I'm looking for interviews, preferably video or audio, where Dylan talks about specific gigs and/or festivals he's played, esp. larger ones. The longer the better.

Does anyone have any good leads? Would love to hear the man talk more about this niche subject specifically.

Too much? Probably. Going through the trailer frame by frame and identifying people, places etc; I'm stuck on an Easter egg...??

The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdV-Cs5o8mc

At 1:46 - in Dylan's apt 161 w 4th st with Sylvie, Bob saying "We invent our past". An album is open, showing two pages.

On the left hand-side: Buddy Holly Winter Dance with two red ticket stubs: one top left, one bottom right, from 31st Jan, 1959.

Bob saw Buddy Holly live just three days before the plane crash that killed Buddy. (See: https://pioneerproductions.blogspot.com/2021/01/winter-dance-party-62-years-ago-today.html ).

Photo of BD This photograph was taken by Bob’s mother, Beatty, in Hibbing, and dated September 1958, a 17-year-old Bob is shown with his second electric guitar. Most more youthful rock’n’roll moments seem to have him on piano.We can say for certain from the photograph that this electric instrument is not a Fender (it’s sometimes been said that he owned a Fender in Hibbing)—and we can say that it isn’t his first electric, a $39 turquoise Silvertone bought mail-order from Sears Roebuck, but must be his second, a new Supro Ozark (a guitar Jimi Hendrix also had as a lad), bought at Mr. Hautala’s store in Hibbing at a knock-down $60 because Bob and his friend John Bucklen each bought one at the same time: and September 1958 is too late for him to be just acquiring the Silvertone. This is the picture of a boy who’s proud of having upgraded. In Minneapolis, Bob swaps his electric for an acoustic. From there he emerges as an acoustic playing folkie, and remains so until July 1965. (Source: https://www.needsomefun.net/bob-dylans-early-photographs-1941-1959/ )

HELP! I cannot source or reference that hand written note in the album. The text is partially covered by a tortoiseshell plecturm, but reads 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a (?)the one (?) does that sound good. Perhaps someone with access to the Minnesota Historical Society and the Gale Family collection can contribute. I'm stuck.

On the right hand side: it looks like the 1956 picture of DYlan, but it doesn't - the eyes look different(!?) (compare to the source: https://www.needsomefun.net/wp-content/smush-webp/2021/03/4-Bob-Zimmerman-1952.jpg.webp ).

Top left: a picture postcard of Hibbing, Minnesota.

Any ideas about the hand-written note??

Like don't get me wrong the released version is one of my favorite Dylan songs but the alternate versions lyrics man. If only he sung it with the same flow and the quality was upscaled like the released version.

"Scratching the world with a fine-toothed comb You're a king among nations, you're a stranger at home"

"No crystal ball do you need on your shelf Michelangelo himself, could've carved out your features So drunk, standing in the middle of the street Directing traffic with a small dog licking your feet"

"Well, the preacher man talking about the deaf and the dumb And a world to come, thats already been pre-determined Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, and padlocks Molotov cocktails and rocks can't drown out his sermon You let the wicked walk right into a trap You give away all the good things that fall in your lap"

"He'll turn priests into pimps and make old men bark Take a woman who could have been Joan-of-Arc and turn her into a harlot"

Let me know your thoughts!

I played Christmas In The Heart on the way to the Christmas tree farm and my mom said two things 1: She wouldn't guess in a million years Dylan had a Christmas album 2: It sounds like he smoked 8 packs of cigarettes after just waking up from a 20 year coma when recording this

Hey, i really need to know where can i find replica of Bob Dylan's famous clothes, (What he's wearing in the pic) i'm on the larger sizes so i'm afraid that even if i find any, they will be too small on me, so if you know any websites please enlighten me, thank you.

The first part of an examination of Bob Dylan's love songs from 'DESIRE'. Chris examines ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE and GOLDEN LOOM

every time i hear it, i imagine a snowy christmas! i wonder why that is. maybe because the guitar tone and tambourine. thoughts?

Hey r/bobdylan! Welcome to this week's song discussion!

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I had a dream I was workout on stage at a Bob Dylan concert. As Bob was playing his piano one of his techies was playing with a wire outlet on the floor. Suddenly black velvet spiders started crawling out of the metal outlet all over the wire and technician. Bob said, oh, well have to get that fixed.”

What does this dream mean?

It's always been one of my favorite dylan tunes (especially the band recording from big pink), and I've seen a lot of different interpretations of the lyrics (I believe I read somewhere that Dylan himself claimed it was about the UK and the USA, but I can't recall where I read that).

