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Thread #107573 Message #3343701
Posted By: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
26-Apr-12 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: Stolen melodies/Bob Dylan
Subject: RE: Stolen melodies/Bob Dylan
I would like to point out that "The Star-Spangled Banner" has a stolen melody. It useta be an old British drinking (pub) song before Fancis Scott Keys put the the new patriotic words to it.
This don't seem to worry youse people too much, huh? Maybe because you don't even know? And mostly because Bob Dylan didn't do it? Possibly?
Then there's the one that goes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee, sweet land of liberty...of Thee I sing" etc.
THAT one's a stolen melody too! They got it from the British anthem "God Save The King".
Woody Guthrie stole lotsa tunes. So did many other well-loved musicians.
I could list lotsa other "stolen" melodies that people take fer granted too, stolen by all kindsa people besides Bob Dylan, but no one seems to care about those...cos BOB DYLAN didn't do it!
This is funny. ;-) Bob Dylan obviously has a real special place in certain people's minds...people that wanta hate someone in their own field, and hate him bad. He meets their emotional needs in that respect, while so many others don't. You gotta wonder just why that is...
- Chongo