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     Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 52 Registered: 11-2004 |
Not sure if anyone else has picked up on this, but in at least two songs, Robert and Grant swipe Bob Dylan. Gobs- That Way: "Six white horses, wood turns electric" Dylan- Absolutely Sweet Marie: "Six white horses that you did promise" Well, obviously the "wood turns electric" lyric might be a Dylan reference encoded into a song that's about Peter Milton Walsh, who is of course a Dylan fan. In Bow Down, the various live versions has the lyric "You'd better take your diamond ring and you'd better pawn it babe" from Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone'. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 85 Registered: 10-2004 |
Then we've also got Grant's "Get Outta the Car, Ochs," t-shirt, which he's wearing in photos for the "Lost Album," and countless references to Dylan in interviews. I always thought Robert's re-do of Rock 'n Roll Friend was a shameless attempt to sound just like Dylan. | ||
| Peter Azzopardi Member Username: Pete Post Number: 108 Registered: 09-2004 |
In "Darling Hurst Nights" Robert sings: One more coffee/then I must go I saw this as a tip of the hat to Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee" from the Desire album. Chorus: One more cup of coffee before I go/ to the valley below I also think Lavender is the Go-Bs most Dylanesque song ever; it sounds straight off one of his late eighties albums, which is either a good or bad thing depending on who you talk to. | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2004 |
Of course on the intro to People Say on the bonus disc with Oceans Apart, Robert quips that in 1966 this was the song Bob Dylan forgot to play. I'm still not sure if I get what he means. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 28 Registered: 04-2005 |
Well, Robert's just owning up that it's a very Dylanesque lyric and arrangement, right? It has those putdown verses and that "Blonde on Blonde"-era organ. | ||
| Roger Griffin Member Username: Roger Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2004 |
Then there's - RF's straight cover of "Tell Me That It Isn't True". - Grant's ludicrous claim that Fireboy is his Blood On The Tracks. Its gatefold cover I recall was laid out like the Blonde On Blonde gatefold. - The Go-B's also covered "Hurricane" in Spain 1989 - Headfull Of Steam: RF used to finish live renditions with "go forward, she's your lover now" I'm sure there are more. It's just surprising they don't quote Marquee Moon at all. Or do they? Anyone? | ||
| B. Rider Member Username: Boundary_rider Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2005 |
I don't like Bob Dylan - can't stand the whining, tune-fearing old bugger to be honest - but I've been told by good sources that Grant in particular is an absolutely massive fan of his stuff. Robert merely worships him, apparently. | ||
| Guy Ewald Member Username: Guy_ewald Post Number: 43 Registered: 02-2005 |
"Tune-fearing?!?" That must be what has inspired literally thousands of interpretations of the man's songs by the most varied group of performers imaginable. The performance of 'Clouds' on Friday included a Dylan verse interlude, but I can't place which song it was from at the mo'. | ||
| kuba a Member Username: Kuba Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2005 |
They usually place a "Love Minus Zero" interlude in "Clouds" on this tour. | ||
| B. Rider Member Username: Boundary_rider Post Number: 8 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sorry Guy, I should've been clearer and perhaps less provocative. I like - and own - several versions of Dylan's songs, more so than when the man himself sings them. For me, it's his voice that pours the cold gravy of reality on the hot meat of romance. I just don't like it and have never been able to get past that. Idiot Wind excluded: he sounds good when he seethes. | ||
| Guy Ewald Member Username: Guy_ewald Post Number: 45 Registered: 02-2005 |
The human voice can be like that... popular bands such as The Eagles, Police and Steely Dan all left me cold from Day One because of their distinctive whines. | ||
| Peter Azzopardi Member Username: Pete Post Number: 109 Registered: 09-2004 |
B.Rider: "For me, it's his voice that pours the cold gravy of reality on the hot meat of romance." This metaphor is so fantastic I just had to repeat it. Bravo, B. Rider. | ||
| James Member Username: James Post Number: 20 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wasn't Sid Vicious once in a band called 'The Hot Meat of Romance'? | ||
| wallace Member Username: Leebee Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2005 |
"When a woman learns to walk she's not dependent anymore... A line from her letter May 24" May 24 is Bob Dylan's birthday. I've always been sure that this was intended. | ||
| Peter Collins Member Username: Tyroneshoelaces Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nah. It's just that may 25 doesn't rhyme. Don't forget the infamous 'motorcycle crash' incident from the GoBees history - still shrouded in mystery. I hear they're also planning to release some rare material via Caffe Nero. |