Dylan unknowable? People keep saying that, I don't understand why, just listen to his songs. They relate to us humans trying to make sense of the world. I saw the original of The Man Who Fell to Earth movie with David Bowie. Driving home, I heard Like a Rolling Stone, a favorite Dylan piece, on the radio, and started crying. The song sup…
Dylan unknowable? People keep saying that, I don't understand why, just listen to his songs. They relate to us humans trying to make sense of the world. I saw the original of The Man Who Fell to Earth movie with David Bowie. Driving home, I heard Like a Rolling Stone, a favorite Dylan piece, on the radio, and started crying. The song supposedly was about another musician. I took it more literally how it related to me. Both the movie and the song synchronized into a moment of a three way connection along me, the alien, and the singer, trying to get home. It can be as simple as that. That's what Bob Dylan portrayed. Humans at any moment are in love, or confused, or obsessed, or shallow, or magnificent, or angry. He is so good at distilling emotions - in the moment, you own it. I have seen Dylan in concert several times, and every time the rawness fills the air. I will see the Chalamet film this weekend and cry for another reason. My grown sons' Dad, now deceased, and I were huge Bob Dylan fans. The songs will resonate, especially Lay Lady Lay. We got a brass bed thanks to those lyrics. Probably the very place my sons began.
Dylan unknowable? People keep saying that, I don't understand why, just listen to his songs. They relate to us humans trying to make sense of the world. I saw the original of The Man Who Fell to Earth movie with David Bowie. Driving home, I heard Like a Rolling Stone, a favorite Dylan piece, on the radio, and started crying. The song supposedly was about another musician. I took it more literally how it related to me. Both the movie and the song synchronized into a moment of a three way connection along me, the alien, and the singer, trying to get home. It can be as simple as that. That's what Bob Dylan portrayed. Humans at any moment are in love, or confused, or obsessed, or shallow, or magnificent, or angry. He is so good at distilling emotions - in the moment, you own it. I have seen Dylan in concert several times, and every time the rawness fills the air. I will see the Chalamet film this weekend and cry for another reason. My grown sons' Dad, now deceased, and I were huge Bob Dylan fans. The songs will resonate, especially Lay Lady Lay. We got a brass bed thanks to those lyrics. Probably the very place my sons began.
That is so lovely. Makes me a little weepy. Wishing you good memories as the year turns!
Thank you, kind person. Wishing you sweet memories as well.