bob dylan covers don henley.
October 13, 2002 1:32 PM Subscribe
bob dylan covers don henley. bob dylan has been doing great covers on his latest tour. also 'brown sugar' by the stones and 'old man' by neil young. and lots of warren zevon who has untreatable lung cancer.
johnnys in the basement mixing up the medicine im on the pavement thinkin about the government the man in the trench coat badge out laid off says hes got a bad cough wants to get it paid off look out kid its somethin you did god knows when but youre doin it again you better duck down the alleyway lookin for a new friend a man in a coonskin cap in the big pen wants eleven dollar bills but you only got ten
posted by Satapher at 2:20 PM on October 13, 2002
posted by Satapher at 2:20 PM on October 13, 2002
Yeah, that was a great concert. With as good a lyric set as Bob can write, I wish he could enunciate a little more clearly. However, the rockin' I witnessed that night made up for it. :-)
As one might imagine, the covers seemed very well taken by everyone in the audience.
posted by BrandonAbell at 2:52 PM on October 13, 2002
As one might imagine, the covers seemed very well taken by everyone in the audience.
posted by BrandonAbell at 2:52 PM on October 13, 2002
O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie.
Bob played the keys on innocence and made it sound like a funeral dirge slightly rolling along. Much slower than youd guess, almost the gospel song for the nite. The only resemblence was in the words.
It is sort of a brilliant song choice. This Henley/Hornsby song came out around 1989, around the time of Bush I.
In other news, around that time Hornsby was covering Dylan, so don't think twice, it's alright.
posted by onlyconnect at 3:03 PM on October 13, 2002
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie.
Bob played the keys on innocence and made it sound like a funeral dirge slightly rolling along. Much slower than youd guess, almost the gospel song for the nite. The only resemblence was in the words.
It is sort of a brilliant song choice. This Henley/Hornsby song came out around 1989, around the time of Bush I.
In other news, around that time Hornsby was covering Dylan, so don't think twice, it's alright.
posted by onlyconnect at 3:03 PM on October 13, 2002
Is Bob Dylan even sentient any more?
so many questions. never any statements.
posted by Satapher at 3:24 PM on October 13, 2002
so many questions. never any statements.
posted by Satapher at 3:24 PM on October 13, 2002
Is Bob Dylan even sentient any more?
Why wouldn't he be sentient at 61 years old? Or are you just trotting out a very tired joke?
posted by Hildago at 3:26 PM on October 13, 2002
Why wouldn't he be sentient at 61 years old? Or are you just trotting out a very tired joke?
posted by Hildago at 3:26 PM on October 13, 2002
see, dylan is washed up.
the strokes are sentient.
// removes tongue from cheek
posted by Satapher at 3:29 PM on October 13, 2002
the strokes are sentient.
// removes tongue from cheek
posted by Satapher at 3:29 PM on October 13, 2002
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Have you heard Johnny Cash's version of "Personal Jesus"? That's a cover to sink ones teeth into.
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posted by soundofsuburbia at 5:02 PM on October 13, 2002
Have you heard Johnny Cash's version of "Personal Jesus"? That's a cover to sink ones teeth into.
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posted by soundofsuburbia at 5:02 PM on October 13, 2002
posted by BentPenguin at 5:46 PM on October 13, 2002
and then there was jeff beck's cover of 'love is blue'...
posted by quonsar at 5:52 PM on October 13, 2002
posted by quonsar at 5:52 PM on October 13, 2002
Cash's cover of Nick Cave's Mercy Seat is brilliant. Although it doesn't quite send the chills up the spine like the original does...
posted by nomis at 6:35 PM on October 13, 2002
posted by nomis at 6:35 PM on October 13, 2002
That's special. Can we get a new linkless thread every time he hits a new city?
posted by dhartung at 9:19 PM on October 13, 2002
posted by dhartung at 9:19 PM on October 13, 2002
You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?
Then who the hell else are you talkin' to?
You talkin' to me?
Well I'm the only one here.
Who do you think you're talking to?
Oh yeah?
Huh?
Ok.
posted by y2karl at 10:00 PM on October 13, 2002
You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?
Then who the hell else are you talkin' to?
You talkin' to me?
Well I'm the only one here.
Who do you think you're talking to?
Oh yeah?
Huh?
Ok.
posted by y2karl at 10:00 PM on October 13, 2002
that was from Dylan's cameo in Taxi Driver, right?
posted by goethean at 10:06 PM on October 13, 2002
posted by goethean at 10:06 PM on October 13, 2002
Dylan is one of the few poets (along with -- ready? -- Morrissey, according to Michael Bracewell) in the Rock-n-Roll pantheon. All of which is to say: don't f__K with the man.
