Be reasonable, mister, be honest, be fair

Repository of Dylanian ideas.39.Forgettable. Credits to the owners. The GIFs are mine.

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Tenderness 🖤

X: @catandwall

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Photo © Evening Post

“Bob Dylan and Tom Petty trade riffs at Athletic Park, Wellington, February 5, 1986.” “Bob Dylan and Tom Petty’s clamorous practice session before their 1986 show at Athletic Park almost cost the pair the gig. It was Dylan, Petty and his Heartbreakers first time playing together and the under-rehearsed musicians drew the ire of residents after a ‘long and loud’ warm-up two nights before the February 5 show. Promoters were threatened with cancellation by Wellington City Council, The Evening Post reported. But the show went ahead in what Post reviewer Anne Hogan said – despite a drug overdose and a handful of arrests – was one of the most ‘relaxed, casual shows the park has seen… like a couple of friends having a jam.’ The only sharp words in Hogan’s breezy review were reserved for Dylan’s fading features and dirty demeanour. ‘He is hitting 45 now and it’s starting to show. And it seems sad that he appears so paranoid, miserable and incapable of a smile.’ Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis, who covered the Australasian tour for the magazine, was not quite as impressed by the music, nor the 20,000 fans. 

The two-and-a-half-hour set didn’t catch fire [for the crowd] until Petty lit the blaze three-quarters of the way through with an extended version of ‘Refugee.’ It seems the real show happened at the after party. ‘After the show, Dylan and the gang repaired to the Park Royal Hotel, where, shortly after midnight, Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench commandeered the piano at the hotel bar for an impromptu songfest that featured Dylan, Petty, Stevie Nicks (who was backstage at the show) and backup singer Debra Byrd,’ DeCurtis wrote.” - Stuff (New Zealand), 2015

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You have moons in your eyes.

[someofthree]

bob save me

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Monday 😳

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I gave her my heart, but she wanted my soul Bob Dylan

[60s-journalist]

Bob Dylan’s 1966 world tour, photographed by Barry Feinstein

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Maybe you see only the bottom of a glass, but you serve even the glass.

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It seems my hangover keeps leading me back to this song, time and again.

Bow tie, impeccable suit, the Grammy gala, and religious gospel proclamations that no one cared about. Yet they gave him the Grammy. Bizarre.

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I told a friend I thought a girl he likes was "nice," and now he's bombarding me with pictures of her. I don't really need it.

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Absolute apathy.

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The last photo of Bob on the terrace, drinking white wine and wearing that raincoat and cap he’s had on all damn summer. He’s practically lived in that outfit, doing who knows what…

There are so many aromas and flavors here, and so many things I could do all night long,starting on that terrace, with a napkin and kindness.

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Forever young Forever young May you stay Forever young.

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Sign on the Cross

Bob Dylan, The Band · The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11 (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1967

You might think you’re weak

But I mean to say you’re strong

Well, that’s all right because sing a song

And all your troubles will pass right on through.

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Just as the author feels.

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Who are these people?

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Feel blue.