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MrBillM
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Me ? .08 ? Or More ?
25 years. Maybe 30.
And, I don't know EVERYTHING.
I'm just more intelligent than D-F Lefties.
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MsTerieus
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
25 years. Maybe 30.
And, I don't know EVERYTHING.
I'm just more intelligent than D-F Lefties. |
This post alone proves otherwise.
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Lee
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Throwing my hat in the ring
Never had a favorite song though some favorite albums stand out: Blonde on Blonde, Nashville Skyline, Bringing it all back home, Highway 61
Revisited, Infidels, Oh Mercy. Lost interest early 80s. 58 albums in about 50 years. He spoke for himself and some words ring true.
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
My love she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn’t have to say she’s faithful
Yet she’s true, like ice, like fire
People carry roses
Make promises by the hours
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can’t buy her
In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love she speaks softly
She knows there’s no success like failure
And that failure’s no success at all
The cloak and dagger dangles
Madams light the candles
In ceremonies of the horsemen
Even the pawn must hold a grudge
Statues made of matchsticks
Crumble into one another
My love winks, she does not bother
She knows too much to argue or to judge
The bridge at midnight trembles
The country doctor rambles
Bankers’ nieces seek perfection
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring
The wind howls like a hammer
The night blows cold and rainy
My love she’s like some raven
At my window with a broken wing
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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MrBillM
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Meaningful Thoughts.
"Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom"
Perry Como
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Skipjack Joe
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Feeling nostalgic?
http://objflicks.com/TakeMeBackToTheSixties.htm
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Cisco
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"But, then, I thought that the good guys at Kent State were the National Guard. Still do. Too bad they didn't cull more from the herd that day."
MrBillM
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THAT IS THE MOST DESPICABLE STATEMENT I HAVE SEEN ON THIS FORUM!
You must be a terribly disillusioned and angry person.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cisco
THAT IS THE MOST DESPICABLE STATEMENT I HAVE SEEN ON THIS FORUM!
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Psssssst. He actually likes to receive comments like that.
It's weird. Don't ask.
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
Some good (even great) stuff. Lousy Voice.
Back in the 60s, the people I met who found Dylan profound were usually on Drugs.
Certainly not in the same league as Johnny Mercer. |
Mercer was one of the greatest song writers ever!!
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
I have scouring a map of Baja for hours, I can't find Desolation Road or Desolation Row anywhere. Is it Sur or Norte? |
It's Norte and used to be between Puertecitos and Gonzaga. Not on most maps.
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Resurrecting an Old Post About Bob Dylan
It seems appropriate right now.
Like him or you are indifferent because he doesn't resonate.
His message of gratitude to the Nobel committee was truth, wisdom and class all the way
[Edited on 12-13-2016 by GypsyJan]
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MrBillM
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Nobel Nonsense
My opinion of the prize is reaffirmed by the selection.
But, then I think the idea that Old Alfie had something to apologize for was absurd.
The "Guilt" (?) (driven by a woman, of course) over a magnificent invention that provided immeasurable benefit to the world led to the prize
which has become (often) an expression in absurdity.
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BajaTed
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I saw on NPR where Patty Smith went to receive the Nobel prize on Bob Dylan's behalf.
After she sang one of his songs the whole Nobel committee were crying their eyes out.
IIRC, they were not all on board with his selection, they saw differently after hearing the prose and the voice in person when sung by a real pro.
Es Todo Bueno
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MrBillM
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Tearing Up
Having seen (on the news) the old and gray Gal's performance, I wasn't moved, but In this age of ".......feelings, nothing more than
feelings........", we (too) often see (supposedly) mature adults loosing their tender emotions and Blubbering over mostly
nothing so a crying jag doesn't mean much.
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redhilltown
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Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM  | | Having seen (on the news) the old and gray Gal's performance, I wasn't moved, but In this age of ".......feelings, nothing more than
feelings........", we (too) often see (supposedly) mature adults loosing their tender emotions and Blubbering over mostly
nothing so a crying jag doesn't mean much. |
Having read (on this board) of an old, sad, and bitter man's musings on feelings, I (supposedly) am inclined to not give a rat's jag as to his
comments.
