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From: Darla@cup.portal.com (Kuby - Downs)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 92 20:46:26 PDT
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Hiyas All!

I just had to jump in here and say just how much I enjoyed this thread.
I've been lurking on this group for months now. This was my first
subscribed Internet Group and I was so happy to see that there
were so many other Dylan fans. The sad fact is, however, NONE 
of Bob's songs irritate me.

However, after reading this quote, I agreed and decided to jump in.

=>The group has been quiet, and I've been feeli ng a little upset about the
=> large amount of activity on rec.music.gdead -- Bob deserves more!

I sequence Midi files for the IBM with my MT-32. I 've done one Dylan
song. 'I Want You'.  If anyone is interested, I'll put it on the FTP site
that's mentioned, now that I have FTP access.

                                                          Darla
                                                       darla@cup.portal.com
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From: maes@prl.philips.nl (Maurice Maes)
Subject: Dylan tabs
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:38:28 GMT

Anyone looking for Dylan tabs or lyrics?
I just saw that many of these are being posted in alt.guitar.tab, so check
it out.



-- 

Maurice Maes
From: u6409886@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Date: 2 Sep 92 01:00:19 GMT
Organization: The University of Melbourne

What ! Romance in Durango is my wife's favourite Dylan song. Is Your Love
in Vain is a great song (interesting - I nearly typed "vein"), and a few other
favourites have been unmercifully savaged. I'm sure others will take up
the dare, but I for one will defend "Covenant Woman". First time I heard
"Saved" this one stood out as the best track, and I think it still is.
I suppose a good criterion for the Dylan clunkers is "which tracks do I
always hit 'next' on the CD player when they appear ?" My list appears
below. Now, where is my asbestos jock-strap ?

	Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (sorry, bores the hell out of me)
	Joey (ditto - can't get interested, used to like it though)
	Clean Cut Kid
	Three Angels (worst track ever by a major artist - including P McC !)
	It's Alright Ma etc (a bit trite lyrically IMO)
	With God on Our Side (pompous - and "fried" ??)

Andrew Davies, Physics Melbourne Uni

p.s. Silvio is a stinker too.
From: jojw@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John J. Wood)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Mike Bloomfield
Date: 23 Aug 92 23:18:44 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

John Howells replies to Steve Bloom...
>He first played with Bob on "Like a Rolling Stone" and the subsequent
>Highway 61 album. His only live appearances with Bob consist of the
>Newport '65 festival, where he played three songs with Bob, and one of
>the 1980 San Francisco appearances at the Fox Warfield theatre. I'm not
>sure of any others.

Outside his work with Dylan, Bloomfield is also best known as the lead
guitarist for the first incarnation of The Butterfield Blues Band, then
moved on to help form The Electric Flag.  He also was involved in a few
Al Kooper projects, including the superjam album where he appeared on
one half (Stephen Stills the other).  Some solo material exists, but
probably the best point to start would be the Butterfield Blues Band's
excellent EAST-WEST album, followed by their self-titled debut.

ODylanC:  Favorite Dylan song under one minute:  "Jet Pilot";-)

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From: m1d4783@tamsun.tamu.edu (michael denison)
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Keywords: Dylan irritating
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:52:13 GMT

In article <mvjn+am.michel@netcom.com> michel@netcom.com (Steve Michel) writes:
>Well, even though the man has written a lot of great songs, he's also
>written some clunkers. I'm not asking for Bob's _worst_ songs,
>but rather his most irritating.

Blowin' in the Wind
_Saved_
Rainy Day Women
Disease of Conceit
(Any live version of) Maggie's Farm
Joey
-- 
 "You know what they say about men with *large* vocabularies...."
michael d. denison                          m1d4783@tamsun.tamu.edu
From: GC015@vd.seqeb.gov.au
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Date: 3 Sep 92 10:29:38 EST
Organization: South East Queensland Electricity Board

I'd defend 
Baby Stop Crying (though I can understand why it was mentioned)
Lenny Bruce
Sweetheart like You
and Andrew! Andrew! wash your mouth out with warm soapy water ;-)
It's Alright Ma is brilliant, the sarcasm, the satire!
'If my thought dreams could be seen, they'd put me head inside a guillotine,
but it's alright Ma it's LIFE & LIFE only.'

