The Bob hits seventy thread!

[johncorrigan]

For those of you interested in the wonderful Mr Dylan, here's an affectionate piece from John Harris in the Guardian. Happy birthday Bob!
http://www.guardian.co.uk:80/music/2...ocker-turns-70

[Paul Sherratt]

Which Birthday Bob song would you select for Radio 3's ' Breakfast ' John ( and everyone who knows me ) ?

[Richard Tarleton]

=johncorrigan;55984]For those of you interested in the wonderful Mr Dylan, here's an affectionate piece from John Harris in the Guardian. Happy birthday Bob!
http://www.guardian.co.uk:80/music/2...ocker-turns-70

Happy birthday Bob indeed. One of the soundtracks of my life from "Freewheelin" onwards. Only saw him live once, on the 1983-4 tour - an amazing performance in which he went through the song book.

[Lateralthinking1]

The recorded version of Tangled Up in Blue.

[gurnemanz]

He's been with me ever since someone brought an LP to school which we somehow managed to play in the lunch break in the music classroom. It was the Mid-Sixties and we were mid-teens. I can't even remember which songs we heard but it hit me between the eyes.

[Mr Pee]

I must admit that I've never really "got" Bob Dylan. I always thought he sounded as though he had cotton wool stuffed up his nostrils.

[johncorrigan]

Which Birthday Bob song would you select for Radio 3's ' Breakfast ' John ( and everyone who knows me ) ?

I've been really enjoying 'John Wesley Harding' of late and would probably go for the wonderful 'Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest'. I also think Love and Theft is terrific of the later records and would definitely plump for 'High Water Rising (for Charlie Patton)'. Of course, ask me next week and I'd tell you something different. Thanks for asking Paul...what about yourself? :cool2:

[antongould]

Interestingly, or not, Paul Simon also 70 this year - we are all getting old brothers and sisters - says in a recent interview...."One of my deficiencies is my voice sounds sincere," Simon says. "I've tried to sound ironic. I don't. I can't. Dylan, everything he sings has two meanings. He's telling you the truth and making fun of you at the same time. I sound sincere every time"

My Breakfast on 3 track - The Times They Are A'Changin'

[Paul Sherratt]

>>>what about yourself.


Well I'd be tempted by ' One More Cup Of Coffee ' for Breakfast but will go with ' John Brown '

Interesting that Paul Simon observation as I've been smiling/laughing at Dylan's songs for some years now
Perhaps it's because we almost share birthdays ..

[Lateralthinking1]

Quotable Quote

"I didn't come out of a cereal box."

— Bob Dylan

Restaurant Guide

"Every restaurant in Dharamshala holds its unique identity. Himalaya restaurant at Dharamshala offers best Tibetan food at an affordable price. If you would like to try some tasty special Muesli, then JJI's café is the best destination. It will give you the experience of food in the background music of Bob Dylan".

Breakfast with Bob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bqJtO9rwPM

Best Dylan line from Porridge

"What Bob Dylan?"
Fletch: "No the hippy rabbit from the magic roundabout".

(Yesterday's) Scrambled Eggs

"Dylan had a particular dislike of McCartney's "Yesterday", a song which originally had an opening verse of "Scrambled Eggs/Oh, my baby how I love your legs". According to Bob, "If you go into the Library of Congress, you can find a lot better than that. There are millions of songs like 'Michelle' and 'Yesterday' written in Tin Pan Alley". Ironically, he ultimately recorded his own version of "Yesterday" four years later, but it was never released".

Early Morning Zimmerman



Orange Juice Blues

http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/orange...lues-breakfast

Marmalade Records

"Marmalade Records was a short-lived British independent record label (distributed by Polydor). Started by Swiss-resident Georgian pop impresario and ex-manager of both the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds Giorgio Gomelsky in 1967, it released records by artists including Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and The Trinity, who jointly reached No. 5 in the UK in 1968 with Dylan and Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire"."

Grapefruit Moon Gallery - Dylan on Von Schmidt

http://grapefruitmoongallery.com/finearts/440.shtml

Hard Boiled in the Highlands

"Well, it must be a holiday, there's nobody around
She studies me closely as I sit down
She got a pretty face, with long white shiny legs
I said, "Tell me what I want," she say, "You probably want hard boiled eggs."

One More Cup Of (Turkish) Coffee

http://video.mynet.com/waterangel/On...n-Baez/293597/