Bob Dylan Lyrics

[Guest fultie]

So I was reading this thing where John Lennon wrote I Am The Walrus partly because Dylan always wrote things that didn't make sense and Lennon wanted to try it out.. anybody know what Dylan songs Lennon might be talking about? Every Dylan song I know has fantastic lyrics.

[Carnage]

Ballard of a thin man makes no sense at all. It's probly the worst song I've ever heard.

[Guest fultie]

I just listened to and read the lyrics to Ballad Of A Thin Man, and I can't really tell you right now, but I really think there is a meaning to this song, I think there are a lot of words used to discribe something that you wouldn't normally use.. I think you really have to think out side the box on this one.. I'm not sure, cause knowing what I do know about Dylan it could mean nothing at all, but it seems to me there is a meaning to this song.. are they any Dylan songs that resemble I Am The Walrus at all? The lyrics to Ballad Of A Thin Man make a lot more sense then "yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog’s eye.

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Edited July 13, 2005 by fultie

[Hobo]

"Subterranean Homesick Blues"...that song makes no sense at all. Also "The Wicked Messenger". They both have some screwy lyrics or "My Back Pages". Scewy yet great lyrics.

Edited July 13, 2005 by The Lonesome Hobo

[Guest TheTokenWhiteGuy]

You could search this site. It has just about every song. If you look hard about evryone has some kidnove meaning.

[FunkAsPuck]

Just because you don't understand the lyrics or they don't appear to make sense to you, doesn't mean its entirely without meaning.

If they are a mildly popular band, or a band known for its lyrics then you can consult other fans for their views on what the song actually means.

Or you could go to www.songmeanings.net . It does get irritating when you have a song with over 100 replies and people simply going "omfg dis song rox"

[Guest fultie]

Just because you don't understand the lyrics or they don't appear to make sense to you, doesn't mean its entirely without meaning.

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[Super Macho]

Bob Dylan never came close to anything as cool as I Am The Walrus. I absolutely hate the Beatles but that song makes more sense to me than anything Bob Dylan ever did. It also makes more sense than the fact there are people in this day and age still trying to squeeze some meaning or point out of Bob Dylan's horrible attempts at music.

I understand him being able to fool those hippy dipshits 40 years ago into thinking he had talent but how could that crap pass for talent today when he isn't even a slutty teen girl or anything.

[Hardcore Weapon Smasher]

Bob Dylan never came close to anything as cool as I Am The Walrus. I absolutely hate the Beatles but that song makes more sense to me than anything Bob Dylan ever did. It also makes more sense than the fact there are people in this day and age still trying to squeeze some meaning or point out of Bob Dylan's horrible attempts at music.

I understand him being able to fool those hippy dipshits 40 years ago into thinking he had talent but how could that crap pass for talent today when he isn't even a slutty teen girl or anything.

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[Super Macho]

I mostly listen to Milli Vanilli and Slayer, though I am thinking of getting a Maroon 5 tattoo on my butt.

[Guest fultie]

Bob Dylan never came close to anything as cool as I Am The Walrus. I absolutely hate the Beatles but that song makes more sense to me than anything Bob Dylan ever did. It also makes more sense than the fact there are people in this day and age still trying to squeeze some meaning or point out of Bob Dylan's horrible attempts at music.

I understand him being able to fool those hippy dipshits 40 years ago into thinking he had talent but how could that crap pass for talent today when he isn't even a slutty teen girl or anything.

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[Super Macho]

fultie baby, sorry to have maybe taken your topic away from it's intended direction and I'm not trying to start an argument either, I just get a little psychotic whenever Bob Dylan is mentioned these days.

I assure you I have heard pretty much everything Bob Dylan has done. My mother was a huge fan of his and I was raised with that music playing all the time and to be honest I just never liked it. I thought the lyrics were whiny, overrated, pretentious gibberish. I didn't think the songs were very interesting musically and when coupled with Dylan's voice they just weren't fun to listen to. That's just my opinion.

