Lyrically Speaking: Is Bob Dylan's 'Just Like a Woman' Sexist?

Far Out Magazine ^ | 3RD JUN 2023

[chajin]

Even Bob Dylan didn’t think he deserved the Nobel Prize for Literature.

True, and any honest poet would think the same.

It reminds me of when Akira Kurosawa received his lifetime Oscar in 1990, and in his acceptance speech said, "I am very deeply honored to receive such a wonderful prize, but I have to ask whether I really deserve it. I'm a little worried, because I don't feel that I understand cinema yet. I really don't feel that I have yet grasped the essence of cinema. Cinema is a marvelous thing, but to grasp its true essence is very, very difficult. But what I promise you is that from now on I will work as hard as I can at making movies and maybe by following this path I will achieve an understanding of the true essence of cinema and earn this award."

[Diana in Wisconsin]

WHO is complaining about this?

That’s your answer right there, then.

Can’t stand his singing. His lyrics are epic, though.

[moovova]

How about Billy Joel’s “She’s Always A Woman”?

Might not be true anymore, Billy.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thank you! Going to look into Akira Kurosawa movies.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Watching clips on IMDb.

‘Ran’ is basically a re-telling of ‘King Lear.’

But, so was ‘A Thousand Acres’ (perennial favorite!) by Jane Smiley which won the Pulitzer.

Shouldn’t Shakespeare be getting royalties on his stories? ;)

Looks interesting, either way. Again, Thanks. :)

[sit-rep]

the fect he wrote about this makes him a B*tch... I can understand minorities and women writing about what ever they feel that day, but when a man writes about basicly toxic masculinity and sexism, its pathetic...

[sit-rep]

fact*

[chajin]

Kurosawa used Shakespeare at least twice, the other time being "Throne of Blood" which is a remake of Macbeth.

‘Ran’ is basically a re-telling of ‘King Lear.’

Kurosawa thought about filming a sequel, "Also Ran," and then a threequel set in Persia, "I Ran."

(Yes, I'm just kidding.)

[Michael.SF.]

Over analyzing a song is not always a good thing. Paul McCartney, in responding to a reporter who was trying to insert unnecessary depth into the lyrics if a song, once said:

”Sometimes a lyric is just a lyric. do you really think we all live on a yellow submarine. “

[Eleutheria5]

Does she make love just like a woman?
Or does she break just like a little girl?

[Eleutheria5]

Therefore, nothing is.

[jocon307]

It’s ART, that’s what it is. Don’t like it, don’t listen to it.

Big Dylan fan, that song is not a fave of mine, but so what who cares?

[nickcarraway]

”Sometimes a lyric is just a lyric. do you really think we all live on a yellow submarine. “

Aren't those two sentences essentially saying the exact opposite thing? No one was arguing that the Beatles were actually living in a yellow submarine. They were contending it was allusion to drugs, or some other symbolism.

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Lyrically Speaking: In what ways is Bob Dylan “Just Like a Woman”?

[Skooz]

No.

[marktwain]

The Left is very good at finding subtleties to show their version of reality is the "correct" one.

Reality doesn't care about the subtleties.

[alstewartfan]

I loved Harry Chapin and Al Stewart much more than Dylan, but it is notable that both of these musical musical idols of mine lionize Dylan.

[alstewartfan]

Kind of like Admiral Levine, nudge nudge!

[SamAdams76]

I’m also a huge Al Stewart fan. Harry Chapin is okay but I find his songs often overly sentimental and mawkish.

[alstewartfan]

Al is my drug of choice! I see him about twice a year, the next time will be Aug 26. My favorite song is Somewhere in England 1915, but there are about 150 others I really love. Glad to know a fellow patriot who loves Al!