BeauJangles Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 43 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.92 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted August 27, 2020 55 minutes ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said: Now who's going to start a Black Sabbath / Ozzy Osborne thread? Just kidding!!! stepping lightly away from the proposed topic here... okay, hopefully that's far enough... run for it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry_iain Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 24,787 Content Per Day: 5.77 Reputation: 20,557 Days Won: 161 Joined: 08/05/2012 Status: Online Birthday: 01/30/1985 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 At this rate we will have hundreds of threads for our favourite artists.....not a bad idea actually. this place needs some background music 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 43 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.92 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) I came across this Dylan track after purchasing an anthology collection of some well known and lesser known songs from Bob's early 60's to the latter 90's catalog. Not Dark Yet, stood out as one of the most outstanding in the lyrics since, Tangled Up in Blue. The story setting is similar in the way it appears indicative of the southlands. "It's too hot to sleep and time is running away." It seems to refer somewhat of growing older and a few of the sorrowful aspects of it. "It's not dark yet, but it's getting there." Not Dark Yet Bob Dylan Shadows are falling and I been here all day It's too hot to sleep and time is running away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I've still got the scars that the sun didn't let me heal There's not even room enough to be anywhere It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well my sense of humanity is going down the drain Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind She put down in writin' what was in her mind I just don't see why I should even care It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well I been to London and I been to gay Paree I followed the river and I got to the sea I've been down to the bottom of a whirlpool of lies I ain't lookin' for nothin' in anyone's eyes Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear It's not dark yet, but it's getting there I was born here and I'll die here, against my will I know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' still Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from Don't even hear the murmur of a prayer It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Not Dark Yet Edited August 27, 2020 by BeauJangles 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathoner Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,262 Content Per Day: 7.09 Reputation: 13,287 Days Won: 99 Joined: 05/24/2020 Status: Online Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) It looks like I missed the notification where I was tagged. Ah well, Everything is Broken. I was casually exposed to Dylan's music many years ago but it wasn't until I met a very dear friend that I was exposed to his music in a meaningful fashion. Along the way I was introduced to Jakob Dylan's music and learned of the immense influence Bob Dylan had on the late Tom Petty. Edited August 27, 2020 by Marathoner 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathoner Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,262 Content Per Day: 7.09 Reputation: 13,287 Days Won: 99 Joined: 05/24/2020 Status: Online Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 8/26/2020 at 10:09 AM, Ozarkbound said: I agree. Dylan's main talent was as a poet. I saw him in concert in the 70's. I was only one of the many who openly winced as he hit certain notes. I concur. His son Jakob excels in performance (he's the better singer) but there's no mistaking Bob's voice, is there? Nope! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauJangles Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 43 Topic Count: 229 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 10,900 Content Per Day: 2.92 Reputation: 12,145 Days Won: 68 Joined: 02/13/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1954 Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Marathoner said: Everything is Broken. Yet another terrific Bob Dylan song. 58 minutes ago, Marathoner said: Along the way I was introduced to Jakob Dylan's music I remember Jakob's first LP with the Wallflowers. Hit song on this album/CD was, One Headlight. Great! One Headlight The Wallflowers So long ago, I don't remember when That's when they say I lost my only friend Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease As I listened through the cemetery trees I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn The long broken arm of human law Now it always seemed such a waste, she always had a pretty face So I wondered how she hung around this place Hey, come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me & Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight She said it's cold It feels like Independence Day And I can't break away from this parade But there's got to be an opening Somewhere here in front of me Through this maze of ugliness and greed And I seen the sun up ahead at the county line bridge Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead We'll run until she's out of breath She ran until there's nothin' left She hit the end, it's just her window ledge Hey, come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me & Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight Well this place is old It feels just like a beat up truck I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn Well it smells of cheap wine, cigarettes This place is always such a mess Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn I'm so alone and I feel just like somebody else Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams I think of death, it must be killin' me Hey, hey hey come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me & Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight Jakob Dylan - One Headlight "Oh, where have you been my blue eyed son?" From Bob Dylan's, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Edited August 27, 2020 by BeauJangles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathoner Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,262 Content Per Day: 7.09 Reputation: 13,287 Days Won: 99 Joined: 05/24/2020 Status: Online Share Posted August 27, 2020 I particularly enjoyed