Re: Bob Dylan-"I'm Not Supposed to Care"
 

Dylan was asked many years ago by an interviewer why his voice was so clear and rich on the "Nashville Skyline" album. Dylan laughed at the question and said " the answer is simple - I quit smoking for six months. You quit smoking, you can sing like Caruso!" Wish I could footnote this for authentication but I cannot recall where I read this about Dylan...

Re: Bob Dylan-"I'm Not Supposed to Care"
 

that was the 1978 Playboy interview when he said that..

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Thanks Joveski. Guess that speaks volumes about my choice of reading material! lol :)
In my defense, I was a very young man in 1978 and I'm sure I bought that issue of Playboy specifically to read the interview with Dylan. ;)

Re: Bob Dylan-"I'm Not Supposed to Care"
 

of course!. its always for the articles!

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Thought I might add my 2 cents:


The depths of brotherhood that they share
Cannot be broken by those that compare
Them to one another without even a care.
What is forever? And will you be there?

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And I would add this Lightfoot excerpt from "The Soul is the Rock":

The soul is the rock and the rock will always roll
In circles 'round the sun doing rings around the pole
When the mind is not sure what the heart will do next
The rock becomes the master and the road becomes what's left

and...

The soul is the rock and the rock will not be harmed
Though man must be cheated just as woman must be charmed
And the mind is the light for the heart which cannot see
The soul becomes the stranger but the rock will always be

Lyrics and their poetic, important context when done by thought provoking artists like Gord, Johnny, and Dylan, all carry some not-often heard closely but very poignant, soul-stirring thoughts..... it is well worth listeingin closely to our singing songwriter's actual words isnt't it ? They stand alone as sage advice often, moreso than just poetry and prose....

I'lll hand it to Dylan and really, all 3, their word are powerful, and do carry, as Podunklander said - the powerful tradition of the regional folk culture to the next generations in the form of lyrics in "popular folk" - and so it carries on...

I agree Podunklander......point well made. I am sure we could find prose from all 3 that would stagger the picture whe might have had of the artist prior.

Different facets of the same person, they seem to be. Some, more rough-cut than others, but nevertheless gem facets all the same.

~geo steve

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Hey ~geo steve, those lyrics you mentioned in post #52 - here they are. (Tried posting them a couple times before, but still trying. lol Couldn't get your paragraph from your quote right.) Pretty cool song. I used to sing along to some of her songs on an album I still have of hers called "Farewell, Angelina" I especially liked Satisfied Mind.

Joan Baez - (ain't gonna let nobody) turn me around Lyrics
Album: From Every Stage



Ain't gonna let noboby turn me around...
turn me around...
turn me around...
Ain't gonna let noboby turn me around...
Keep on a-walkin'
Keep on a-talkin'
Gonna build a brand new world.

Ain't gonna let the administration turn me around...
turn me around...
turn me around...
Ain't gonna let the administration turn me around...
Keep on a-walkin'
Keep on a-talkin'
Gonna build a brand new world.

Ain't gonna let no first-strike policy turn me around...
turn me around...
turn me around...
Ain't gonna let no first-strike policy turn me around...
Keep on a-walkin'
Keep on a-talkin'
Gonna build a brand new world.

Ain't gonna let Indira Ghandi turn me around...
turn me around...
turn me around...
Ain't gonna let Indira (how'd she get that name?) 'round...
Keep on a-walkin'
Keep on a-talkin'
Gonna build a brand new world.

Ain't gonna let that Henry Kissenger turn me around...
turn me around...
turn me around...
Ain't gonna let that killer Kissenger turn me around...
Keep on a-walkin'
Keep on a-talkin'
Gonna build a brand new world.

Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around...
turn me around...
turn me around...
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around...
Keep on a-swingin'
Keep on a-singin'
Gonna build a brand new world.

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I'm not inviting negative comments-just posting a new version for those of us who appreciate the genius of both Lightfoot & Dylan:

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You know, whatever one may think of Dylan's singing these days, the fact that - with his own enormous catalog of brilliant songs - he still chooses to cover a Gord song is a huge compliment to Gord. We should all appreciate that, even if we don't happen to like Dylan's vocals ... And, at least he played guitar, which is more than he is doing this tour. But I enjoyed the concert (and the experience) anyway!