In the Caribbean, THE favorite reggae song is “Heaven’s Door”.
Cogdissnormbias
October 13, 2016 10:05 pm
I was inspired by this mans music when I was young but he become such a disappointment what a damn shame.
EL Coyote
October 13, 2016 10:22 pm
I actually commented on this prize elsewhere but to keep it in the spirit of paying homage to the Bob, heres’ my favorite Dylan song, ok one of them since I also like lay lady lay:
Conveniently, there are two songs that record this dark decade which is not covered in the parable. Both songs make reference to America’s glory days at the height of power. Don McLean calls her a beauty queen. Bob Dylan likens her to a society woman fallen from grace. “American Pie” wistfully recalls the years of her life among the rich and famous. “Like a Rolling Stone” needles her about her hubris and sneers at her fallen state.
You can almost hear Red Buttons’ snarky comment that Don McLean never got a Nobel, yet when the Nobel committee finally decided to award a prize for popular music, they picked Dylan. Sure, they give peace prizes to community organizers, why not a reality tv star or a rock star? Reality TV wouldn’t be the same without the Kardashian ambassadors of world peace. Modern music, if there is still such a thing among the rap heap, wouldn’t be the same without Bob Dylan. (Never mind that without Woody Guthrie, there would not be a Bob Dylan, shhh..)
What were the Nobel folks thinking? Here’s the thing: “American Pie” glorified the halcyon decade of America in a way that Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA – never could (is there a way to wipe our memory of that horrible verse about “the yellow man”?). It was a lament for a beauty queen with pink carnations, big creamy thighs and glorious breasts. Cadillac bumpers known as Dagmars paid homage to her post-war fertility (manufacturing) and the consequent baby boom (exports) emphasized the point.
But the Nobel committee is not into nostalgia, they want to become the independent commentators of world affairs. They thought Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone” is appropriate as it captures the current state of affairs for Americans caught in the rapids of denial (Make america Great Again). “Stone,” is about a rich and pampered young woman suddenly forced to fend for herself. It was pronounced the greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
American hubris deserves some cutting down (You used to laugh about everybody that was hanging out). The once proud Lady Libertine now seeks the solace and kindness of a lecher who promises to bring her johns back and make her great again (Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse) Her other choice is to sell what remains of herself to the whore of Wall Street (when you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose).
Today she is laughed at like a celebrity after a robbery, the world can now sing Dylan’s song to America and laugh at her for being so stupid as to assume that due to her fame and popularity, nobody would dare invade her room, kidnap and rob her and adding insult to injury, refuse to rape her; unwilling to spill their pure-white French seed on her tainted mixed-race soil (You used to be so amused at Napoleon in rags and the language that he used).
“Like a Rolling Stone” captures the world’s reaction perfectly. (People call say ‘beware doll, you’re bound to fall’. You thought they were all kidding you). Look at her now, reeling and regretting living her life in the public eye twenty four hours a day; tweeting her every move and thought, with even more damaging revelations published by professional or government spies (you’ve got no secrets to conceal).
Now that you know the truth about that Nobel prize, how does it feel?
El C,
Very good description of the symbolism embedded in American Pie and Like a Rolling Stone. Both McLean and Dylan ignored fervent requests to explain their lyrics. It may be that a lot of what they wrote was welling up from their deep minds, the mis-named “unconscious” and was beyond their own powers of analysis. I read that in his initial burst of creativity Dylan was devouring the NY Times and was tuned in to the general social turmoil of the day. At one point the muse disappeared and he experienced a prolonged dry spell before getting back in the groove.
an.
October 13, 2016 11:46 pm
How can a guy who throws a party like this be a disappointment? youtube.com Bob Dylan Christmas youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus
Gayle
October 14, 2016 12:29 am
I am lucky enough to go to Desert Trip at Cochella tomorrow evening and hear Bob Dylan sing some tunes.
rhs jr
October 14, 2016 9:35 am
The Nobel prize is to achievement what the Guggenheim Museum NYC is to art: Zionist Political Propaganda.
