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    Dylan Gets Nobel Prize

    for literature

    Do you have a favorite line "
    ............................................

    "how does it feel?"

    "but it's all too concise and too clear
    that Johanna is not here"

    " a man can't give his address out
    to bad company "

    " but you're gonna hafta
    serve somebody "

    " the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Tennessee,
    all the rest of them rebel rivers "
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    Kevin M. Kruse Verified account ‏@KevinMKruse 19m19 minutes ago

    What are the odds that Bob Dylan gets the Nobel Prize the same year that William Zantzinger gets the Republican nomination for president?


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    "I gazed upon the chimes of freedom clashing"
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    Well, by this time I was fed up
    At tryin’ to make a stab
    At bringin’ back any help
    For my friends and Captain Arab
    I decided to flip a coin
    Like either heads or tails
    Would let me know if I should go
    Back to ship or back to jail
    So I hocked my sailor suit
    And I got a coin to flip
    It came up tails
    It rhymed with sails
    So I made it back to the ship.


    -Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

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    "asked him what his name was and
    how come he didn't drive a truck ... "
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    "she dropped a coin into the cup
    of a blind man at the gate
    and forgot about a simple twist of fate"

    "they say I shot a man named Gray
    and took his wife to Italy.
    She inherited a million bucks
    and when she died it came to me.
    I can't help it if I'm luckyyyyyyy"

    "I must admit I felt a little uneasy
    When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
    Tangled up in blue"

    Most every line in Tangled Up in Blue

    " Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm
    “Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”"

    " Just how much abuse will you be able to take?
    Well, there’s no way to tell by that first kiss
    What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?"

    "Yonder stands your orphan and his gun
    Crying like a fire in the sun
    Look out the saints are comin’ through
    And it’s all over now, Baby Blue"

    "Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way
    I’m sure your mind is roamin’
    I’m sure your heart is not with me
    But with the country to where you’re goin’

    So take heed, take heed of the western wind
    Take heed of the stormy weather
    And yes, there’s something you can send back to me
    Spanish boots of Spanish leather "

    "Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
    With his memories in a trunk
    Passed this way an hour ago
    With his friend, a jealous monk
    He looked so immaculately frightful
    As he bummed a cigarette
    Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
    And reciting the alphabet
    Now you would not think to look at him
    But he was famous long ago
    For playing the electric violin
    On Desolation Row"

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    Every Grain Of Sand
    by Bob Dylan

    In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need

    When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed

    There’s a dyin’ voice within me reaching out somewhere

    Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair



    Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistake

    Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break

    In the fury of the moment I can see the Master’s hand

    In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand



    Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear

    Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer

    The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way

    To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay



    I gaze into the doorway of temptation’s angry flame

    And every time I pass that way I always hear my name

    Then onward in my journey I come to understand

    That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand



    I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night

    In the violence of a summer’s dream, in the chill of a wintry light

    In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space

    In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face



    I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea

    Sometimes I turn, there’s someone there, other times it’s only me

    I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man

    Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand


    Copyright © 1981 by Special Rider Music

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    "Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand
    And rivers that ran through ev’ry day
    I must have been mad
    I never knew what I had
    Until I threw it all away"

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    If today was not a crooked highway
    If tonight was not a crooked trail
    If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
    Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all
    Yes and only if my own true love was waitin'
    And if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
    Yes, only if she was lyin' by me
    Then I'd lie in my bed once again

    I can't see my reflection in the waters
    I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
    I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
    Or remember the sound of my own name
    Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin'
    And if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
    Yes and only if she was lyin' by me
    Then I'd lie in my bed once again

    There's beauty in the silver, singin' river
    There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
    But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
    That I remember in my true love's eyes
    Yes and only if my own true love was waitin'
    I could hear her heart a softly poundin'
    Yes and only if she was lyin' by me
    Then I'd lie in my bed once again
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    Oh and lol at the literature snobs bitching at this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesnumberone View Post
    Oh and lol at the literature snobs bitching at this.
    There's always someone bitching about the choices.

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    been thinkin' this morning about the story of Newport , Pete Seeger and the axe.
    The song troubling him was Maggies Farm.

