Hi people. This Bob Dylan album is REALLY good. I recommend that you all check it out. All the songs are folk, but Bob Dylan has his own twist thrown in. The songs all have lyrics, they all have guitar and they all have harmonica. But the funny thing is, I didn't even know that you can play harmonica with specific notes. But the harmonica is one of the best parts! I just think that's cool, so check "Bringing it all back home" out!!!
Hi Jon! I'm glad you're liking the Bob Dylan album so far. I did Bob Dylan for my stretch last semester, and I enjoyed him. I hadn't heard the song "Outlaw Blues", though! It was good to hear it yesterday. When you start researching Dylan a little, you'll learn some verrrry interesting stuff. He's lived quite a life.
In your Opinion, is the music you chose interesting? And in what way do you find it interesting And how would you describe Bob Dylan's music that you chose to listen to? :)
Jake, Bob Dylan is getting really old. He's 65, now? Mid 60's. December, his voice was not so DISGUSTING when he was young. Really, listen to the album and you'll see! He got kinda weird with age. But this album is good.
I think Bob Dylan is good, but he has one or two really odd songs. On the album "Bringing it all back home", he has this song called "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream". It's just all these random thoughts thrown together! It's my least favorite one.
It's kind of hard to describe Dylan to you all. I really think if you want to know what he's like, you HAVE to listen to him.
I think because the whole song's lyrics kind of ARE a dream. This is the beginning of the song. "I was riding on the Mayflower when I thought I spot some land-" (Laughing noises) Ok, now, wait a minute-(more laughs) Ok, Take two- "I was riding on the Mayflower when I thought I spot some land. I yelled for Captain Arab, I'll have you understand. Who came running to the deck, said "Boys forget the Whale. We're going over yonder- cut the engines, change the sails!"...
Everyone, I just copied this from the Wikipedia definition of Dylan. His real name was Robert Allen Zimmerman. If you want the full thing, enter Bob Dylan into Wikipedia. "Robert Allen Zimmerman (Hebrew name Shabtai Zisel ben Avraham)[10][11] was born in St. Mary's Hospital on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota,[12] and raised there and in Hibbing, Minnesota, on the Mesabi Iron Range west of Lake Superior. Research by Dylan’s biographers has shown that his paternal grandparents, Zigman and Anna Zimmerman, emigrated from Odessa in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) to the United States following the antisemitic pogroms of 1905.[13] His mother's grandparents, Benjamin and Lybba Edelstein, were Lithuanian Jews who arrived in America in 1902.[13] In his autobiography Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan writes that his paternal grandmother's maiden name was Kirghiz and her family originated from Istanbul.[14]
Dylan’s parents, Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice "Beatty" Stone, were part of the area's small but close-knit Jewish community. Robert Zimmerman lived in Duluth until age six, when his father was stricken with polio and the family returned to his mother's home town, Hibbing, where Zimmerman spent the rest of his childhood. Robert Zimmerman spent much of his youth listening to the radio—first to blues and country stations broadcasting from Shreveport, Louisiana and, later, to early rock and roll.[15] He formed several bands in high school: The Shadow Blasters was short lived, but his next, The Golden Chords,[16] lasted longer and played covers of popular songs. Their performance of Danny and the Juniors' "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" at their high school talent show was so loud that the principal cut the microphone off.[17] In his 1959 school yearbook, Robert Zimmerman listed as his ambition "To join Little Richard."[18] The same year, using the name Elston Gunnn, he performed two dates with Bobby Vee, playing piano and providing handclaps.[1][19][20]
Zimmerman moved to Minneapolis in September 1959 and enrolled at the University of Minnesota. His early focus on rock and roll gave way to an interest in American folk music. In 1985 Dylan explained the attraction that folk music had exerted on him: "The thing about rock'n'roll is that for me anyway it wasn't enough ... There were great catch-phrases and driving pulse rhythms ... but the songs weren't serious or didn't reflect life in a realistic way. I knew that when I got into folk music, it was more of a serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings."[21] He soon began to perform at the 10 O'clock Scholar, a coffee house a few blocks from campus, and became actively involved in the local Dinkytown folk music circuit.[22][23]
