OT: Bob Dylan on 60 Minutes

Any second now (on the east coast, etc)

Learning Richard wrote:[color=blue]
> Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]

[url]http://bobdylan.com/songs/itsalright.html[/url] (real audio stream at the
site)

"It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"

Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn[color=blue]
>From the fool's gold mouthpiece[/color]
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.

Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you'd just be
One more person crying.

So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.

As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.

Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.

An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge
And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.

Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.

You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.

A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not fergit
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.

Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.

While some on principles baptized
To strict party platform ties
Social clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders they can freely criticize
Tell nothing except who to idolize
And then say God bless him.

While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent out of shape from society's pliers
Cares not to come up any higher
But rather get you down in the hole
That he's in.

But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.

Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.

While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer's pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death's honesty
Won't fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes
Must get lonely.

My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
What else can you show me?

And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.

In article <1118618862.183344.231530@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]

A has-been from 40 years ago.

On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
<learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]

after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch 60
minutes again....tell me how it went...


--

Scott in Florida

Scott in Florida wrote:[color=blue]
> On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
> <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]
>
> after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch 60
> minutes again....tell me how it went...
>[/color]

He's a strange cat. I won't even ask about the guy dying. He did talk
about writing "Its Alright Ma" which is one of my all time favorite
songs. He seems strangely apolitical.

His lyrics will remain relevant though, whether you agree with them or
not. He basically said his lyrics flowed as a result of inspiration...
that he didn't think he could write those songs again.

"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1118635734.970834.129540@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>
>
> Scott in Florida wrote:[color=green]
> > On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
> > <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > >Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]
> >
> > after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch 60
> > minutes again....tell me how it went...
> >[/color]
>
> He's a strange cat. I won't even ask about the guy dying. He did talk
> about writing "Its Alright Ma" which is one of my all time favorite
> songs. He seems strangely apolitical.
>
> His lyrics will remain relevant though, whether you agree with them or
> not. He basically said his lyrics flowed as a result of inspiration...
> that he didn't think he could write those songs again.[/color]

I don't understand what Scotts remark was about... Bob Dylan wrote a LOT of
great songs, he is an amazing writer and singer.

On 12 Jun 2005 21:08:55 -0700, "Learning Richard"
<learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
>Scott in Florida wrote:[color=green]
>> On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
>> <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]
>>
>> after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch 60
>> minutes again....tell me how it went...
>>[/color]
>
>He's a strange cat. I won't even ask about the guy dying. He did talk
>about writing "Its Alright Ma" which is one of my all time favorite
>songs. He seems strangely apolitical.
>
>His lyrics will remain relevant though, whether you agree with them or
>not. He basically said his lyrics flowed as a result of inspiration...
>that he didn't think he could write those songs again.[/color]

Perhaps with the help of drugs...?

I'm really surprised he is alive...but he is a great talent.

Thanks for the rundown of the show.


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Scott in Florida

Josh wrote:[color=blue]
> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1118635734.970834.129540@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>>
>>
>> Scott in Florida wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
>>> <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any second now (on the east coast, etc)
>>>
>>> after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch
>>> 60 minutes again....tell me how it went...
>>>[/color]
>>
>> He's a strange cat. I won't even ask about the guy dying. He did
>> talk about writing "Its Alright Ma" which is one of my all time
>> favorite songs. He seems strangely apolitical.
>>
>> His lyrics will remain relevant though, whether you agree with them
>> or not. He basically said his lyrics flowed as a result of
>> inspiration... that he didn't think he could write those songs
>> again.[/color]
>
> I don't understand what Scotts remark was about... Bob Dylan wrote a
> LOT of great songs, he is an amazing writer and singer.[/color]

But his backup band went on to be one of the premier bands of the 70's
they called themselves The Band. I have only one Dylan song and
that's Knocking on Heaven's door. I also have Peter Paul and Mary
singing Blowin in the Wind.

--
Have Fun,
Night Spirit

Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and quite
good with ketchup.

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Scott in Florida wrote:[color=blue]
> On 12 Jun 2005 21:08:55 -0700, "Learning Richard"
> <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >
> >
> >Scott in Florida wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
> >> <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Any second now (on the east coast, etc)
> >>
> >> after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch 60
> >> minutes again....tell me how it went...
> >>[/color]
> >
> >He's a strange cat. I won't even ask about the guy dying. He did talk
> >about writing "Its Alright Ma" which is one of my all time favorite
> >songs. He seems strangely apolitical.
> >
> >His lyrics will remain relevant though, whether you agree with them or
> >not. He basically said his lyrics flowed as a result of inspiration...
> >that he didn't think he could write those songs again.[/color]
>
> Perhaps with the help of drugs...?
>
> I'm really surprised he is alive...but he is a great talent.
>
> Thanks for the rundown of the show.
>[/color]

