In the new 40th Anniversary Edition of Rolling Stone magazine, Editor Jann Wenner asks rocker-icon Bob Dylan, "Do you worry about global warming?" and Dylan responds: "Where's the global warming? It's freezing here."
The point is that Dylan was half-serious and questioning Wenner's liberal assumptions, as were a number of other 1960s rock icons who gave some startlingly sober answers to the hyper-idealized drivel regurgitated by Wenner and other questioners. (Hat tip to Cincinnati.com.) When asked his views about the 1960s, Director Steven Spielberg replied, "Just narcissism, a collective and personal narcissism."
Actor Jack Nicholson declared: "I'm a patriotic fella and this factionalism today isn't to my liking. I'm incapable of hating a president of the United States." Stewart Brand, a former LSD user and the creator of the Whole Earth Catalog, said: "Almost everything we tried either failed hideously or didn't pan out. Communes failed, drugs went nowhere, free love led pretty much to AIDS. A lot of people thought Mao Tse Tung was a hero."
Neil Young, who wrote a famous song about Richard Nixon having soul, was asked "Can you ever imagine saying George W. Bush has soul?" and Young replied, "I'm sure he does." Of course, not everything these 1960s rockers and celebrities say is accurate or conservative or even coherent, but it is a little comforting to see that they are not blindly following the liberal playbook in every single instance, which is hard to say for much of today's top media. Read more ...
A sampling from the interview: "Do you think it's gloomy on the horizon," Editor Jann Wenner asks Bob Dylan.
"In what sense do you mean," says Dylan.
"Bob, come on," says Wenner.
"No, you come on. In what sense do you mean that?" Dylan says.
Wenner tries again: "We seem to be hell-bent on destruction. Do you worry about global warming?"
"Where's the global warming?" Dylan asks. "It's freezing here."
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I never buy Rolling Stone....
May 30, 2007 - 14:31 ET by bigtimerI never buy Rolling Stone....never have even when it was so-called hip to do.
I have read a few of them years and years ago...reason being is it sounds like the same nit-wits are writing for them plus doing the interviewing haven't changed a lick...
Agenda still stuck in the sixties..like a lot of our brain dead leftist politico's.....
Good for Dylan...wished he would of said in response to the GW issue is the answer my friend is blowing in the wind....and left it at that.
Talk about blowing someone's mind....which in this case with Wenner wouldn't be hard to do at all.
Poor Wenner must of been frustrated....lol.
Dylan that strange guitar man
May 30, 2007 - 17:43 ET byBT et al
Check out this story on the Bobster
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
ROFL bot....You know what the
May 30, 2007 - 17:50 ET by bigtimerROFL bot....
You know what they say....
Kids Say the Darndest Things....
(or was that Art Linkletter...lol)
Seriously though...that is a cute story.
And the thing is Bob was doin
May 30, 2007 - 17:52 ET byAnd the thing is Bob was doing the right thing
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
Of course he was...the fact t
May 30, 2007 - 17:55 ET by bigtimerOf course he was...the fact that he didn't call the msm ahead of time to let him know he was going to be there says it all about the man.
Unlike most of the egotistical artistes...lol.
I used to get Rolling Stone
May 31, 2007 - 10:03 ET by Hero SquadI used to get Rolling Stone for P.J. O'Rourke and for it's non-political entertainment news. But I get enough of O'Rourke in his great books, and entertainment news from outlets like Entertainment Weekly or just on the internet. So Rolling Stone magazine has long been useless to me.
*****
"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello
As the older liberals wax nos
May 30, 2007 - 15:16 ET by Airforce_5_OAs the older liberals wax nostalgic over the old hippy days of lying around San Fran dropping acid, Bob Dylan has grown up.
Bob Dylan has shown that he is still intelligent if not one of the great poets of our time.
Good for Bob!
I knew a cousin of Bob Dylan
May 30, 2007 - 15:25 ET by Gat New YorkI knew a cousin of Bob Dylan who had an answer to his music of the '60s, which was, "do you know how much money he made?!"
Bob Dylan was a great songwriter and not so good singer. He was always a very sensible and well grounded individual for his time. He allowed people to read into his music and him what they wanted to and he played along with it. For that kind of money I would have done the same.
Gat, I love Dylan. He was o
May 30, 2007 - 15:33 ET by Airforce_5_OGat, I love Dylan. He was one of the best writers of the late 20th centry and very smart. I just love that this Lib took it for granite that Dylan belive in all the crap he was spewing.
Nothing like a smart capitali
May 30, 2007 - 15:34 ET by bigtimerNothing like a smart capitalist....is this country great or what?
