Directed by Martin Scorsese no less, what a fine mix.
BBC2 - SEPTEMBER 26TH & 27TH - Be there or be square.
Can't wait myself, apparently we'll see the infamous "Judas" incident, screened for the first time ever.
"Play fucking Loud"
No Direction Home : Bob Dylan
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Thought it was a tad confusing the way they kept cutting to the electric stuff while he was still in his folk phase.
Dylan as a song writer: puts contemporary words into traditional forms. Sound familiar?
Dylan was blessed during his early career: the right man in the right place at the right time. This is not to say that he wasn't hugely talented. As someone on the programme said "he was a sponge" who soaked up an amazing number of influences and then turned them into something new. Most artists experience the wrong man in the wrong place in the wrong time thing, but for Bob the door just opened and he walked through.
Pissed off with success at the age of 23....I wish.
Looking forward to Part 2.
Cam
Dylan as a song writer: puts contemporary words into traditional forms. Sound familiar?
Dylan was blessed during his early career: the right man in the right place at the right time. This is not to say that he wasn't hugely talented. As someone on the programme said "he was a sponge" who soaked up an amazing number of influences and then turned them into something new. Most artists experience the wrong man in the wrong place in the wrong time thing, but for Bob the door just opened and he walked through.
Pissed off with success at the age of 23....I wish.
Looking forward to Part 2.
Cam
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I was expecting a little more from part 2, very samey.
Overall though I thought it was a good insight.
Especially the animosity he faced when going electric.
The comments from the punters "Mostly Brits" was very telling. The fact that material from Highway 61 and Blonde and Blonde, arguably his most innovative albums was passed off as "Crap" "Having no Future" and other similar derogative comments proved how far ahead he really was.
He really did just keep on keeping on, outgrowing various phases before people even had time to get into them.
I howled when a Geordie Lad commented:
"He was a bastard in the second half" lol that killed me.
Overall though I thought it was a good insight.
Especially the animosity he faced when going electric.
The comments from the punters "Mostly Brits" was very telling. The fact that material from Highway 61 and Blonde and Blonde, arguably his most innovative albums was passed off as "Crap" "Having no Future" and other similar derogative comments proved how far ahead he really was.
He really did just keep on keeping on, outgrowing various phases before people even had time to get into them.
I howled when a Geordie Lad commented:
"He was a bastard in the second half" lol that killed me.
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and you got your "Play fucking loud" too.
I wanted more, but that's Bob. The entire second half is him mind fucking reporters, fans and crowds alike. He did the same thing to Scorscese, I think. Amusing, if you were in tune to it.
Loved Joan Baez's insights. And Ginsberg, posthumuously. What a kook.
I wanted more, but that's Bob. The entire second half is him mind fucking reporters, fans and crowds alike. He did the same thing to Scorscese, I think. Amusing, if you were in tune to it.
Loved Joan Baez's insights. And Ginsberg, posthumuously. What a kook.
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I don't think by definition he was shitty, I think people expected him to esteem them the same way they esteemed him. dunno.
the young Baez was a rather needy gal, too, and you must admit that sort can be taxing at times...
the young Baez was a rather needy gal, too, and you must admit that sort can be taxing at times...
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Great bit when he said that artists shouldn't actually reach a destination but should always be 'becoming something'.
What happened to the rest of his life? I wanted to hear about Nashville Skyline, John Wesley Harding and Blood on the Tracks.
Still remains an enigma.
Cam
ps yes old Ginsberg was well weird.
What happened to the rest of his life? I wanted to hear about Nashville Skyline, John Wesley Harding and Blood on the Tracks.
Still remains an enigma.
Cam
ps yes old Ginsberg was well weird.
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More to cover before he dies. I think this one purposed to track his book Chronicles I which, I think stops somewhere around the accident.
Anywho.
I liked that he never seemed to think anything he did was going to be great or special. A very, for lack of a better word, humble perspective.
Anywho.
I liked that he never seemed to think anything he did was going to be great or special. A very, for lack of a better word, humble perspective.
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Sorry Bomb, but read the book - it certainly doesn't stop at the bike crash - see sections on the recording of 'Oh Mercy' for instance. 'No Direction Home's premise is to cover the five or so years up to 65/66 which undisputably changed the face of popular music.