Posted on 09/25/2005 3:47:51 AM PDT by dennisw
Edited on 09/25/2005 10:11:40 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
"I think it is important to note that he has given little if any support to the left since 1965"
You are very right...In fact, the song "Neighborhood Bully" is a pro-Israel song, and in the Slow Train Coming album, Dylan laments to influence and power of the oil producing states..
Listen to his records. Among them: Infidels, Mercy, Slow Train Coming. It wasn't a phase, it was a seemingly permanant change in his outlook that has been reflected in his music for 20 years now. Along the way he's written some very powerful music. Like other professionals I think it is proper to judge him by his work.
When You Gonna Wake Up - Bob Dylan
God don't make no promises that He don't keep.
You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts.
Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger's got you tied up in knots.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filled,
You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that'll never cure your ills.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
You got men who can't hold their peace and women who can't control their tongues,
The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools,
You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every move,
Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approved.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
Do you ever wonder just what God requires?
You think He's just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
You can't take it with you and you know that it's too worthless to be sold,
They tell you, "Time is money" as if your life was worth its weight in gold.
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
There's a Man up on a cross and He's been crucified.
Do you have any idea why or for who He died?
When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
For anyone travelling to London in the next 2 weeks or so.......
Upcoming official Dylan exhibition in London
Bob Dylan as seen through the lens of important music photographers like Don Hunstein (photographer of Freewheelin' cover) is featured in an upcoming exhibition from 15th Sept to 16th Oct at Proud Galleries Camden in London. The exhibition will feature over 100 images, many from private collections and never before published. It is authorised by Dylan himself.
They'll also have a preview running of the new Scorsese film "No Direction Home", the documentary of Bob Dylan in the 1960s which will be aired and released on DVD in September.
http://dylan.purecult.net/
Prophet is a bit much anyone to claim even for such "pearls of wisdom" as above.
Musically, the relationship between Dylan and Bach is like that between a middle-school science teacher and Einstein.
Anyone who reads the words to "Saved" can have no doubt about Bob Dylan's Christian walk.
SAVED
I was blinded by the devil,
Born already ruined,
Stone-cold dead
As I stepped out of the womb.
By His grace I have been touched,
By His word I have been healed,
By His hand I've been delivered,
By His spirit I've been sealed.
I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,
I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
By His truth I can be upright,
By His strength I do endure,
By His power I've been lifted,
In His love I am secure.
He bought me with a price,
Freed me from the pit,
Full of emptiness and wrath
And the fire that burns in it.
I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad,
I'm so glad,
So glad,
I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
Nobody to rescue me,
Nobody would dare,
I was going down for the last time,
But by His mercy I've been spared.
Not by works,
But by faith in Him who called,
For so long I've been hindered,
For so long I've been stalled.
I've been saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved
By the blood of the lamb,
Saved,
Saved,
And I'm so glad.
Yes, I'm so glad, I'm so glad,
So glad, I want to thank You, Lord,
I just want to thank You, Lord,
Thank You, Lord.
Thanks. That answers a question some of us were wondering recently.
"Bob Dylan = Joan Baez = Martin Scorcese = all the other subverted and, ultimately, wasted talent of my g-g-generation."
Liberal morons, all of them. BTW, I haven't understood a word Bob Dylan has spoken since 1989, but apparently Tom Petty does.
I admit I don't think much of most of his music, but I do respect him as an individual.
I concur 100% with that statement. I am a big fan of Dylan, but have never said he was a good singer, nor do I particularly like his voice. But it is his words that often times speak volumes.
All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Forever Young - Rod Stewart
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Those are three that come off the top of my head, there are many others.
Excellent comments.
Thanks for the ping Scott!
Footage from that show in Paris with the American flag as a backdrop ends the documentary. There's some marvelous performances featured throughout, though too many mindless interviews with equally mindless "associates" (Ginsberg, Baez, Pete Seeger) ultimately distort Dylan's story & weigh down the show.
A friend and fellow freeper runs a Dylan oriented website called Right Wing Bob - http://www.rightwingbob.com. You and others may appreciate it.
And a good one it is. But it's impossible to pick one favorite.
Maybe sometime we'll have a "What are your 5 favorite Dylan songs" thread. Even that will be hard. Okay maybe we'll allow 8. ;~ )
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