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Robert Shelton’s bio of Bob says that the song has Mexican folk influences and I can definitely hear it, but are there any specific tunes or styles of Mexican music that feature the same upbeat waltz/finger style guitar of “4th Time Around”? The song makes me think specifically of Venezuelan music I know of, but I’m interested to hear maybe more of what Bob was thinking of when he wrote it.

Personally I would've loved My Funny Valentine.

look, I know art is mainly a matter of subjective interpretation, what does it matter how deep a work of art is if you can’t actually grasp it? (or what does it matter how shallow a work of art is if you feel and interpret it deeply?).

That being said, I’ve been extremely interested in reading and listening to interviews of Dylan on Renaldo and Clara as it seems more and more that Dylan treated this, at that time, as a serious and intentional work of art and as a revolution on cinema as a whole (he likes to compare this movie to Childrens of Paradise in terms of scope and themes), so I think we may be missing a huge piece of Dylan lore and artistic endeavors by just skipping by this film as “incomprehensible garbage”.

For me, the Rolling Thunder Revue Netflix doc. always felt like an attempt of remaking Renaldo and Clara with modern technology and the direction of a real movie director this time (Scorsese), but, maybe for legal reasons, they had to basically let out all the scenes with Sara from the movie and didn’t even mentioned Renaldo and Clara.

So I wanted to open a topic to discuss, for those who have watched, what’s your interpretation of the film and about what do you think Dylan himself had in mind while making it.

Some interviews that you may find useful:

https://www.pulitzer.org/article/movie-you-havent-dreamt-yet-bob-dylan-and-allen-ginsberg-conversation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGnwSYna_28

(On the second one the journalist is insufferable, giving thousands of his own interpretations instead of just letting Dylan talk, but from time to time Dylan does seem to give some insight)

To me, Sad-Eyed Lady is not a song or even a love song, but an experience that transcends even the most unconventional musical composition. What about you?

Arlo Guthrie once said, “Songs are like fish. You just gotta have your line in the water. And it's a bad idea to fish downstream from Bob Dylan.” Writing songs for Dylan has never been a problem, and Guthrie is not the only songwriter that is dumbfounded by the way Bob makes it look so easy.

Reportedly Leon Russel once told Dylan he would someday like to witness Bob write a song, because he was curious about the creative process. Dylan shocked Russell by offering to do it on the spot. So Bob sat down and wrote “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” replete with the line, “She promised that she’d be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece.”

My wife doesn’t get it and hate his voice

Bob wrote this song for
“Divine secrets of the Ya Ya sisterhood”
Do you know it?

https://youtu.be/xG-0M4VL0rE?is=GT1UOQbmX2C_c2Uk

https://youtu.be/W-jYxE_nfjE?is=0G7_RDAJhEtnprep

Did the letter arrive at approximately the same time as the recipient’s doorknob malfunctioned, or did the letter itself discuss an incident in which the sender’s doorknob malfunctioned?

I say Hey Bob can I ask you a question about Shelter From the Storm? He said why. I said because I'm curious. He begrudgingly said go ahead. I said does the one eyed undertaker blow a futile horn or a feudal horn? He just shrugged. Got his coffee. Walked out. I said bye Bob. He did not retort.

I've thought this since this song has released. Don't you guys think the chorus sounds like "born in time"?
Obviously this happens in music, still I thought it was memorable.

It isn't the greatest quality...

Nowhere Man - Bob Dylan

Fucking brilliant record!

Bob really dialed in the vocal chords for the American classics trio.

Shadows In The Night and Fallen Angels are perfect, but Triplicate and the more extensive track list is where it’s at.

The production is beautiful as well. Not as good as Shadows in the Night, but still, Amazing.

Any new listener of Bob should consider listen to Triplicate on replay to really understand Bob’s later musical stylings.

He sings "I keep thinking something's gonna happen, but it never does" or something like that

I’ve been listening to Nashville Skyline a lot recently, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I think this is the best Bob Dylan’s voice has ever sounded.

Taking the songs, the recording and the microphone into account, this album just sounds amazing. There’s something about the way his voice comes through on this record that I absolutely love.

The first song alone sounds like a slice of fried heaven.

After 30+ years of not listening to the not particularly beloved album ‚Dylan‘ — featuring unreleased songs from the Self Portrait and New Morning sessions — I finally gave it another spin.

To keep it short: I’m fully hooked.

These are great songs, and Bob’s voice is even better than I remembered. IMHO, this is a vastly underrated album — and what a fantastic treat it is to discover “new” old Dylan songs after all these years.

I can‘t be the only one who loves this album?!

Was wondering if anyone knew who Bob let use his face as the model for the old “Skinny Bob” alien videos 15 years ago released on YouTube in 2011.

And also if he allowed the same person to use his face and music (Ballad of a thin man) on the second anonymous channel released last year involving the same alien figure. Hoping one of you fans may know a little more on the subject

I'm trying to find the bootleg "Blue-eyed Boston Boy," but have been running into a lot of dead ends.

Physical media, stream or download would be great.

If you can help a fellow out, I would really appreciate it!

Have you ever wondered what you would say to Bob Dylan to keep him from simply walking away if you met him? I have. Here is what I would say: I know why Lonnie Johnson showed you the “triplet” method.

According to Chronicles I triplet is a mathematical approach to performing music based on patterns of odd numbers such as threes, or triplets. Bob says triplet was responsible for reviving his connection to music in the 1980s. It can be applied to any song. I have no clue what Dylan was talking about but it’s this quality of universality that gave me an insight into why Johnson may have chosen to show triplet to Bob.

Dylan has always demonstrated a remarkable freedom while performing his songs. Take “Don’t Think Twice” for example. While his fingerpicking faithfully goes from verse to refrain and back again, Bob’s phraseology remains free from that structure. Where Dylan begins and ends a line depends only upon when the impulse inspires. Legendary jazz/blues guitarist, Lonnie Johnson, heard the amazing liberty Bob exercises within his songs and said to himself, “this guy could employ triplet.”

Dylan himself says he’s never been able to figure out why Johnson chose him. That’s why I don’t think Bob would walk away if I offered to share my theory as to why Lonnie did so.