Posted on 05/24/2020 8:39:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We remember Robert Zimmerman, who was born in Minnesota on this day in 1941. We know him as Bob Dylan.
As far as I know, Dylan has been quiet lately. He seems to be enjoying retirement and having the rest of us listen to his songs. (By the way, May is another anniversary of Dylan's second album, the one that included "Blowing in the wind.")
Dylan did win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Eventually, he accepted the award, but his trip to Stockholm was typical Dylan, as I recall reading in The New Yorker:
When he finally showed up in Stockholm, during an April tour stop, to receive the Nobel medal, he looked more like a cat burglar than a laureate, sneaking into the private prize hand-off through a service door, wearing a hoodie, leather jacket, and gloves.
Maybe he should have done a solo rendition of "Boots of Spanish Leather" with that outfit! On second thought, maybe he should have asked Joan Baez to do it.
I never really liked Dylan singing his own songs, although "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Like a Rolling Stone" are obvious exceptions. Nobody can sing those two songs like Dylan. I love The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man," but Dylan is Dylan.
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You got to serve somebody (serve somebody)
You got to serve somebody (serve somebody)
It may be the Devil, it may be the Lord
But you got to serve somebody...
- (Bob Dylan during his brief Christian phase)
In all of his 79 years not one word spoken by him has been understandable.
“As far as I know, Dylan has been quiet lately.”
Nope. A new album,Rough and Rowdy Ways, drops June 19. All new originals.
He’s already released 3 new songs in the past few weeks: Murder Most Foul, False Prophet, and I Contain Multitudes.
It’s unclear (to me) whether any or all 3 are on the new album.
He’s had to pause his Neverending Tour due to covid-19, but is itching to get back on the road.
Far from quiet.
Actually, Dylan himself said in his high school yearbook, that he
wanted to “join Little Richard.”
To you, maybe.
A lot of us understand him loud & clear.
He's 79 years old. Let him enjoy his retirement. He's more than earned it. He owes us nothing.
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