Btw....I just bet Bill Clinton loved his song...'Lay Lady Lay'.
BT..I kinda liked that one to
May 30, 2007 - 15:37 ET by bassndudeBT..I kinda liked that one to. Used to sing it to all my girl friends..:-)
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
bass...Oh I loved that song t
May 30, 2007 - 15:44 ET by bigtimerbass...
Oh I loved that song too....brings back special memories for me...hehehee
I just couldn't help thinking of B.J. Rapist Clintoon, sometimes our brains work that way....lol!
Btw...My son loves Dylan I find it funny that time stands still once in awhile.
Dylan "not so good singer"?
May 30, 2007 - 15:43 ET by RJ"not so good singer"
I disagree, unless your definition of "good singer" is crooning soothingly like (yuk!) James Taylor. Dylan used his voice like an instrument and made it say exactly what he wanted it to say.
This refusal to be drawn in to the current "cause" is nothing new for him. From the beginning, Dylan has refused to get involved in the politics of the day. The left tried many times to get him to join up, but he just said no.
There are some Dylan songs
May 30, 2007 - 15:46 ET by balboaThere are some Dylan songs I like a lot, but in general I'm not a huge fan. A friend of mine who's a big fan says that you can't understand a word he says in concert, but that it's still awesome.
Lots of good Dylan songs on "Wonder Boys" soundtrack.
He's always been his own guy.
On Dylan
May 30, 2007 - 17:22 ET by UnsaneDylan is the most overrated, overhyped musician in the United States, now or ever. Ugh.
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
Oh yeh??
May 30, 2007 - 17:25 ET by Gat New YorkOh yeh??
Undoubtedly a James Taylor fan
May 30, 2007 - 17:31 ET by RJUndoubtedly a James Taylor fan...
probably worse - John De
May 30, 2007 - 17:34 ET by Gat New Yorkprobably worse - John Denver.
Ouch! Low blow!
May 30, 2007 - 17:36 ET by RJOuch! Low blow!
I'm thinking Barry Manilow -
May 30, 2007 - 18:11 ET by FastEdI'm thinking Barry Manilow - -
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
And his little brother Paul W
May 30, 2007 - 18:16 ET byAnd his little brother Paul Williams
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
sheesh -- we are a generation or two apart--
May 30, 2007 - 17:36 ET by misterbillsheesh -- we are a generation or two apart--Billie Holiday, Ella, Frankie, Vic, etal-- songs to hold your girlfriend close and dance. Words of love and sometimes unrequited love. Listening to Etta James as I enter this.
That being said--I liked some of Dylan, Vinton, Sedaka and a lot of them but when you hit my age --you still remember the ones that got your girl in your arms.
Sweet heaven, am I getting old!!!!
not so far apart musically, mrbill
May 30, 2007 - 17:54 ET by RJWe're not so far apart musically, mrbill. I also love musicians from that era, especially jazz and the blues.
The reason I got into Dylan is we used to regularly hit the Village in NYC to see Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus, and the rest of that GREAT era's jazz musicians. Along the way, we checked out all the new, good musicans, and Dylan just came along.
holy smoke---
May 30, 2007 - 18:11 ET by misterbillholy smoke--Mingus??? Davis?? Coltrane?? I think I am going to faint. The bird, Hawkins, Ella (A GREAT jazz singer before she switched to be bop, which I hated). Anita O'day--hey I'm almost crying happy tears here. No joke,. You lit the flame of some beautiful memories.
I do love the ballads and they cover a 50 year or more span---Tony Bennett (I will be at his concert on Sat. night), more current Linda Rondstat (hate her politics buut one of the best set of pipes I have ever heard), Oh sweet heaven there are so many. I am a Napster subscriber--I will noe have to start playing Miles and the rest--
Thanks--when the years grow short, the music of your youth is the best boost to a fading memory.I am sitting here, granddaugher in lap--lisnin to etta sing he's funny that way.
After seeomg Jimmy Stewart (a
May 30, 2007 - 18:14 ET by FastEdAfter seeomg Jimmy Stewart (actor, pilot) in the Glenn Miller story, I've slipped into the Big Band sound. Due to that, Became BIG fan of CTA. {if you have to ask . .} BD was/is a poet, that said, I like Hendricks' version of "All Along the Watchtower" better.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
miller chattanooga Choo choo
May 30, 2007 - 18:39 ET by misterbillmiller chattanooga Choo choo,, Hey I don't want to go off the deep edge here. I don't know if it's normal when one gets to my age, but I sometimes wake in the morning and an old song is running through my mind. A song I haven't heard in 40 years or more. Yesterday it was "It's been a long. long time". It makes me think of Mom and Dad. Dad off in the war, Harry, too. Working on the milk truck in the morning before school, at 10 years old, bringing home my big $2.00 to Mom. Listening every night to the radio, Glenn Miller , Tommy Dorsey, the war news. I better stop before I get so lost in nostalgia, I won't find my way back to this modern world. As I close, "Chattanooga Choo choo" is starting--- Pardon me boy, is ........
