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You know that’s right
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Bob Dylan is the man
it had to be said
Seriously though he rules. Like his songs are all great and he's one of the best lyric writers ever. If you ever doubt his lyric skills listen to or read "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie." Its a poem and it is sweet I think everyone should talk about Bob Dylan and how he is more the man than you ![]() |
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#2 |
TAKE IT EACE
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He is definitely the man.
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#3 |
brothas gonna work it out
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This is not an insult to Bob Dylan, but in his songs he just strings random words together that don't make any sense together
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Yeah, I have tons of his stuff.
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Viva la Raza..por siempre
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He is possibly the greatest lyricist of all time. His lyrics..... yeah. wow.
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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I'm surprised that Masters of War isn't on his Greatest Hits album. |
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I agree with what Supreme said.
Also, all you have to do to see his awesomeness is to try to count how many songs of his have been covered and how many people have covered them. ![]() |
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I enjoy
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i agree brilliant song writer, it's like poetry set to music. one of my all time faves, more people need to check him out. |
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He's the most amazing poet to listen to.
I have this book at my house in SF, which is a collection of a bunch of poems he wrote that were never turned into songs. Once I remember the title of it, i'll let you all know. Whoever said it's a string of words that doesn't make sense needs to really listen next time. Listen to more than Everybody Must Get Stone and Like a Rolling Stone. There is much better stuff out there by him. |
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tell me these are random words strung together:
"Idiot Wind" Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick 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 even me better than that Sweet lady. Idiot wind blowing every time your move your mouth Blowing down the backroads heading 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 I ran into the fortune-teller who said beware of lightning that might strike I haven't known peace and quit for so long I can't remember what it's like There's a lone soldier on the cross smoke pouring out of a boxcar door You didn't know it you didn't think it could be done in the final end he won the wars After losing every battle. I woke up on the roadside daydreaming about the way things sometimes are Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are making me see stars You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzing around your eyes Blood on your saddle. Idiot wind blowing through the flowers on your tomb Blowing through the curtains in your room 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. It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped What's good is bad what's bad is good you'll find out when you reach the top You're on the bottom.I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed your eyes don't look into mine The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone faced while the building burned I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees while the springtime turned Slowly into autumn. Idiot wind blowing like a circle around my skull From the Grand Coulee Dam to Capitol Idiot wind blowing every time you move you teeth You're an idiot babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishing I was somebody else instead Down the highway down the tracks down the road to ecstasy I followed you beneath the stars hounded by your memory And all you raging glory. I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me You'll never know the hurt I suffered not the pain I raise above And I'll never know the same about you your holiness or your kind of love And it makes me feel so sorry. Idiot wind blowing through the buttons of our coats Blowing through the letters that we wrote Idiot wind blowing through the dust upon our shelves We're idiots babe It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves. |
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"Let Me Die"
I will not go down under the ground "Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round An' I will not carry myself down to die When I go to my grave my head will be high, Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. There's been rumors of war and wars that have been The meaning of the life has been lost in the wind And some people thinkin' that the end is close by "Stead of learnin' to live they are learning to die. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. I don't know if I'm smart but I think I can see When someone is pullin' the wool over me And if this war comes and death's all around Let me die on this land 'fore I die underground. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. There's always been people that have to cause fear They've been talking of the war now for many long years I have read all their statements and I've not said a word But now Lawd God, let my poor voice be heard. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. If I had rubies and riches and crowns I'd buy the whole world and change things around I'd throw all the guns and the tanks in the sea For they are mistakes of a past history. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood Let me smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down under the ground. Go out in your country where the land meets the sun See the craters and the canyons where the waterfalls run Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho Let every state in this union seep in your souls. And you'll die in your footsteps Before you go down under the ground. |
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lol, I just remembered I have 3 of his albums on Soulseek. I need to listen through them again.
Blonde on Blonde Bob Dyaln (First Album) Love and Theft ![]() |
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I think Tangled Up In Blue is one of the finest songs ever written.
Like a Rolling Stone, Rainy Day Women #12 and 35, Blowin' in the Wind, and All Along the Watchtower are ESSENTIAL songs for any contemporary music fan. |
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Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower is better.
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brothas gonna work it out
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What's that one song where he strings together words that are completly random? In the music video all these people are holding up signs of the word that he sings
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subteranean, homesick blues |
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#20 |
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Perhaps you are thinking of the Weird Al video called "Bob".
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#21 |
brothas gonna work it out
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No, I particularly recall this being a Bob Dylan song.
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I am just getting into him, I've got some of the basic songs like "Like a Rolling Stone", "Hurricane", and "All Along the Watchtower", but can somebody give me like the essential songs to have? Thanks.
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#23 |
I'm all there is
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I like "Times Are Changing"
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#24 |
continental drift
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Yeah Dylan is the man.
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I'm all there is
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They're playing this 3 part Bob Dylan special where I am on UNC TV. I don't know if people outside of NC get it though.
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Jamiroquai Bodega
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Corina Corina
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I'm all there is
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just realized it was the PBS channel. Don't know why it says UNC TV on the bottom.
Anyway, the thing is called "No Direction Home" and part 2 will probably be tomorrow. |
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He came to my college last year. I went to see him simply cause he is Dylan. I mean I am a fan of his music but his vocal skills aren't really great now a days. Still awesome just to see him live.
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My buddy has a cd of a Dylan concert where he convers all of his best stuff. He was supposed to burn it for me but i forgot, gonna go try to download it now |
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#30 |
TAKE IT EACE
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OMG DA_KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
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Im also a big fan - I like:
Shelter From The Storm The Hurricane Things Have Changed Shooting Star Not Dark Yet |
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Since the last time I posted in this thread I have become a much bigger Dylan fan and will concur to his awesomeness.
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Dylan is the man
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Bumping this 'cause I got The Essential Bob Dylan for Christmas.
Yeah, it's a greatest hits album, but how on Earth can you go wrong with an album that has: Blowin' In The Wind Don't Think Twice, It's All Right The Times They Are A-Changin' It Ain't Me, Babe Maggie's Farm It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Mr. Tambourine Man Subterranean Homesick Blues Like A Rolling Stone Positively 4th Street Just Like A Woman Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 All Along The Watchtower Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Lay, Lady, Lay If Not For You I Shall Be Released You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Knockin' On Heaven's Door Forever Young Tangled Up In Blue Shelter From The Storm (my new favorite Dylan song) Hurricane Gotta Serve Somebody Jokerman Silvio Everything Is Broken Not Dark Yet Things Have Changed It's just not fair that one man can write that many great songs (okay, so he co-wrote, like, three of the songs, but still). |
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Gotta say Desolation Row is my favorite song of his right now.
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Nickel Creek's version of "Tomorrow is a long time" is pretty good... though, can't say I've heard the original.
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I still don't get when people say they can't understand him though, I can understand almost everything he says.
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I got No Direction Home for Christmas. Bob Dylan + Scorcese cannot go wrong.
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