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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 10/01/2011 : 17:01:47
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Dylan and Baez were a famous, brilliant and romantic pairing of two of the greatest of folk rock history. It wasn't a pairing of two superstars, but of compatriots in music and hearts...for a while. The music they wrote about each other, during after they were together, is some of the best and most memorable music ever written.
What makes it special for me is the times of course and the fact that it wasn't one of those commercial pairings of super=egos....but one that grew together & one that grew apart due to musical growth -- growing apart as they grew up. Can't really see it happening today or ever again.
Those innocent times of peace love protest and flower power just can't exist in these jaded times of twitter and facebook and wikileaks.
Those were the days. What other famous pairings had a deep meaning in your life and times that compare to this...musically--romantically or not, but certainly not just the formation of a band that got together, no matter how written-in-the-stars they were.
A song from Joan about her Bobby.....with some wonderful, great videos of the two as their life passes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpD5_c2j1OM Diamonds and Rust-I love this video of Joan & Bobby
Any songs by Bobby and Joan that touched you-Joan performed so well so much of Bob's material too, with a resect and love like no other artist....Bob and Joan (when will there ever a movie? Seems to me that HAS to be made...the soundtrack would be remarkable!)
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 10/01/2011 20:43:05 |
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markk
Old Love
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Posted - 11/01/2011 : 18:26:32
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This is an interesting topic. But wasn't it bittersweet for Joan.
She was the young Queen of folk and he the young King, but they were not like Monroe and DiMaggio. Wasn't there one Dylan concert where Joan waited and waited to be called on stage, but Bobby never called her, only others. Also, didn't he write "It ain't me Babe", which was specifically for Joan? I am great fans of both. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 11/01/2011 : 19:09:55
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oh yeah Joan was heartbroken. But the music is amazing that came from this union and breakup.....
Diamonds and Rust, For Bobby, It Ain't Me Babe, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Like A Rolling Stone.....Joan's Dylan covers always seemed touching and heartfelt such as Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands..and many others by both.
So much music, so little time!
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Letting your freak flag fly is a state of mind,
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 11/01/2011 19:11:25 |
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 11/01/2011 : 22:51:01
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"Diamonds And Rust" always tears me up.
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 12/01/2011 : 00:12:05
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DON'T LOOK BACK...
ah who cares? people wanted to see Bob in London didn't they? songs like "Times they are a changin" and "blowin in the wind" (a UK hit)weren't meant for duets
Dylan DID let her appear in Renaldo and Clara
but noone ever saw THAT movie!! (or Eat the Document, considering..)
you can hear "Diamonds and rust" in R&C I believe - the only reason to watch the film is for the sound!!  |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 12/01/2011 : 00:57:47
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One can look at it from a detached unromantic point of view...but I prefer not to.
Their relationship formed their music and their lives, and Dylan & Baez were still connected years later. Maybe you have to have been there to hear the music unfold, but even if you weren't, anyone with a heart does care.
The beauty of songs borne out of relationships are the stuff of classics, and forms our foundation in the hearing of those songs. Take Diamonds and Rust, or It's all Over Now Baby Blue...or Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Joni Mitchell's Coyote, or Nash's Our House...it's what we know about the people that wrote the songs and for whom they wrote the songs that make them special.
So yeah...WE care,
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markk
Old Love
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Posted - 12/01/2011 : 15:53:39
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 12/01/2011 : 18:30:16
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Originally posted by markk
Who was "Our House" written for? I have no idea.
For Joni Mitchell when they lived together in their Laurel Canyon cottage, after Joni left David Crosby for Graham--and another song, TRIAD, was born out of that trio.
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