FastEd While you are sitting at your PC
May 30, 2007 - 18:48 ET by misterbillFastEd While you are sitting at your PC--open another window of IE or whatever you are using and go to the link below. Lots of Miller while sharing love with NBers (add the names you want).
http://www.tuxjunction.net/glennmiller.htm#The%20Sound%20of%20an%20Era
It is great!
I'll keep that in mind - at w
May 30, 2007 - 18:59 ET by FastEdI'll keep that in mind - at work we're allowed to listen to whatever we want - I've got Miller's Greatest hits - and had a youngster ask if I listened or saw GM in person! - Said no, when he was popular, I wasn't even a glimmer in my dad's eyes.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
ps now it's coltrane you don't know what love is
May 30, 2007 - 18:18 ET by misterbillps now it's coltrane you don't know what love is
Now you're bringing back MY memories.
May 30, 2007 - 18:28 ET by RJNow you're bringing back MY memories. Funny thing is, we saw them up close so often it was just normal, not like having to go to a big concert once in awhile and sitting way back. Even Dylan.....
Keep introducing your grandaughter to the good stuff......she'll call it "grandaddy's music" for awhile, but she'll remember it later and be glad....
The Eagles...Loved 'em!
May 30, 2007 - 17:42 ET by bigtimerThe Eagles...
Loved 'em!
Me too, BT. I was even one
May 30, 2007 - 17:56 ET by sarcasmoMe too, BT. I was even one of the early Miami "Boston" fans, too, but I must say, the last few years have been weird musically before I switched to Sirius for music. I could take stuff like "Lyin' Eyes" appearing on the "oldies" station around here, but I distinctly recall being alone in my car a couple of years ago, and arguing with my radio when the "oldies" station put on an Aerosmith tune I'd recalled coming out while I was a senior in highschool...And then slowly coming to the conclusion that "this makes ME an 'oldie'!" :^) Hope you had a good Holiday.
JMR
I liked Boston too...along wi
May 30, 2007 - 18:02 ET by bigtimerI liked Boston too...along with Neil Diamond who I have wondered whatever happened to him....along with a lot of others since then...love some country western too...I am pretty versatile.
I loved the fifties music and sixties too since I was very little, I love to listen to the Oldies but Goodie stations...
Yep, we are getting up there sarc...
I had a lousy week-end as far as my plans, it was cold, windy, hailed, snowed around us...and then proceeded to pour for two days...but played here for awhile...lol.
I hope you had a good one though.
I Forgot Bob Seegar, Meatloaf and some of Billy Joel too...
Yes BT, slowly the music of o
May 30, 2007 - 18:44 ET by jmad627Yes BT, slowly the music of our youth are now considered oldies, I was always partial to The Beatles, myself. Loved Boston, Neil Diamond, & Neil Young myself as well, despite Neil Young's political leanings.
I could go on with my favorites ad nauseum, but I will spare all of the readers.
More on Dylan
May 31, 2007 - 06:05 ET by UnsaneTry the following bands: Rush, Dream Theater, Symphony X...and oh yeah, Meshuggah. :-)
Dylan is grossly overrated.
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
Just beware the political p
May 31, 2007 - 06:17 ET by sarcasmoJust beware the political philosophy advocated by some of those guys in Rush...They're eeeeevil, after all, and they are clearly plotting to slowly turn America into Canada or something, if you ask me! ;)
JMR
Rush did have two songs liste
May 31, 2007 - 10:18 ET by Hero SquadRush did have two songs listed in the National Review's Top 50 Conservatives Rock Songs list by John Miller: "The Trees" and "Red Barchetta."
*****
"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello
Canadian groups
May 31, 2007 - 10:23 ET by Cool ArrowTriumph was better than Rush.
Gore lied. Nobody fried
RJ, we dont agree often, bu
May 30, 2007 - 16:35 ET by JasonCRJ, we dont agree often, but whaddaya know....
