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slvemike4u -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/12/2011 6:53:25 PM)
Still doesn't explain the shot at me...oh what the fuck,my attention span is too short to actually give a shit any longer.Perhaps I'm missing something....somehow though I can not garner the interest to give a shit [:)]

eihwaz -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/12/2011 8:24:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MrRodgers [...] Dylan was denigrated as was Lennon for their lefty, liberal, dreamy message about just how cynical the world is yet oh so beautiful it could be if just... As much as I can recollect, Dylan's protest songs were predominately acerbic and strident, without a trace of the utopianism of Lennon's Imagine. What "dreamy message" are you referring to? Mr. Tambourine Man? Positively Fourth Street? As far as I know, he became consistently apolitical after his (acoustic) protest period. Who denigrated him for his "lefty, liberal dreamy message?"

lockedaway -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/12/2011 8:29:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: eihwaz quote: ORIGINAL: MrRodgers [...] Dylan was denigrated as was Lennon for their lefty, liberal, dreamy message about just how cynical the world is yet oh so beautiful it could be if just... As much as I can recollect, Dylan's protest songs were predominately acerbic and strident, without a trace of the utopianism of Lennon's Imagine. What "dreamy message" are you referring to? Mr. Tambourine Man? Positively Fourth Street? As far as I know, he became consistently apolitical after his (acoustic) protest period. Who denigrated him for his "lefty, liberal dreamy message?" Jesus...what a bunch of horseshit. "lefty, liberal, dreamy" blech! Even the man who first coined the word "utopia" stated that utopia is not anything that could exist on this metaphysical plane. The next time some dip shit talks about lefty, liberal utopia, give them a treatise on dialectic materialism. How pathetic.

slvemike4u -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/12/2011 8:30:06 PM)
Not me...and yes I would agree with you on that,certainly a much more earthy gritty feel to Dylan's lyrics than anything Lennon did.

TheRaptorJesus -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/12/2011 9:30:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: eihwaz quote: ORIGINAL: MrRodgers [...] What "dreamy message" are you referring to? Mr. Tambourine Man? It's incredibly dreamy if heard from the proper ears... Those of a youngster in the throes of young love, clasping arms with his beloved on a sandy beach with LSD causing wonderfully warm tingling in their brains.

DomYngBlk -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/13/2011 9:09:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: TheRaptorJesus He was the greatest lyricist of all time and was essentially the embodiment of "cool". Then he became a shell of himself in almost every way to the point of self-parody. I think that pretty much sums up the whole of the generation.

Edwynn -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/13/2011 6:33:15 PM)
Thank goodness for the integrity of the newest generation. They start out texting, and they will be texting 50 years hence. No chance for 'turning' on original ideals when none are there at all. In retirement they will be texting each other asking where the world went while we were texting each other. That's the new message.

housesub4you -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/13/2011 6:39:57 PM)
I don't know....I cut the guy some slack.....I mean what has our government done since 1981???? Nothing....cheap labor, weak laws, who cares... I give him credit, he went, I have no idea what it was like getting permission (hell look at the last "games") It is not the job of our aging rock stars to produce world peace, but our elected officials. What have they done...either party. Let them hear his songs, and understand our past did not start from a single concert, but from a voice heard and spread amongst its people

Jeffff -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/13/2011 8:38:59 PM)
One of the most interesting books I have ever read was "Chronicles, part one" by Bob Dylan. It shows his life, music and career on an entirely new light. It is well worth the time for anyone who is even a little bit interested.

Edwynn -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/13/2011 8:44:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: housesub4you It is not the job of our aging rock stars to produce world peace, but our elected officials. What have they done...either party. Let them hear his songs, and understand our past did not start from a single concert, but from a voice heard and spread amongst its people This is excellent. Thank you housesub.

Brain -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/13/2011 9:02:37 PM)
I don't think I believe it because this is a guy who came to Canada just to see the house the Neil Young lived in growing up. He probably did it so people think less of him and leave him alone in his privacy in my opinion. quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Catching up on some reading I came across this in the Times Op-ed,in light of the "China Scolds the US" thread I thought it was interesting. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/an-american-tragedy/ Personally it is a bit distressing,though not totally unsurprising as I have read many of his past interviews,to hear how far Dylan distances himself from the very messages his music conveyed.I viewed most of the 60's protest music only in retrospect due to age....but though young during the 60's I did in fact live them...so my retrospect was done in light of personnel memories....marrying the music to images the 60's evoked Dylan came to represent that segment of the music industry that had the balls and the genius to take on the power structure....and do it in such a way that half the time the ones holding the levers weren't even aware of all the ways they were being lampooned. Sad indeed to here this man now declare that it was all in pursuit of advancing a career....and nothing more.

TheRaptorJesus -> RE: Dylan bows in China (4/13/2011 10:38:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomYngBlk quote: ORIGINAL: TheRaptorJesus He was the greatest lyricist of all time and was essentially the embodiment of "cool". Then he became a shell of himself in almost every way to the point of self-parody. I think that pretty much sums up the whole of the generation. Roger Waters of Pink Floyd who remains vigilant in human rights and anti-war efforts and who recently joined a boycott of Israel would like to refute your statement.

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