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#30170 05/26/01 03:32 AM
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And, to quote Mr Bowie:

I think David Bowie probably summed him up best:

Oh, hear this Robert Zimmerman
I wrote a song for you
About a strange young man called Dylan
With a voice like sand and glue
Some words of truthful vengeance
They could pin us to the floor
Brought a few more people on
And put the fear in a whole lot more

Ah, Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes again
The same old painted lady
From the brow of a superbrain
She'll scratch this world to pieces
As she comes on like a friend
But a couple of songs
From your old scrapbook
Could send her home again

You gave your heart to every bedsit room
At least a picture on the wall
And you sat behind a million pair of eyes
And told them how they saw
Then we lost your train of thought
The paintings are all your own
While troubles are rising
We'd rather be scared
Together than alone

Ah, Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes again
The same old painted lady
From the brow of a superbrain
She'll scratch this world to pieces
As she comes on like a friend
But a couple of songs
From your old scrapbook
Could send her home again

Aoo

Now hear this Robert Zimmerman
Though I don't suppose we'll meet
Ask your good friend Dylan
If he'd gaze a while down the old street
Tell him we've lost his poems
So they're writing on the walls
Give us back our unity
Give us back our family
You're every nation's refugee
Don't leave us with their sanity

Ah, Here she comes
Here she comes
Here she comes again
The same old painted lady
From the brow of a superbrain
She'll scratch this world to pieces
As she comes on like a friend
But a couple of songs
From your old scrapbook
Could send her home again
Come on
A couple of songs
From your old scrapbook
Could send her home again
Oh, here she comes, (oh) here she comes
Oh, here she comes (oh)


Amen




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#30171 05/26/01 03:46 AM
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>a voice like sand and glue

just slightly off-topic, I've always been attracted to gravel-voiced singers who can't quite carry a tune -- Dylan, Tom Waits, Jerry Jeff Walker (the original outlaw of country?), Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)... I've never been able to actually explain this.


#30172 05/26/01 05:50 AM
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Ah, at last I've discovered someone who, by his own definition, must like Johnny Cash!



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#30173 05/26/01 06:07 AM
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>Johnny Cash
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my arms wide open all the time
I keep my pants up with a piece of twine
Because you're mine... plese pull the twine



#30174 05/26/01 09:11 AM
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Low, Michael. Very low. And getting lower!



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To quote Mr Dylan himself, "mmfmmmgl mm gmmbl gmmgbl llbmmbl."

Cap K responds : Oh, you too, Sparteye?

Me too, you two!

Gravel-voices I can enjoy but it bothers me when singers do not have enough respect for their listeners to e-nun-ci-ate.


#30176 05/26/01 03:10 PM
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>Very low. And getting lower!

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fahr...
*<8^D


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