"If their sins were as scarlet, they are now white as snow" Isaiah 1:18
"not so good a singer&qu
May 30, 2007 - 16:44 ET by Gat New York"not so good a singer"
Come on. Really. Never understood how he suddenly could hold a tune like Lay Lady Lay and sound so terrible on others.
I think his voice was part of his charm - he was a poet - he didn't have to be Johnny Mathis.
Hey, if smooth-voice crooning
May 30, 2007 - 16:51 ET by RJHey, if smooth-voice crooning is your criteria for a "good singer", then Dylan's voice would sound "terrible", no doubt.
But if you "got" the effect he intended, his voice was just what it should be. I'm sayin' that made him a "good singer."
No. The only thing worse than
May 30, 2007 - 16:57 ET by Gat New YorkThe only thing worse than sitting through a Johnny Mathis concert is being forced to watch The English Patient. Guys like Dylan and Richie Havens had a style that suited them.
Narcissism and global warming
May 30, 2007 - 15:46 ET by niner-four-whiskeyMan, narcissism is so completely dead on the money. Al Gore is a master marketer, I have to give him credit for that. He absolutely and completely hit the marketing nail on the head by packaging up the Global Warming hysteria in a perfect manner for marketing to gullible ex-hippies.
It speaks to them, "it's all about ME man. What can I do to make myself feel good, man." Personal power, godship over the world, me, me, me, me and more me - that's a message that just resonates through that generation as loud as bubbles through bong water.
I found that Whole Earth Ca
May 30, 2007 - 15:57 ET by FairlightI found that Whole Earth Catalogue in my dads trunk he kept from the 60's. That was one cool catalogue, jam-packed with everything from wheat grass smoothy machines to reviews on the best synthesizers to buy.
loved it.
I think Dylan's response to W
May 30, 2007 - 16:03 ET by GalvanicI think Dylan's response to Wenner was great. Certainly, Wenner was reaching for some of that '60s protest atmosphere, but ended up with a cold shower.
What the subsequent generations should understand about the Sixties is truth --- that not all the changes were for the better, and the consequences were far-reaching. The so-called "Revolution" wasn't led by the Oppressed or the Destitute, but by the Pampered unwilling to part with its burgeois creature comforts. There were indeed some genuine heroes, but we also deified way too many fools and dead-enders.
Asking a bunch of former(cu
May 30, 2007 - 16:06 ET by kevcadAsking a bunch of former(current?) dopers about "the good ol' times" of the 60's generation can be a sketchy thing, given if they could even remember them.
"If you remember the Six
May 30, 2007 - 19:11 ET by Galvanic"If you remember the Sixties, you weren't there." --- Robin Williams, comedian
SOMEBODY PASS ME THE DOOBIE
May 30, 2007 - 16:10 ET by charlietexasSOMEBODY PASS ME THE DOOBIE.....PLEASE!!! PPPUUUFFFFFFFFFF...............AAAAAAHHHHH...THANKS....NOW IT ALL MAKES SENCE........WOW........I THINK I HATE BUSH NOW....I BELIEVE IN GLOBAL WARMING NOW.........PPPPPPUUUUUFFFFFF.........WOW......HILLARY IS STARTING TO LOOK GOOD TO ME..........WOW.........
charlie....If Hillary was st
May 30, 2007 - 16:21 ET by bigtimercharlie....
If Hillary was starting to look good to you, you have most likely were bogarting that joint my friend....
LMAO!
Or his joint was rolled in LS
May 30, 2007 - 16:34 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveOr his joint was rolled in LSD blotter paper.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." --Thomas Jefferson
Charlie You have justified my decision--
May 30, 2007 - 16:27 ET by misterbillCharlie You have justified my decision-- to not ever use drugs. You have raised the grim specter of envisioning her in a thong swimsuit.
For that--you deserve to have John Edwards as your neighbor.
As long as she is hanging fro
May 30, 2007 - 16:56 ET by Dan The Man 2As long as she is hanging from that thong like a noose around her neck from the nearest yardarm.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark. -- save my gun, shoot a liberal.
As a Sixties person, I can
May 30, 2007 - 16:11 ET by robert108As a Sixties person, I can tell you it was never about "saving the world"(except for a few fringe crazies); it was about having a good time, and that's exactly what we did. The Whole Earth Catalogue was a brilliant marketing move, that's all.
You're right. I played along
May 30, 2007 - 17:00 ET by Gat New YorkYou're right. I played along as long as there was a girl at the other end. One time I even went as far as joining one of these Manhattan buddhist sects because of a girl. That one only lasted two weeks - it was a little too weird for me.
