things in dylan lyrics
luka
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I tell you what I hate, that's everybody must get stoned. I hate that.
Benny Bunter
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Corpsey your memory is terrible
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not sure if there are many dylan fans on dissensus, just curious really.
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Benny Bunter
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Yeah thats not good. I do think he could be very very funny at times though
Benny Bunter
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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 lucky
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 lucky
He spent weeks anticipating being able to say it, hours practicing in the mirror prior to filming.
favourite wiley non-sequiturs
if i slewed you i would never mention your face I'M A DEFENDER OF YOUR FACE (about stormin') i aint got a winnie the pooh scarf as yet but i'm getting one
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Benny Bunter
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He was great at telling shaggy dog stories
Clothes line saga
After a while we took in the clothes
Nobody said very much
Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants
Which nobody really wanted to touch
Mama come in and picked up a book
An' Papa asked her what it was
Someone else asked, "What do you care?"
Papa said, "Well, just because?"
Then they started to take back their clothes
Hang'em on the line
It was January the thirtieth
And everybody was feelin' fine
The next day, everybody got up
Seein' if the clothes were dry
The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed
Mama, of course, she said, "Hi"
"Have you heard the news?" he said with a grin
"The Vice President's gone mad"
"Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night"
"Hmm, say, that's too bad"
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it, " said the neighbor
"It's just something we're gonna have to forget"
"Yes, I guess so" said Ma
Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet
I reached up, touched my shirt
And the neighbor said, "Are those clothes yours?"
I said, "Some of them, not all of them"
He said, "Ya always help out around here with the chores?"
I said, "Sometime, not all the time"
Then my neighbor he blew his nose
Just as papa yelled outside
"Mama wants you to come back in the house and bring them clothes"
Well, I just do what I'm told so I did it, of course
I went back in the house and Mama met me
And then I shut all the doors
Clothes line saga
After a while we took in the clothes
Nobody said very much
Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants
Which nobody really wanted to touch
Mama come in and picked up a book
An' Papa asked her what it was
Someone else asked, "What do you care?"
Papa said, "Well, just because?"
Then they started to take back their clothes
Hang'em on the line
It was January the thirtieth
And everybody was feelin' fine
The next day, everybody got up
Seein' if the clothes were dry
The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed
Mama, of course, she said, "Hi"
"Have you heard the news?" he said with a grin
"The Vice President's gone mad"
"Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night"
"Hmm, say, that's too bad"
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it, " said the neighbor
"It's just something we're gonna have to forget"
"Yes, I guess so" said Ma
Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet
I reached up, touched my shirt
And the neighbor said, "Are those clothes yours?"
I said, "Some of them, not all of them"
He said, "Ya always help out around here with the chores?"
I said, "Sometime, not all the time"
Then my neighbor he blew his nose
Just as papa yelled outside
"Mama wants you to come back in the house and bring them clothes"
Well, I just do what I'm told so I did it, of course
I went back in the house and Mama met me
And then I shut all the doors
Benny Bunter
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Throughout his career, Dylan has referenced Arthur Rimbaud among his most important influences. He describes discovering the 19th century French poet in Chronicles: "I came across one of his letters called 'Je est un autre,' which translates into 'I is someone else'. 'When I read those words the bells went off.'
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Benny Bunter
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I know nothing about french symbolist poetry obviously, but I guess thats where all these strange characters and images in his songs come from. IIRC from reading Chronicles, a girlfriend gave him a Rimbaud or Verlaine book as a gift and shortly afterwards he ditched writing protest songs and started writing all that out there stuff like tambourine man and gates of eden
Benny Bunter
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But i dont think it just come from there, the guy was a total sponge and he had an encyclopedic knowledge of old blues and folk songs, many of which had really weird lyrics which he stole/adapted liberally. He talks about it quite alot in Chronicles and it's fascinating. I might reread it actually.