That’s all it takes ...2:01 pm
Hank 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
So, 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
It 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
One 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
It’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
If, 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
Here’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
PBS 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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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Bob Dylan at the White House last night ...10:56 am
Well, all I know is that if I had Bob Dylan over to my house, I’d want him to do at least three songs. I guess there will be plenty of speculation regarding why things went down as they did at the White House last night, for the event titled “A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement.”
Bob Dylan performed one song, The Times They Are A-Changin’, a gentle acoustic version with his guitar, Tony Garnier’s stand-up bass, and with someone who has not been positively identified on piano. What do I think of it? I think that the adjective “elegiac” has never been more apt. I think it was an absolutely tremendous, epic, genuinely haunting and beautiful performance. And it gets better for me every time I replay it. (… continue reading …)
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Bob Dylan at the White House moved up to TODAY ...2:47 pm
The show celebrating the music of the Civil Rights movement, scheduled for tomorrow, has been moved up to today, due to an impending snow storm which will be hitting the area hardest tomorrow. (See the White House website here.) It is now scheduled to go off at 8 pm Eastern Time tonight. You should be able to watch live by going to this link at the White House site. (… continue reading …)
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Bob Dylan: Real live at the White House [weather permitting] ...11:53 am
On Wednesday at 5:15 pm Eastern Time, the event titled “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement Concert” is scheduled to take place, and will be streamed live on the internet. The White House page devoted to the event is at this link. The live streaming will be offered on the page at this link. [ADDENDUM TUESDAY 2/9/2010: This event has been moved up to TODAY.] (… continue reading …)
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
A good old Hallelujah ...9:18 am
Said to be from Naples, Italy in 2001, the newly-uploaded video clip below is of Bob Dylan and his band performing Hallelujah I’m Ready To Go. It’s one of a variety of what you might call sacred songs from the hills that Dylan often used to kick off his shows, roughly between 1999 and 2002. (… continue reading …)
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