Bob Dylan on XM?! You have to hear this!

self | 6/18/08 | LS

[LS]

Ok, so I'm surfing my XM Radio channels and I hear the most amazing thing: "Ring of Fire," sung by Johnny Cash . . . in Spanish ("Anillo de Fuego"). Then I look at the scanner to see what channel I'm on---I thought I picked "Classic Rock"---and indeed, I'm on the right channel. It's the "Bob Dylan Show," where he hosts a show with his personal favorites. Ok, this sounds interesting.

Dylan (I'm sure you can here his voice here) then says, "In any language, we don't want to end up in that ring of fire. That leads me to someone else who wrote about this, Dante, in his 'Infernost.'"

Then, in full Dylanesque mode, he proceeds to read from Dante's poem. It wasn't exactly Laurence Olivier, but what the heck.

He concludes by saying, "Let's remember those words from our President Harry S. Truman, 'Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.'" If I'd had something in my mouth, it would have been coming out my nose if was laughing so hard!

So, I'm curious if anyone else has heard Dylan's show?

[raccoonradio]

Theme Time Radio Hour has been on XM for a couple years now. I first heard it a couple years back when a friend made me
a CD-R of his show about baseball. I got XM a couple
months back.

I believe it airs on XMX (Ch 2) on Wednesdays and also
may air on other channels like Folk Village (15) or
the classic rock one you mention.
Not AM. Not FM. XM.

[mysterio]

Bob Dylan is a national treasure.

[JennysCool]

It’s a GREAT show! Bob’s now one of my favorite deejays!

If you get the chance to hear it, don’t miss his baseball show — cool old baseball tunes and Bob even sings “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

[sinanju]

http://www.xmradio.com/bobdylan/

[BurbankKarl]

its on now? hmm better tune it in on the net..

XM’s days are numbered however.

[ClearCase_guy]

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 every one 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.

Dante fan, apparently

[sinanju]

“Theme Time Radio Hour (TTRH) is a one hour radio show hosted by Bob Dylan. Each episode is an eclectic brew of blues, rockabilly, soul music, bebop, rock-and-roll, country and pop music, centered around a “theme,” with songs from artists as diverse as Patti Page and LL Cool J.

Theme Time Radio Hour reflects Bob Dylan’s, and very probably producer Eddie Gorodetsky’s, deep interest in and knowledge of music. Interspersed between the music segments are email readings; phone calls; old radio station ID’s, promos, and jingles; “def poet” poetry recitations; taped commentary from a variety of musicians and comedians; and thoughts from Dylan on the music and musicians, as well as other miscellanea related to the themes.

The first program was broadcast on May 3, 2006 on the Deep Tracks channel of XM Satellite Radio, a subscription-based satellite radio service. TTRH is broadcast every Wednesday at 10:00 am ET on Deep Tracks, with several “encore” repeats throughout the week on various channels, including an all-day showing on XMX.[1] DirecTV subscribers can also hear the show on the Deep Tracks simulcast on channel 840.[2]

From 2006 through 2008 AOL Radio offered the show on AOL Radio featuring XM a selection of 200 XM radio stations which was available to those with an AOL login and a broadband internet connection. In March 2008, XM Radio and America Online announced that they were ending that relationship “by mutual agreement,” and that after April 30, 2008 the XM Radio channels on AOL Radio would no longer be available.

In 2007 the program also began airing in the United Kingdom on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.

On November 11, 2007, Theme Time Radio Hour debuted in Ireland on Phantom FM, an alternative rock music station in Dublin.

On April 18, 2007, Dylan completed the first season of TTRH with its 50th episode. XM Radio announced on the same day that the show would resume with season two in September, 2007. Following TTRH’s first anniversary on May 3, 2007 XM aired a Theme Time Radio Hour marathon during Memorial Day weekend, broadcasting every episode from the first season of Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour back-to-back.[3]

Main article: Theme Time Radio Hour Season Two

Season Two of TTRH ran from September 19, 2007 to April 2, 2008 for a total 25 new shows. Three Season 2 shows, “Halloween,” “Leftovers” (Thanksgiving) and the “Christmas/New Year’s Special” were repeats from Season 1.

The New York Daily News reported on April 9, 2008 that TTRH would resume with Season 3 on September 19, 2008.[4] The accuracy of this report is in question, as September 19, 2008 is a Friday, and TTRH has usually aired on Wednesdays. XMX is currently airing an alphabetical marathon of shows from Seasons 1 and 2 all day each Wednesday, while the Deep Tracks channel is rerunning the Season 2 shows in order.”

[weegee]

I haven’t heard his show. Supposedly there is a 2 CD collection of cuts he’s played on the show. I don’t believe it has his DJ announcements.

Johnny Cash sang Ring Of Fire in German. Bear Family has released that cut along with Motown singers’ releases for Germany and some other odd cuts.

[raccoonradio]

I believe XM runs it all day Wednesdays. They may even
do two shows back to back and just repeat them for the
whole day (they have been doing reruns recently).
The same thing for some other XM shows like Tom Petty,
Bill Anderson, Wynton Marsalis

From the XM site:
>>Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: Guns and Friends & Neighbors | 2 XMX | 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM (12 hrs)

While Bob Dylan is off considering some new dreams, schemes and themes, we proudly continue “Theme Time A to Y”, playing back themes from Seasons One and Two in alphabetical order from now through September. It continues today with the letter `F’ and ‘G’...stop by XMX anytime for the Friends & Neighbors and Guns themes.

