Matthew Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Goodness! And I thought that Chronicles was Dylan's biggest practical joke, but this takes the cake.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Heart-Bob-...7484&sr=1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Expensive, time-consuming joke. And not all that funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Expensive, time-consuming joke. And not all that funny. Are you saying that Dylan is playing a joke on the rest of us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I think Dylan knows how he sounds now, and I also think he genuinely likes the material, although why he likes it might not be the same reaons that most people who like it like it. But then again, who knows? I also also think that Dylan is one of the driest, wryest performers in the history of the world, so maybe for him, doing material that he like the way he sounds now provides him with a conceptual chuckle or two. Not scornful or condescending or anything, just one of those things you laugh at...just because. Again, look at this cover and tell me you don't see at least some wry and dry... http://www.yenra.com/wiki/images/Bob-dylan...stmas-album.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Royalties go to a great cause, in perpetuity. I've preorderd one. Interested to hear it. I hate Xmas albums, but maybe not this one(?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I have a select few Christmas albums that I LOVE and that I listen to every year (some I even listen to year round). The Sinatra Christmas album is one. Dust-to-Digital's brilliant "Where Will You Be Christmas Day" is another. Nat King Cole. Kenny Burrell. Ray Charles. I LIKE what Bob is doing here. I LIKE the fact that he's doing the whole '50s overproduction thing. I think that it manages to be ironic and funny, yet dead serious at the same time. Only Bob could pull something like this off. Well, Tom Waits could do it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I'm with Alexander on this one. Except for the Tom Waits part. Dylan is to Tom Waits what Coltrane is to Kenny G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Dylan is to Tom Waits what Coltrane is to Kenny G. ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I'm an anti-Tom Waits crank. Pay no attention to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Expensive, time-consuming joke. And not all that funny. Are you saying that Dylan is playing a joke on the rest of us? No idea. With his fame he can record virtually anything - 'Aida', the theme from 'The Snowman' etc - and someone will commend it for its brilliance and irony. I like Xmas records - buy a couple each year. But I think I'll go for the Carla Bley if it appears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-blake Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Please, Bob, don't do that fucking "Little Drummer Boy" song. Guess what..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I actually heard that Dylan had himself un-circumsized, but they goofed up the operation, and now whenever he pees it comes out his left ear - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesbro Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Awful.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 even worse, he can only have sex standing up - or with horses - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Royalties go to a great cause, in perpetuity. He could have signed over 'Highway 61 Revisited' or 'Blonde on Blonde'. Might not get the same immediate windfall but in the long run far more lucrative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) who's getting the geld? United Jewish Appeal? NOHARMM? Edited September 21, 2009 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-blake Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Anbody seen this video of Dylan doing Hava Nagila on an ultra-orthodox Jewish telethon (I kid you not). Perhaps the single worst harmonica performance of all time! http://www.livevideo.com/video/MikeNobody/...ava-negila.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Anbody seen this video of Dylan doing Hava Nagila on an ultra-orthodox Jewish telethon (I kid you not). Perhaps the single worst harmonica performance of all time! http://www.livevideo.com/video/MikeNobody/...ava-negila.aspx If this is a song of celebration, the only thing I can think of to celebrate is that I have a pause button on my computer. Who knew Harry Dean Stanton was so talented? Up over and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Can't wait for him to cover 'I was born under a Wanderin' Star'. That I'd like to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Anbody seen this video of Dylan doing Hava Nagila on an ultra-orthodox Jewish telethon (I kid you not). Perhaps the single worst harmonica performance of all time! http://www.livevideo.com/video/MikeNobody/...ava-negila.aspx What a hoot! Thanks for posting. I loved it, of course. Hava Negeilah is nothing but a folk song, and Bob's pretty familiar with that genre. He recorded a pretty funny version of it on 4/25/62; it's available on his first Bootleg Series box. Anyway, if you want to hear him play out of tune harmonica, listen to his accompanying Nancy Griffith on "Boots of Spanish Leather" from "Other Voices, Other Rooms." On another one of these Lubavitch telethons, they played a taped performance of Bob with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, doing a song I've never heard otherwise. I think its name was "Thank God." I used to have it on a Betamax tape. It was actually a very nice song. I still remember the refrain; it was something like "You can ask him for favors, he'll meet you at the door, but be sure to count your blessings before you ask for more." I'd love to hear it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-blake Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Anbody seen this video of Dylan doing Hava Nagila on an ultra-orthodox Jewish telethon (I kid you not). Perhaps the single worst harmonica performance of all time! http://www.livevideo.com/video/MikeNobody/...ava-negila.aspx What a hoot! Thanks for posting. I loved it, of course. Hava Negeilah is nothing but a folk song, and Bob's pretty familiar with that genre. He recorded a pretty funny version of it on 4/25/62; it's available on his first Bootleg Series box. Anyway, if you want to hear him play out of tune harmonica, listen to his accompanying Nancy Griffith on "Boots of Spanish Leather" from "Other Voices, Other Rooms." On another one of these Lubavitch telethons, they played a taped performance of Bob with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, doing a song I've never heard otherwise. I think its name was "Thank God." I used to have it on a Betamax tape. It was actually a very nice song. I still remember the refrain; it was something like "You can ask him for favors, he'll meet you at the door, but be sure to count your blessings before you ask for more." I'd love to hear it again. You mean his performance with Nancy Griffith is worse? Ohhh myyyyy Goooodddd! I'll have to look for the Tom Petty number. That must be surreal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 This album is great fun. If you like recent Dylan, and have any idea you'd like this, you'll like this. Personnel includes Phil Upchurch and Dave Hidalgo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 This album is great fun. If you like recent Dylan, and have any idea you'd like this, you'll like this. Personnel includes Phil Upchurch and Dave Hidalgo. God, now all we need is a Hendrix thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) There already is one. More than one. Don't be a hater. Edited October 17, 2009 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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