I guess it amounts to what is your definition of irritating. John said it had
to be repetitious. I reckon it's if the lyrics grate. I mean we listen to him
for the lyrics, don't we?

> Rainy Day Women?  
Don't forget that he broke new ground here. I mean in '66 you didn't sing about
those sort of things. A friend who has been a Dylan fan a long time tells the
story of listening to this song on the radio & having his father come in and
turn it off, because they shouldn't sing about that. I mean they banned If You
gotta Go, Go Now.

My list:
Clean Cut Kid
Under a Red Sky
Maggies Farm (I aint gonna' listen to Maggies Farm no more)
Man in Me
If Dogs Run Free
Trouble, Trouble

I'll just jump in to the pool. Ok, flame away!

Cheers...Gordon
> 
>
From: Christian Ullsperger <ullsperg@enz.berk.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Date: 3 Sep 1992 02:23:42 GMT
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>In article <mvjn+am.michel@netcom.com>, michel@netcom.com (Steve Michel)
writes:
>> I'm not asking for Bob's _worst_ songs,
>> but rather his most irritating.

Okay, let me add a few of my own:

1. No Time to Think:  meaningless but pretentious sounding; these two
descriptors are also the songs only redeeming qualities

2. Anything off of Budakon except "I Want You": am I forgetting something
else?

3. gee, i can't think of any more that really _irritate_ me...
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From: howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John Howells)
Subject: Re: SONG LYRICS WANTED
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr. Mtn Vw CA 94035
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 15:01:42 GMT

jokerman@colores.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Karl-Heinz Meurer) writes:

<And some other remarks: 1) Blonde on Blonde CD. I've heard that     
<there are at least three different CD versions of this, one
<(I think the first) with an edited version of 'Sad Eyed Lady ..'
<and an alternate take (!!!) of '4th Time Around'. I would
<also be very glad to hear exact information about this,
<cause I would like to buy 'Blonde on Blonde' an CD.

I doubt very much that there was ever an alternate take of "4th Time
Around", but I would be very happy to be proven wrong! The 1st version
of the CD had both "Sad Eyed Lady" and "Just Like a Woman" prematurely
faded to fit the entire album on the then-standard length disc. The
next version restored the full length of one of the songs, but still
faded the other. The 3rd and final version is the complete album.
Unfortunately, I don't know too many specifics, but I believe the full
version clocks out at 74+ minutes. If you find the CD at somewhere
around 71 minutes, then you have the truncated version.

--
                                        John Howells
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                                        howells@earth.arc.nasa.gov
From: jhm@raster.mn.org (Jeff Michaud)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Orpheum Theater 8/31/92 (Corrected)
Summary: Another good one
Keywords: Ballad, Hollis Brown
Date: 2 Sep 92 00:50:08 GMT
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Got one song wrong, so here is the correct list:


8/31/92
Orpheum Theater
Minneapolis

Rainy day women
I'll remember you
All along the watchtower
Shelter from the storm
Simple twist of fate
I don't believe you
I'll be your baby tonight
Little Moses
Boots of spanish leather
*Ballad of Hollis Brown*
Gates of eden
Silvio
If not for you
Times they are a'changin
Maggie's farm

Man in the long black coat
Highway 61
It ain't me babe


Not as good as the last two shows, but they were a tough act to follow.
Highlights: Maggie's farm, MITLBC, Highway 61.
Opening were Ray and Glover (of Koerner, Ray and Glover fame).

