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Threw the bums a dime in your prime
Didn't you?
People call, say, "Beware, doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all
A-kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging
Your next meal
How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Ah, you've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get
Juiced in it
Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now you're gonna have to get
Used to it
You say you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say, "Do you want to
Make a deal?"
How does it feel?
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Ah, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did
Tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your
Kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal?
How does it feel?
How does it feel
To have you on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Ah, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they
Got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts, but you'd better
Take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets
To conceal
How does it feel?
Ah, how does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
(born 24 May 1941)
Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Winter
Neil Young
Jeff Beck / Seal
Randy California / Spirit
The Heartbreakers
Sandra Bernhard
Judi Collins
Glenn Campbell
Robyn Hitchcock
The Turtles
John Mellencamp
Green Day
The Rascals
Yikes!! Now he's 80.
And he was 24 when this was released?!
Cheers.
Yikes!! Now he's 80.
Flyboy got a lot of reactions for saying he doesn't like this song anymore. I have to say the same. I once loved it, I recognize how groundbreaking it was, how unique the lyrics, etc. But the anger and power of it is not something I relate to anymore - it now sounds to me like a character assassination. Dylan was probably lashing out about some hurt he experienced. At this point in my life, I no longer see the value in shaming or excoriating someone, especially so publicly. Plus I've heard it so many thousands of times and it hasn't worn as well musically for me as all the other songs on that album.
"you probably think this song is about you" —Carly Simon, capturing the essence of the arguments created when a song is written about "you." Lots of people spent a lot of time trying to figure out who Like a Rolling Stone is about, but Bob was rarely that literal. When he was, we got stuff like Lay, Lady, Lay. And even that, he's waffled on who it's about, but AFAIK it's a short list.
(wikipedia): Dylan himself has noted that, after his motorcycle accident in 1966, he realized that "when I used words like 'he' and 'it' and 'they,' and talking about other people, I was really talking about nobody but me."
Love ( prefer? ) the cover songs from the Animals, Robin Holcomb, the Byrds, Neko Case, ....
There's a visual for you
The internet radio choice, or the Box?
Don't despair. The Sounds of Silence is a comparably great song from the same era.
Now I do not.
You are forgiven.
Now please write one that's comparable, or better.
Now I do not.
anhedonia
Some people get it and some don't....and you really don't care. Cooooool.
Oh dear ~
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Now I do not.
Its Friday afternoon and time to celebrate wonderful Bobby, and driving down Highway 61 in the boot hill of Iowa and wave to the jokers along the road.
Hey...that guy looks like Allen Ginsberg in overalls and he's howling!!!
1
There we go.
Yeah, for sure because he thinks different than you
CONGRATULATIONS MR. DYLAN
Now you are a Nobel prize winner.
CONGRATULATIONS MR. DYLAN
Now you are a Nobel prize winner.
OK; I wasn't quite sure how to interpret your original comment.
His Bobness just turned 75 a few days ago!
Cheers.
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Dylan belongs to the world. Cannot think of a bigger compliment.
>>>Hibbing's Dylan Days festival goes on hiatus
Star Tribune Updated: December 30, 2014 - 8:58 AM
A long-running Iron Range celebration of native son Bob Dylan has been canceled after the forced closure of the restaurant that hosted the annual event.
The “Dylan Days” festival in Hibbing, Minn., drew about 100 people from around the world this year for a singer-songwriter contest, an art show and a bus tour of the town where Dylan grew up.
A delinquent tax bill forced the owner’s of Zimmy’s Bar and Restaurant to shut down in March, robbing the festival of its home base, said one of the event’s organizers.
“It’s just time for us to say, ‘Yep, we’re going to take this break,’â” said Joe Keyes, a principal organizer behind the 24-year-old festival.
Zimmy’s owners Linda and Bob Hocking could not be reached Monday for comment; Linda Hocking was considered the driving force behind the event, said Keyes.
Dylan Days may yet survive if a new group of supporters can round up financing and an appropriate venue, said Keyes. For now, the group has transferred its remaining funds to the Hibbing Arts Council and steered supporters to the Duluth Dylan festival, typically held a day or two before the one in Hibbing.
“It remains the hope of the outgoing committee that new volunteers will step forward to continue Dylan Days programming in the city of Hibbing in honor of the town’s most famous son, and the reason for thousands of tourist stops in Hibbing every year,” read a statement posted Friday on the Dylan Days website.
The origins of the Hibbing festival go back to an impromptu 1991 birthday celebration for Dylan at Zimmy’s, according to the website. Dylan didn’t attend, and never has appeared at the festival held in his honor. Zimmy’s, named for Dylan’s family name of Zimmerman, became over the years an unofficial Dylan museum, which a writer in the Hibbing newspaper called “the Vatican of the church of Dylanology.”
The festival grew over the years to include the singer-songwriter contest (first place was some cash and a guitar), art and literary contests, and the bus tour.
“It’s been our joy to meet all of these visitors who come for Dylan Days,” said Keyes. He recalled an Israeli man who drove to the Iron Range one year from New York, where he had been attending a conference. “He said, ‘I cannot come this far and not be here in Hibbing.’ He didn’t realize how long the drive was,” said Keyes.
