In Reply to: Did I click on the 2005 link by accident? posted by Jazz Inmate on February 2, 2010 at 22:20:47:
the left onto Dylan.
His electric revolution had zero to do with politics and everything to do with music, i.e. electricity and rock. As far as his politics, he never said his songs were NOT anti-war or anything else. He made it clear his songs speak for themselves. He did make one statement that, in "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall," the "Rain" is not specifically atomic rain. That was it, he hated elaborating and refused many questions to do so.
You seem to forget that Bob was active in civil rights protests down South, that he sang on the Washington Mall during the famous March. "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" isn't the song of a right-winger, no matter how hard you try to spin it.
Sheesh.
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- Of course you continue to project YOUR disenchantment with - tinear 08:01:19 02/03/10 (10)
- Not projecting. Commenting on Pete Seeger's interview in NDH nt - Jazz Inmate 11:01:51 02/03/10 (8)
- Seeger was seething at Dylan's going electric, complaining about the noise and the fact - tinear 11:50:27 02/03/10 (7)
- Re: Seeger was seething at Dylan's going electric, complaining about the noise and the fact - Jazz Inmate 13:26:24 02/03/10 (6)
- So Dylan is establishment? Oh, man........................ nt - tinear 19:56:15 02/03/10 (5)
- No, Dylan was an individualist. Seeger & co were anti-establishment - Jazz Inmate 22:24:43 02/03/10 (4)
- You seem unable to keep on topic. Dylan was an individualist. What does that - tinear 08:46:14 02/04/10 (2)
- RE: You seem unable to keep on topic. Dylan was an individualist. What does that - Jazz Inmate 09:40:31 02/04/10 (1)
- Your last sentence says it all. In other words, my characterization of you - tinear 11:58:41 02/04/10 (0)
- RE: You are absolutely right. He is a poet with a social conscience. And that was it. nt - patrickU 03:39:22 02/04/10 (0)
- Speaking of which... Bob at the White House! - musetap 10:59:06 02/03/10 (0)