During his Dinkytown days, Zimmerman began introducing himself as "Bob Dylan".[16] Dylan recalled: "What I was going to do as soon as I left home was just call myself Robert Allen ... It sounded like a Scottish king and I liked it." However, in reading Down Beat magazine, he discovered there was a saxophonist named David Allyn. Dylan adds, "I'd seen some poems by Dylan Thomas. Dylan and Allyn sounded similar. Robert Dylan. Robert Allyn. The letter D came on stronger."[24]
[edit] Relocation to New York and record deal
Dylan dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year. In January 1961, he moved to New York City, hoping to perform there and visit his musical idol Woody Guthrie, who was seriously ill with Huntington's Disease in Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.[25] Guthrie had been a revelation to Dylan and was the biggest influence on his early performances. Dylan would later say of Guthrie's work, "You could listen to his songs and actually learn how to live."[23] As well as visiting Guthrie in the hospital, Dylan befriended Guthrie's acolyte Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Much of Guthrie's repertoire was actually channeled through Elliott, and Dylan paid tribute to Elliott in Chronicles (2004).[26]"
Jamaica, I just want you to know that that's the only weird song, okay? I can't say enough, IT'S WORTH LISTENING TO. It gets a little boring as a stretch, but it's still a good folk-protest album.
Interesting info, Jon! I'm glad you're enjoying Dylan still . . . I hadn't read the origin of his stage name before. Tell us about your favorite piece!
Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't been blogging. My stupid internet connection is useless. You would think that some one who had parents who's work is oriented around computers would have better internet. Anyways, I'm back. Jake, Bob Dylan does play guitar, but he does a lot of other stuff. He sings all the time to.
I've been listening to my album when I do homework, but no matter what I do, it's getting tedious listening to the same music over and over. I can't really concentrate on the songs themselves, I just get bored.
Jon, try doing something reeeeally different while listening. Like . . . dance around, or finger paint, or sweep the floor. Trust me, it will give you a new perspective. (Welcome back!)
Because I think you will stalk me, IAN. Just kidding. I don't use my real name just because I think SparrowHawk is cooler than "Jon". And I am NOT Audabon Jon!!!
I like Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman!) His lyrics are good. His voice is a bit weird... And I see what you mean about his 115th dream. I thought I was hearing the lyrics wrong at first, because honestly why would he be stepping onto America and trying to buy a house with beads? I guess those might actually be the lyrics. Weird. His voice was a lot better when he was younger. He did "Blowin' in the Wind," right? Those lyrics are GREAT! I need to start listening to some of his music... I can imagine it would be rather excruciating to listen to them OVER and OVER again. What I do is I go online and find the lyrics to my songs, and then try to memorize them. Also, your Ian, or middle school's Ian? Wait, what grade is your Ian in again? Sorry...
he is from brooklyn and when he was 17 he found out woody guthry was on is death bed he in brooklyn went and found him and talked to him and they became great friends.
Hunter is listening to Arlo Guthrie for his Stretch, so that is really funny that he was friends with Bob Dylan. I love all the lyrics to Bob Dylan, they are really poetic and really intelligent. Bob Dylan's 115th dream is actually almost cool... If you look at the lyrics they are actually pretty interesting. I find his voice rather obnoxious though unfortunately.
Sorry everyone. Bob Dylan is not very good now. I only like his old music, like from the 60's. I don't know how many songs he has made. But he has made alot. Hannah, I tried different ways of listening, and it is ok, but he is still kind of boring.
Have there been any covers of Bob Dylan's songs? Because if so, you could listen to those. I really like his songs, just not his voice, so maybe if you listened to a different version of one of his songs that would be better.
