Lawyers Should Heed Bob Dylan's Words

[graywarrior]

While his lyrics are often cited in court, they are also useful in practicing law

Joey Asher
Fulton County Daily Report
March 8, 2007

Bob Dylan said, "If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself."

In fact, legal scholars and judges often seek answers from the Bard from Hibbing, Minn.

Dylan is the most cited musician in law, according to Oklahoma City University School of Law professor Alex B. Long. Dylan has twice the judicial and scholarly citations (160) of his nearest competitor, the Beatles (74), says Long.

Since Dylan has so much to say about the law, I wondered what he thinks about communicating about the law. And I'm pleased to report that the answer, my friends, wasn't blowin' in the wind, especially if, in the grand tradition of Dylan interpretation, you read between the Bob's famously opaque lines.

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[sasquatch]

1. Well you don't need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing

[catzies]

2. Well then The Beatles® should sue Bob Dylan®.

They sued each other after all.

[graywarrior]

3. We should all respond in Dylan for an entire thread

I'll let you be in my dream, if I can be in yours.

[Ptah]

6. An innocent man in a living hell.

That's the story of the Hurricane,
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXjMgIXNO8

[MassLiberal]

7. Come you masters of war

You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

[bridgit]

4. i know go figure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkfAl4PHG8E

[graywarrior]

5. That is the coolest, most messed up, totally high conversation ever.

And Bob scares the shit out of Lennon AND me in that video. I would not mess with him.

[bridgit]

8. Lennon's all, "Come, come now, Robert. I have my pop image to uphold."

Dylan blew all their minds there's no doubt about that but yeah...i get high just watching it

[graywarrior]

13. I bet he was tough to be around.

[graywarrior]

9. Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously

But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately.

[pokerfan]

10. Suspects and defendants quote him all the time

It ain't me, babe. It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.

[bridgit]

11. I'm liberal, but to a degree; I want everybody to be free...

But if you think I'll let Barry Goldwater,
Move in next door and marry my daughter,
You must think I'm crazy!!
I wouldn't do it for all the farms in Cuba!

[graywarrior]

12. Seem like every time you stop and turn around

Something else just hit the ground