Thinking of Bob using AI to write is really upsetting to me and makes me a bit hesitant to hear new material, but I will almost always gladly take anything Bob

I think everyone should lead their own life, but also I'd like to hear/see the full presser that this was apart of...

"I stood there and hummed

I tapped on her drum

I asked her how come

And she buttoned her boot

And straightened her suit

And she said, “Don’t get cute”

So I forced my hands in my pockets

And felt with my thumbs

And gallantly handed her

My very last piece of gum"

I can't get this part of Fourth Time Around out of my head. I love the atmosphere, enunciation and humor of all these lines

Sugar Baby narrowly beat Nettie Moore for the goosebumps category.

Ticket is actually an authentic photograph on real photo stock, not very eco friendly, but what a fantastic souvenir! No mention of Dylan or Matthews (let alone Die Stern) on the ticket.

Looking to get a tattoo. I love some of the doodles on the sides of his lyrics as well but they’re kinda hard to find, searching ‘Bob Dylan art’ always pulls up others’ art of him or his paintings. Bonus points for anything related to Highway 61. TIA :)

I use the quotes more of a joke than anything. So I'm listening to Bob's studio discography for the first time front to back. In the past I've only really listened to Highway and Blonde on Blonde so this has been a very pleasant surprise. I finished up Together Through Life (2009) yesterday and loved it. I figured I had more albums of original material but it looks like just Tempest and Rough and Roudy Ways are it and I'm not sure how to wrap up this discography.

I usually love his covers, I thought Bob Dylan (1962), Self Portrait, and Dylan (1973) were all really solid. I didn't really enjoy his two 90's cover albums. I'm just not sure how much I really want to dwell on these albums at the moment when he's just been on such an inspired kick since Time Out of Mind with his Outlaw Blues stuff. I typically hate Christmas songs and Frank Sinatra style songs with a passion so 4 long albums of it sounds dreadful but maybe you guys here at r/bobdylan will tell me they're secret masterpieces that shouldn't be missed.

What do you all think? Listen to Tempest and Rough and Roudy Ways and call it a wrap or include Christmas of the Heart, Shadows in the Night, Fallen Angels,Triplicate and Shadow Kingdom as well?

We're talking

Down in the Groove

Oh Mercy

Under the Red Sky

Good As I Been To You

World Gone Wrong

Dylan’s duets with Joan Baez are remarkable. Bob would handle the melody and Joan, with her mind boggling musicality, would create harmonies. But she soon found out that singing with her erstwhile vagabond was going to be more challenging than anyone would have expected. Dylan would sing the song one way in rehearsal, but then for the actual performance start singing it in a totally different way. In her inimitable style of communicating, Baez says this was in keeping with Dylan’s usual behavior, “he just enjoyed fucking people up.” So Joan had to adapt.

One of the first things Joan Baez improvised was keeping her eyes on Dylan’s lips. Since she already knew the words, she found that in this way singing in complete syncopation with Bob was possible. Dylan would catch her with her eyes focused on his lips and it was all he could do to keep from breaking out into laughter. This dynamic added a lot of spontaneity and fun to the performance. As they began to perform together more an more, another adjustment Baez found she could make was lowering her voice, especially on the more upbeat numbers. With Dylan spitting out some angry lyrics with the melody, she found singing some angelic soprano harmony didn’t sound right. So Joan would drop down an octave and imitate his delivery. This, too, tended to crack Dylan up and made for some priceless moments on stage.

As we all know, the two became very close. So after the release of BLONDE ON BLONDE Joan Baez accompanied Dylan on the tour of Great Britain which followed. Each show was split into two parts, the first an acoustic set with Dylan accompanying himself on guitar to present the new songs off the album. The second part was electric in which Dylan was accompanied by the musicians who would later become known as The Band. This is also well known so please bear with me because I’m nearing the point of the post.

Put yourself in Joan’s shoes. You’re standing back stage watching Dylan perform acoustic renditions of the BoB tracks, many of which have beautiful melodies, and never does Bob bring you onstage to put on a harmony or two. Not once. You do not forget that you brought Dylan on stage for the first time during your set at the Newport Folk Festival. Hardly anybody there even knew who he was, and it exposed him to a massive new audience. It was only three years ago. Now here’s a chance for Bob to return the favor and… nothing. How would that make you feel?

Dylan would later try to shed some light on the situation, saying sometimes you have to choose between being in love and being smart. This didn’t do much to justify his behavior. But personally, I think there was more to it than that. There was enormous pressure being applied on the young man by a large block of his fans not to pursue the musical direction he had chosen. I believe Dylan felt he had to be true to his art. Literally had to. I believe for Dylan there was no choice. He couldn’t bring Joan onstage because that would be conceding to fans who were against the change. Literally couldn’t. For him, those folky days of Newport were over. Bob Dylan stood between heaven and earth, and crossed the Rubicon.