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 Yuletide Weirdness With Your Host, Bob DylanPosted on Nov 19, 2009
Is yet another Christmas album from a recording artist who just might be phoning it in really necessary? Bob Dylan apparently thought so. He’s released his own holiday collection, “Christmas in the Heart,” from which this odd little polka number—and its even stranger accompanying video—has sprung. It’s not entirely clear whether Dylan’s even mouthing the words through much of his screen time here, but that’s not even the half of it.(?!) —KA YouTube: Advertisement Previous item: Hedges and Friends Debate Illusion, Conservatism and 9/11 Next item: Throw the Money Changers Out of the Temple CommentsAre you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig. Add Your Comment |
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By Shenonymous, November 25, 2009 at 8:36 pm #
I don’t know about any body else but those video advertisements that start
Report thisimmediately upon accessing the forums are driving me crazy! TD had better get
rid of them as they detract from the website immensely. Yikes! How crass.
By Shenonymous, November 25, 2009 at 8:33 pm #
Here is a present.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rg2eby79aM
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COO6vSTiFA
Visit http://www.bobdylan.com/
15 albums listed across the top, click on any one of them and a list of songs
will show up on the right, select your favorites for a preview of the songs. I
have all of these albums. Guess you could say ahs likes his music.
If you don’t know about FreeNapster at free.napster.com/ you ought to try it
Report thisout for any kind of music. You could hear the entire Christmas in the Heart
album and nine others.
By LaCalandria, November 25, 2009 at 1:22 pm #
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We’ve been listening to the Brave Combo version for years. Kind of odd to hear Dylan do it with Brave Combo’s complete polka arrangement, down to the listing of president names along with the reindeer!
Report thisBy Mfrog, November 24, 2009 at 6:05 pm #
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I will take that kind of holiday strangeness any time. What a fun and funny video. What have you got against polka music?
Report thisBy DerfelDog, November 22, 2009 at 6:20 pm #
The left, as represented by the editors of Truthdig, has even less sense of humor than the right. This is brilliant, fun, and so Dylan. Glad to see someone took the time to point out that he is donating all the proceeds from the CD to charity (specifically, to fight hunger, I believe.)
Report thisBy LostHills, November 22, 2009 at 1:45 am #
Brilliant, and yet deranged. Like the man himself. And that’s why we love him.
Report thisSome folks aren’t gonna get it, and that’s cool….
By WykydRed, November 21, 2009 at 6:55 am #
CabDriver? Brilliant comment! Truly.
Report thisBy cabdriver, November 20, 2009 at 9:00 pm #
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If [Bob Dylan] were to start today he couldn`t even get a contract.
You make that claim as if it amounted to some telling indictment of Bob Dylan.
It’s actually a telling indictment of how the integrity of the music business has deteriorated over the past 30 or so years.
Report thisBy OzarkMichael, November 20, 2009 at 7:10 pm #
oh, one more thing. I checked the website. Bob Dylan is donating ALL the money he would have gotten from this to charity.
It really is “Christmas in the Heart” So i will buy it.
Report thisBy WykydRed, November 20, 2009 at 6:13 pm #
Well, I’ve never really listened to him. I found his singing style uncomfortably grating. Yeah, yeah, burn me at the stake for that… The thing that really shocked me about this video is that Dylan was on key and had a lovely voice! One I’d never heard him use. And it was just… perky!
(I also don’t make up who I listen to sing the Blues. Some of it sucks out loud to my ear…)
Report thisBy OzarkMichael, November 20, 2009 at 4:09 pm #
Possibly breeze is right.
And if he/she is right, isnt it wonderful that people are considered not just for “what have you done for me lately”, but are instead indulged because of what they did in the past.
Makes me happy. Maybe thats the point?
Report thisBy breeze, November 20, 2009 at 11:51 am #
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Come on , if this wasn`t Bob Dylan no one would even look at this for ten seconds. The birth of Dylan apologists.If he were to start today he couldn`t even get a contract.
Report thisBy WykydRed, November 20, 2009 at 11:31 am #
That’s fun! It brought back the “old” Christmases I remember as a kid. The house and crowd ... wow. Well done!
Report thisBy Hal, November 20, 2009 at 7:34 am #
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Great!
Report thisYuletide weirdness is exactly what I would expect from Bob Dylan,
... although, not even half as weird when considering the way Americans celebrate
Christmas, comparatively speaking.
By cabdriver, November 20, 2009 at 7:13 am #
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We’ve needed this for a long time.
For those of you who were too young at the time, this is what the late 1990s were like.
“Phoning it in?” Listen, if you can’t hear the commitment...
Report thisBy expat in germany, November 20, 2009 at 5:56 am #
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Weird and wonderful!
Report thisBy OzarkMichael, November 19, 2009 at 10:56 pm #
Fun! Bob Dylan was having fun. At his last concert (that i went to!) a week or two ago he was laughing and joking and put on a very artistic show.
So good for him.
Report thisBy mojnun, November 19, 2009 at 5:10 pm #
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Brave Combo did a better version: http://www.brave.com/bo/
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