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...06/04/2005 10:12:14 am
This is a somewhat stale story that is now
circulating in various media outlets as "breaking news;" it's really
just some quotes from Mr. Bono Vox:
Bono is
suspicious of Bob Dylan's "so-called
eccentricity" - he is convinced the
legendary singer is hiding behind a mask.
The U2 frontman claims Blonde On Blonde star
Dylan conceals his true self beneath a façade -
and the real Dylan is a strong family man who
adores his children.
He says: "I think underneath all the
so-called eccentricity, which I think is just a
mask, there's a very true person.
"He's a good father - I've seen him with his
children - with a moral compass, and who can get
lost at sea like everybody. But I think he's very
strong."
Nothing radical there, and since Dylan has frankly
expressed himself as someone who cares deeply about
his family since about 1967 - and demonstrated it
concretely by guarding their privacy above all else -
it's hard to see how this qualifies as news to
anyone. But then, one of the reasons for this site is
the fact that just about anything that is true
on the subject of Dylan is news to a lot of
people.
In any case, the one amusing thing about this
story is how Dylan is labeled in this instance. I've
never seen this one before: The U2 frontman
claims Blonde On Blonde star Dylan
conceals his true self ...
Excuse me? Did a movie just hit the theaters, with
Dylan starring in it, called Blonde On Blonde?
Of all things, in June of 2005, to pull out the title
of his 1966 album - though certainly one of his best
- and reduce Dylan to being a star of that recording
... it's just one of those impenetrable media
oddities, I guess.
Of-course here in the offices of RightWingBob.com,
we can only cheer whatever incremental progress has
taken place to prevent the journalist in question
from dragging out the tried and true "anti-war
icon" or "conscience of a generation"
labels. A case of champagne is duly on the way to the
relevant editor with our compliments.
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