In the Caribbean, THE favorite reggae song is “Heaven’s Door”.
I was inspired by this mans music when I was young but he become such a disappointment what a damn shame.
I actually commented on this prize elsewhere but to keep it in the spirit of paying homage to the Bob, heres’ my favorite Dylan song, ok one of them since I also like lay lady lay:
Conveniently, there are two songs that record this dark decade which is not covered in the parable. Both songs make reference to America’s glory days at the height of power. Don McLean calls her a beauty queen. Bob Dylan likens her to a society woman fallen from grace. “American Pie” wistfully recalls the years of her life among the rich and famous. “Like a Rolling Stone” needles her about her hubris and sneers at her fallen state.
You can almost hear Red Buttons’ snarky comment that Don McLean never got a Nobel, yet when the Nobel committee finally decided to award a prize for popular music, they picked Dylan. Sure, they give peace prizes to community organizers, why not a reality tv star or a rock star? Reality TV wouldn’t be the same without the Kardashian ambassadors of world peace. Modern music, if there is still such a thing among the rap heap, wouldn’t be the same without Bob Dylan. (Never mind that without Woody Guthrie, there would not be a Bob Dylan, shhh..)
What were the Nobel folks thinking? Here’s the thing: “American Pie” glorified the halcyon decade of America in a way that Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA – never could (is there a way to wipe our memory of that horrible verse about “the yellow man”?). It was a lament for a beauty queen with pink carnations, big creamy thighs and glorious breasts. Cadillac bumpers known as Dagmars paid homage to her post-war fertility (manufacturing) and the consequent baby boom (exports) emphasized the point.
But the Nobel committee is not into nostalgia, they want to become the independent commentators of world affairs. They thought Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone” is appropriate as it captures the current state of affairs for Americans caught in the rapids of denial (Make america Great Again). “Stone,” is about a rich and pampered young woman suddenly forced to fend for herself. It was pronounced the greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
American hubris deserves some cutting down (You used to laugh about everybody that was hanging out). The once proud Lady Libertine now seeks the solace and kindness of a lecher who promises to bring her johns back and make her great again (Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse) Her other choice is to sell what remains of herself to the whore of Wall Street (when you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose).
Today she is laughed at like a celebrity after a robbery, the world can now sing Dylan’s song to America and laugh at her for being so stupid as to assume that due to her fame and popularity, nobody would dare invade her room, kidnap and rob her and adding insult to injury, refuse to rape her; unwilling to spill their pure-white French seed on her tainted mixed-race soil (You used to be so amused at Napoleon in rags and the language that he used).
“Like a Rolling Stone” captures the world’s reaction perfectly. (People call say ‘beware doll, you’re bound to fall’. You thought they were all kidding you). Look at her now, reeling and regretting living her life in the public eye twenty four hours a day; tweeting her every move and thought, with even more damaging revelations published by professional or government spies (you’ve got no secrets to conceal).
Now that you know the truth about that Nobel prize, how does it feel?
El C,
Very good description of the symbolism embedded in American Pie and Like a Rolling Stone. Both McLean and Dylan ignored fervent requests to explain their lyrics. It may be that a lot of what they wrote was welling up from their deep minds, the mis-named “unconscious” and was beyond their own powers of analysis. I read that in his initial burst of creativity Dylan was devouring the NY Times and was tuned in to the general social turmoil of the day. At one point the muse disappeared and he experienced a prolonged dry spell before getting back in the groove.
How can a guy who throws a party like this be a disappointment? youtube.com Bob Dylan Christmas youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus
I am lucky enough to go to Desert Trip at Cochella tomorrow evening and hear Bob Dylan sing some tunes.
The Nobel prize is to achievement what the Guggenheim Museum NYC is to art: Zionist Political Propaganda.