Now that wouldn't have been so bad, everyone has different opinions on music and different tastes and I can respect that ...... BUT .... after being forced to listen to this music for much of my childhood I then found that almost any time I mentioned in any situation that I didn't like Bob Dylan I would be attacked, bitched at, accused of liking Maroon 5 or supporting wars in Vietnam and then lectured on the genius of Bob Dylan.

That took my casual dislike for one musician who simply didn't appeal to me into the realms of psychotic hatred for the music, the man and the fans.

Not that I hate you fultie, you've been polite and seem like a good guy but I just happen to not like some music which you do like. Now er .... please excuse this rant and carry on amigo.

[Guest fultie]

i see, i totally understand where you're coming from now.. and i wouldn't have made anything of it if i would have known the whole story in the first place.. i just was surprised that i was seeing this guy say that bob dylan was talentless with no reasons behind it or just because he didn't like the sound of it so bob dylan automatically sucks, ya know?

okay.. well.. i still haven't found what Lennon was talking about when he said Dylan got away with writing stuff like I Am The Walrus..

[Hobo]

Just because you don't understand the lyrics or they don't appear to make sense to you, doesn't mean its entirely without meaning.

If they are a mildly popular band, or a band known for its lyrics then you can consult other fans for their views on what the song actually means.

Or you could go to www.songmeanings.net . It does get irritating when you have a song with over 100 replies and people simply going "omfg dis song rox"

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This wasn't aimed at my post was it? Because I said that some lyrics didn't make sense in the songs I mentioned but thats not to say that I've not looked at the lyrics and tried to make some sense out of them. I chose my word badly perhaps but doesn't mean the songs had a meaning - John Lennon said that a lot of his songs didn't have a meaning he just wrote them and let people think they had. In fact Dylan said something simliar in his interview on 60 minutes. Both Lennon and Dylan have said then that people read into there songs too much and found meanings that neither man had for writing the songs.

[shaneo]

Bob Dylan never came close to anything as cool as I Am The Walrus. I absolutely hate the Beatles but that song makes more sense to me than anything Bob Dylan ever did. It also makes more sense than the fact there are people in this day and age still trying to squeeze some meaning or point out of Bob Dylan's horrible attempts at music.

I understand him being able to fool those hippy dipshits 40 years ago into thinking he had talent but how could that crap pass for talent today when he isn't even a slutty teen girl or anything.

[Guest *Doink*]

"Subterranean Homesick Blues"...that song makes no sense at all.

[Hobo]

I chose my words badly. Upon first listening you do think "what the hell was that about" as you would for something like "I am The Walrus". But it takes listening to it over and over before you get it.

[Skummy]

Both Lennon and Dylan have said then that people read into there songs too much and found meanings that neither man had for writing the songs.

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That tends to happen to most songwriters, though. A writer will write with one meaning in their mind, whilst the listener will be given an entirely different mental image. It is much more prevalent with classical music, but still very much noticeable in modern music.

The meaning may not have been intentional, but sometimes the meaning found by the listener is what it will take to make a song seem more than it actually is. For example, Chris Cornell wrote Audioslave's "Like A Stone" to be about waiting for death, whilst Tom Morello interpreted it as a love song. On face value, that would mean that Morello is wrong. But maybe to Cornell it's a song about death, whilst to Morello it's about love?

I find it an interesting discussion, and is most of the reason I love cover versions, as it's interesting to hear different takes on the same lyrics.

[Guest TheTokenWhiteGuy]

Both Lennon and Dylan have said then that people read into there songs too much and found meanings that neither man had for writing the songs.

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That tends to happen to most songwriters, though. A writer will write with one meaning in their mind, whilst the listener will be given an entirely different mental image. It is much more prevalent with classical music, but still very much noticeable in modern music.

The meaning may not have been intentional, but sometimes the meaning found by the listener is what it will take to make a song seem more than it actually is. For example, Chris Cornell wrote Audioslave's "Like A Stone" to be about waiting for death, whilst Tom Morello interpreted it as a love song. On face value, that would mean that Morello is wrong. But maybe to Cornell it's a song about death, whilst to Morello it's about love?

I find it an interesting discussion, and is most of the reason I love cover versions, as it's interesting to hear different takes on the same lyrics.

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[Guest fultie]

my question will never be answered...