The Song and Dance man wins the Noble Peace Prize...

RE: The Song and Dance man wins the Noble Peace Prize..., posted on October 13, 2016 at 12:25:20
Drumhead Audiophile Posts: 244 Location: Atl, GA Joined: May 24, 2009	Can you believe he receives almost a million $$ for it. It was the Nobel for Lit....not the Peace prize.

RE: Oh C'mon. The importance of Robert Allen Zimmerman's "poetry"..., posted on October 13, 2016 at 16:48:53
robert920rogers@gmail.com Audiophile Posts: 1048 Location: southern california Joined: February 9, 2010	He has Satan on his side.

RE: Oh C'mon. The importance of Robert Allen Zimmerman's "poetry"..., posted on October 13, 2016 at 16:52:13
genungo	You mean to tell me that he's still Allen Ginsberg's boyfriend?

RE: Oh C'mon. The importance of Robert Allen Zimmerman's "poetry"..., posted on October 13, 2016 at 16:53:58
geoffkait	Sicker than usual.

First a V's Secret lingerie ad and now this..., posted on October 13, 2016 at 16:56:27
DeKay	He peaked too soon (it's all downhill from here).

: How Zimmerman... I mean Dylan, posted on October 13, 2016 at 18:42:58

genungo

... just couldn't make it fit. This is the song about Dylan's relationship with Allen Ginsberg...

http://www.songlyrics.com/bob-dylan/just-like-a-woman-lyrics

Right! Hadn't had..., posted on October 13, 2016 at 21:09:21
musetap Audiophile Posts: 31869 Location: San Francisco Joined: July 8, 2003 Contributor Since: January 28, 2004	Yet. "Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure

How could anyone even understand his lyrics?, posted on October 14, 2016 at 02:36:49
4everyoung	Actually, this is quite an honor. I always listen to lyrics. Good choice.

RE: : How Zimmerman... I mean Dylan, posted on October 14, 2016 at 05:07:13
geoffkait	Geez, what a maroon.

RE: : How Zimmerman... , posted on October 14, 2016 at 07:18:54
genungo	Dylan seems to have thought so too.

You are a brave man, posted on October 14, 2016 at 08:44:03

rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com
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I feel the same way but feared the wrath.

I do not dislike Dylan but I think he is up there with THE GRATEFUL DEAD as receiving adulation beyond their intrinsic value.

The 60's singles are great radio music and NASHVILLE SKYLINE remains one of my favorite records but the rest of it just escapes me.

Like the people who pay absurd money for the cartoon art they hang in their public rooms as a talisman or a symbol of "who I am; what this says about me". I think many of Dylan's fans think by having these recordings placed strategically in their living rooms will impress their easily impressed friends.

Most of the time in my experience when a Dylan record has been played no one listens, it is background noise for conversation.

Not to say he has not been influential. I like many of the influenced much better than the original. Evolution?

Meant to add: Lou Reed's lyrics are far more literary, posted on October 14, 2016 at 09:00:56
rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com Audiophile Posts: 3040 Location: Atlanta Joined: December 15, 2003	That's it.

RE: How could anyone even understand his lyrics?, posted on October 14, 2016 at 09:03:40
Disbeliever Audiophile Posts: 1877 Joined: June 1, 2012	ugh music unbelievable, but then again you only have to look at the Swedish woman making the announcement.

Ooops, sarcasm malfunction..Look away! nt, posted on October 14, 2016 at 10:04:46
geoffkait	nt

RE: : How Zimmerman... , posted on October 14, 2016 at 10:06:58
geoffkait	Uh, OK, if you say so.

Ridiculous, but not unexpected. (nt), posted on October 14, 2016 at 17:42:57
semuta Audiophile Posts: 2137 Location: northern california Joined: December 4, 2002	nt

Dylan: The McDonald's Big Mac of Folk Music, posted on October 14, 2016 at 19:50:54
genungo	How rude when you discover that... He really isn't where it's at... Yuuu-uuu-uuuhhh...