The tax problems earlier this year cost Zimmy’s its liquor license. It lasted a few more weeks before it closed. A social-media fundraiser over the summer fell well short of the $200,000 the Hockings said they needed to pay off their mortgage and reopen.
“Losing Zimmy’s, at least for our organization, was the mortal wound,” said Aaron Brown, who helped organize the festival. The host of the Great Northern Radio Show, Brown said the singer-songwriter contest will move to the Duluth festival for next year. He’s hopeful someone will eventually restart the Hibbing festival.
“I think there’s a lot of demand yet,” he said. “There’s a lot of people who want to come to Hibbing and experience the Dylan experience. He wasn’t just here for a couple of years. He really develops himself in this place. It’s a viable story.”
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So good for the ears, so good for the head.
And one thing America, Bob Dylan isn't yours, he is ours.
Oh please no not Sad Eyed Lady. For my ears, that's the worst of Dylan and this is the best, one of THE defining songs of the 60s.
Would love to read an intelligent argument about Dylan's place in American music. He's one of the more polarizing musicians I know of. As I've said before, you can't talk about post-WWII American popular music without mentioning Dylan. But there's probably room for just one Dylan in that era.
The Goldsmiths know their music, so yes you're going to hear deeper tracks. Sorry this grates on you...
.... with you on this one, this is BD's finest album - groundbreaking 10 x 10
Summer 1965 - awakening to music, other then my parents'; this song ALWAYS reminds me of that summer.....
fabulous music such as this sometimes also needs to be taken in context - wow 1965 man, all the crewcuts and stiff necked guys calling the shots everywhere (even in space), things were going to get alot worse too... awesome Artist, Mr. Dylan
Play on Bob...see you on the road.
There's no one but me, but hey, that's still everybody
You are welcome to join my churches! We will give you free cheeseburgers and beer and eternal salivation!
Love this marvelous song...
There's no one but me, but hey, that's still everybody
Everybody in my church loves this song...
on some level it's all the same day, and Napoleon is in rags...
Nobody in your room is dancing to this...
And I sincerely mean that, the Cream!
There is no one better at putting your thoughts and your feelings into words and music.
Love his love songs, which make up about 98% of his catalog.
And I'm on the underground/metro/tube with Bill & Rebecca enjoying it.
hmmmmm interesting.
Dylan has put out his share of groaners, but you're right—this song still drives me home every time. One of his very best songs from an amazing album.
If you hate this song, it's quite likely you're not going to like any Dylan...which I can respect. He's certainly not everyone's cuppa.
DITTO... takes me right back and never tire of this track ... as you said kcar one of his best...every line a gem....
Summer 1965 - awakening to music, other then my parents'; this song ALWAYS reminds me of that summer.....
had to hit "mute" and that is sad...
There's hope for you yet, MD! ; )
Yes. My biggest criticism of RP is that "classics" like these are overplayed. I was tired of hearing this (admittedly great) song many years ago. If I heard it once on RP, I might be able to enjoy it. But I've heard it many many times here, and I do not enjoy it at all anymore.
Now it's one of my favorites.
Thanks, Bill
One definition of old is being stuck, listening the same things.
Dylan has put out his share of groaners, but you're right—this song still drives me home every time. One of his very best songs from an amazing album.
If you hate this song, it's quite likely you're not going to like any Dylan...which I can respect. He's certainly not everyone's cuppa.
Clueless.... if you never comment again it will be too soon.
For once we agree!
Could it be true that the tallest man roaming earth have passed by both Bill and the whole RP-community unseen?
Check these videos if you dare,
you won't be able to breathe for the next 15 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLRTleMY_mc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtej1LAQqI
Thanks for the tip; if you have the CD, upload something... In the meantime, here's the video behind your first link there...
You're slip is showing...
Could it be true that the tallest man roaming earth have passed by both Bill and the whole RP-community unseen?
Check these videos if you dare,
you won't be able to breathe for the next 15 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLRTleMY_mc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtej1LAQqI
Clueless.... if you never comment again it will be too soon.
Why is it that you feel you need to attack, just because I don't prefer this tune in the least? You've managed to make it a personal thing. I comment about tunes I like and one's that I don't. I usually give details or influences that I hear and wonder if others hear it too. Even tunes I can't stand...sometimes I manage to find a quality about it that I DO like. That is what this forum is for. Your comment to me exemplifies exactly what YOU said. I've already spent far too much time writing my thoughts about this. Peace out.
Now it's one of my favorites.
Thanks, Bill
Clueless.... if you never comment again it will be too soon.
Nope... Bob Dylan
Besides, the Rolling Stones were the Rolling Stones before this song was even recorded.
Ummm...good song? (check) Uhhh...amazing lyrics? (check).
Nice work, Bobby. ("Bobby" is what you call him when you know him personally as well as I do).
Sign of an untouchable masterpiece; never get tired of it no matter how many times you hear it!
funny, I had just turned up the volume instinctively before came over and read your post. How true.
Wilco - Someone Else's Song
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
J.J. Cale - Midnight in Memphis
What a set! I can't wait to hear what's next...
Tom Petty for me.
Wilco - Someone Else's Song
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
J.J. Cale - Midnight in Memphis
I'm hanging in there cos I know it'll get better in a minute. Love RP but strongly dislike this set.
Bloody fantastic