Favorite Bob Dylan one- or two-liners...

[farva]

Hearing Garcia sing that song is the best, especially on a top notch version like Fallout From the Phil Zone.

You can stream the version I mention above here:

 

http://www.archive.org/details/gd95-03-18....1362.sbeok.shnf

 

"In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes

I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose."

(Shelter From The Storm)

 

"He hears the ticking of the clocks

And walks along with a parrot that talks,

Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in."

(Simple Twist of Fate)

 

Up on Housing Project Hill

It's either fortune or fame

You must pick up one or the other

Though neither of them are to be what they claim

(Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues)

Edited August 21, 2006 by farva

[Colb Masta M]

"If anybody asks me: 'is it easy to forget?'

I say 'it's easily done

you just pick anyone

and pretend that you never have touched'."

 

I prefer the Live '66 version where he sustains 'Touched' for a little longer.

[dontknownuthin]

Now you stand here sayin' you forgive and forget. Honey, what can I say?

Yes, you, you just sit around and ask for ashtrays, can't you reach?

I see you kiss her on the cheek ev'rytime she gives a speech

- She's Your Lover Now

 

Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,

I don't wanna be your boss.

Don't say I never warned you

When your train gets lost.

-It Takes A Lot To Laugh (It Takes A Train To Cry)

 

Wow - you stole those two right off the top of my stack. I'm also a big fan of the leering "And yoouuuu, just what do you DO, anyway?" from SYLN.

 

And:

 

"But I ain't a judge, you don't have to be nice to me

But please tell that

To your friend in the cowboy hat

You know he keeps on sayin' ev'rythin' twice to me..."

 

Love the scorned and surly Bob.

 

"You say my kisses aren't like his, I won't tell you why that is..."

 

Great threads today people!

Edited September 3, 2006 by dontknownuthin

[bobbob1313]

"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride

You will not die, it's not poison"

 

Tombstone Blues

 

Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain

That could hold you dear lady from going insane

That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain

Of your useless and pointless knowledge

 

Tombstone Blues

[Atticus]

"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride

You will not die, it's not poison"

 

Tombstone Blues

 

Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain

That could hold you dear lady from going insane

That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain

Of your useless and pointless knowledge

 

Tombstone Blues

 

 

that whole song is just a run-on of amazing lines, don't you think?

[bobbob1313]

that whole song is just a run-on of amazing lines, don't you think?

Definetly. I love it.

[froggie]

Definetly. I love it.

 

[oceanman]

I know it's one or two liners,but that whole poem is just about the best thing from Bob I've ever heard...it really contains the soul of the Z-Mam,imo

tears in my eyes every time

[mjpuczko]

'yes i recieved your letter yesterday

about the time the doorknob broke'

desolation

 

i can't narrow this song down to a line or two, here's the whole thing (one of my fave songs ever, so poetic)

 

 

Lay down your weary tune, lay down,

Lay down the song you strum,

And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum.

 

Struck by the sounds before the sun,

I knew the night had gone.

The morning breeze like a bugle blew

Against the drums of dawn.

Lay down your weary tune, lay down,

Lay down the song you strum,

And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum.

 

The ocean wild like an organ played,

The seaweed's wove its strands.

The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed

Against the rocks and sands.

Lay down your weary tune, lay down,

Lay down the song you strum,

And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum.

 

I stood unwound beneath the skies

And clouds unbound by laws.

The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang

And asked for no applause.

Lay down your weary tune, lay down,

Lay down the song you strum,

And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum.

 

The last of leaves fell from the trees

And clung to a new love's breast.

The branches bare like a banjo played

To the winds that listened best.

 

I gazed down in the river's mirror

And watched its winding strum.

The water smooth ran like a hymn

And like a harp did hum.

Lay down your weary tune, lay down,

Lay down the song you strum,

And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings

No voice can hope to hum

[jff]

"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past twenty years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

 

 

 

Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, (Dylan) said, "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."

[Atticus]

I just wanted to thank everyone who has jumped on and laid out some of your favorites. I started the thread because I had had a bad day at work, was in the car, being negative and a bit impatient, etc., when "Tombstone Blues" came on the mp3 and then "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" and then others. And suddenly my piss-poor mood was gone, I was smiling, traffic was no longer an annoyance, and I went home and had a relaxing evening. It's been so great reading all these posts and having a flood of memories come up. Made me revisit a lot of the music.

 

[Sir Stewart]

"Well, I'm scufflin' and I'm shufflin' and I'm walkin' on briars

I'm not even acquainted with my own desires"

 

I sing that line at least once a week in my head.

[MattZ]

"This is a foreign song I learned in Utah."

[brittboas]

I Want You

As sung by Bruce Springsteen on Feb 5, 1975

 

"The guilty undertaker sighs, the lonesome organ grinder cries

The silver saxophone should say, I should refuse you

Your cracked bells and washed out horns blow into my face with scorn

But it ain't that way, I wasn't born to lose you"

 

This IS the best cover Bruce has ever done,...and may just be my favorite cover by anyone, ever!

 

I'll even supply this LINK, so you can hear it!! Courtesy of http://www.backstreets.com/btx/viewtopic.p...2052312#2052312

Edited August 23, 2006 by brittboas

[Sir Stewart]

Link, please!

[Atticus]

Link, please!

 

ditto!

[brittboas]

Done!

[rghammo]

Though I'm not the one who asked, thanks for the link.

[Sir Stewart]

[Atticus]

thanks!

[brittboas]

Any thoughts or feedback on Bruce's cover of I Want You?

[rghammo]

Sorry, I listened to it yesterday and it is a great cover. Bruce totally makes it his own. It's never been a favorite Dylan song of mine but that version may be better than the original. Or maybe I just like it better than the original. Yeah anyway, thanks for the link!

[Sir Stewart]

It's a gorgeous cover. Thanks for sharing it.

[Atticus]

Now the rainman gave me two cures,

Then he said, "Jump right in."

The one was Texas medicine,

The other was just railroad gin.

An' like a fool I mixed them

An' it strangled up my mind,

An' now people just get uglier

An' I have no sense of time.

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,

To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again.

[Fritz]

I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane

Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore

I been all around the world, boys

Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door.