Sunday, January 15, 2006
2 Embarrassing Scenes Involving Me and Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home
Scene 1, in a car, sometime during early high school(?)
Bob Dylan: "She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.
She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back."
Me: He said that already.
Guy Driving the Car: Are you a musician? You could take a lesson from this guy.
Me: Who is this?
Guy: Bob Dylan.
Me: Oh.
Scene 2, some months or years later, in my basement, my brother John listening to "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Me: Ugh, why is Bob Dylan singing this song?
John: I think he wrote it.
Me (later): I like it when he plays the harmonica because then he isn't singing.
So now, years later, the album shows up on the book list for one of my classes, and I get to listen to it and be reminded of two separate occasions when I blabbed my ignorant mouth off about Bob Dylan. What fun.
Scene 1, in a car, sometime during early high school(?)
Bob Dylan: "She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back.
She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back."
Me: He said that already.
Guy Driving the Car: Are you a musician? You could take a lesson from this guy.
Me: Who is this?
Guy: Bob Dylan.
Me: Oh.
Scene 2, some months or years later, in my basement, my brother John listening to "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Me: Ugh, why is Bob Dylan singing this song?
John: I think he wrote it.
Me (later): I like it when he plays the harmonica because then he isn't singing.
So now, years later, the album shows up on the book list for one of my classes, and I get to listen to it and be reminded of two separate occasions when I blabbed my ignorant mouth off about Bob Dylan. What fun.
