This particular verse from "Every Grain of Sand" is nestled quietly among the rest; but it's the one that always jumps out on me. He closed with this song when I saw him last year in Asheville, too. It's mysterious what these songs have meant for some of us.
PS: There's a bootleg recording out there, which I prefer to the album version. It's simpler, somehow frailer. You can hear a dog barking in the background.
Great stuff Jonathan. I have been a fan of Baez and Dylan for 50 years and still enjoy their music. Now at 68 I realise even more how great a poet Dylan is.
You’ve inspired me to catch up on Dylan’s work (post-folk culture icon), among other things. May assist me with the beholding thing. All I know now is that whatever we’re acting from is all wrong. Would like to begin to understand what might be right
No feudal horn. “ And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn”
Also, IMHO, most religions are just an ignorant con job. Buddhism has a lot of good points, though. My favorite Dylan song is “You Gotta Serve Somebody”.
I knew there would be a mistake in there somewhere. Sad to hear that. It's the same issue with 'midnight's broken toe' being 'broken toll' that I mention in the footnote. Sometimes the typo/ mistake is even better than the original. For me it will remain a feudal horn, with all due respect to Dylan, but futile horn is also good...
It’s an accent thing, mostly, but have you heard of exaptation, or for that matter, play? I said with all due respect to Dylan. It’s his song, his lyric, but he is not sovereign over the listener’s imagination, and nor do I think he would want to be…
Wow, man. This is beautiful.
This particular verse from "Every Grain of Sand" is nestled quietly among the rest; but it's the one that always jumps out on me. He closed with this song when I saw him last year in Asheville, too. It's mysterious what these songs have meant for some of us.
PS: There's a bootleg recording out there, which I prefer to the album version. It's simpler, somehow frailer. You can hear a dog barking in the background.
Agree with John, blown away by this piece.
Great stuff Jonathan. I have been a fan of Baez and Dylan for 50 years and still enjoy their music. Now at 68 I realise even more how great a poet Dylan is.
Thanks Jon, beautiful piece and personally very helpful!
Jonathan, reading this from a cafe on Shoreham Beach. One of your best posts...A gem in almost every line...
You’ve inspired me to catch up on Dylan’s work (post-folk culture icon), among other things. May assist me with the beholding thing. All I know now is that whatever we’re acting from is all wrong. Would like to begin to understand what might be right
No feudal horn. “ And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn”
Also, IMHO, most religions are just an ignorant con job. Buddhism has a lot of good points, though. My favorite Dylan song is “You Gotta Serve Somebody”.
I knew there would be a mistake in there somewhere. Sad to hear that. It's the same issue with 'midnight's broken toe' being 'broken toll' that I mention in the footnote. Sometimes the typo/ mistake is even better than the original. For me it will remain a feudal horn, with all due respect to Dylan, but futile horn is also good...
Now that is just rampant obstinacy. It’s not your lyric, it’s Dylan’s lyric.
It’s an accent thing, mostly, but have you heard of exaptation, or for that matter, play? I said with all due respect to Dylan. It’s his song, his lyric, but he is not sovereign over the listener’s imagination, and nor do I think he would want to be…