Was just at a Denis Johnson reading here in Minneapolis, && learned that DJ is naming his next book after a line from Dylan's "Angelina," -- "Tree of Smoke:"
Beat a path of retreat up them spiral staircases
Past the tree of smoke, past the angel with four faces
Begging God for mercy and weepin' in unholy places
Nice to see that Dylan is sharing the musical wealth his own self. Am I the only one around who feels like nothing new & real's been said since around, Oh, I don't know, time of early PE/KRS-ONE or, for us white boys, Clash/Costello & the Attractions?
posted by minnesotaj at 1:52 AM on October 14, 2002
Was just at a Denis Johnson reading here in Minneapolis, && learned that DJ is naming his next book after a line from Dylan's "Angelina," -- "Tree of Smoke:"
Beat a path of retreat up them spiral staircases
Past the tree of smoke, past the angel with four faces
Begging God for mercy and weepin' in unholy places
Nice to see that Dylan is sharing the musical wealth his own self. Am I the only one around who feels like nothing new & real's been said since around, Oh, I don't know, time of early PE/KRS-ONE or, for us white boys, Clash/Costello & the Attractions?
posted by minnesotaj at 1:52 AM on October 14, 2002
White boys? Heh. Now, now, minnesotaj, you have to share your Clash/Costello & the Attractions with everyone. *big grin* Can't go keepin' good stuff to yourself.
posted by allaboutgeorge at 3:16 AM on October 14, 2002
posted by allaboutgeorge at 3:16 AM on October 14, 2002
No. No. No. Bob Dylan should have hung it up after the motorcycle accident. Rock 'n Roll is a young man's game. Read John Strausbaugh's brilliant critical account of the phenomenon he calls "geezer rock", Rock Till You Drop. Readable and scathing, you'll never take claims of rock 'n roll pantheonism seriously again.
posted by ubueditor at 8:43 AM on October 14, 2002
posted by ubueditor at 8:43 AM on October 14, 2002
I saw him this weekend, and it was pretty badass. Yes, he's 61. Yes, he doesn't really "sing," but if you look back on his career, his lyrics were always quick, scratchy and un-melodious until he became too popular and had to become mainstreamed to some degree for his records.
IMHO Bob Dylan is a national treasure, and just seeing him in person, playing some of his songs, was worth the money I paid for the ticket. On top of that, his current band kicks some major ass, and it is awesome to hear him jamming on his old tunes.
AND, it is awesome to see an extremely wealthy, pretty elderly star who still agrees that Bush is a fucking idiot, and Ashcroft is a nazi. In your FACE, Neil Young, you "Let's Roll" fucking sellout!
posted by zekinskia at 8:51 AM on October 14, 2002
IMHO Bob Dylan is a national treasure, and just seeing him in person, playing some of his songs, was worth the money I paid for the ticket. On top of that, his current band kicks some major ass, and it is awesome to hear him jamming on his old tunes.
AND, it is awesome to see an extremely wealthy, pretty elderly star who still agrees that Bush is a fucking idiot, and Ashcroft is a nazi. In your FACE, Neil Young, you "Let's Roll" fucking sellout!
posted by zekinskia at 8:51 AM on October 14, 2002
When has Dylan gone on record about Bush and Ashcroft? From what I've seen of him, he seems to be pretty much staying out of politics these days.
posted by UKnowForKids at 1:12 PM on October 14, 2002
posted by UKnowForKids at 1:12 PM on October 14, 2002
UKnowForKids: like most performers, he's never gone on record about many things political. Neither has Neil Young. But Neil Young did turn from writing "Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming, 4 dead in Ohio" in the sixties to "let's roll, we've got to hunt down evildoers or whatever" in 2001. Bob Dylan, on the other hand, is still singing about greedy idiots in our government, just as he has his whole career. That is integrity.
(and it's true...)
posted by zekinskia at 1:19 PM on October 14, 2002
(and it's true...)
posted by zekinskia at 1:19 PM on October 14, 2002
I thought that Dylan's performance of "Brown Sugar" was particularly ballsy considering Keith Richards damn near electrocuted himself on that very same stage...
posted by Ogre Lawless at 2:17 PM on October 14, 2002
posted by Ogre Lawless at 2:17 PM on October 14, 2002
Bob Dylan, on the other hand, is still singing about greedy idiots in our government, just as he has his whole career. That is integrity.
(and it's true...)
Oh, C'mon, the guy's a legend and doing much better than you would expect at his age and I can think of all sorts of nice and true things to say about him, but please, let's not deify him....
posted by y2karl at 10:32 PM on October 14, 2002
(and it's true...)
Oh, C'mon, the guy's a legend and doing much better than you would expect at his age and I can think of all sorts of nice and true things to say about him, but please, let's not deify him....
posted by y2karl at 10:32 PM on October 14, 2002
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posted by inksyndicate at 1:57 PM on October 13, 2002