The Album Review Club - Week #147 - (page 1942) - Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

[threespires]

I mean what did You think the lyrics meant?

Debruyne, ran through me
Bernardo, subdued me
Riyad, untie me
I'm empty, plese Phil me

On the corner, the Jul is sleepless,
we found your weekness
And it's right outside your box..

Can we get it to number one for Christmas?

 

[Coatigan]

Can we get it to number one for Christmas?

top reference that.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

You could equally ask why he is not better known in his own country too? I'm more of a casual listener than an aficionado but everything I've ever read about him suggests he completely marched to the beat of his own drum and just wasn't up for playing the game. He was going to do what he was going to do and if the record company (or the fans) didn't like it then they could sod off. I think by his own admission he could be 'hard work' in his younger days. There are multiple tales of him getting annoyed with the audience/promoter or whoever else he felt was under appreciating him at live shows and just doing what suited him. I do also wonder if there was an element that his views/lyrics would be viewed as too confrontational/challenging for some markets though I would have thought that less of an issue in the 70s? Maybe DLBH can elaborate?

Sounds like a standard Manc to me.

 

[Coatigan]

Does this imply we might have closeted City supporting acts? I've now got visions of an aging Dylan and Willie Nelson having a tab at The Townley and regularly causing mayhem in SS1 but having to do it all in disguise lest they are tainted by their association with our infamous dirty oil money regime.

Next you'll be telling me that it wasn't actually Leonard Cohen that wrote Sheikh Mansour went to Spain!

 

[denislawsbackheel]

If only Dylan could sing like this. I'm loving it so much that I've just bought a few of his albums on vinyl, this one, Stormcock and Born In Captivity.

I can recommend “Folkjokeopus” and “HQ” as well.

 

[threespires]

Next you'll be telling me that it wasn't actually Leonard Cohen that wrote Sheikh Mansour went to Spain!

That was definitely him, he's an out and out City fan. You often see him in Mary Ds in his famous blue raincoat.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Have we talked about Radiohead yet this week? Asking for a friend.

Can't remember, where did Foggy stand on them.

I’m not derailing the thread again; enjoying Roy Harper!

 

[denislawsbackheel]

That was definitely him, he's an out and out City fan. You often see him in Mary Ds in his famous blue raincoat.

Must be an imposter.
Laughing Len died 6 years ago.

 

[Coatigan]

That was definitely him, he's an out and out City fan. You often see him in Mary Ds in his famous blue raincoat.

The first time I heard that song was in Mary D's. Loved it. So it checks out

I actually want to know when it really started. I recon it was not far off long before that night, february 2014. Could be wrong. The memory of walking in there and hearing it so catchy at full pelt.

 

[threespires]

Must be an imposter.
Laughing Len died 6 years ago.

I must concede that of the myriad flaws in my theory, that is by some distance the biggest.