General Asylum: RE: I didn't say it was, but what about All Along the Watchtower? by Tre'

General Asylum: RE: I didn't say it was, but what about All Along the Watchtower? by Tre'

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RE: I didn't say it was, but what about All Along the Watchtower?

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In Reply to: I didn't say it was, but what about All Along the Watchtower? posted by geoffkait on November 30, 2021 at 11:50:33:

"the song he appropriated from Dave Van Ronk"

Where did you hear that. All I can find is Dave chastising Bob for lyrics that don't make sense.

"That whole artistic mystique is one of the great traps of this business, because down that road lies unintelligibility. Dylan has a lot to answer for there, because after a while he discovered that he could get away with anything—he was Bob Dylan and people would take whatever he wrote on faith. So he could do something like 'All Along the Watchtower', which is simply a mistake from the title on down: a watchtower is not a road or a wall, and you can't go along it"

Tre'

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Topic - Is Bob Dylan guilty of plagiarism? - Mike K 20:21:27 11/29/21 ( 41)

RE: Is Bob Dylan guilty of plagiarism? - itolduso1000timesb4 13:04:22 12/10/21 ( 1)
- You might know this...- - geoffkait 06:18:38 12/13/21 ( 0)
Jokerman - Andy43 09:46:35 12/4/21 ( 0)
As far as his music goes - LtMandella 11:23:55 12/2/21 ( 0)
To be fair... - RGA 00:16:24 12/2/21 ( 0)
More to the point, he is guilty of being an actor. (nt - peppy m. 05:19:21 12/1/21 ( 0)
That's it! I'm tossing my Dylan collection. nt - dancingseamonkey 05:06:25 12/1/21 ( 1)
- Toss it My Way... - musetap 13:23:24 12/4/21 ( 0)
RE: Is Bob Dylan guilty of plagiarism? - Des 17:11:03 11/30/21 ( 1)
- Sung to the tune of "The Merry Month of May". nt - dancingseamonkey 05:03:42 12/1/21 ( 0)
RE: Is Bob Dylan guilty of plagiarism? - Tom Brennan 16:57:29 11/30/21 ( 0)
Dylan Nobel lecture lifted from SparkNotes? - geoffkait 15:52:43 11/30/21 ( 2)
- "Representatives for Dylan, the Nobel Prize committee and SparkNotes did not immediately reply... - musetap 21:26:13 11/30/21 ( 0)
- RE: Dylan Nobel lecture - addendum - geoffkait 15:56:23 11/30/21 ( 0)
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Thunder on the Mountain - geoffkait 08:39:54 11/30/21 ( 5)
- Allusion is not plagiarism - Brian H P 11:40:25 11/30/21 ( 4)
  - I didn't say it was, but what about All Along the Watchtower? - geoffkait 11:50:33 11/30/21 ( 3)
    - RE: I didn't say it was, but what about All Along the Watchtower? - Tre' 12/3/21 09:07:05 12/3/21 ( 1)
      - "Where did you hear that?" I heard it through the grapevine, I knew Dylan's BBF from old days. Nt - geoffkait 09:24:03 12/3/21 ( 0)
    - I didn't say you said it was, just acknowledged that you spotted the references. Thanks for spotting them. - Brian H P 15:19:36 11/30/21 ( 0)
All Along the Watchtower - geoffkait 08:31:31 11/30/21 ( 0)
Joni Mitchell: a minor star all but invisible behind the brilliant sun of Dylan. - tinear 08:21:21 11/30/21 ( 2)
- RE: Joni Mitchell: a minor star all but invisible behind the brilliant sun of Dylan. - RV817 12:03:35 12/1/21 ( 0)
- Joni had something snarky to say about almost everyone - Brian H P 11:30:32 12/1/21 ( 0)
no more guilty than, e.g., Led Zeppelin... - mhardy6647 08:14:51 11/30/21 ( 0)
RE: Is Bob Dylan guilty of plagiarism? - Palustris 08:12:15 11/30/21 ( 0)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Nt - geoffkait 05:46:25 11/30/21 ( 2)
- RE: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Nt - tweaker456 06:56:15 12/1/21 ( 1)
  - RE: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Nt - geoffkait 09:43:24 12/1/21 ( 0)
He is a story teller isn't he? - Goober58 22:34:42 11/29/21 ( 0)
RE: Is Bob Dylan guilty of plagiarism? - Andy43 22:01:04 11/29/21 ( 0)
He's been accused of similar behavior before... - musetap 21:46:21 11/29/21 ( 8)
- RE: He's been accused of similar behavior before... - RV817 21:52:49 11/29/21 ( 7)
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