IRememberDBoon Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 good enough for me! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4076339.ece June 5, 2008 Bob Dylan says Barack Obama is 'changin' AmericaYou need Flash Player 8 or higher to view video content with the ROO Flash Player. Click here to download and install it. Alan Jackson and David Byers Read the exclusive Times interview His 1964 track 'The Times They are a-Changin' became the anthem for his generation, symbolising the era-defining social struggle against the establishment. Now Bob Dylan - who could justifiably claim to be the architect of Barack Obama's 'change' catchphrase - has backed the Illinois senator to do for modern America what the generation before did in the 1960s. In an exclusive interview with The Times, published today, Dylan gives a ringing endorsement to Mr Obama, the first ever black presidential candidate, claiming he is "redefining the nature of politics from the ground up". Dylan, 67, made the comments when being interviewed in Denmark, where he stopped over in a hotel during a tour of Scandinavia. Asked about his views on American politics, he said: "Well, you know right now America is in a state of upheaval. Poverty is demoralising. You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. "But we've got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up...Barack Obama. "He's redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I'm hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to." He added: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Bob Dylan.......as unpredictable as ever. I love it. (I just hope Neil Young doesn't come out backing McCain...lol) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 (I just hope Neil Young doesn't come out backing McCain...lol) Oiy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 it disheartens me a little bit that he would back any presidential candidate whatsoever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I guess he feels there's a need to say something this time around. Which says something....dunnit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cousin Tupelo Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 it disheartens me a little bit that he would back any presidential candidate whatsoever. Springsteen probably feels the same, kicking him self in the ass now that he'd be second billing at best... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 ha! he finally told some of his fans to get a life! here's another version/interview: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle4074327.ece Bob Dylan: He's got everything he needs, he's an artist, he don't look back The legendary singer/songwriter has an art exhibition opening in London next week and loves to talk about it. But you risk his 1,000-yard stare if you touch on his personal lifeYou need Flash Player 8 or higher to view video content with the ROO Flash Player. Click here to download and install it.Alan Jackson Bob Dylan endorses Barack Obama Odense, Denmark, and the not-quite-grand hotel that for the next two nights will be a home away from home for Bob Dylan. He arrived here from Reykjavik, four days after his 67th birthday and in the first stages of a lengthy itinerary that will take him through Scandinavia, the Baltic states, Austria, Italy, France, Andorra, Spain and Portugal between now and mid-July. To his irritation, others long ago gave this ongoing schedule the title of The Never-Ending Tour (habitually, he plays upwards of 100 concerts each year, often considerably more). As he prefers to see it: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Hey... we all know who's playing the Inaugural Ball, and it ain't Bob Dylan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 lets have Ob' for president... let us have him for our king! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 The world shall be ruled, from Chicago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 "redefining the nature of politics from the ground up". Yuck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 And Futhurmore! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yuck. in terms of grassroots campainging/volunteering and bringing out millions of people who have never voted before in their lives (just in the PRIMARIES), i'd say, yes... Obama has changed the game dramatically Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yuck.Win or lose, Obama will be in the history books for his grassroots fundraising alone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Win or lose, Obama will be in the history books for his grassroots fundraising alone. exactly... anyone denying how utterly HUGE his accomplishment is, even up to this point... no matter what side of the political compass you're on, needs a history lesson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamin' Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 And Futhurmore!Is that Wavy Gravy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yes, eh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
will&co Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Bob Dylan.......as unpredictable as ever. I love it. (I just hope Neil Young doesn't come out backing McCain...lol) Ha! I have more faith in Neil than that....seems he had an inkling of what was gonna happen almost 3 yrs ago http://neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwvideos/lo...der-doc_wm.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 And Futhurmore! I am losing track of how many kinds of awesome that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 who cares about Obama? there's a new bootleg series coming out soon! tho it would be cool if its release date would coincide with Obama's inauguration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 who cares about Obama? there's a new bootleg series coming out soon! tho it would be cool if its release date would coincide with Obama's inauguration. i cant wait for that one... outtakes from 1989-1997 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 i cant wait for that one... outtakes from 1989-1997me either! I'm kind of glad that they're focusing on this period of his career as opposed to his earlier stuff. I, for one, have yet to dabble in outtakes from these years so whatever they decide to release will likely be new to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 i've heard the circulating ones, but there are some known ones that are still in the vaults - hopefully they'll be out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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