Monday, May 24, 2021

May your songs always be sung / Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday


It takes a long time to become young.
(Pablo Picasso)

I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now.
(Bob Dylan, lyrics from "My Back Pages")



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"You're never too old to change the world." (if nothing else, listen to the young voice
at 3:14)


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Rainy Day Women with ukuleles (posted on YouTube on December 10, 2016):


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"My Back Pages" (mostly YouTube posts from this past year):









(If you don't have the time for anything else, listen to this last one and the next two)

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"Knocking on Heaven's Door" (posted on YouTube on May 23, 2021:


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I contain multitudes (Bob Dylan, 2020)

With immense gratitude to Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday.

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Addendum: (more "My Back Pages" -- mostly for the visuals)


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought of you the other day when I saw some news about Bob Dylan turning 80. Your love for him, his music, his presence has filled the pages of your blog as much as it has filled the overflowing love in your heart.

beth coyote said...

what a wonderful post. thank you so much.

ah, Bob!