Expecting Rain

I think it's friggin lame the press keep coming in here where we just shoot ideas back and forth and hash out what we think....now I really don't feel like posting anything good or bad knowing some skank reporter is going to print me.... out of all friggin things to print.... why couldn't that hack job quote me calling Bob a sexy hot fox?

I'm a Dylan fan and I like to talk about positives and negatives of Bob.... he's not perfect

BUT I don't want to slam him and then it's printed in the press to slag the guy.... WTF????

Ontherun: it's not that he did something illegal... it was marketed not on the up and up. What they said and what it is are 2 different things.... he should have credited the sources but doesn't legally have to.

I feel that there is no neutral ground when it comes to Bob. Either you are his friend or you are his enemy. There is very little neutral ground.........I wish there was more of the neutral ground but our Bob is a very controversal artist. I wish things will run more smooth in the future for him. I love him so and I hate to see him sad when all he wanted was to paint some pictures.

Put that in perspective people.

Geez, calm down a bit, would ya? All I am saying is that (as Milcow says) the show was marketed disingenuously. Bob addressed the whole China/protest song issue on his 'site, and if there is a similar misunderstanding here, maybe it is a good idea to get out in front of it.

Excuse me. I should calm down? It looks like the whole art world all over the world is up in arms over nothing and you tell me I should calm down?
I never said anything about plagiarism or false marketing?

When I saw the original press release claim that these paintings were "a visual journal of Dylan's travels," I cringed. Anyone who knows how his bobness operates would've known that this was rubbish, but here it was being repeatedly quoted by serious people who had no reason to disbelieve it. Now they do - and they deserve to feel insulted. Welcome to BobWorld - no sulking.

Yes... so many interesting ideas here. People were saying that the art was in his signature. I took that to mean they thought that he was only in for the money,but i think the ideas have led him here. The fact that the art is by "Dylan" will draw many people to see it... or hear about it or read about it- will it be the same as seeing it? What does the "intention" of the artist mean,for me there are so many fascinating questions. But that is what he has been doing his whole life, from my perspective anyway (well and that is constantly changing too i guess). There are so many different things to be appreciated in his work. For me, it is one of the great things an artist can do, make you question... I think he should give a press conference.... maybe interviewed by ali G. Sacha Baron Cohen,aka borat, bruno, r.l.?, and who know's what other characters he has running around- another very interesting artist,with a lot going on in my opinion . If someone already said this, thanks, but i don't have time to read through all of it, yet

Ontherun, is english your first language? Seriously.

Wow, I just listened to Uncle John's Bongos. Even the little guitar licks are the same!

I have to admit, it doesn't bother me as much as I would expect, and I think a lot of that has to do with expectation. The album is called Love and Theft! I don't think that announcing your intentions or attributions makes you immune to criticism, but at the same time I don't feel like I've had something pulled over on me (even if I have).

Whereas in the case of the paintings, it was touted as being directly based on Dylan's own experiences in Asia. And the comment from the gallery that these experiences are reflected in his color choices and lines is pure hokum.

Is there some place online where I can find a comprehensive list of influences on Dylan's musical output? Preferably song-by-song?

No it is not.

really??? wow you write well.... holy crap!!!!!!

Perhaps when you read English you are taking the way we phrase things the wrong way as combative and it's just the way we speak? That happens you know.... it happened to me with Spanish all the time.... They phrase things differently. To me things said on this Spanish website I used to post on were mean and rude... to them it was normal speech and phrasing... could be the same sort of thing...

but holy crap you write well!!!!

Thank you very much. My talents are leaning torwards languages. I speak French and German as well as a little Hebrew. Swedish is my mother tounge though.
Thank you again for your compliment It warms my heart You know we need to stick together. There is no need for stife and fighting. Life is so short and we are here for to love oneanother and take eachother's hands. At least I think so.


I have a meeting to attend. See you guys tomorrow!

Is it good?
Is it authentic?
Who cares.
I just want to know what it says.

When did we return to the painting being about the subject? If we think Monet was highly invested in mundane haystacks, I think we have missed the point of painting. What does that Life magazine say about the nature of art?

The Plus Side
The Strategy
The Dissent
The Shadow
The Mask
The Bowl
The Underworld
The Birds
The Enemy
The Prick
The Tower
The Risk Taking
The Test of Time
Thinking Outside the Box
What Happens Next

?????

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"

http://youtu.be/QhquKI_wq_0

The exhibition is said to be Dylan's' thoughts of "people, street scenes, structure and landscape" culled from Dylan's travels in Asia. But why is it there are number of people who says that he's ripping off photographs he didn't take? This isn't really the first time he was accused of plagiarism. See it here: Bob Dylan paintings may be copied from photographs. It is yours to judge.

I'd like to remind everybody to be on their best behaviour.

Hello Press People! Woo!

I'd like to say hi to my mum, and that I really, really, really like Bob Dylan's music up until 1978.

Quote Benny, guys, he's Universal Judge Of All Things Dylan

I'm also available for weddings, childrens parties and bar mitzvahs.

To all the writers and Joni Mitchell who dismisses Bob as a fake I am tellin' you please


Take the only tree that's left
and stuff it up the hole
in your brains

Are you a fan or did you just make an account to accuse Dylan of plagarism?In case you didn't notice the press took the story from this very topic, in which Dylan fans discuss authenticity in Bob's work.You came to the party late i guess.Have a nice day.

No.You can tell it by the way she smiles.

Thank you for letting us know on page 20 of this thread. We had no idea.

This reminds of something...Ah yes, it reminds me of ''another gentleman's'' first post



Hm..."Elementary, my dear Watson.''