Posted on 05/03/2009 9:55:51 PM PDT by pissant
Bob Dylan rewrote the record books yesterday to become the oldest musician to have a No 1 album, nearly 40 years after he last topped the charts.
The veteran singer-songwriter claimed his seventh British No 1 with Together Through Life, narrowly edging out the claim of his fellow sexagenarian Neil Diamond to be the oldest artist to scale to the summit of the chart.
Dylan, 67, last reached the top of the charts in 1970, when he had two No 1 albums, Self Portrait and New Morning. His last two attempts, Love and Theft and Modern Times, reached No 3 in 2001 and 2006 respectively.
A year ago Diamond, at 67 years and four months, became the oldest person to top the album charts with a new release, when Home After Dark, became his second British No 1. Dylan, who will turn 68 on May 24, now holds the distinction.
(Excerpt) Read more at entertainment.timesonline.co.uk ...
ping back
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
I love all these new Dylan articles. ;o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpAWVa4Jak
Forever Young
Dylan isn't a singles artist. If you like Bob Dylan it only makes sense to own the whole album.
One thing I learned, Bob's birthday is the same as my oldest son, May 24, 38 years apart.
I’d like to thank the Ceiling Cat
Who made the sound
That made that kitten
Fall in love with me
Who put the mew
In the mew mew mew mew mew?
Who put the ma’am
In the ma’am-a ma’amm-a maow maow?
Who put the prr
In the prr prrr prr prrr prr?
Who put the waow
In the wa-wa-wa-wa-waow?
Who was that cat?
I’d like to shake his paw
He made my kitty
Fall in love with me
When my kitty heard me say
“Mew mew mew mew “
“Mew mew mew mew mew mew mew”
Every word went right into her heart
And when she heard me singin’
“Ma’ama Ma’ama Ma’ama Ma’ama “
“Ma’amma maow maow “
She said we’d never have to part
So
Who put the mew
In the mew mew mew mew mew?
Who put the ma’am
In the ma’am-a ma’amm-a maow maow?
Who put the prr
In the prr prrr prr prrr prr?
Who put the waow
In the wa-wa-wa-wa-waow?
Who was that cat?
I’d like to shake his paw
He made my kitty
Fall in love with me
Each time that we’re alone
Mewy mewy mewy mewy mewy mew
Mewy mewy mewy mewy mewy prrr
Sets my kitty’s heart all aglow
And everytime I tell her
Purr pr purr pr purr
Purr pr purr pr purr
She always comes and sits right on my lap
So
Who put the mew
In the mew mew mew mew mew?
Who put the ma’am
In the ma’am-a ma’amm-a maow maow?
Who put the waow
In the wa-wa-wa-wa-waow?
Who put the purr
In the purr pr purr pr purr?
Who was that cat?
I’d like to shake his paw
He made my kitty
Fall in love with me
“One thing I learned, Bob’s birthday is the same as my oldest son, May 24, 38 years apart.”
Kind of makes me wonder if you’ve really been paying attention lately...heh...
That must be in the UK ONLY. A few years ago, Bob did it with “Modern Times” in the USA.
Dylan is excellent.
I think Dylan is 25 May.
Checkout Neil Diamond at Glastonbury to see a real pro who doesn’t bark out his tunes and butcher his songbook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hepiy2sRn2A
Neal hasn’t written a decent tune in 40 years.
BD isn’t fit to carry Neil’s jockstrap
ND is to BD what Brittany Spears is to Ella Fitzgerald.
Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performs on the main stage at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, June 2001.
I wish my hairline was moving north over Time like Schmeals. Of course, looking like Bill O'Reilly with a bad rug is not all that enticing...
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