GAT I tought u wuz a good speller--
May 30, 2007 - 17:17 ET by misterbillGAT I tought u wuz a good speller--it's sex not sects. LOL/
Neil Young may say he has a
May 30, 2007 - 16:36 ET by Night WatchmanNeil Young may say he has a soul but check out his song.
http://www.youtube.c...
"For some reason people
May 30, 2007 - 16:58 ET by mattm"For some reason people seem to think that performers have the answers to the problems of society. What can you say to somtheing like that? It's absurd, really." - Bob Dylan
Dylan and Pink Floyd
May 30, 2007 - 17:16 ET by RiharThis reminds me of a biography I read about Pink Floyd called "Saucerful of Secrets" Syd Barrett was the only true hippie but he was also insane. Poor guy died last year. The others: Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Rick Wright, and David Gilmore were really in it for the money. They also knew that their meal ticket would be up if they were druggies, so they weren't! It was all a show, and a darned good one, I love Pink Floyd and saw them live twice. I remember when I read about how mad the others got when Syd was constantly stoned and was costing them money, I thought, "good for them". That was right before they kicked Syd out of the band.
The point is they also let the hippies and stoners believe what they wanted to believe. The remaining members of Pink Floyd are all stinkin' rich now and deserve it as far as I'm concerned.
As a side note I was also present at the only Pink Floyd concert that was ever rained out. It was at Rice Stadium in Houston. Luckily it was near the end of the show. I remember some has-been hippies (sorry, that's redundant) wondering if they were coming back even after David Gilmore gave his apologies but he didn't want to get electricuted.
When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.
OOOHHHH...HOLY SMOLY. I JU
May 30, 2007 - 17:26 ET by charlietexasOOOHHHH...HOLY SMOLY. I JUST WOKE UP!!!..WHAT DID I SAY??? WHAT DID I DO...WHAT YEAR IS IT??? DID WE VOTE YET???? HILLARY ISNT PRESIDENT IS SHE??? OH MY GOD.........PLEASE FORGIVE ME....I'LL NEVER SMOKE POT AGAIN!!!
NOW I'M HUNGRY.....I HATE THE MUNCHIES..........WHERE ARE THE BROWNIES????
Take it easy ct, is ok, just
May 30, 2007 - 18:23 ET by FastEdTake it easy ct, is ok, just take it easy - STAY AWAY FORM THOSE PATTIES, they're not what you thin . .AWAWH, now you done it, ok, come here, we'll wash it off, NO, DON'T CLOSE YOUR MOUTH! Spit, yeah spit, no, no their not brownies, no, you don't want to know, trust me.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Not that he has ever been co
May 30, 2007 - 18:21 ET by jmad627Not that he has ever been confused with being a conservative Bob Dylan has been tweeking the limo libs for many years. And it's funny that the libs don't seem to get it. They continue to fall into the trap of trying to pidgeonhole him into being one of them, when he regularly rebuffs this nonsense. Like most everything else, the libs especially that fudgepacker Jann Wenner, will never get it.
Earth to Jann, the sixties are sooooo over!!! Check out the calender.
Wenner's turned the Rock and
May 30, 2007 - 18:53 ET by Del DolemonteWenner's turned the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame into a joke. Just examine some of the recent "inductees" and then compare them to more deserving musicians still waiting to get in...
Genesis, Yes, ELP... great pr
May 31, 2007 - 10:14 ET by Hero SquadGenesis, Yes, ELP... great progressive rock bands have been consistently shut out of the voting, despite their massive fan base and influence on rock. It's a joke until these bands get in.
Meanwhile, who gets in first? Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash, The Ronettes, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Lovin' Spoonful, The Rascals... nothing against any of them, but they all should've been held back until the above three bands were given their due. Along with Peter Gabriel, Rush... uh, the Electric Light Orchestra, anyone? What the heck criteria are they using for their inductees?
But what do I know? I think The Monkees also deserve the recognition.
*****
"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello
i started a rolling stones su
May 30, 2007 - 20:02 ET by pmohbucki started a rolling stones subscription in 1981 when i was a sophmore in high-school ... the magazine used to be about music (decent music) ... things changed drastically in the 90s ... political opinions replaced the music. the magazine was already swirling around the toilet bowl following bush's first term before utter derangement finally forced the rag down the pipes ... i cancelled my subscription in 2005. when 50 cent, ludacris and ben affleck's political opinions began to fill the pages ... i dumped rolling stone.
rolling stone has always had an inflated ego, even though its opinions are for the most part, poorly supported. this is the same magazine that criticized the musical talent of led zeppelin throughout the 70s ... that alone should indicate the worthlessness of its editors.