[raccoonradio]

whether or not the XM-Sirius merger happens I would
think the show would continue

[sinanju]

My hats off to old Bob. I never knew much about him but in the past few years he must have consciously decided to re-enter the world.

I’m 44 and for most of my life he seemed like a reclusive, mysterious character. I recall him doing a guest musician spot on SNL back in 1983 and I was struck by how hideously withdrawn he was. For years I thought of him as a classic sixties burnout and simply assumed he was drug-fried.

[BurbankKarl]

I have it on my desktop right now... his show has been on quite some time however.

[Jonah Johansen]

Twenty nine years ago the prophet spoke thus:

“All that foreign oil controlling American soil,
Look around you, it’s just bound to make you embarrassed.
Sheiks walking around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings,
Deciding America’s future from Amsterdam and Paris.

Man’s ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don’t apply no more,
You can’t rely no more to be standing around waiting
In the home of the brave, Jefferson turning over in his grave,
Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan

Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters,
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition
But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency,
All non-believers and men stealers talking in the name of religion

People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting
Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it.
They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions,
They talk about a life of brotherly love, show me someone who knows how to
live it.

There’s a slow, slow train coming up around the bend.”

[Apollo 13]

I saw him live in 1995 on his Never Ending Tour. And contrary to petty, uninformed opinion, he was brilliant. Three hours of classics, cut in half by an all-acoustic interlude with standards. Breathtaking. Don’t miss him when he’s near you, sometime.
So why’s he underrated at all live? I guess that his is not the way of usual corporate rock stars, big ads, image building with lots of spin, promo interviews. Plus: a show by him is by no means a unique and rare thing, it’s within everyone’s reach, usually at modest prices too.
He is, as someone noted here, a national treasure. Inscrutable perhaps, unpredictable, maybe a true loner at heart. His voice has matured into a ripe, mellow, husky instrument, a thing of beauty that perfectly fits his current contemplative music. So: we may not know the man at all, but it could well be that he is one of the few who, according to the old Greek adage, ‘knows himself’, which is one of the highest things humans can achieve.
Long may he run.

[frankenMonkey]

I’m 44 and for most of my life he seemed like a reclusive, mysterious character.

He was forced to protect his family and privacy. He had millions of people who thought he was the messiah, living on every word he spoke. He rightly viewed them as full of sh*t.

[Deaf Smith]

Poetry cannot be translated. One can write new lyrics to the same music, but it’s a new song.

[Revolting cat!]

Nicely stated.

[drjimmy]

He was forced to protect his family and privacy. He had millions of people who thought he was the messiah, living on every word he spoke. He rightly viewed them as full of sh*t.

Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press.
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy.
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.

People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act.
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at.
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that.
Sweet lady.

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth. Blowing down the backroads headin south.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth.
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

[vetvetdoug]

I could listen to My Back Pages, Like A Rolling Stone, & All Along the Watchtower all day long, 24/7..52 weeks/year....and I don't care who sings them. So much for my diversity.

[weegee]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4076339.ece

In an exclusive interview with The Times, published today, Dylan gives a ringing endorsement to Mr Obama, the first ever black presidential candidate, claiming he is “redefining the nature of politics from the ground up”.

“He’s redefining what a politician is, so we’ll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I’m hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to.”

[CowboyJay]

We know he’s a lefty. He’s still a cultural treasure.

[weegee]

HOPE and CHANGE
HOPE and CHANGE
Some guys will buy any Socialist campaign that proclaims HOPE and CHANGE.

There would be more hope about America's future if the Left wasn't so cynical about Conservative politics. People are told “it's a war for Haliburton, oil, zionists, etc...” Class envy. Religious intolerance. etc.

The Democrats are running on a spoken policy that things WILL NOT BE AS FREE AND OPEN as they always have been in America. You “can't” just eat what you want. You “can't” just set your thermostat at what you want.

That doesn't seem like a HOPEFUL message at all. It sounds downright oppressive. Because the rest of the world thinks we have it too good.

[CowboyJay]

'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."

I usually try to keep separate art from politics. Bob's normally pretty private about things, and it's not like he's the opening act on Obama's campaign tour.

[Revolting cat!]

Last weekend, at Half Price Books, I picked up a book on the $1 dollar remainder table, titled Overrated Underrated, published by the American Heritage magazine (is that a Bircher outfit?) As I just found out by googling, it is a regular feature of this rag, a couple of dissing or gagaing paragraphs in some arbitrarily selected category. Either way, total fluff! The most overrated singer/songwriter, according to these experts was no other than, yes. There are some dead links on the web to this piece of trash (the Dylan diss), which tell me that AH must have withdrawn it from their site at some point.

Now, if you know who Greil Mar cus is, you'll agree that Dylan is the most overinterpreted (by that Berzerkeley pseudo intellectual) artist.

[LS]

One thing is certain: I never would have made the most overrated drummer, because I never even got “rated.”