-- 
Jeff Michaud                        "Graffiti Man has somethin' to say"
jhm@raster.mn.org                              -- John Trudell

-- 
Jeff Michaud                        "Graffiti Man has somethin' to say"
jhm@raster.mn.org                              -- John Trudell
From: michaud@cdsmn.mn.org (Jeff Michaud)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Orpheum Theater 8/31/92
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:42:02 GMT
Organization: Dicomed, Inc, Burnsville, MN.
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akp1@ellis.uchicago.edu (irradiated fruit) writes:
: The two setlists posted for last night's show don't seem to jive very well.
: This is how they compare:
: 		Bob Dylan @ Orpheum Theater, Aug. 31, 1992
: Jeff Michaud sez:			Ken Olstad sez:
: -----------------			---------------
: Rainy Day Women				Rainy Day Women
: I'll Remember You			I'll Remember You
: All Along the Watchtower		
: Shelter from the Storm			Shelter from the Storm
: Simple Twist of Fate			Simple Twist of Fate
: I Don't Believe You			I Don't Believe You
: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight		I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
: Little Moses				Little Moses
: Boots of Spanish Leather		Boots of Spanish Leather
: Seven Curses				Ballad of Hollis Brown
: Gates of Eden				Gates of Eden
: Silvio					Silvio
: If Not for You				If Not for You
: Times They Are A-Changin'		Times They Are A-Changin'
: Maggie's Farm				Maggie's Farm
: Man in the Long Black Coat		Man in the Long Black Coat
: Hwy 61 Revisited			Hwy 61 Revisited
: It Ain't Me Babe			It Ain't Me Babe
: 
: 18 songs				17 songs
: 
: I think it is *much* more likely that the song played after Boots of Spanish
: Leather was Hollis Brown and *not* Seven Curses.  However, does this mean
: that he didn't play Watchtower?
: 
: If you've got a setlist, double-check it and let us know.  Some things you just
: can't leave hanging like this. ;-)
: 
: 						-Adam K. Powers
: 						akp1@midway.uchicago.edu
: Five more days 'til Kansas City!!!

My mistake: he most definitely did play Hollis Brown and not Seven curses
(I posted a corrected set list, if you didn't get it let me know).
He also most definitely played Watchtower as the third song all three nights.

Sorry for the confusion..
-- 
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From: akp1@ellis.uchicago.edu (irradiated fruit)
Subject: Re: Orpheum Theater 8/31/92
Reply-To: akp1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:03:18 GMT

The two setlists posted for last night's show don't seem to jive very well.
This is how they compare:
		Bob Dylan @ Orpheum Theater, Aug. 31, 1992
Jeff Michaud sez:			Ken Olstad sez:
-----------------			---------------
Rainy Day Women				Rainy Day Women
I'll Remember You			I'll Remember You
All Along the Watchtower		
Shelter from the Storm			Shelter from the Storm
Simple Twist of Fate			Simple Twist of Fate
I Don't Believe You			I Don't Believe You
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight		I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Little Moses				Little Moses
Boots of Spanish Leather		Boots of Spanish Leather
Seven Curses				Ballad of Hollis Brown
Gates of Eden				Gates of Eden
Silvio					Silvio
If Not for You				If Not for You
Times They Are A-Changin'		Times They Are A-Changin'
Maggie's Farm				Maggie's Farm
Man in the Long Black Coat		Man in the Long Black Coat
Hwy 61 Revisited			Hwy 61 Revisited
It Ain't Me Babe			It Ain't Me Babe

18 songs				17 songs

I think it is *much* more likely that the song played after Boots of Spanish
Leather was Hollis Brown and *not* Seven Curses.  However, does this mean
that he didn't play Watchtower?

If you've got a setlist, double-check it and let us know.  Some things you just
can't leave hanging like this. ;-)

						-Adam K. Powers
						akp1@midway.uchicago.edu
Five more days 'til Kansas City!!!
From: C.D.Hall@cm.cf.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Tape swap
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:02:40 GMT
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff
X-Mailer: Cardiff Computing Maths PP Mail Open News Gateway
X-Mts: smtp

Greetings,
         I wonder if anyone out there could help (or more precisely, help a friend of mine not on the network):

         I have a number of UK bootleg tapes and radio recordings I would like to swap for live US Dylan tapes.
My tapes are by numerous groups - I could send you further details if you'd like to swap.
         Please e-mail me if you have anything of interest and I shall forward my (my friends) own UK tape list.
Then perhaps we can arrange a swap
         Thanks in advance (and sorry if this sort of message isn-t really appropriate here!)

