BOB DYLAN

Why New Rock Groups Dont Do Dylan Covers?

Bob dylan himself didnt start composing his own songs, he just played and sang traditional folk songs that everybody was supposed to know. Nowdays, young groups as soon as they are given a chance go out and pretend they deserve all attention to their own songs.But that is not the way, that is not going to work.They will not be much known a few hundred miles away from their homes.They will simply pass away like the clouds that cross the skies everyday

Take this new group from my country,Tulsa .Listen to  the  girl singer Miren Iza , she has the feeling, the touch, she makes you fly with the band playing really good ,like we have never heared a spanish band sound like this. And the lyrics are good, stripped feelings, though maybe a bit too enclosed in a particular after teen mood.

But what strikes me more is the fact that  many of these young singers and band memebers confess themselves as fans of Bob Dylan.why not then pay him due respect? Are they not aware of the enormous consideration the  musical world has for Bob?And not only the musical world.Whenever i come across an album of songs by someone i dont know and i find among the songs a dylan cover, i inmediately take this as a sign of wit, and i will want to know who this band is , and i will respect them, even if the rest of the songs are not of my choice.

BOB ON GLOBAL WARMING

 

We seem to be hellbent on destruction," Wenner said during his interview with Rolling Stone's idol-in-chief, Bob Dylan. "Do you worry about global warming?"

To which Dylan replied: "Where's the global warming? Its freezing in here."

Bless his rock 'n' roll heart.

Bob In Concert

3/27		Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis
3/28		Stockholm, Sweden - Globe
3/30		Oslo, Norway - Spektrum
4/1		Göteborg, Sweden - Scandinavium
4/2		Copenhagen, Denmark - Forum
4/4		Hamburg, Germany - Colorline Arena
4/5		Münster, Germany - Halle Münsterland
4/6		Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
4/8		Amsterdam, The Netherlands - HMH
4/9		Amsterdam, The Netherlands - HMH
4/11		Glasgow Scotland - SECC
4/12		Newcastle, England - Metro Radio Arena
4/14		Sheffield, England - Hallam FM Arena
4/15		London, England - Wembley Arena
4/16		London, England - Wembley Arena
4/17		Birmingham, England - National Indoor Arena (NIA)
4/19		Düsseldorf, Germany - Philipshalle
4/20		Stuttgart, Germany - Porsche Arena
4/21		Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle
4/23		Paris, France - Palais Omnisports de Paris
4/25		Geneva, Switzerland - Arena
4/26		Turin, Italy - Palaolimpico Isozaki
4/27		Assago, Italy - DatchForum (ex Forum)
4/29		Zürich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
4/30		Mannheim, Germany - SAP Arena
5/2		Leipzig, Germany - Leipzig Arena
5/3		Berlin, Germany - Max Schmeling Halle
5/5		Herning, Denmark - Herninghallen
6/22		Atlantic City, New Jersey - Borgata Hotel Casino Event Center
6/23		Atlantic City, New Jersey - Borgata Hotel Casino Event Center
6/24		Hershey, Pennsylvania - The Star Pavilion
6/26		Florence, Massachusetts - Pines Theatre
6/27		Uncasville, Connecticut - Mohegan Sun Casino Arena
6/29		Wantagh, New York - Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
6/30		Bethel, New York - Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
7/1		Essex Junction, Vermont - Champlain Valley Exposition
7/3		Quebec City, Quebec - Colisée Pepsi Arena
7/4		Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
7/5		Ottawa, Ontario - Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest
7/7		Orillia, Ontario - Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
7/8		Orillia, Ontario - Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
7/10		Interlochen, Michigan - Kresge Auditorium
7/11		Sterling Heights, Michigan - Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
7/12		Toledo, Ohio - Toledo Zoo Amphitheater
7/14		Cleveland, Ohio - Plain Dealer Pavilion
7/15		Indianapolis, Indiana - The Lawn At White River State Park
7/16		Kansas City, Missouri - Starlight Theatre
7/26		Costa Mesa, California - Pacific Amphitheatre
7/27		Paso Robles, California - California Mid-State Fair Grandstand
7/28		Kelseyville, California - Konocti Field Amphitheatre
8/??		Australian Tour - (unconfirmed)
9/??		US Fall Tour - (unconfirmed)
9/15?		Austin, Texas - Zilker Park (unconfirmed)

 

Academics gather in Minnesota to deconstruct Dylan

 

 

"I should think people need to explain themselves if they're NOT intrigued, enthralled and obsessed with Dylan," Hicks said during a lecture at the symposium. "Those of us who are, we don't have any explaining to do."

 

 

Bob Dylan on the Moon landings, 1969

The commentary was going to be done by a USAF commander at Nasa HQ, but that was considered a touch dull, given the epic achievement of having a man walk on the Moon. So they asked Bob Dylan to be "guest commentator"; the only stipulation was that he had to say, "That's one small step for a man - one giant leap for mankind," which had been approved at the highest level.When the corkscrew-haired visionary arrived in his dark glasses, it was clear there might be trouble. His opening words, "I was ridin' on Apollo 11 when I thought I spied some land" did not augur well, nor did his conviction that among the personnel piloting the landing craft were a juggler, a clown, a gambler, a jingle-jangle percussionist and a melancholy woman from the Lowlands.Pressed to describe the lunar landscape, he told the NBC audience: "The mystic spattered mist lies bleeding in the night/ where the cowboy junkie rides the tattered freight train." The producers looked at each other. As Neil Armstrong placed his foot on the Moon's surface, Dylan was prompted to say the famous line. "It's a small step for a man..." he began, "Down the ladder he does go/ He's come a long long journey/ from Desolation Row." They fired Dylan and got Armstrong to do it again, saying the line himself. He ballsed it up as well. 

Miguel de Unamuno escribió:

La figura es hondura,el sonido es sentido;hundirse en visión,sentirse en el son.

Sembrar cantares por el camino;

                                                     matar pesares

                                                      es mi destino

Comment on "Highlands" by R.Ward

Understanding the truth that this world is doomed and the only answer is holding out for the next, is far more important than being able to tell the difference between a "real blond and a fake.

Ain't nothing so depressin' as tryin' to satisfy this woman of mine ( Me and Jackie Tesson in Cadiz, southern Spain , 1986 )

I'm flat out spent, this woman been drivin' me to tears
I'm flat out spent, this woman she been drivin' me to tears
This woman so crazy, i swear i ain't gonna touch another one for years.