch of his lyrics - some are really wonderful. Some sound like HOC wrote them. Some are not so great. I think he does deserve a prize for poetry. Some of his lyrics really make you think.
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13-10-2016, 08:43 PM
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RE: Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
I'm okay with it. He expanded pop lyrics beyond surfer odes and bubblegum teen love so that it could address deeper and more substantive issues; he changed the way we hear and assess popular music forever.
I'm no big fan of his, but there's no denying his influence. |
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