Hey everyone. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Bob Dylan, and I doubt anybody EVER looks at my part of the blog anymore, but on Itunes, the coolest music videos ever are "Waiting on the world to change", by John Mayer, and "Ants marching", by Dave Mathews Band, and also "Let's get it started", by Black Eyed Peas. Those are all Awesome music videos.
Waiting on the world to change is AWESOME (and John Mayer was inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan, you saw that right?) but the best music on iTunes is TOTALLY, no competition, Metronomy's "A thing for You" And yes it is weird, but AWESOMELY weird. Eccentric, to be precise. And I guess it goes without saying that I look at your portion of the blog, but I don't really count, do I?
Well, on the album I'm listening to, he only sings alone. But when he was really active with protests and things, I know he sang with Joan Baez (GAG). His music does inspire me a little bit to play some cool stuff on the guitar. -Hey, I just remembered that Bob Dylan and Joan Baez (GAG) (BAD CHOICE BOB) were boyfriend and girlfriend for a while.
What inspired Robert Zimmerman to change his name to Bob Dylan? (PLEASE let it not be a detested sports coach!) NEVER MIND, you already answered this question. Or, Wikipedia did I should say. Sorr--NOT SORRY! Did Bob Dylan have a NORMAL number of wives? If he dies in a flight crash, I am going to be majorly weirded out.
HI JON! I am curious to here what you think about new album.
WHat are some of your favorite songs.
(here is a way to keep blogging and get others to blog, post lyrics of your favorite songs than other people will comment it and than you can get a conversation going.)
A moment of silence for the death of the Stretch Project...
"A moment of silence please, for those who never get the chance, they show up to the party and they're never asked to dance..." Aaack! Stretch project music STILL stuck in head...
Oh. That is good. let us hope we are not the only ones. We should just tell everyone to join MY blog. It is not a Stretch-Project, it is just my own blog about random things. http://gravitationalacceleration98mssquared.blogspot.com/ If anyone would like to join I will add them as an author so that they can post as well as comment.
Hello, i am still here... Ish. Virtually, i am here. Physically, I am not in your computer screen (though that would be cool, wouldn't it?) Physically, i am sitting on the couch in my house. But I am still blogging which is what I meant.
Hi people.
ReplyDeleteThis Bob Dylan album is REALLY good. I recommend that you all check it out. All the songs are folk, but Bob Dylan has his own twist thrown in. The songs all have lyrics, they all have guitar and they all have harmonica. But the funny thing is, I didn't even know that you can play harmonica with specific notes. But the harmonica is one of the best parts! I just think that's cool, so check "Bringing it all back home" out!!!
Hi Jon! I'm glad you're liking the Bob Dylan album so far. I did Bob Dylan for my stretch last semester, and I enjoyed him. I hadn't heard the song "Outlaw Blues", though! It was good to hear it yesterday. When you start researching Dylan a little, you'll learn some verrrry interesting stuff. He's lived quite a life.
ReplyDeleteHi Jon I'm listening to Earth, Wind and Fire. I'm glad to see that you like Bob Dylan so far.
ReplyDeletetheir pretty good but i haven't really listened to them but out of what i have listened to i think you should check them out.
ReplyDeleteHi Jon!
ReplyDeleteIn your Opinion, is the music you chose interesting? And in what way do you find it interesting
And how would you describe Bob Dylan's music that you chose to listen to?
:)
does Bob Dylan's voice kind of bother you?
ReplyDeleteJon have you checked out Earth Wind and Fire yet.
ReplyDeletehow old is bob dylan
ReplyDeleteHi Jon, I'm looking forward to hearing more from you!
ReplyDeleteJake, Bob Dylan is getting really old. He's 65, now? Mid 60's.
ReplyDeleteDecember, his voice was not so DISGUSTING when he was young. Really, listen to the album and you'll see! He got kinda weird with age. But this album is good.