                                                                Cheers, D.
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From: akp1@ellis.uchicago.edu (irradiated fruit)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:39:10 GMT
Reply-To: akp1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations


	Well, I'll agree that some of the songs previously mentioned are
somewhat irritating, but nobody has gone after the *real* stinkers, the ones
that make even the most obsessive die-hard fans cringe:

If Dogs Run Free - Dylan the jazz singer?  Who is that singing in the
	background, and why does she sound like she's making fun of us for
	listening to this song?
Belle Isle - Maybe this song has a melody, maybe it doesn't.  Bob only knows.
	Then again, based on the arrangement, maybe even he doesn't know...
Woogie Boogie - After the other lush string arrangements on _Self-Portrait_,
	doesn't that raunchy sax solo just make your day?
Winterlude - A song about ice-skating.  Storybook Christmas-y cheer.  Lots of
	gushy, squishy sentiments.  "Winterlude, this dude thinks you're fine."
	...okay...whatever you say, Bob...
Wigwam - Grocery-store music from hell.

Of course, this doesn't even take the _Dylan_ album into consideration, since
that was Columbia's bright idea, not Dylan's...

						-Adam K. Powers
						akp1@midway.uchicago.edu

Four more days 'til Kansas City!!!
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From: howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John Howells)
Subject: Re: Orpheum Theater 8/31/92
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr. Mtn Vw CA 94035
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 17:12:28 GMT

jhm@raster.mn.org (Jeff Michaud) writes:

<8/31/92
<Orpheum Theater
<Minneapolis

<Seven curses
^^^^^^^^^^^^^  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--
                                        John Howells
                                        howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov 
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From: raghu@nairobi.eecs.umich.edu (Raghu Mani)
Subject: The Wallflowers
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:08:52 GMT


Was watching MTV about 1/2 hour ago and they were saying something
about a group called the Wallflowers whose lead singer is Bob Dylan's
son - I think his name is Jakob Dylan. From what was said I gathered
that these guys have toured extensively and have released an album.
Has anyone out there heard them? - if so, could you tell me how 
good/bad they are?

Raghu Mani
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:42:30 EDT
From: <ADB103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: want erie have other masters for trade

I would be interested in getting a copy of this recent show.
I have masters of the following to trade:
State College, PA 1-19-90 aud master
Williamsport, PA 2-21-91 aud master
Both shows are analog sonyD5
get in touch if you want to trade thanks, EDB
From: farowich@hiwa61.seo.dec.com (Steven A. Farowich)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:57:31 GMT
Reply-To: farowich@hiwa61.seo.dec.com (Steven A. Farowich)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Rainy Day Women?  Gotta be included.


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From: chalmers@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (David Chalmers)
Subject: Re: Irritating Songs
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:28:16 GMT

First, here are a few that are *not* irritating (to me).  "Covenant
Woman is easily my favourite thing on _Saved_.  The singing is
incredible.  Trite lyrics maybe, but he really sounds like he
means it.  "Under the Red Sky" is my favourite song on UTRS, which
is otherwise mostly pretty bland (maybe it's just Al Kooper that
I like here).  Nothing on Street-Legal is irritating (in fact
everything is wonderful), though New Pony can be a bit grating.
And personally, I sort of like "Man Gave Names to All the Animals",
although you don't want to listen to it repeatedly.

To make the irritation factor interesting, it's probably best to
exclude songs off albums that are mostly irritating themselves,
in whole or in large part.  So we can leave off New Morning,
Self-Portrait, and Nashville Skyline, and Down in the Groove, on
all of which the irritation factor is extremely high.  That leaves
irritating songs on reasonable albums.  Of course, the most
irritating song is needn't be the worst song, although quite often
it is.  Trying to pick about one from each:

BOB DYLAN: Both the originals here are fine.

FREEWHEELIN': Blowin' in the Wind (sorry!)

TIMES: With God On Our Side (easy decision)

ANOTHER SIDE: Ballad in Plain D (ditto)

BRINGING: Maggie's Farm (more irritating live than on the album)

HIGHWAY 61: Nothing irritating!

BLONDE ON BLONDE: Rainy Day Women (though at the right time and place...)