Jakob's album, "Seeing Things," which features a number of noteworthy tunes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry_iain Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 24,787 Content Per Day: 5.77 Reputation: 20,557 Days Won: 161 Joined: 08/05/2012 Status: Online Birthday: 01/30/1985 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 1 hour ago, BeauJangles said: I came across this Dylan track after purchasing an anthology collection of some well known and lesser known songs from Bob's early 60's to the latter 90's catalog. Not Dark Yet, stood out as one of the most outstanding in the lyrics since, Tangled Up in Blue. The story setting is similar in the way it appears indicative of the southlands. "It's too hot to sleep and time is running away." It seems to refer somewhat of growing older and a few of the sorrowful aspects of it. "It's not dark yet, but it's getting there." Not Dark Yet Bob Dylan Shadows are falling and I been here all day It's too hot to sleep and time is running away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I've still got the scars that the sun didn't let me heal There's not even room enough to be anywhere It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well my sense of humanity is going down the drain Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind She put down in writin' what was in her mind I just don't see why I should even care It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Well I been to London and I been to gay Paree I followed the river and I got to the sea I've been down to the bottom of a whirlpool of lies I ain't lookin' for nothin' in anyone's eyes Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear It's not dark yet, but it's getting there I was born here and I'll die here, against my will I know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' still Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from Don't even hear the murmur of a prayer It's not dark yet, but it's getting there Not Dark Yet Made me think of this Leonard Cohen song Leonard Cohen Lyrics "You Want It Darker" If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the help that never came You want it darker Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my lord There's a lover in the story But the story's still the same There's a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But it's written in the scriptures And it's not some idle claim You want it darker We kill the flame They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle class and tame I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim You want it darker Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my lord Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the love that never came You want it darker We kill the flame If you are the dealer, let me out of the game If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame You want it darker Hineni, hineni Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my lord Hineni Hineni, hineni Hineni 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry_iain Posted August 27, 2020 Group: Royal Member Followers: 39 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 24,787 Content Per Day: 5.77 Reputation: 20,557 Days Won: 161 Joined: 08/05/2012 Status: Online Birthday: 01/30/1985 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 I want to say , in defence of Dylan's voice that, like I said before, I think that some of his music is written to work best with his voice. To each his own of course. But to me it's a bit like modern art or like modern classical music. It's an acquired taste. To me a painting with only coloured blocks is ok, because there are interesting elements that could be explored. It's beauty is exactly in it's break away from convention. That is what makes it interesting. I would argue the same in music, and particularly Dylan's voice. It does not need to be beautiful or smooth or stick to musical conventions, because the voice inherently adds to the message and it is message against the norm. And this gives it depth and character. Not that I don't understand why most people would prefer other voices. In a sense, that is is exactly what makes it attractive to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 2 hours ago, BeauJangles said: Yet another terrific Bob Dylan song. I remember Jakob's first LP with the Wallflowers. Hit song on this album/CD was, One Headlight. Great! One Headlight The Wallflowers So long ago, I don't remember when That's when they say I lost my only friend Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease As I listened through the cemetery trees I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn The long broken arm of human law Now it always seemed such a waste, she always had a pretty face So I wondered how she hung around this place Hey, come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me & Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight She said it's cold It feels like Independence Day And I can't break away from this parade But there's got to be an opening Somewhere here in front of me Through this maze of ugliness and greed And I seen the sun up ahead at the county line bridge Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead We'll run until she's out of breath She ran until there's nothin' left She hit the end, it's just her window ledge Hey, come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me & Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight Well this place is old It feels just like a beat up truck I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn Well it smells of cheap wine, cigarettes This place is always such a mess Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn I'm so alone and I feel just like somebody else Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams I think of death, it must be killin' me Hey, hey hey come on try a little Nothing is forever There's got to be something better than In the middle But me & Cinderella We put it all together We can drive it home With one headlight Jakob Dylan - One Headlight "Oh, where have you been my blue eyed son?" From Bob Dylan's, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall I bought this Wallflowers album because of this song. I was working in Cape Girardeau, MO at a construction site and as one of many machine designers, we'd pass albums back and forth listening to music while doing 3-D Cad. This and an album by The Verve were my contribution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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