I think Bob Dylan is good, but he has one or two really odd songs. On the album "Bringing it all back home", he has this song called "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream". It's just all these random thoughts thrown together! It's my least favorite one.
It's kind of hard to describe Dylan to you all. I really think if you want to know what he's like, you HAVE to listen to him.
Why is it called "Bob Dylan's 115th dream?"
ReplyDeleteI think because the whole song's lyrics kind of ARE a dream. This is the beginning of the song.
ReplyDelete"I was riding on the Mayflower when I thought I spot some land-" (Laughing noises) Ok, now, wait a minute-(more laughs) Ok, Take two- "I was riding on the Mayflower when I thought I spot some land. I yelled for Captain Arab, I'll have you understand. Who came running to the deck, said "Boys forget the Whale. We're going over yonder- cut the engines, change the sails!"...
It goes on like that. It's just totally random.
Everyone, I just copied this from the Wikipedia definition of Dylan. His real name was Robert Allen Zimmerman. If you want the full thing, enter Bob Dylan into Wikipedia. "Robert Allen Zimmerman (Hebrew name Shabtai Zisel ben Avraham)[10][11] was born in St. Mary's Hospital on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota,[12] and raised there and in Hibbing, Minnesota, on the Mesabi Iron Range west of Lake Superior. Research by Dylan’s biographers has shown that his paternal grandparents, Zigman and Anna Zimmerman, emigrated from Odessa in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) to the United States following the antisemitic pogroms of 1905.[13] His mother's grandparents, Benjamin and Lybba Edelstein, were Lithuanian Jews who arrived in America in 1902.[13] In his autobiography Chronicles: Volume One, Dylan writes that his paternal grandmother's maiden name was Kirghiz and her family originated from Istanbul.[14]
ReplyDeleteDylan’s parents, Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice "Beatty" Stone, were part of the area's small but close-knit Jewish community. Robert Zimmerman lived in Duluth until age six, when his father was stricken with polio and the family returned to his mother's home town, Hibbing, where Zimmerman spent the rest of his childhood. Robert Zimmerman spent much of his youth listening to the radio—first to blues and country stations broadcasting from Shreveport, Louisiana and, later, to early rock and roll.[15] He formed several bands in high school: The Shadow Blasters was short lived, but his next, The Golden Chords,[16] lasted longer and played covers of popular songs. Their performance of Danny and the Juniors' "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" at their high school talent show was so loud that the principal cut the microphone off.[17] In his 1959 school yearbook, Robert Zimmerman listed as his ambition "To join Little Richard."[18] The same year, using the name Elston Gunnn, he performed two dates with Bobby Vee, playing piano and providing handclaps.[1][19][20]
Zimmerman moved to Minneapolis in September 1959 and enrolled at the University of Minnesota. His early focus on rock and roll gave way to an interest in American folk music. In 1985 Dylan explained the attraction that folk music had exerted on him: "The thing about rock'n'roll is that for me anyway it wasn't enough ... There were great catch-phrases and driving pulse rhythms ... but the songs weren't serious or didn't reflect life in a realistic way. I knew that when I got into folk music, it was more of a serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings."[21] He soon began to perform at the 10 O'clock Scholar, a coffee house a few blocks from campus, and became actively involved in the local Dinkytown folk music circuit.[22][23]
During his Dinkytown days, Zimmerman began introducing himself as "Bob Dylan".[16] Dylan recalled: "What I was going to do as soon as I left home was just call myself Robert Allen ... It sounded like a Scottish king and I liked it." However, in reading Down Beat magazine, he discovered there was a saxophonist named David Allyn. Dylan adds, "I'd seen some poems by Dylan Thomas. Dylan and Allyn sounded similar. Robert Dylan. Robert Allyn. The letter D came on stronger."[24]
[edit] Relocation to New York and record deal
Dylan dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year. In January 1961, he moved to New York City, hoping to perform there and visit his musical idol Woody Guthrie, who was seriously ill with Huntington's Disease in Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.[25] Guthrie had been a revelation to Dylan and was the biggest influence on his early performances. Dylan would later say of Guthrie's work, "You could listen to his songs and actually learn how to live."[23] As well as visiting Guthrie in the hospital, Dylan befriended Guthrie's acolyte Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Much of Guthrie's repertoire was actually channeled through Elliott, and Dylan paid tribute to Elliott in Chronicles (2004).[26]"
Okay,
ReplyDeleteI hope your enjoying the C:D I burned for you.
