All well and good, but he would be remiss not to include that HW stood to assume his presidency just two months into his first term. Of course Timberwolf was in Dallas the day Kennedy was slain. Jody Foster. Catcher In The Rye. J.D. Salinger. Would then have to make some kind of link to John Lennon's killing. A line about Alexander Haig being "in charge".
If you're going to sum up all the points I raised that simply, perhaps there isn't much to discuss! Which is fine. I love this song and am not really motivated to find someone to help me change my mind.
You may place me in the category of people who voted masterpiece. I've been on a roller-coaster ride since my Mom passed away on February 3rd. In the ensuing couple of weeks after my Mom's passing, I had been trying to get myself out of the house more often (I've had isolation issues almost my entire life) so that I could finally meet that elusive girlfriend who never seems to show up. And then the COVID-19 thing hit and I was told that I had to go back to my isolated pattern of living that I've been trying to break out of because I'm a high-risk person for getting the virus. I've been dealing with the irony of this whole mess since then. I'm dying to visit musician friends in Europe that I've become Facebook friends with. And when I heard the song yesterday, I started to cry part of the way through it because I needed a masterpiece to help explain so many things. I don't know if any of you understand what it is I'm trying to say. The song helped to place me within the history of my times and my life running parallel with it. It's the part about feeling like I'm an observer rather than a participant.
I might be hackneyed, but how dare you call me a music critic! On a serious note, I worry for the generation that defines even the mildest criticism as "hate." What will they do if they ever encounter real hatred?
Hang in there Sonny, Scottish fitba needs the Sons o' The Rock. I'd like to think we need the Heart Of Midlothian too. Sorry. OT.
Great post. I might venture that that’s what the song does for Dylan, also. It’s a map through the hellscape of the current-day world, with the old songs that are cited as constellations that assist in navigating. Maybe. Stay safe. Be well. Enjoy tunes. Maybe some Bud Powell. This will pass.
Hey man, it's going to end up being 45 minutes long eventually. It will include all of that stuff. Just give me about 47 minutes to finish writing it.
As long as a handful of a**h***** are hanging around here "educating" us all as to why it's such an objectively bad song, we know they're not out coughing on groceries & nursing home residents. For that I am grateful. "Stay safe, stay observant and may God be with you."
1966: “Folk music is a bunch of fat people. I have to think of all this as traditional music. Traditional music is based on hexagrams. It comes about from legends, Bibles, plagues, and it revolves around vegetables and death. There's nobody that's going to kill traditional music. All these songs about roses growing out of people's brains and lovers who are really geese and swans that turn into angels - they're not going to die. It's all those paranoid people who think that someone's going to come and take away their toilet paper - they're going to die.”
Sorry, that was a low blow. Don't worry too much for me, but I've encountered "real" hatred many times. I just don't see the point in criticizing Yoko here.
On another serious note, "hating on," in modern slang, means "disrespecting." Not hatred. But of course, you knew that. Or at least, I hope so.
Just listened to it now. The guy took me somewhere. I got images in my mind. He made me laugh. He made me think. I drew comparisons with what he was saying to thoughts I have had. I got choked up a few times. His musical references resonated with me in a cool way. I was listening to something really special by a guy whose been keeping my interest for almost 40 years now. He's Bob Dylan, and this is what he does. It's too bad that some here don't get that.
"Awesome" used to be a very powerful word, as well. Now, it's not. Language changes. As do the times. But you're right. We shouldn't accept the minimization of the word. We should reserve it for more strident usage like "I hate broccoli."
That's cool. After you finish it, can you do other songs too? Can you do "Like A Rolling Stone" next?
i was thinking it was like when the heart is open from common one, long stream of consciousness limited musical backing, another really divisive track
