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May 24th, 2004 11:50 AM
Ten Thousand Motels This from some website

How to Celebrate Bob Dylan's Birthday
Often referred to as the "most important voice of his generation," Bob Dylan epitomized the free, folk sound of the '60s. Celebrate the Tambourine Man's birthday on May 24th with some down-home revelry of your own.

Steps:
1. Write a private birthday card addressed to Robert Zimmerman, Bob Dylan's original birth name.

2. Play a little harmonica in tribute to the man who made a name with this unique instrument.

3. Break out your CD collection and play Bob's first hit original album from beginning to end. "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" was released in 1963 and was his first step on the path to international fame.

4. Bust out your dusty tambourine and make some noise in celebration of one of Mr. Dylan's most famous ditties, "Mr. Tambourine Man."

5. Rent the films, "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid", "Don't Look Back" and "The Last Waltz," Bob's claims to fame on the movie circuit.

6. Do something that makes you feel free. Bob Dylan is known for his timely, poetic lyrics and his ability to speak to our need for freedom.

[Edited by Ten Thousand Motels]
May 24th, 2004 02:50 PM
GimmeExile Man, that's weak! When I first started to read the list I thought, this will be cool...Oh, how uninspired!
May 24th, 2004 02:55 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
quote:
GimmeExile wrote:
Man, that's weak! When I first started to read the list I thought, this will be cool...Oh, how uninspired!



You're right. I should have put a disclaimer on it. But it was something.
May 24th, 2004 03:07 PM
Bloozehound Good one TTM

Bob was(still is) a phenomenal talent, a true american treasure & legend.

Don't listen to him as much as I used to, but I've been eyeballing an sacd version of "Freewheelin'...." at Best Buy lately. I seemed to have lost a few of his disks over the years, sadly this was one of them.
May 24th, 2004 03:23 PM
F505 as a tribute I will play the Heineken Musical Bootleg I just bought all evening. As a matter of fact he is in better shape than the Stones right now.....
May 24th, 2004 03:33 PM
Nasty Habits 1. Have a Dylan B Day Party. Everyone comes as characters in Dylan songs.
2. Drive around town with a car full of water balloons. Look for parking meter attendants. When you see them writing tickets throw water balloons at them, scream "Don't Follow Leaders and Watch Your Parking Meters!" and drive away real fast.
3. Walk around town all day in either a clear plastic Richard Nixon mask or white clown face makeup.
4. Buy a bottle of Maker's Mark or a bag of pot and put on Another Side of Bob Dylan. Every time Bob says the word "Babe", take a shot, a sip, or a hit. By the time the album is over you will think you ARE Bob Dylan.
5. Find Jesus. Try to get to heaven before they close the door. (optional)
6. Tell me where the heck Expecting Rain.com went.
7. Dress dandy.
8. Have some friends over and record a bunch of songs in your basement.
9. Tell people really really bad jokes all day, laugh hysterically, and walk away with them thinking you are a freak. For instance: "I just had to break up with my old girl friend. She was so conceited I started to call her 'MIMI'."
10. Post the entirety of "Brownsville Girl" on Rocks Off!

Well, there was this movie I seen one time,
About a man riding 'cross the desert and it starred Gregory Peck.
He was shot down by a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself.
The townspeople wanted to crush that kid down and string him up by the neck.

Well, the marshal, now he beat that kid to a bloody pulp
as the dying gunfighter lay in the sun and gasped for his last breath.
Turn him loose, let him go, let him say he outdrew me fair and square,
I want him to feel what it's like to every moment face his death.

Well, I keep seeing this stuff and it just comes a-rolling in
And you know it blows right through me like a ball and chain.
You know I can't believe we've lived so long and are still so far apart.
The memory of you keeps callin' after me like a rollin' train.

I can still see the day that you came to me on the painted desert
In your busted down Ford and your platform heels
I could never figure out why you chose that particular place to meet
Ah, but you were right. It was perfect as I got in behind the wheel.

Well, we drove that car all night into San Anton'
And we slept near the Alamo, your skin was so tender and soft.
Way down in Mexico you went out to find a doctor and you never came back.
I would have gone on after you but I didn't feel like letting my head get blown off.

Well, we're drivin' this car and the sun is comin' up over the Rockies,
Now I know she ain't you but she's here and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul.
But I'm too over the edge and I ain't in the mood anymore to remember the times when I was your only man
And she don't want to remind me. She knows this car would go out of control.

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love.

Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo
We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live. He owned a wreckin' lot outside of town about a mile.
Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back. She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust.
She said, "Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little while."

Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of bummin' a ride back to where she started.
But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up.
She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead." You could tell she was so broken-hearted.
She said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt."

"How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh.
"We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn,
'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies."
Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn."

Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head
But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play.
All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved
And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way.

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love.

Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour.
I was crossin' the street when shots rang out.
I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.
"We got him cornered in the churchyard," I heard somebody shout.

Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune. Underneath it, it said, "A man with no alibi."
You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you.
Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears,
It was the best acting I saw anybody do.

Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass but sometimes you just find yourself over the line.
Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now.
You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much. I could feel a whole lot better,
If you were just here by my side to show me how.

Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck,
Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind.
He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about
But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line.

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love.

You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em planned.
The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter.
And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was always too good for this world
Just like you always said there was something about me you liked that I left behind in the French Quarter.

Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than people who are most content.
I don't have any regrets, they can talk about me plenty when I'm gone.
You always said people don't do what they believe in, they just do what's most convenient, then they repent.
And I always said, "Hang on to me, baby, and let's hope that the roof stays on."

There was a movie I seen one time, I think I sat through it twice.
I don't remember who I was or where I was bound.
All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a gun and he was shot in the back.
Seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down.

Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love.

May 24th, 2004 03:35 PM
Nasty Habits By the way, GimmeExile - NICE Nashville poster in your sig. I just bought the DVD this weekend. Hadn't seen that movie in probably a decade and a half. It KILLED me. One of the best movies I think I have ever seen.