I see what you mean about it being totally random!
ReplyDeleteThanks Black Dog. I am.
ReplyDeleteJamaica, I just want you to know that that's the only weird song, okay? I can't say enough, IT'S WORTH LISTENING TO. It gets a little boring as a stretch, but it's still a good folk-protest album.
hi jon, I LOVE david bowie. Have you ever heard "changes" by David Bowie (it's in shrek 2)? that is like one of my favorite songs.
ReplyDeleteInteresting info, Jon! I'm glad you're enjoying Dylan still . . . I hadn't read the origin of his stage name before. Tell us about your favorite piece!
ReplyDeleteDoes Bob Dylan play guitar or does he play something else?
ReplyDeleteHey everyone.
ReplyDeleteSorry I haven't been blogging. My stupid internet connection is useless. You would think that some one who had parents who's work is oriented around computers would have better internet.
Anyways, I'm back.
Jake, Bob Dylan does play guitar, but he does a lot of other stuff. He sings all the time to.
I've been listening to my album when I do homework, but no matter what I do, it's getting tedious listening to the same music over and over. I can't really concentrate on the songs themselves, I just get bored.
Jon, try doing something reeeeally different while listening. Like . . . dance around, or finger paint, or sweep the floor. Trust me, it will give you a new perspective. (Welcome back!)
ReplyDeleteHello, why don't you use your real names?
ReplyDeleteBecause I think you will stalk me, IAN.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. I don't use my real name just because I think SparrowHawk is cooler than "Jon". And I am NOT Audabon Jon!!!
I like Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman!) His lyrics are good. His voice is a bit weird... And I see what you mean about his 115th dream. I thought I was hearing the lyrics wrong at first, because honestly why would he be stepping onto America and trying to buy a house with beads? I guess those might actually be the lyrics. Weird. His voice was a lot better when he was younger. He did "Blowin' in the Wind," right? Those lyrics are GREAT! I need to start listening to some of his music... I can imagine it would be rather excruciating to listen to them OVER and OVER again. What I do is I go online and find the lyrics to my songs, and then try to memorize them.
ReplyDeleteAlso, your Ian, or middle school's Ian? Wait, what grade is your Ian in again? Sorry...
Jon, where did you go???! Have you tried listening to some new Bob Dylan yet?
ReplyDeletehow many songs or albums does he have?
ReplyDeletei thought you already listened to him?
ReplyDeletehe is from brooklyn and when he was 17 he found out woody guthry was on is death bed he in brooklyn went and found him and talked to him and they became great friends.
ReplyDeletei don't like his new songs to much do you?
ReplyDeleteHunter is listening to Arlo Guthrie for his Stretch, so that is really funny that he was friends with Bob Dylan.
ReplyDeleteI love all the lyrics to Bob Dylan, they are really poetic and really intelligent. Bob Dylan's 115th dream is actually almost cool... If you look at the lyrics they are actually pretty interesting. I find his voice rather obnoxious though unfortunately.
Sorry everyone.
ReplyDeleteBob Dylan is not very good now. I only like his old music, like from the 60's. I don't know how many songs he has made. But he has made alot. Hannah, I tried different ways of listening, and it is ok, but he is still kind of boring.
Have there been any covers of Bob Dylan's songs? Because if so, you could listen to those. I really like his songs, just not his voice, so maybe if you listened to a different version of one of his songs that would be better.