    "I Pity the Poor Immigrant
    that wishes he would have
    stayed home"

    "When your lost in the rain
    in Juarez
    and it's Easter time
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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    "she dropped a coin into the cup
    of a blind man at the gate
    and forgot about a simple twist of fate"

    "they say I shot a man named Gray
    and took his wife to Italy.
    She inherited a million bucks
    and when she died it came to me.
    I can't help it if I'm luckyyyyyyy"

    "I must admit I felt a little uneasy
    When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
    Tangled up in blue"

    Most every line in Tangled Up in Blue

    " Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm
    “Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”"

    " Just how much abuse will you be able to take?
    Well, there’s no way to tell by that first kiss
    What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?"

    "Yonder stands your orphan and his gun
    Crying like a fire in the sun
    Look out the saints are comin’ through
    And it’s all over now, Baby Blue"

    "Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way
    I’m sure your mind is roamin’
    I’m sure your heart is not with me
    But with the country to where you’re goin’

    So take heed, take heed of the western wind
    Take heed of the stormy weather
    And yes, there’s something you can send back to me
    Spanish boots of Spanish leather "

    "Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
    With his memories in a trunk
    Passed this way an hour ago
    With his friend, a jealous monk
    He looked so immaculately frightful
    As he bummed a cigarette
    Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
    And reciting the alphabet
    Now you would not think to look at him
    But he was famous long ago
    For playing the electric violin
    On Desolation Row"
    I take it Blood On The Tracks is your favorite album of his? It's mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    I take it Blood On The Tracks is your favorite album of his? It's mine.
    Absolutely. It's a perfect album, imo, but that is also because of my age. I was too young when his earlier stuff was more popular. He has said about this album that he can't believe people like it because of how much raw pain is in it. Apparently it isn't one he likes to recall, probably because it's too honest and undisguised.

    I especially like the imagery. He had been studying art with a teacher for a while before it came out and I think the lyrics are especially visual.

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    Seems peoples favorite Dylan album is the one where they found Dylan.
    Most often there was a line or a song that defined their state of mind at the time.

    Never was a Shakespearean but would think that experience similar

    For me it was Freewheelin'. An older relative brought it home and played it over and over.
    " lone ranger and tonto headin' down the line
    fixin' everybody's troubles
    everybody's cept mine
    musta heard I was doin' alright "

    " lit a cigarette on a parking meter
    and walked on down the road
    it was a normal day ..."

    "oxford town oxford town "

    I didnt know what that was about --

    Oxford Town around the bend
    He come in to the door, he couldn’t get in
    All because of the color of his skin
    What do you think about that, my friend?

    .....

    Freewheelin' to me is like comfort food.
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    Reminds me of Whitman.


    Lay down your weary tune, lay down

    Lay down the song you strum

    And rest yourself ’neath the strength of strings

    No voice can hope to hum


    Struck by the sounds before the sun

    I knew the night had gone

    The morning breeze like a bugle blew

    Against the drums of dawn


    Lay down your weary tune, lay down

    Lay down the song you strum

    And rest yourself ’neath the strength of strings

    No voice can hope to hum


    The ocean wild like an organ played

    The seaweed’s wove its strands

    The crashin’ waves like cymbals clashed

    Against the rocks and sands


    Lay down your weary tune, lay down

    Lay down the song you strum

    And rest yourself ’neath the strength of strings

    No voice can hope to hum


    I stood unwound beneath the skies

    And clouds unbound by laws

    The cryin’ rain like a trumpet sang

    And asked for no applause


    Lay down your weary tune, lay down

    Lay down the song you strum

    And rest yourself ’neath the strength of strings

    No voice can hope to hum


    The last of leaves fell from the trees

    And clung to a new love’s breast

    The branches bare like a banjo played

    To the winds that listened best


    I gazed down in the river’s mirror

    And watched its winding strum

    The water smooth ran like a hymn

    And like a harp did hum


    Lay down your weary tune, lay down

    Lay down the song you strum

    And rest yourself ’neath the strength of strings

    No voice can hope to hum

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    "crickets talkin back n forth
    in rhyme "
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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post
    "crickets talkin back n forth
    in rhyme "
    Dragon clouds so high above
    I’ve only known careless love
    It’s always hit me from below

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    "blue river flowin
    slow and lazy"



    once saw a movie about the relationship between Paul Verlaines and Artur Rimbaud
    Them cats was nuts
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    Lisa Hannigan playing banjo and singing Meet Me in the Morning - the video isn't is complete but still pretty darn cool.

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