Let It Be Me ...2:25 pm
TweetBob Dylan first recorded the song Let It Be Me on his 1970 album Self Portrait
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Bob Dylan awarded “National Medal of Arts” by President Obama ...10:37 pm
TweetHowever, he didn’t actually show up to receive it in person from President Obama. Well, perhaps he was in his hotel room, too glued to coverage and analysis of the incredibly exciting health-care summit to tear himself away. (… continue reading …)
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The Health Care Summit ...9:08 am
TweetAs the political circus continues in its interminable way, my own reaction is this: Mr. President (Obama): Have Pity On The Working Man.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Bobs and Ends ...12:00 pm
TweetGarnered from Garnier: Last week, Frank Beacham talked to Bob Dylan’s long-time bassist Tony Garnier, and reported on what Tony had to say about that show at the White House on February 9th. As far as the single-song performance, what Tony is quoted as saying implies that there only ever was one song under consideration — which contradicts other things we’d heard, and also lends weight to the theory (proposed earlier by a reader) that Dylan’s lingering on stage at the end was only in order to gauge whether a second take was called for. (… continue reading …)
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
That’s all it takes ...2:01 pm
TweetHank Williams needs just one minute and thirty-three seconds and the old song Farther Along to say it all. (… continue reading …)
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano disses Bob Dylan ...1:43 pm
TweetSo, they’re saying Bob Dylan was “snubbed” by the Vatican’s “official” list of ten great pop milestones …
The Holy See’s top ten includes the 1982 album Thriller by Jackson, the video for which shows the late singer as a zombie dancing with other ghouls in a graveyard, and Pink Floyd’s meditation on time, death, mental illness and consumer greed, The Dark Side of the Moon.
The Beatles also make the list with Revolver, perhaps their most drugs-influenced, psychedelic album from 1966. In the song Eleanor Rigby Father McKenzie writes “the words of a sermon that no one will hear”. (… continue reading …)
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Bob Dylan to Israel in May: Not quite confirmed ...10:51 am
TweetIt still has not been confirmed by BobDylan.com or at Bill Pagel’s site, but a story based on a press release from the Israeli Tourist Office in Canada appears to be confident that Bob Dylan will be playing at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv on May 27th. (… continue reading …)
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Monday, February 15, 2010
One more time ...10:35 pm
TweetOne last post about this White House thing. Here’s some notes from reader Sean S. on the previously mentioned clip that shows the awkward ending of Bob Dylan’s performance:
I have examined this clip like it is the Zapruder film and have two working hypotheses. First, Bob was looking for the green light to start playing the second song he had planned on doing. Second, Bob was not going to play a second song; He was looking to the director to make sure that he did not need to do a second take. (… continue reading …)
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
A little bit louder ...10:38 am
TweetIt’s good to be very direct when you pray, I’m told. And who better to show us how than the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis, with a tune called Speak A Little Louder To Us, Jesus. (… continue reading …)
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
A false clock tries to tick out my time ...5:47 pm
TweetIf, like me, you didn’t see the live webcast of that event at the White House on Tuesday, then you probably have not seen the awkward moments after Bob Dylan finished The Times They Are A-Changin’. There’s been speculation that he expected to do another song, and got the thumbs down from somebody off stage. However, the organizers have reportedly said that Dylan was only ever scheduled to do one song, and further that “the show was scripted to a T.”
Hmmm. Well, an enterprising character (… continue reading …)
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Cards and letters on Dylan in D.C. ...4:19 pm
TweetHere’s a few emails in response to all this Bob Dylan at the White House stuff. Thanks to all for writing.
From Marek Breiger: (… continue reading …)
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Following up on Bob Dylan at the White House the other night ...2:59 pm
TweetPBS has now posted a variety of clips of Tuesday night’s show at the White House, including Bob Dylan’s performance at this link. (Looks pretty darned dark on my screen; maybe they’re cutting back on their carbon emissions at the White House by keeping the lights low. Or maybe Bob just wanted it dark, since it doesn’t seem to be the same way with other performers.)
I’ve already given my review of his performance based on the audio, and there’s nothing to alter after seeing it. Call me crazy, but it continues to make the hair stand up on the back of my neck. (… continue reading …)
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