ReplyDeleteThere are probably a lot of covers of Bob Dylan songs. Blowin' in the wind and The gates of Eden are two songs by him that are very good.
ReplyDeleteCool. Have you tried listening to some different versions of his songs? Is it any better with a different singer?
ReplyDeleteDoes Bob Dylan play country music or blues music.
ReplyDeleteJake, he plays country-protest-ish, but I think he does play a little blues as well.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone. This has absolutely NOTHING to do with Bob Dylan, and I doubt anybody EVER looks at my part of the blog anymore, but on Itunes, the coolest music videos ever are "Waiting on the world to change", by John Mayer, and "Ants marching", by Dave Mathews Band, and also "Let's get it started", by Black Eyed Peas. Those are all Awesome music videos.
ReplyDeleteDon't yell at me! I look at your blog!!!
ReplyDeleteWaiting on the world to change is AWESOME (and John Mayer was inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan, you saw that right?) but the best music on iTunes is TOTALLY, no competition, Metronomy's "A thing for You"
ReplyDeleteAnd yes it is weird, but AWESOMELY weird. Eccentric, to be precise.
And I guess it goes without saying that I look at your portion of the blog, but I don't really count, do I?
is bob dylan alive?
ReplyDeletedoes his music inspire you?
ReplyDeletedo you listen to him every day?
ReplyDeletedoes he always sing by himself?
ReplyDeleteHmm... okay, people do look here...
ReplyDeleteWell, on the album I'm listening to, he only sings alone. But when he was really active with protests and things, I know he sang with Joan Baez (GAG). His music does inspire me a little bit to play some cool stuff on the guitar.
-Hey, I just remembered that Bob Dylan and Joan Baez (GAG) (BAD CHOICE BOB) were boyfriend and girlfriend for a while.
Sorry... I just really dislike Joan Baez...
ReplyDeleteWho is Joan Baez?
ReplyDeleteWhat inspired Robert Zimmerman to change his name to Bob Dylan? (PLEASE let it not be a detested sports coach!) NEVER MIND, you already answered this question. Or, Wikipedia did I should say. Sorr--NOT SORRY!
Did Bob Dylan have a NORMAL number of wives?
If he dies in a flight crash, I am going to be majorly weirded out.
One of my favorite Streetlight Manifesto songs talks about having a "heart-to-heart about life" with Bob Dylan. It is really interesting.
ReplyDeleteHI JON!
ReplyDeleteI am curious to here what you think about new album.
WHat are some of your favorite songs.
(here is a way to keep blogging and get others to blog,
post lyrics of your favorite songs than other people will comment it and than you can get a conversation going.)
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ReplyDeleteA moment of silence for the death of the Stretch Project...
ReplyDelete"A moment of silence please, for those who never get the chance, they show up to the party and they're never asked to dance..."
Aaack! Stretch project music STILL stuck in head...
Ummmm...?
ReplyDeleteWhat for, the blog has not died, i check it every other day.
Oh. That is good. let us hope we are not the only ones. We should just tell everyone to join MY blog. It is not a Stretch-Project, it is just my own blog about random things.
ReplyDeletehttp://gravitationalacceleration98mssquared.blogspot.com/
If anyone would like to join I will add them as an author so that they can post as well as comment.
what? the blog is dead! NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIT IS NOT DEAD!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIT WILL BE REVIVED!!!!!
Evil Laugh Out Loud (ELOL!)
who is night hawk?
ReplyDeleteHello, i am still here... Ish. Virtually, i am here. Physically, I am not in your computer screen (though that would be cool, wouldn't it?) Physically, i am sitting on the couch in my house. But I am still blogging which is what I meant.
ReplyDeleteI might be the last to comment here. Nice work, Jon. I'm interested in what you'll pick for your next Stretch. I have some ideas for you!
ReplyDeleteNo, I will be the last to comment here! Muahahaha!!!
ReplyDelete...Sorry. Randomness...
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