I was gonna say drugs... probably the case. I heard back in 1964 they
still had real LSD on the streets ... darkness at the break of noon,
shatters even a silver spoon... hmmm

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:44:51 GMT, "Night Spirit"
<hipdale2@earthlink.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Josh wrote:[color=green]
>> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1118635734.970834.129540@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott in Florida wrote:
>>>> On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
>>>> <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Any second now (on the east coast, etc)
>>>>
>>>> after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch
>>>> 60 minutes again....tell me how it went...
>>>>
>>>
>>> He's a strange cat. I won't even ask about the guy dying. He did
>>> talk about writing "Its Alright Ma" which is one of my all time
>>> favorite songs. He seems strangely apolitical.
>>>
>>> His lyrics will remain relevant though, whether you agree with them
>>> or not. He basically said his lyrics flowed as a result of
>>> inspiration... that he didn't think he could write those songs
>>> again.[/color]
>>
>> I don't understand what Scotts remark was about... Bob Dylan wrote a
>> LOT of great songs, he is an amazing writer and singer.[/color]
>
>But his backup band went on to be one of the premier bands of the 70's
>they called themselves The Band. I have only one Dylan song and
>that's Knocking on Heaven's door. I also have Peter Paul and Mary
>singing Blowin in the Wind.[/color]

I have all of Peter Paul and Mary's songs...plus have seen them in
concert a number of times.

Even heavy...Mary still is a bit lustable.. <g>


--

Scott in Florida

I stopped watching 60 minutes years ago, when they said Audi
vehicles would not stop, and even go faster, when the driver
applied the brakes. I thought for sure everyone, except those
on the evil left like little richard, stopped watching after Dan
Rather told his lies about the President. LOL


mike hunt




Scott in Florida wrote:[color=blue]
>
> On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
> <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]
>
> after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch 60
> minutes again....tell me how it went...
>
> --
>
> Scott in Florida[/color]

[email]RustyFendor@mailcity.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> I stopped watching 60 minutes years ago, when they said Audi
> vehicles would not stop, and even go faster, when the driver
> applied the brakes. I thought for sure everyone, except those
> on the evil left like little richard, stopped watching after Dan
> Rather told his lies about the President. LOL
>[/color]

heh... did you know they have color tv's now too?

[email]RustyFendor@mailcity.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> I stopped watching 60 minutes years ago, when they said Audi
> vehicles would not stop, and even go faster, when the driver
> applied the brakes. I thought for sure everyone, except those
> on the evil left like little richard, stopped watching after Dan
> Rather told his lies about the President. LOL
>
>
> mike hunt[/color]

So, why is it you don't apply the same standards to bush?? Surely you must
think a direct-talk-to-GOD US president is more important than a CBS news
anchor.

In article <42ADB24A.BA40306E@mailcity.com>, [email]RustyFendor@mailcity.com[/email]
wrote:
[color=blue]
> I stopped watching 60 minutes years ago, when they said Audi
> vehicles would not stop, and even go faster, when the driver
> applied the brakes. I thought for sure everyone, except those
> on the evil left like little richard, stopped watching after Dan
> Rather told his lies about the President. LOL
>
>
> mike hunt
>
>
>
>
> Scott in Florida wrote:[color=green]
> >
> > On 12 Jun 2005 16:27:42 -0700, "Learning Richard"
> > <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > >Any second now (on the east coast, etc)[/color]
> >
> > after they broadcast that guy dying .... this guy won't ever watch 60
> > minutes again....tell me how it went...
> >
> > --
> >
> > Scott in Florida[/color][/color]

Years ago I wouldn't miss a 60 min. broadcast, now-a-days I never watch
it and haven't for years.

I remeber that episode about the
Audi. The only car I know of that actually speeds up when one applies
the brakes. A friend had a Audi and he said it never did that for him.
I told him there must be something wrong with it and that he should have
it checked out, LOL.
--

The only problem is we now pay more for our vehicles that must
have that stupid shift interlock because some driver didn't have
enough sense to apply the break before putting the tranny in
gear.


mike hunt


Dbu~^ wrote:[color=blue]
>
> In article <42ADB24A.BA40306E@mailcity.com>, [email]RustyFendor@mailcity.com[/email]
> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I stopped watching 60 minutes years ago, when they said Audi
> > vehicles would not stop, and even go faster, when the driver
> > applied the brakes. I thought for sure everyone, except those
> > on the evil left like little richard, stopped watching after Dan
> > Rather told his lies about the President. LOL
> >
> >
> > mike hunt
> >
> >
> >[/color]
>
> Years ago I wouldn't miss a 60 min. broadcast, now-a-days I never watch
> it and haven't for years.
>
> I remeber that episode about the
> Audi. The only car I know of that actually speeds up when one applies
> the brakes. A friend had a Audi and he said it never did that for him.
> I told him there must be something wrong with it and that he should have
> it checked out, LOL.
> --
>[/color]