This cartoon could be from the funniest book written in years, Jimi Hendricks Turns Eighty, by Tim Sandlin. Simon, Modern Times, or Together Through Life, the one he did with Robert Hunter of the Dead? They both sold well…I listen to them both a lot…
BTW, I just noticed the US out of Vermont t shirt..HA! Can anybody read what it says on the back of the chair? Saw Bob in Kalamazoo a couple of months ago. Man, is his voice shot…I know, I know, it wasn’t that great to begin with, but…
Great songwriter, lousy singer- I did listen in the ’60s, did get stoned, did get shot at (hmm, occasionally while stoned), came home and headed for the hills- literally- and never returned to “civilization” – which is a one word oxymoron, and Dylan wrote about that fact.
Cat Stevens and Jim Croce were also pretty good. But of course “good Americans” can’t listen to Cat any more, and Jim is dead— if only time were in a bottle, instead of memories coming out of one. (pills or liquids)
Thanks for the lyrics senorbullwinkle. I think whoever said Bob Dylan was no longer relevant needs to take it back. Those lyrics sadly still apply to the world today.
M Kitt, nope, I went to Harvard in the early eighties (hence my reference to seeing most of the sixties – I wasn’t born until 1963!). And I live in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts.
Hard as it is to believe now, Bob Dylan was never more hated than he was by his fans when he first went electric. In an interview on NPR Levon Helm described the audience reaction to Dylan and The Band’s first ‘plugged in’ concert as, “…a standing ovation of ‘boos’.”
Sorry, TCL! I remember the moon landing, too – I was a spaceflight fanatic from a VERY early age. I can’t tell you how many of those damned LEMs and Command Modules models I built in various forms. I knew the thrust from the Saturn V engines (1.5 million pounds each) at age seven!I wanted to be an astrophysicist by eleven, but fortunately realized I was not cut out for that and avoided wiping out on the “Math 150 wall” in college.
You are just a few months younger than me. I moved around as a military brat, and first heard rock music on 77 WABC in New York when I lived on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.I enjoyed your comments.
Damn, just found this ‘toon. Saw it and thought MY PEOPLE!!!! I turned 18 in 64, so I remember most of it. Whoever said "If you can remember the 60’s, you weren’t really there" had it right. I’m still pretty much the same person I was then, despite a short marriage to a cop and a long one to a college prof. I’ve made it through life with my moral compass intact — though I look at the state of the country today and feel SO sad for all the optimism I had then, it just isn’t there anymore. So many of the people I admired are gone, and nobody ever remembers Phil Ochs (I may have the spelling wrong, sorry) when they talk about the anti-war songs of the sixties. I miss being able to go see Bruce Phillips too.PS “Talking blues” is an old style, Woody used it and I think he got it from the mountain people of NC and VA. Peace.
Simon_Jester almost 13 years ago
And yet Bob Dylan can still debut at the top of Rolling Stone’s record charts…as he did with his last CD.
He ain’t just for aging hippies, Jeffrey.
Best riff, ever, on Dylan’s music though, was in the film, Walk Hard, the Dewey Cox Story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u5x9pdInTU
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind…
Motivemagus almost 13 years ago
Comment from my daughter a few years ago (when she was small): “You SAW the SIXTIES??” Well, yes, most of them, since I’m only 48…
Varnes almost 13 years ago
This cartoon could be from the funniest book written in years, Jimi Hendricks Turns Eighty, by Tim Sandlin. Simon, Modern Times, or Together Through Life, the one he did with Robert Hunter of the Dead? They both sold well…I listen to them both a lot…
Varnes almost 13 years ago
BTW, I just noticed the US out of Vermont t shirt..HA! Can anybody read what it says on the back of the chair? Saw Bob in Kalamazoo a couple of months ago. Man, is his voice shot…I know, I know, it wasn’t that great to begin with, but…
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
^I think it says Fred Harris for President and the box of cereal is Kellog’s Granola Pops.
Dtroutma almost 13 years ago
Great songwriter, lousy singer- I did listen in the ’60s, did get stoned, did get shot at (hmm, occasionally while stoned), came home and headed for the hills- literally- and never returned to “civilization” – which is a one word oxymoron, and Dylan wrote about that fact.
Cat Stevens and Jim Croce were also pretty good. But of course “good Americans” can’t listen to Cat any more, and Jim is dead— if only time were in a bottle, instead of memories coming out of one. (pills or liquids)
Justice22 almost 13 years ago
Gee, Where can I get a new needle for my record player??? It’s all wound up and ready to go.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Simon_Jester: “And yet Bob Dylan can still debut at the top of Rolling Stone’s record charts…”
The thing to remember about THAT, though, is that only old farts (like me) still buy music by the album.
thirdrailmiche almost 13 years ago
Thanks for the lyrics senorbullwinkle. I think whoever said Bob Dylan was no longer relevant needs to take it back. Those lyrics sadly still apply to the world today.
Motivemagus almost 13 years ago
M Kitt, nope, I went to Harvard in the early eighties (hence my reference to seeing most of the sixties – I wasn’t born until 1963!). And I live in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts.
Testel almost 13 years ago
Seems like only yesterday. . . .
Motivemagus almost 13 years ago
M Kitt— well, of course!
Simon_Jester almost 13 years ago
Hard as it is to believe now, Bob Dylan was never more hated than he was by his fans when he first went electric. In an interview on NPR Levon Helm described the audience reaction to Dylan and The Band’s first ‘plugged in’ concert as, “…a standing ovation of ‘boos’.”
Motivemagus almost 13 years ago
Sorry, TCL! I remember the moon landing, too – I was a spaceflight fanatic from a VERY early age. I can’t tell you how many of those damned LEMs and Command Modules models I built in various forms. I knew the thrust from the Saturn V engines (1.5 million pounds each) at age seven!I wanted to be an astrophysicist by eleven, but fortunately realized I was not cut out for that and avoided wiping out on the “Math 150 wall” in college.
kreole almost 13 years ago
Glad I wasn’t part of ya’lls scene….we just enjoyed a cold Bud or Miller’s by the campfire and planned to build a better America….not tear it down.
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
You are just a few months younger than me. I moved around as a military brat, and first heard rock music on 77 WABC in New York when I lived on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.I enjoyed your comments.
mimismom over 12 years ago
Damn, just found this ‘toon. Saw it and thought MY PEOPLE!!!! I turned 18 in 64, so I remember most of it. Whoever said "If you can remember the 60’s, you weren’t really there" had it right. I’m still pretty much the same person I was then, despite a short marriage to a cop and a long one to a college prof. I’ve made it through life with my moral compass intact — though I look at the state of the country today and feel SO sad for all the optimism I had then, it just isn’t there anymore. So many of the people I admired are gone, and nobody ever remembers Phil Ochs (I may have the spelling wrong, sorry) when they talk about the anti-war songs of the sixties. I miss being able to go see Bruce Phillips too.PS “Talking blues” is an old style, Woody used it and I think he got it from the mountain people of NC and VA. Peace.