Not Ready to be a Bookend

[callmemadam]

Unless you've been going around with your head in a bag, you'll know that today is Bob Dylan's seventieth birthday. Gulp.

Glad you’re still with us, Bob and Happy Birthday. I do hope that after all this time you’ve come to terms with being Bob Dylan, which must be very difficult.
Nice audio slideshow here narrated by Michael Gray (his book Song & Dance Man is very good). He points out that Dylan is finding a new, young audience and ends with Make You Feel My Love, which has quite rightly been a smash hit for Adele.



Who’d like to add themselves or others to the list of fans? Here’s some for starters:
callmemadam
Christopher Ricks
Andrew Motion
David Cameron
The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire

Comments

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Nick Hornby.

And me.

[mammadibiba.livejournal.com]

A friend is celebrating "Dylanmas". Appropriately dressed, too if his last night's Facebook entry is to be believed.



And me.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Ha ha!

[ramblingfancy.livejournal.com]

Thought of you immediately this morning when I saw it in the news!!! Glad you've been finding so much to enjoy with the radio celebrations :) At least he has the sort of voice that age can not wither :)

[lethe1]

Happy belated Bobday!

Would I call myself a fan... I'm definitely a fan of his older work. Desire was his last great album IMO.

I'm afraid his voice has become so bad that I can't even listen to it any more. Whenever he comes on the radio with a recent song I have to turn it off.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Same to you.

I tend to prefer the earlier songs because I grew up with them but I think Time Out Of Mind is terrific.