HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEL?

The National Post ^ | 5/24/01 | Mark Steyn

[BOBTHENAILER]

...gimme a chance to ask what in Hell's name did he ever see in SlickWillietheRapist!!

I saw your reference to that. I'd sure like to ask him the same question.

[Victoria Delsoul]

there appeared to be a shriveled penis that had spent way too long in the bath. On closer inspection, this turned out to be Bob Dylan's head. He was, it seems, getting ready to celebrate his birthday. For today he turns 60.

LOL! OMG.

[Huck]

I think it's packed with great lyrics. This from "Po' Boy":


Othello told Desdemona, "I'm cold, cover me with a blanket.
By the way, what happened to that poison wine?"
She says, "I gave it to you, you drank it."
Poor boy, layin' 'em straight - pickin' up the cherries fallin' off the plate

Time and love has branded me with its claws
Had to go to Florida, dodgin' them Georgia laws
Poor boy, in the hotel called the Palace of Gloom
Calls down to room service, says, "Send up a room"

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the ping, Pokey.

[Huck]

what in Hell's name did he ever see in SlickWillietheRapist

How do you know what he thought of him?

[SamAdams76]

That's what forty years of hard living will do to a man!

I must confess to being a big fan of Dylan. Not so much his early acoustic "Blowin' in the Wind" phase, but pretty much anything he did after 1965 starting with this album pictured above.

[Coyote]

God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son!"
Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on!"
God said, "No"
Abe said, "What?"
God said, "Whatever you do, the next time you see me commin', you better run!"
Abe said, "Okay, man, where you want this killin' done?"
God said, "Out on Highway 61."

[Ichneumon]

[appeared to be a shriveled penis that had spent way too long in the bath. On closer inspection, this turned out to be Bob Dylan's head.]

I'd hate to see how the author describes Willy Nelson!

This is so apropos I can't resist posting it. An old joke I heard years ago goes like this:

A woman was a huge Beatles fan, so she went to a tattoo artist and asked for John Lennon's face to be tattooed on her left thigh, and Paul McCartney to be tattooed on her right thigh.

The tattoo artist got to work, while she read a magazine to pass the time.

When he announced he was finished, the woman looked at the tattoos and started screaming at the artist. "That looks nothing like them, you incompetent hack, what am I going to do with two botched tattoos?!"

The tattoo artist tried to calm her, saying that perhaps the problem was the angle she was viewing them from. So they agreed to settle the matter by letting a third party decide it, using the first man on the street who happened to pass the shop.

As luck would have it, the first man to come by was a street wino. But he met the requirement, so they brought him in.

The woman hiked her skirt and spread her legs, and asked the wino, "do you recognize the faces on my left and right thighs?"

The wino squinted bleerily for a few moments and said, "no, I don't, but the guy in the middle has *got* to be Willie Nelson..."

[mrustow]

I assure you, it's the other way around.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

Blood on the Tracks. One of the greatest albums of all time.... God bless ya Bob! This was a hilarious read....Steyn rocks!

[slimer]

I'd hate to see how the author describes Willy Nelson!

...or Mick Jagar, Keith Richards and Steve Tyler!

[Revolting cat!]

That (#48) deserves its own thread, titled, say, Willie and the Fab Two?

[dennisw]

Julius and Peter Orlovsky, Robbie Robertson & Dylan in City Lights The Orlovsky brothers, Robbie Robertson and Bob Dylan in the City Lights basement waiting to escape. The door to the basement is locked, people are trying to break it down. Dylan is here to be photographed for Blonde on Blonde with McClure and Ginsberg. Finally, we climbed out a window and ran down the alley so we could have a private session. prices & ordering information

McClure, Dylan and Ginsberg, North Beach This session was arranged the night before at a party after Bob Dylan's concert at the Berkeley Community Theater. Allen Ginsberg introduced me to Dylan and we arranged to do a photo session (for the Blonde on Blonde album) the same day as the Beat's last gathering at City Lights Books. At City Lights we hid out in the basement with Dylan and when the people started to break the door down we climbed out a window and ran down the alley and took this photograph. I was in college and living at home during the Beat period. I had to mow the lawn before I could borrow the car and go to San Francisco to shoot this photo and the City Lights Books last gathering of the Beats event. prices & ordering information

 

[ErnBatavia]

Haaa! That very joke (a personal long time favorite) was the very reason I used Willy for reference!

[Spyder]

The wino squinted bleerily for a few moments and said, "no, I don't, but the guy in the middle has *got* to be Willie Nelson..."

The way they told that in Kentucky a few years back was "Denny Crum on the left cheek, Rick Pitino on the right, and d*mn if it isn't Bobby Knight in the middle."

[Jeremiah Jr]

Man, this article is...

Positively 4th Street!

[dennisw]

That's him is "diguise" at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or similar occasion.

[contributor]

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal that liked to growl
Big furry paws and he liked to howl
Great big furry back and furry hair
"Ah, think I'll call it a bear".

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

He saw an animal up on a hill
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled
He saw milk coming out but he didn't know how
"Ah, think I'll call it a cow".

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.

Yes, Dylan was truly a musical genius (sarcasm off)

[CyberCowboy777]

You say you lost your faith, but that's not where it's at
You have no faith to lose, and you know it

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I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you.

[goodnesswins]

LOL....I'm with you....I could never stand him AT ALL!