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Highway 65

Frayed Knot May 24 2006 10:17 AM

Bob becomes a senior citizen today.

Willets Point May 24 2006 10:20 AM

Do you think he's getting Modern Maturity?

sharpie May 24 2006 10:28 AM

He wrote this when he was 23: Crimson flames tied through my ears Rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads Using ideas as my maps "We'll meet on edges, soon," said I Proud 'neath heated brow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth "Rip down all hate," I screamed Lies that life is black and white Spoke from my skull. I dreamed Romantic facts of musketeers Foundationed deep, somehow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Girls' faces formed the forward path From phony jealousy To memorizing politics Of ancient history Flung down by corpse evangelists Unthought of, though, somehow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. A self-ordained professor's tongue Too serious to fool Spouted out that liberty Is just equality in school "Equality," I spoke the word As if a wedding vow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand At the mongrel dogs who teach Fearing not that I'd become my enemy In the instant that I preach My pathway led by confusion boats Mutiny from stern to bow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad, I define these terms Quite clear, no doubt, somehow. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

Frayed Knot May 24 2006 10:38 AM

From WFUV's Web Site: Listener poll of 15 "Essential" Bob songs: Like A Rolling Stone Tangled Up In Blue Desolation Row Visions of Johanna Blowin' In The Wind Idiot Wind Shelter from the Storm Mr. Tambourine Man Simple Twist of Fate Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall It's All Right, Ma Forever Young Positively 4th Street Don't Think Twice, It's Alright Masters of War Obviously it's a tough catalog to cut down into just a handful

sharpie May 24 2006 10:46 AM

Not a bad list, though a tad heavy on Blood On the Tracks. I would've added "Subterranean Homesick Blues" or "Maggie's Farm" since none of the "fun" songs of his peak era are included. I would've also found a place for "Not Dark Yet" or "Things Have Changed" to cover his late period. Also difficult to leave off "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and "Blind Willie McTell."

Edgy DC May 24 2006 10:59 AM

I don't beleive there is a peak period.

sharpie May 24 2006 11:03 AM

Actually I would agree with you, there have been several "peak periods". By that I mean the beginning of the electric period until the motorcycle accident. His concerts these days rely heavily on the quartet of albums from Bringing It All Back Home through Blonde On Blonde.

Edgy DC May 24 2006 11:38 AM

Yeah, I guess I've got to give acknowledgment to the density of A-List output from then if he does. But I just want to avoid the temptation to elevate that to a level he hasn't reached subsequently, because he has. I don't believe the sixties was the golden age of pop. We glorify the past when the future dries up.

sharpie May 24 2006 12:26 PM

In his just concluded tour of mostly small venues, Dylan played similar sets from night to night. Here is the final one: 1. Maggie's Farm 2. She Belongs To Me 3. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum 4. Positively 4th Street 5. 'Til I Fell In Love With You 6. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 7. Just Like A Woman 8. High Water (For Charley Patton) 9. Make You Feel My Love 10. Highway 61 Revisited 11. Mr. Tambourine Man 12. Summer Days (encore) 13. Like A Rolling Stone 14. All Along The Watchtower 8 of the 14 songs are either from that 4-album span or, in the case of "Positively 4th Street" was a single from that period (#1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13). 3 of the songs are from his most recent album, "Love and Theft" (#3, 8, 12) and 2 are from the album right before that, "Time Out of Mind" (#5, 9). That leaves only "All Along the Watchtower" from "John Wesley Harding" (the first album after the motorcycle accident). Therefore, all material before 1965 and from 1968 through 1996 is ignored. It hadn't been that way on previous tours but it is now.

TheOldMole May 24 2006 01:56 PM

I'd put Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts on any list of mine.

sharpie May 24 2006 02:06 PM

Dylan's latest radio show is about baseball. Didn't know he was a fan except that he did write "Catfish" about Catfish Hunter and he talks in his memoir about going to his son's Little League games. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/24/music.dylanradioshow.ap/index.html