The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120453   Message #2620374
Posted By: CarolC
28-Apr-09 - 08:22 AM
Thread Name: Contemporary Classical Bob Dylan
Subject: RE: Contemporary Classical Bob Dylan
I think it might be necessary to use a Real One player for this radio program. It might be possible to get it for Mac here...

http://www.real.com/

I not only find the music funny, I find the way they talk about the music funny, especially as it's juxtaposed with the orchestral music playing in the background, and with their impossibly articulated, classical music world word pronunciations (which is doubly funny when one considers Dylan's own extreme lack of articulation in his word pronunciations). And also the bizarre juxtaposition of a very serious sounding musical score with the rather un-serious sounding Dylan lyrics, like this, for instance (sung operatically)...

"How many roads can a man walk down, before you call him a man... yes...

The whole thing sounds like it could be written by the same people who made This is Spinal Tap and Mighty Wind. Take this bit, for instance...

"I wanted to start in the world of someone who doesn't have Mr. Tambourine Man, and who is lost... and then... after that, I begin the theme... and then... suddenly the mood changes and... this person who was so dispirited suddenly says, 'Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me', and all of a sudden the world lights up and we're into the wonderful world of the sixties."

"Blowin' in the Wind is a wonderfully enigmatic piece, because, what it does is, it states many things that people have around them and it says, 'How can you ignore these injustices'. But the answer is not an answer. The answer is..... blowin' in the wind..... meaning..... the answer isn't there, but the question is. "

I think Dylan, himself, would laugh at people trying to explain (and sing) his songs in such a serious manner.

LOLOL