Was watching some old videos tonight and stumbled across the video of Bob Dylan singing "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man". Not only was he a great musician,
but his lyrics are stunning and beautiful, especially the last two verses of this song that probably describes the reason we all are drawn to Baja:
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow
Enjoy this video, when the world was young and a kinder gentler and most of all simpler place...
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Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
but his lyrics are stunning and beautiful,
No doubt, I can probably sing along with most of his songs,
kinda grew in that era. There was some disjointed lyrics as
admitted by him as well ' When a bowling ball came down the
road and knocked me off my feet' and a more notable one
' They asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my
pants', not being sarcastic, I get your drift, Baja is good for
the soul, where you been anyway?
4/5 years ago I won two tickets to see bob at the greek theater...Freakin ALSOME !!! Thanks KPIG !! and last week I missed Gordon lightfoot here
(santa Cruz ca) at a small venue
Oh Wesson...one of my favorite scenes from any movie...and one of the most under rated of all time! Sheriff Baker (Slim Pickens) dying, looking out
at the at the river he was going leave town on...
"What you want, and what you get are TWO different things."
30 years ago, (I can't believe 30 yrs) I worked in Malibu CA for 2 months and found Bob Dylan's house to be on a couple acres (I'm guessing) of
untouched land with a modest looking un-manicured house in the middle. Somehow I was not surprised at the place Bob called home (or possibly one of
his homes, I don't know) but it was a sight as striking as his music because of the surrounding big money real estate. Real and honest. So, I
agree, Bob would fit, in Baja.
Not far away, Johnny Carson's place was the opposite. Perfect but for a 50's something coupe parked in a corner on the property that the gate guard
told me was Johnny's first car and he kept around but didn't drive.
Very interesting replies Bajalearner and captkw. The Greek Theatre is an awesome venue however I have been reading it is in financial jeopardy and I
would have done anything to see Gordon Lightfoot, "Sundown".
Bajalearner, I am not surprised at the modesty of Bob Dylan's home. He was definitely different but it takes difference in this world to become a
standout and become an icon in the music world. It's the guy that always wants to fit in that doesn't live to his full potential.
"kinder, gentler." Sorry but the memory of this 70 year old begs to differ. 50,000 of my contemporaries killed in Vietnam and hundreds of thousands
of Vietnamese. A million or more killed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. 1968 Chicago riots at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Violent civil
rights struggle in the South. The Gulags in the Soviet Union. I certainly don't remember those days as kinder or gentler and frankly I don't think
the overall human condition has changed much for the better.
Originally posted by KurtG
I certainly don't remember those days as kinder or gentler and frankly I don't think the overall human condition has changed much for the better.
.....good point KG...perhaps call -us- .... 'simpler,,stoopider' back then
. ,,,or at least 'young and naive'
I think KurtG, when we were younger and life was much simpler for us as teens and children where we weren't directly responsible for the war in
Vietnam and our parents did the worrying for us. Of course at the time we thought things were a big deal if we didn't get the shoes or clothes that
everyone else was wearing. And at the time, we didn't appreciate all of the things our parents did for us and the carefree afternoons cruising around
with our friends. Those were the days!!
I am enjoying your perspectives in this string. I think you "get" Dylan.
Dylan, the man scoffs at the idea of being a philosopher, and he will not/is incapable of taking on that role publicly. Dylan, the songwriter/singer
is a philosopher/psychic.
As an artist, he is a medium. Universal messages pass through artist/mediums and they, themselves, could not tell you where their ideas came from.
His concentration and artistry has always been the music. When artists evolve and change, i.e. when he went electric, the public usually resists. They
don't like change. All Dylan really wanted to do was to improve as a singer.
In retrospect, his evolution has been good, and successful! It is not necessarily better...just different. I think the difference is; he changed from
a poet to an improved singer; more melodic and musically more mature.
What he did in the beginning is great in its own right.That is still my favorite Dylan. It stands alone and apart, and really shouldn't be compared
with his mid-career and later work. His early work embodies a whole era. It is representative of the 60s generation. Everybody relates to it.
For most, it conjures good memories...nostalgia, if you will. For
others, it represents a political, reactionary conservatism; an era to be reviled. They are stuck/frozen in that mindset. We, as much as they try to pigeon hole us as stereotypes, have moved on. "
Originally posted by Cisco For others, it represents a
political, reactionary conservatism; an era to be reviled. They are
stuck/frozen in that mindset. We, as much as they try to pigeon hole us as stereotypes, have moved on. "
I don't think I could be further from being a "reactionary conservative." I'm more to the left of center and do not "revile" that era. I have great
memories of those years while clearly understanding that many in the world were suffering. I seem to change my opinion almost daily on whether or not
the world has gotten better.
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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others, it represents a political, reactionary conservatism; an era to be reviled. 
They are stuck/frozen in that mindset. We, as much as they try to pigeon hole us as stereotypes, have moved on. 