RE: Don't tell the Swedes he's Jewish (nt), posted on October 14, 2016 at 19:56:03
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RE: Don't tell the Swedes he's Jewish (nt), posted on October 16, 2016 at 01:58:16
Disbeliever Audiophile Posts: 1877 Joined: June 1, 2012	I do not think the Swedes are concerned that he is Jewish ,they did welcome the Danish Jews before & during World War 11

RE: Don't tell the Swedes he's Jewish (nt), posted on October 16, 2016 at 07:19:10
lord addleford Audiophile Posts: 1095 Location: new england Joined: July 5, 2005	of course, you are not serious.

RE: The Song and Dance man wins the Noble Peace Prize..., posted on October 16, 2016 at 17:17:00
Trouser Trout Audiophile Posts: 286 Location: New England Joined: August 25, 2010	Great Choice. Blood on the Tracks is one of my favorite albums. He has written some iconic songs that will remain forever. Much better choice than the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. winning the Noble Peace Prize.

RE: The Song and Dance man wins the Noble Peace Prize..., posted on October 18, 2016 at 06:58:14
marlin Audiophile Posts: 154 Location: Sandy, Oregon Joined: November 20, 2012	I heard a radio article yesterday that said the Nobel Committee can't contact him and has given up. Typical Dylan. Without music what is there?

Contact, posted on October 18, 2016 at 09:58:17
Inmate51	It's not that hard. But then, we ARE talking about the Nobel idiots. For the neophyte, here's one route: Call the record company, and ask for the artist's management company phone number. Call the artist's management company. Done. Duh. :)

RE: Contact, posted on October 19, 2016 at 19:07:56

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I think Alfred Nobel is clawing his way out of the coffin to eat the brains out of the Nobel commission.

Not that they have any nutritional value, just to stop them. Nutritional value wouldn't matter to a zombie anyway.

When they gave it to Obama for things he did not do, they lost pretty much all their credibility. I commend Obama for not caving in to the pressure to attack Iran, but other than that he is nowhere near peace prize material. The light from peace prize material takes 13 minutes to reach him.

My ex-boss actually knows Zimmerman aka Dylan. But that means nothing, what did he do to deserve a prize ? Was it the song Hurricane ? Was it Positively Fourth Street ? Or perhaps Everything Is Broken.

Was anything as politically forthright as Niel Young - Ohio ? Or Grand Funk - Creepin' ?

RE: Contact, posted on October 19, 2016 at 22:08:21
Tweaker456	Well JURB, why don't you tell us what you really think? Actually I pretty much agree with you but don't forget "Blowin in the Wind" and " Masters of War". Two great songs by the age of 75 don't make for a Nobel IMHO.

RE: Contact, posted on October 20, 2016 at 10:26:04

JURB
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"Well JURB, why don't you tell us what you really think?"

I've gotten thrown off of forums for that.

Another thing bugs me is so much time spent by congress in renaming bridges and highways after people. Know what, the Nobel prize is getting down to that level.

And those people didn't even pay for it.

In the US, companies are buying sports arenas and also naming them. We got one named after the Progressive insurance company. What's next, Kotex Arena ? Depends Field ? Public money was used to build those things so the government selling them is called conversion under the law and is a felony if over something like a thousand bucks or whatever.

The state of Arizona, and I found this hard to believe thinking they are true conservatives there, actually sold the state house and now pay rent on it. Texas, though I am not sure it happened but they talked about selling turnpikes to a company in Germany.

In case people forgot, toll roads do get tax money. They are supposed to become non-toll roads in a number of years after the bonds issued are paid off. That never seems to happen though.

Temporary taxes to build a stadium (like in Cleveland) were supposed to expire.

But it seems once they find that people are willing to pay to use their pike, or a hundred bucks to go to a ball game they are not going to stop charging. As long as people are willing and able to pay.

I know the economic class of people on this site is quite a bit higher than average so y'all might have a different perspective. But it is coming to you. You have more to lose the more money you have.

If you have $10,000 in the bank and the dollar drops by 50 % you have effectively lost $5,000. If you have $100,000 in the bank you have lost $50,000. If you have $1,000,000 in the bank you have lost $500,000.

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The Song and Dance man wins the Noble Peace Prize...

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