Bobby Dylan on 60 Minutes Sunday.

[graywarrior]

I'm speechless....again...like I was in the 80's when he did the same thing. What WILL he tell us.

[candy]

1. Well I'm one who doesn't care----Newsweek's recent article---

was enought insight to the guy that I will ever need.

[JohnnyCougar]

2. ???

What did Newsweek say?

[Liberaltarian]

3. i didn't read it-

and it's still more than enough insight i need into a bob dylan.

[medeak]

6. no kidding

saw him just a few years ago and his son had to take over for him as he forgot lyrics, song, chords..

face lift looks good tho.

[Pastiche423]

15. I just read the article...

What upset you so?

[graywarrior]

4. Yes please, enlighten us (but be prepared)

[graywarrior]

5. What, was he wearing Victoria Secret?

[Badger1]

7. Dylan has more

insight, intelligence, morality, compassion, creativeness and common sense than any of you wanna bees. And a hell of a great thinker.

[medeak]

8. yeah.. he USED to.

he's an OLD 63. I'm not far behind and losing cognitive skills...just pray it won't be that bad.

[Badger1]

9. and did I mention balls

than you who have no greater creativity than to post little messages here. Get real............... Don't dis Bob.

[Zensea]

10. well I just saw Dylan about a year ago live &

it was the best show I've ever seen him do and I first saw him round about 1977.
It was also one of the best concerts I've ever been to and I've seen Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck on the Wired tour, the Dead in the 70's, the Byrds on their last tour in 73, Jefferson Starship on their Dragon Fly tour, Buddy Guy, Sonic Youth, Los Lobos as well as a lot of other stuff so I'm not comparing him to slackers.

So I agree with your sentiments here.

[medeak]

11. I hope we caught him on a bad day

sitting in front row...it was hard to miss..recall getting flamed here before for posting about Dylan.

It was heartwarming to see his son jump right in and cover for him..really... have no hostility for the guy..just relate..we're all getting old..er... (use dots to stop and think senior thing)

although 90 yr old Dad is still conducting and 63 yr old brother is still on Broadway...but hell...I don't know anything about music. Enjoy interview...am certain you all will :-)

[Zensea]

13. I caught him on a bad night once, myself

when he had G.E. Smith in the band about 1989 I think.

With Steve Earle opening!!

He can definitely have bad nights. I think that's because he's primarily an artist, not an entertainer if you catch my drift.

When I saw him recently, I thought he seemed pretty revved up about things, maybe because of the times we're living in & he sang some stuff that was still pretty damn topical -- for example the line from Highway 61 that goes "trying to start the next world war" and a line in the Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll that goes "William Zanzinger who at twenty-four years
Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres
With rich wealthy parents who provide and protect him
And high office relations in the politics of Maryland
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders
And swear words and sneering and his tongue it was snarling

that sure sounded like he was thinking of George Bush.....

My sister just saw him recently and he sang Masters of War .....

[Minstrel Boy]

12. Bob's why I'm "Minstrel Boy"

so I don't want to see any disrespectin' going on in this thread!

And yeah, he had a great run in the '60s, but he's still a vital artist, writing and recording damn good music. And his film, Masked & Anonymous, is a tremendous allegory of Bush's America.


Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it roll?
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?

Oh, Lucky's been drivin' a long, long time
And now he's stuck on top of the hill.
With twelve forward gears, it's been a long hard climb,
And with all of them ladies, though, he's lonely still.

Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it roll?
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?

Well, he deep in number and heavy in toil,
Mighty Mockingbird, he still has such a heavy load.
Beneath his bound'ries, what more can I tell,
With all of his trav'lin', but I'm still on that road.

Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it roll?
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?

[Princess Turandot]

14. He's one of America's greatest poets IMO..

I wonder if his heart problems from a few years back left him with any cognitive problems. I think they can involve memory.

[chicagiana]

16. Excerpt ...

"weee, gewee gee sheweewe. Waka weee, lee kewweee abee shwee."

[Fiendish Thingy]

17. I saw him a couple of months ago, and he still amazes me,

He's one of the few, maybe the only artist from the 60's who continuously re-invents, re-imagines his music. I've seen him 6 or 7 times, and it's been a different show, different arrangments, feeling everytime. I've seen Paul McCartney about 6 times, and although his shows are good, they have a McMusic quality to them (puns intended), down to identical stage patter from night to night. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Beatle fan, I just think Dylan has aged artistically better than Macca. And Dylan only charges $40-50 bucks a ticket , where McCartney charged $125-$300 on his last tour!

[graywarrior]

18. Going off to bad last night, this thread was busy dissing Bob

Glad to see this morning things got changed around. By the way, WTF is it with thinking people in their 60's have nothing to say? Old age ain't for wimps (like 63 is old, puh-leeze).

[medeak]

19. you misunderstood

there are young 90 yr olds (my Dad) and old 63yr olds.

Think maybe it's dna or substance abuse...but something was wrong with him when I saw him.

People here say he was fine later.. certainly hope so.

[graywarrior]

20. Let's face it, Dylan is stra-a-a-a-a-nge

which is why he is such an enigma. He can be strange and make a living at it.

[Wonk]

21. mp3 & video here for those who missed it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x16490

[Minstrel Boy]

22. You're my hero, Wonk!

Thanks a heap!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

23. no offense to you, but screw him

between the private concerts with his son that they play for corporate mergers (with 1,000s of workers primed to lose their jobs soon after-what a thing to celebrate) and the victoria's secrets ads, it's apparent that this guy hasn't aged gracefully and has sold out big time

dont get me wrong, he was phenomeneal up until about the late 70s/early 80s, but he's lost it