NAME THESE BOB DYLAN SONGS
NAME THESE BOB DYLAN SONGS
Bob Dylan has just been named by the Nobel Committee to receive the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. Here is a quiz about his songs. See if you can name the songs from the clues.
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Buzz of the Orient
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Krishna
7 years agoPlease name the song, Krishna, I can't open YouTube.
Some of these are pretty easy, especially if you were around in the 1960s and 1970s.
1. All Along The Watchtower
2. Blowin In The Wind
4. Chimes Of Freedom
6. The Times They Are A Changin
10. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
15. Knockin On Heaven's Door
There are a few others I know but I will leave it at that for now.
I knew you'd get them John - so far all correct.
5. Desolation Row
8. I Want You
9. Visions of Johnanna
11. Stuck inside of Mobile
12. Hurricane
13. Tangled up in Blue
14. Positively 4th St
16. Lay Lady Lay
17. Like a Rollin' Stone
19. Tambourine Man
20. Don't Think Twice
Pretty good, Kavika. You got 5, 12, 14, 16, 17 and 19 right.
9.
Girl From the North Country
Yep, you got it.
18. Only A Pawn In Their Game
Correct again. Any others?
Well, it looks as if there are only three of us, other than the Nobel committee, who appreciate Bob Dylan and his compositions to the extent of having any knowledge of his works.
On the other hand, at least the three of us are not so fixated on the American election to put a little effort into something other than Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary vs Trump vs Hillary....................
"Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's naming
For the loser now will be later to win
Cause the times they are a-changing"
(from The Times They Are a-Changing - Bob Dylan)
One of my favorite Dylan songs.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
(As for those) in the basement
(Marijuana's) the medicine
(And those) on the pavement
(Burning down the false) government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's something you did
(Jah) knows when
But you're doing' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Looking' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talking' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doze"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch (those) plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
(You) get sick, (then) get well
Hang around an ink well
(Things fell), hard to tell
If anything is going' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write Braille
Get jailed, jump bail
(Don't stop, you don't) fail
Look out kid
You're going to get hit
By users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Looking' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parking' meters
Ah get born, keep warm
(Girls come) learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her (to please me)
Don't steal, don't (shop) lift
Twenty years of schooling'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
(You come out from the dark zone)
Light yourself a (fire torch)
Wear (your) sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't want to be a bum
(Get yourself a gun)
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
You can say that again. Oh, you did.
It's so good that I had to post it twice...
LOL
Yes--- definitely one of the best.
And the video is excellent as well:
BTW,the guy with the beard (on the left) who appears at the beginning and the end is Alan Ginsberg.
One of my favorite Dylan songs.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
(As for those) in the basement
(Marijuana's) the medicine
(And those) on the pavement
(Burning down the false) government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's something you did
(Jah) knows when
But you're doing' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Looking' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talking' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doze"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch (those) plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
(You) get sick, (then) get well
Hang around an ink well
(Things fell), hard to tell
If anything is going' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write Braille
Get jailed, jump bail
(Don't stop, you don't) fail
Look out kid
You're going to get hit
By users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Looking' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parking' meters
Ah get born, keep warm
(Girls come) learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her (to please me)
Don't steal, don't (shop) lift
Twenty years of schooling'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
(You come out from the dark zone)
Light yourself a (fire torch)
Wear (your) sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't want to be a bum
(Get yourself a gun)
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
Looks like nobody else is going to guess the answers, so here are the ones that were not identified:
3. Boots of Spanish Leather
7. End of the Line (was recorded by the Traveling Wllburys)
8. Gates of Eden
11. Highway 61 Revisited (Pretty obvious, although Kavika was close)
13. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue*
20. My Back Pages
*When Bob Dylan was booed off the 1964 Newport Folk Festival stage for going electric with "Maggie's Farm", he eventually returned acoustic and played "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" - a very meaningful choice. I was there, and witnessed this iconic moment in Folk/Rock history.
I have always been a great Dylan fan-- but unfortunately I ever saw him live.
Not only have I seen him live in concert 3 different times, he came with his wife Sara and son Jessie just to see the Mariposa Folk Festival when I was in charge of it, and he shook my hand and said "I really dig your festival, man." Although some may have wondered whether or not I did, I did wash my hands after that when preparing to eat dinner.
Definitely one of my all-tyme favs!
Subterranean Homesick Blues
(As for those) in the basement
(Marijuana's) the medicine
(And those) on the pavement
(Burning down the false) government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's something you did
(Jah) knows when
But you're doing' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Looking' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talking' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doze"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch (those) plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
(You) get sick, (then) get well
Hang around an ink well
(Things fell), hard to tell
If anything is going' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write Braille
Get jailed, jump bail
(Don't stop, you don't) fail
Look out kid
You're going to get hit
By users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Looking' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parking' meters
Ah get born, keep warm
(Girls come) learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her (to please me)
Don't steal, don't (shop) lift
Twenty years of schooling'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
(You come out from the dark zone)
Light yourself a (fire torch)
Wear (your) sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't want to be a bum
(Get yourself a gun)
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
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