BASEMENT TAPES: Nothing really.  Clothes-Line Saga is deliberately
  irritating, so that doesn't count (I heard the Roches do a great
  cover of this recently).

JOHN WESLEY HARDING: Frankie Lee is marginal, but everything's OK.

PLANET WAVES: Again, nothing really irritating.

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: Meet Me in the Morning perhaps, and maybe Lily by
  the 10th minute or so, but these are quite tolerable.

DESIRE: Oh Sister, maybe?

SLOW TRAIN: When You Gonna Wake Up?

SAVED: Are You Ready?

SHOT OF LOVE: Trouble (easy choices, these last few).

INFIDELS: Neighbourhood Bully.  Union Sundown is also a contender.

EMPIRE BURLESQUE: Clean-Cut Kid (possibly the most irritating of them all).
I also find "Trust Yourself" difficult to endure.

KNOCKED OUT LOADED: Drifting Too Far From Shore.

OH MERCY: Disease of Conceit

RED SKY: Nothing too bad, maybe "10,000 Men".

The overall Top 5 irritators:

1. Clean-Cut Kid.
2. Drifting Too Far From Shore.
3. Ballad in Plain D.
4. Are You Ready?
5. Rainy Day Women #12 and 35.

-- 
Dave Chalmers                            (dave@cogsci.indiana.edu)      
Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana University.
"It is not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable."
From: michel@netcom.com (Steve Michel)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Subject: Irritating Songs
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:17:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.stknwbc.michel
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John Howells (howells@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov) mentioned:
 
Gates of Eden
Emmett Till
Trust Yourself
Man Gave Names To All the Animals
Heart of Mine
 
Took a lot of guts to mention "Gates." I have to agree with you. I just goes on and on. But I like it better than "Baby Blue." I also like "Emmet Till" but can see your point. But "Heart of Mine" is terrific!
 
-------------
 
Emmett Witchel (witchel@Xenon.Stanford.EDU) says, "This is a dangerous thread.  I took immediate exception to some of these choices, as I am sure others will.  Still, this group is a little quiet...
 
I would disagree about the "dangerous" aspect, unless you're referring to potential flames. I hope none get going. The group has been quiet, and I've been feeling a little upset about the large amount of activity on rec.music.gdead -- Bob deserves more!
 
re: "Lenny Bruce" I like the _idea_ of the song (I'm a big Bruce fan). I also do like the lines about the taxi, and those about "shined a light into bed." But I don't like the lines about cutting off baby's heads, nor do I like the melody at all.
 
Emmett mentions:
 
1. The Man In Me
    As John said, one of the better songs from one of the lesser albums. But that's not saying a lot...
2. Romance In Durango
     Are you kidding? This is great singing!
3. Covenant Woman
     Lousy album version, but the live ones are sung with such conviction that you don't think (too much) about the fractured syntax.
4. Under a Red Sky
     Hmmm. I mentioned Handy Dandy to a friend of mine, who swore it was a great song. He said it was about Ronald Reagan...
 
-------------
Michael D. Denison (m1d4783@tamsun.tamu.edu) mentions:
 
Blowin' in the Wind
     Well, there are some nice live versions (Barcelona 84, this last spring)
_Saved_
Rainy Day Women
Disease of Conceit
(Any live version of) Maggie's Farm
     Not the live version on Hard Rain?
Joey
     Yup.
 
----
Andrew Davies mentions
 
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
     I don't think I've listened to it more than just a few times.
Joey
     That's several for Joey! I like the Desire version & the Toad's Place version.
Clean Cut Kid
     pretty irritating.
Three Angels (worst track ever by a major artist - including P McC !)
     Ach! I'd forgotten about that one!
It's Alright Ma etc (a bit trite lyrically IMO)
With God on Our Side (pompous - and "fried" ??)
     Well, with the noise about God we're getting in the US Presidential election this year, this song holds up pretty well.
 
I won't hold Bob to "Silvio" since he didn't write the lyrics (though he insists on singing it time and again). He also didn't write "Ugliest Girl in the World" so I won't hold that one against him either.
 
As John said, I intended this to be all in fun.
 
Steve
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