My reading of it has always been that it's about the strained relationship between native americans and the USA :
- "We pointed out the way to go, And scratched your name in sand" - could be a reference to stories of natives helping the pilgrims
- "And now the heart is filled with gold As if it was a purse" - could be about the various gold rushes of the 1800s, which further displaced native settlements and lead to many deaths.
- "But, oh, what kind of love is this Which goes from bad to worse?" - Follows the previous lyrics, could be about the many treaties that were supposed to guarantee land for native Americans, who where displaced once resources were found there.
- "Why must I always be the thief?" - I see this as a criticism of the image of the "indian" in american pop culture as the attacker, especially in western movies of the 40s and 50s

I'm sure I'm not the first one to interpret the lyrics this way, though I'd be curious to hear the way other people read it !

I always wondered why he smirked at someone while singing the “he understands your orphan with his gun” part. But lately I’ve been thinking of this song as a way of saying so long people who followed me to the folk thing, now I’m gonna go ahead and rock out with a full band and be the best to ever do it. So it’s like he’s laughing at Donovan for being one of his orphans. I feel this may be obvious but I just picked up on it

I hear mixed opinions on what he's like in person. I hear some people say he's nice. I'd like to hear from all of you.

Last year me and some of my friends decided to listen to a different Dylan album for a day in December as our advent calendar! This year using the app MyAdvent I have created this years Bobvent calendar. Thought this would be a fun thing to share with everyone.

https://app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=3vpd1rfouj49n9mvml56vgz0x6uc1pwv

This link should take you to the calendar!

Hope you enjoy!

Looks like a 60s bob, I think they did this to be more in sync with the upcoming a complete unknown.

I am a huge Bob Dylan fan and a big Jackie Leven fan, I always thought they were very different musicians, but also similar in some ways. I know Bob Dylan has expanded beyound the Americana catalogue in his listenings before (English and Scottish folk for example), I was curious if he ever had anything to say about Jackie?

And if you haven't hear Jackie, you should he's great (RIP).

I just like to say that, with so much negativity about Bob out there now that the advance publicity for A Complete Unknown has started, it's really nice to be among friends?

Bob Dylan begins his Time for Theme Time Radio Hour show on the theme of the Rich and Poor with the following words*: This week we’re going to take a look at two different kinds of people, them that’s got, and them that needs. We’re going to talk about a dichotomy between the rich man and the poor man. Here's a* discussion of that episode. https://www.frominsultstorespect.com/2015/09/06/bob-dylan-on-the-rich-and-poor/

https://preview.redd.it/llcsjv9op24e1.jpg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=736b9043dad03b9f551dee5535c79485c29dd53f

On repeat until New Year’s Eve starts right now

I’m slowly making my way through the 1974 discs and am enjoying it tremendously. There’s a lot to like.

Disc 5 from the Spectrum introduces Ballad of Hollis Brown to the shows and it’s great. Noticeably so. Kind of stopped me in my tracks. Worth mentioning, imo.

Hey all! I have noticed that Bob Dylan and the Beatles often appear within “Top 10 Artists” Lists near each other. In fact, they usually vie for the top slot. Who would you say had a bigger influence on the other artist? Or would you say the influences were mutual? (I understand this is a Bob Dylan Subreddit)

Can only find the sampler.

Not necessarily your favorite Dylan song per se, but a Dylan song that you just love to sing along with in the car, or while you’re cooking, or whatever. One of his songs that you know so well that you enjoy synching with Bob’s every inflection and intonation.

Here are two that I find irresistible: “You Gotta Somebody” from STC (it’s such a PLAYFUL song despite its preachiness) and “If You See Her Say Hello” from BOTT (one his most nakedly emotional vocals, and the melancholy beauty of that song’s lyrics always touches me).

Also: I’m a baritone, so some of Bob’s records (depending on which period or what mood he’s in) are pitched too high for me, but both of these lie comfortably in my range.

Please share your fave Bob sing-alongs!

Other than clips from the docs., is there a complete video out there of the 1966 tour?

Thnx

We all know the endless trove of amazing live performances, what are some shows stand out in particular?

"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" is one of my all-time favorite Dylan songs. I've listened to the song, turned over its meaning, gotten lost in the lyrics countless times -- and still I've never quite decided where I come down on the following question:

In the song, has Rosemary known the Jack of Hearts prior to the night of the dramatic encounter in which Rosemary kills Big Jim? In other words, is it a heroic act to free the two lovers to be together out from the shadow of her evil husband? Or is it a tragic sacrifice of her own love for the Jack of Hearts?

I decided to see what others think. There are only two answers, but of course, opinions/evidence/theses/dissertations welcome in the comments.

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