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Wednesday, December 8. 2010

Don't listen to them, Bob

WSJ thinks maybe Bob should retire from touring.


It's been years since Bob could sing like a bird. Now he croaks like a frog. So what? It's not opera, and he still has the phrasing.


Pic is Bob at his house in Woodstock, NY, 1960-something.

Posted by Bird Dog in The Song and Dance Man at 13:41 | Comments (17) | Trackbacks (0)

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One of my favorite Dylan tunes is Girl from the North Country.. I think he did it with Johnny Cash..

:)
#1 Jack on 2010-12-08 14:43 (Reply)
Jack,

Obviously you mean the duet with Joni (Anderson) Mitchell?
#1.1 Garry on 2010-12-08 23:03 (Reply)
There's a poll at the above WSJ link asking participants which music artist should retire- among the list - Neil (you ain't) Young, Carly Simon, Paul Mc Cartney and JT. My vote is "ABD" (Anybody But Dylan.) Follow the link for Dylan to wish you a Merry Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus
#2 Edwerido on 2010-12-08 15:02 (Reply)
I'm surprised that they didn't have Aerosmith in that poll.

By the way, I voted for McCartney. :>)
#2.1 Tom Francis on 2010-12-08 16:23 (Reply)
Tom,

I'm surprised at your choice of McCartney. You didn't like some of his later albums like "Flaming Pie," or "Chaos and Creation?"

(I do want him to shut up, politically, though...)

My vote? The Trolling Stones. They haven't made any good music in decades, and they look like fools jumping around up there at their age.
#2.1.1 Big___Al on 2010-12-08 18:34 (Reply)
I look like a fool clown idiot really cool dude when I play with the local 60 and over garage band, but I've been told by family members that I'm getting a little long in the tooth for rock and roll.

To which I say Pshaw - I'm having fun so I don't care.

That's the way I look at The Stones. :>)

I'm not a big McCartney fan - never was. I did like his Wings album though.
#2.1.1.1 Tom Francis on 2010-12-08 18:50 (Reply)
I got nothin' against playing rock-n-roll at our advanced age...

But the skin-tight tights, long hair, pretending you can sing like you used to, jumping over a much-diminished candlestick, and selling it to the public...

Sorry, man... It ain't me, babe.
#2.1.1.1.1 Big___Al on 2010-12-08 19:04 (Reply)
Edwierdo,

Been a BD fan ALL my life !! He shud have retired many moons ago.

The Canuck
#2.2 Garry on 2010-12-08 23:07 (Reply)
Jack, he did in fact sing Girl from the North Country with Johnny Cash. When it first came out, I wore out the 45. It was, and still is beautiful.
#3 Cilla Mitchell, Galveston Texas (Link) on 2010-12-08 15:21 (Reply)
Hey - if the guy wants to tour, then let him tour. If people want to see him perform, then they will pay for the priviledge. Heck, people still go to Springsteen concerts and he never could sing in the first place, never mind now (I'm not a Springsteen fan at all).

Part of it depends on the venue and who is running the sound board. I saw BB King three years ago in a small setting at Foxwoods and the opening band was horrible - the sound engineer was a moron - the speakers/mikes and instruments were not mixed properly and unbalanced - just a mess. And that band was pretty good - I know three of the five members - but they sounded like crack addled ferrets stuffed into a metal trash can. Then BB arrived up with his band and the sound was perfect - a different engineer who knew what he was doing.
#4 Tom Francis on 2010-12-08 16:33 (Reply)
Hey Bird Dog,

Sorry this is "off-topic," but what is up with the comment restriction on your Weds Morning Links?
#5 Big___Al on 2010-12-08 18:17 (Reply)
Technical error I guess.
#5.1 Bird Dog on 2010-12-08 18:36 (Reply)
Figured as much.

Shame, though... was a cornucopia of great links on which to comment.
#5.1.1 Big___Al on 2010-12-08 19:17 (Reply)
Dylan said in an interview on 60 minutes with that bradley guy back in '04 I think that God gave him a gift and his touring and playing 100+ nights per year was the only way he could figger to repay the gift...

they don't call it The Neverending Tour for nuthin'...
#6 Pajak (Link) on 2010-12-09 10:53 (Reply)
That old man still has a few good tunes left in him. It will be my great pleasure to carry the colors for him as long as I am able.
#7 bareknuckle nelson on 2010-12-09 12:11 (Reply)
Love the guy. Wonder if he would consider playing a show in my back yard.

Anyone listening to the Witmark Demos got anything to say about 'em?
#8 Woody on 2010-12-10 20:19 (Reply)
To the WSJ (and anyone else) - folks should retire when they no longer enjoy doing what they are doing. entertainers should consider same when people quit coming to their performances .... it 's on one else's business.
#9 HarryHex (Link) on 2010-12-14 12:34 (Reply)

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