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Sweetwater
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I was reminded of going to a Bob Dylan concert and having a tough time following the lyrics. Then I was reminded of going to a Lou Reed concert and
watching him need a teleprompter to sing his songs. Then I was reminded of my feeble attempts at poetry as a teenager.
Thanks for the memories, this one is Lou.
"Adventurer"
You're an adventurer
you sail across the oceans
you climb the Himalayas
seeking truth and beauty as a natural state
You're a queen reborn
worshipped from above afar
some see you as an elixir
an elemental natural seeking perfect grace
In a catacomb
or cave of endless drawings
prehistoric or religious
your accomplishments prodigious
seeking out the perfect tone
Your language so clear
your voice perfectly turning
as in the city I sit yearning
blowing rings of smoke from thin cigars
or driving fast in foreign cars
to capture your remains, huh
You're an adventurer
a turban wet wrapped 'round your head
on the mountainside they predict your death
oh how you fooled them all
But subjects are a poor excuse
when what you really want's a muse
an inspirating knowledge
of what comes before
Ooohhh, speeds of light
the momentary flicker
of a candle in its wicker basket
smoking wax, facts
Did you find that superior knowledge
that eluded you in college
Did you find that super vortex
that could cause your cerebral cortex
ooohhh, to lose its grip
You're an adventurer
you were out looking for meaning
while the rest of us were steaming
in an inspirating
ah, urban pit
An adventurer
you enter as I'm dreaming
I wish I'd never wake up
Differentiating scheming from my one true love
You're an adventurer
you love the angles and the cherries
the height and width of levies
the natural bridge and tunnels of the human race
You're an adventurer
nothing seem to scare you
and if it does it won't dissuade you
you just will not think about it
you dismiss it and defocus
you redefine the locus of your time in space, race
As you move further from me
and though I understand the thinking
and have often done the same thing
I find parts of me gone
You're an adventurer
and though I'll surely miss you
and of course I'll survive without you
and maybe good will come of that
But at this point, ah
I anticipate some grieving
and although I know your leaving
is a necessary adjunct to what we both do
An adventurer
splitting up the atom
splitting up the once was
splitting up the essence of our star-crossed fate
None who meet you
do forget you, my adventurer
my adventurer, my adventurer-venturer
my adventuress
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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AKgringo
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Bob Dylan made quite a name for himself. Literally, he was born Robert Zimmerman, but changed his name to Dylan, in honor of the poet Dylan Thomas.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Barry A.
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I always loved Bob Dylan. I seldom understood what he was singing, and when I did I could not figure out what he was talking about. Still, he has
that quality that is unique, and so nice to listen too.
------but then the "sound" is all that is important to me, and I almost never listen to the "words" of ANY song. 
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MrBillM
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Strange Attractions
While I've attended a fair number of Entertainer performances over the years and enjoyed (to various degrees) the likes of Ramsey Lewis, Wes
Montgomery, Mose Allison, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Simon & Garfunkel, the Righteous Brothers and (more
recently) Jimmy Buffett, I have never understood the "Fans" who turn those entertainers into objects of worship.
That said, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" IS a monumental philosophical expression which seems divinely inspired.
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pacificobob
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| Quote: Originally posted by MsTerieus | | Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
25 years. Maybe 30.
And, I don't know EVERYTHING.
I'm just more intelligent than D-F Lefties. |
This post alone proves otherwise. |
bingo!
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM | While I've attended a fair number of Entertainer performances over the years and enjoyed (to various degrees) the likes of Ramsey Lewis, Wes
Montgomery, Mose Allison, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Simon & Garfunkel, the Righteous Brothers and (more
recently) Jimmy Buffett, I have never understood the "Fans" who turn those entertainers into objects of worship.
That said, "Cheeseburger in Paradise" IS a monumental philosophical expression which seems divinely inspired.
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Well, given that you live in yucca valley and your landscape design is "white trash bare dirt," your opinion fits to a t, a wife beater t -- wear it
with pride.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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