“Someone got a great deal on that”

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

If Dylan is uncultured and unartistic philistinism, then I am a happy Philistine

What do you consider his best work? I guess most hard core fans would choose Highway 61 Revisited or Bringing it All Back Home but my favorite is probably Blood on the Tracks.

[Snapolit1]

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

I am sure they also sometimes wander off into other things and have a good time together. I am sorry for partaking in the hijacking. Come sing and dance and be merry with us

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

Totally.

And are you admitting that you wander over to those boards to talk about T206s?

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

The beauty of great conversation is that you are not building a train track, you are making a quilt. Every person contributes their own little scrap to make the whole. Some parts may seem a bit incongruous, but the final product can be quite amazing when viewed as a whole.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Michael B

The beauty of great conversation is that you are not building a train track, you are making a quilt. Every person contributes their own little scrap to make the whole. Some parts may seem a bit incongruous, but the final product can be quite amazing when viewed as a whole.

Very well said. If someone starting a thread is going to get triggered if it evolves in another direction, just take a poll.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Michael B

The beauty of great conversation is that you are not building a train track, you are making a quilt. Every person contributes their own little scrap to make the whole. Some parts may seem a bit incongruous, but the final product can be quite amazing when viewed as a whole.

How much weed do you smoke?

[Yoda]

Mama is in the factory making some shoes.
Daddy is in the alley looking for food.
And I'm in the kitchen with the Babe Ruth blues.

[Peter_Spaeth]

John, it's she ain't got no shoes.

[Yoda]

Peter, I stand corrected. Even though I have heard it a bazillion times, 'Positively 4th Street' still resonates.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

How much weed do you smoke?

If it's helpful, we've got a lot here in Oregon. If memory serves, the state recently reported that we had like a 30-year supply...

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

How much weed do you smoke?

I don't and never have. I think it smells disgusting. I have never done any type of drugs. When I worked as a bouncer in a new wave dance club behind Fenway Park in 1980/81 I was always throwing away vials and the folder paper filled with cocaine.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Michael B

I don't and never have. I think it smells disgusting. I have never done any type of drugs. When I worked as a bouncer in a new wave dance club behind Fenway Park in 1980/81 I was always throwing away vials and the folder paper filled with cocaine.

Spit?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Spit?

I'm guessing a drug in liquid form that could be carried in a vial.

Not being an expert in such substances, I won't hazard a guess as to which one it might have been.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Spit?

Yes. I was an original employee. It was an interesting place to work. I remember a few musicians who came in - Frank Zappa, Daryl Hall and Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith. I gave Hamilton a ration for doing lines. He apologized. Dennis Eckersley also came in once. For the new wave fans I also saw some interesting shows there - The Fall, Chelsea, Waitresses, Skatt Brothers, The Neighborhoods and the Modettes. In 1981 they moved the WBCN Rumble from The Rat to Spit. One of the bands I saw was the Young Snakes with lead singer Aimee Mann. This was a few years before 'Til Tuesday.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

What do you consider his best work? I guess most hard core fans would choose Highway 61 Revisited or Bringing it All Back Home but my favorite is probably Blood on the Tracks.

I think his best is the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A Changin' and Blood on the Tracks. Blood on the Tracks I have probably played the most.

Nashville Skyline is a favorite LP, but I do not think it is objectively all that good, I just like the country sound of that recording personally. I also really like his fairly recent music. "I Contain Multitudes" from a couple years ago is a beautiful poem and a favorite now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU-e...joWaUg0GKoL-UV). Tangled Up In Blue and Boots of Spanish Leather are probably my two most played tracks from him.

I get why people don't like him, he is really bad at actually singing from an objective standpoint, but I love literature and poetry and so he really does it for me. He has a wonderful way of piecing together images and metaphors into an oft vague but meaningful whole.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

I think his best is the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A Changin' and Blood on the Tracks. Blood on the Tracks I have probably played the most.

Nashville Skyline is a favorite LP, but I do not think it is objectively all that good, I just like the country sound of that recording personally. I also really like his fairly recent music. "I Contain Multitudes" from a couple years ago is a beautiful poem and a favorite now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU-e...joWaUg0GKoL-UV). Tangled Up In Blue and Boots of Spanish Leather are probably my two most played tracks from him.

I get why people don't like him, he is really bad at actually singing from an objective standpoint, but I love literature and poetry and so he really does it for me. He has a wonderful way of piecing together images and metaphors into an oft vague but meaningful whole.

If phrasing and connection not just voice make a great singer, he is a great singer. Billie Holiday comes to mind. Judy Garland. Jagger.

[Tere1071]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If phrasing and connection not just voice make a great singer, he is a great singer. Billie Holiday comes to mind. Judy Garland. Jagger.

Don't forget Dinah Washington, great precise phrasing.

Phil aka Tere1071

Complete 1953 Bowman Color, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 Topps Baseball complete set (under revision).

1970 Topps Baseball set- Need over 100 cards, mostly after 500.
1973 Topps Baseball 647/660

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

Don't forget Dinah Washington, great precise phrasing.

Phil aka Tere1071

Complete 1953 Bowman Color, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 Topps Baseball complete set (under revision).

1970 Topps Baseball set- Need over 100 cards, mostly after 500.
1973 Topps Baseball 647/660

Agreed, I thought she also had a good voice though and was just trying to list singers who didn't but were still great.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Agreed, I thought she also had a good voice though and was just trying to list singers who didn't but were still great.

Jimmy Durante and Louis Armstrong

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

I think his best is the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A Changin' and Blood on the Tracks. Blood on the Tracks I have probably played the most.

Nashville Skyline is a favorite LP, but I do not think it is objectively all that good, I just like the country sound of that recording personally. I also really like his fairly recent music. "I Contain Multitudes" from a couple years ago is a beautiful poem and a favorite now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU-e...joWaUg0GKoL-UV). Tangled Up In Blue and Boots of Spanish Leather are probably my two most played tracks from him.

I get why people don't like him, he is really bad at actually singing from an objective standpoint, but I love literature and poetry and so he really does it for me. He has a wonderful way of piecing together images and metaphors into an oft vague but meaningful whole.

front 6 song set for the Concert for Bangladesh is also IMO among his best work, live with George Harrison and Leon Russell up frpmt with him. His voice sounds a little different, I don't think I have heard him sing quite that way on any other album.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

front 6 song set for the Concert for Bangladesh is also IMO among his best work, live with George Harrison and Leon Russell up frpmt with him. His voice sounds a little different, I don't think I have heard him sing quite that way on any other album.

One of my favorite live albums.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

One of my favorite live albums.

I don't have the patience for Ravi Shankar, which probably means I need to meditate more. But much great music on the album. Love Leon Russell's version of the Lieber and Stoller/Coasters classic Young Blood. Bob Dylan Live 1966 (with the group that later became The Band but no Levon) is outstanding too. The definitive version IMO of Desolation Row.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't have the patience for Ravi Shankar, which probably means I need to meditate more. But much great music on the album. Love Leon Russell's version of the Lieber and Stoller/Coasters classic Young Blood. Bob Dylan Live 1966 (with the group that later became The Band but no Levon) is outstanding too. The definitive version IMO of Desolation Row.

It really helps it’s peak George Harrison. The All Things Must Pass LP is my favorite Beatles album. Probably an unpopular opinion there.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

It really helps it’s peak George Harrison. The All Things Must Pass LP is my favorite Beatles album. Probably an unpopular opinion there.

Yes I’ve seen the concert described as notice to the world that there were three great Beatles, not just two.