The Bob Dylan 70th birthday thread

cusamano · Post by **cusamano** » Tue May 24, 2011 6:36 pm

There have been enough R.I.P. threads recently.
Time to honour one of the greatest musicians ever!
TodayÂ´s his 70th birthday.

Blonde on Blonde from 1966 is one of his best and one of my all-time favourite albums!

Nos89 · Post by **Nos89** » Tue May 24, 2011 7:49 pm

Didn't think he'd make it to 70 a couple years back. Highway 61 Revisited beats Blonde On Blonde everyday. Both great albums. I would love to see him at Finsbury Park in the summer. Someone should give him and Arsenal shirt with Dylan 70 0n the back. Happy Birthday Bob.

merson_is_god · Post by **merson_is_god** » Tue May 24, 2011 7:56 pm

Happy birthday to the great man!

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Tue May 24, 2011 9:16 pm

Yup! Happy Birthday Bobby Z............!!!! :cake:

Went to see him at Blackbush in ...oh dear I was sooo off my chunk....I was there just can't reemember the year...1978 ?????

My fave Dylan albums are: John Wesley Harding, Desire and Blood On The Tracks....

The Beeb are doing some specials on the man and legend at the moment here are the linksa...apologies as only available in the UK

The first 2 are on Bob

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... _Weberman/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... me_Part_2/

This one is on Folk/Country including bits on Mr Zimmerman...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... _the_Wind/

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Wed May 25, 2011 6:38 am

Happy Birthday.... but .... I saw him about 10 years ago and I've never been so bored at a concert in my life... Happy Birthday but not my cup of tea I'm afraid to say...

Rugby Gooner · Post by **Rugby Gooner** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:44 am

I saw him play at The Brighton Centre in the mid '90s. I got the Evening Argus,and on the front page it announced he was playing there,as a guy from Brighton had just written his biography.I told my boss,(who was a Gooner),but he thought that I was winding him up,until I showed him the paper.He then told me not to come into work the next morning,but get in the queue to get 4 tickets,and he would sign me in! It was a good gig,one in which he played a liberal smattering of his "classics",which he apparently normally doesn't do.
Happy Birthday your Bobness!!!

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Wed May 25, 2011 9:53 am

Love his songs - but only when someone that can actually sing covers them.

A supremely gifted songwriter but an absolute cat strangler when it comes to the singing...

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:07 pm

DB10GOONER wrote:Love his songs - but only when someone that can actually sing covers them.

A supremely gifted songwriter but an absolute cat strangler when it comes to the singing...

You Crack Me Up DB Really You Do!.....

But you're right, he is probably one of the finest song makers in modern times - along with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Jackson browne , Van The Man (who is a *word censored* as a person - BUT a great song writer/singer)

The thing is there are some songs that his bobness writes that he also sings Very Well...especially on Desire....

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:39 pm

The greatest songwriter of all time, whom I myself share a birthday with.

I beg to differ with the comments regarding his singing, no one can sing Dylan like Dylan.

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:45 pm

goonersid wrote:The greatest songwriter of all time, whom I myself share a birthday with. I beg to differ with the comments regarding his singing, no one can sing Dylan like Dylan.

You never heard my nasally whiney neighbour the night that car hit him.

Post by **flash gunner** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:55 pm

Not a fan at all but happy birthday to the old bastard

MegaGooner · Post by **MegaGooner** » Wed May 25, 2011 3:07 pm

Happy Birthday to the old winey bastard.............................

goonersid wrote:The greatest songwriter of all time, whom I myself share a birthday with. I beg to differ with the comments regarding his singing, no one can sing Dylan like Dylan.

Oh.......and happy birthday to Bob Dylan too .....................

(Just kidding Sid, I hope you had a lovely day)

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Wed May 25, 2011 6:32 pm

DB10GOONER wrote:
goonersid wrote:The greatest songwriter of all time, whom I myself share a birthday with. I beg to differ with the comments regarding his singing, no one can sing Dylan like Dylan.
You never heard my nasally whiney neighbour the night that car hit him.

Nos89 · Post by **Nos89** » Thu May 26, 2011 1:23 pm

OneBardGooner wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Love his songs - but only when someone that can actually sing covers them.

A supremely gifted songwriter but an absolute cat strangler when it comes to the singing...

You Crack Me Up DB Really You Do!.....

But you're right, he is probably one of the finest song makers in modern times - along with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Jackson browne , Van The Man (who is a c**t as a person - BUT a great song writer/singer)

The thing is there are some songs that his bobness writes that he also sings Very Well...especially on Desire....

Bob sang best on tour in '75 with The Rolling Thunder Revue, bootleg series vol 5. He was off his rocker most of the time which probably helped.

cusamano · Post by **cusamano** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:35 am

when I saw him on his Love & Theft tour in Berlin in 2001 or 2002 he was on fire.
He was actually smiling on stage!