primitives discuss Pa Kettle's musical tastes

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=302x350

Oh geezuz.

franksolich, looking desperately for interesting bonfires this morning, continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel, looking in even the Bob Dylan forum on Skins's island.

ailsagirl  (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-11-08 05:15 PM
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Obama's favorite Dylan song is "Maggie's Farm" :=)

(this I read somewhere)

SCRUBDASHRUB  (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-11-08 10:10 PM
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1. Lyrics

Maggie's Farm

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I wake in the morning,
Fold my hands and pray for rain.
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane.
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
Well, he hands you a nickel,
He hands you a dime,
He asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time,
Then he fines you every time you slam the door.
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks.
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks.
The National Guard stands around his door.
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law.
Everybody says
She's the brains behind pa.
She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four.
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am,
But everybody wants you
To be just like them.
They sing while you slave and I just get bored.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

Copyright ©1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music

ailsagirl  (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-12-08 01:44 PM
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2. Love it-- one of my many Dylan favorites-- Obama is cool

"He asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time,
Then he fines you every time you slam the door..."

Tikki  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-24-09 02:30 PM
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5. In the early 80's we hung out with some Brits and Mid-Westerners...here in SoCal..We were talking about how the British New Wave had some great songs
and then the boys from Kansas said..."But, the Brits don't have a "Maggie's Farm"
and everyone there agreed...one of the best song ever..

abq e streeter  (1000+ posts)        Sun May-24-09 10:43 PM
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6. "She's 68, but she says"......wait a minute....HE'S 68   

Still the gold standard against which all songwriters are measured against, and may very well still be 100 years from now. I was fortunate enough to be in attendance at the opening night of his "comeback tour" with The Band in 1974. The eyes of the music world was on them, and they nailed it. And the Band stuff was as good as the Dylan stuff.... And a Dylan acoustic set in the middle; It's All Right Ma, Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.... A truly magical night. Happy birthday Bob.

I wuddn't know; is Bob Dylan a phenomenon because he's truly a great singer, or because he's well-marketed?

There is a difference.

[miskie]

I have never been a fan of Dylan - personally I think it is alot of marketing. Dylan has a way of capitalizing on the angst of the left and turning it into songs which then become anthems. The music itself isn't that complex or involved. Honestly its all kind of the same.

The same can be said by other music icons such as Jimmy Buffet - Once you have heard one Buffet song, you've heard them all.

[franksolich]

Dylan has a way of capitalizing on the angst of the left and turning it into songs which then become anthems.

Well now, Bob Dylan's pretty rich, isn't he?

What's a rich guy doing, appealing to the socially-conscious primitives?

[Lord Undies]

Well now, Bob Dylan's pretty rich, isn't he?

What's a rich guy doing, appealing to the socially-conscious primitives?

Bob Dylan can write songs.  Bob Dylan can barely sing.  Bob Dylan has become very rich over the last 50 years.

Bob Dylan is a phony, politically speaking.  Bob Dylan has always insincerely used the "spirit of the times" to further his career.   Bob Dylan would turn the dogs out on any Little Goon who tried to get on one of his huge estates.

[djones520]

Whose Bob Dylan?

[miskie]

Bob Dylan can write songs.  Bob Dylan can barely sing.  Bob Dylan has become very rich over the last 50 years.

Bob Dylan is a phony, politically speaking.  Bob Dylan has always insincerely used the "spirit of the times" to further his career.   Bob Dylan would turn the dogs out on any Little Goon who tried to get on one of his huge estates.

Ill agree with that. I think his vocal range consists of about five notes. -- And these notes are unique to Dylan.

Wheen, Wooo, Whaa, Teee, Dooo

[franksolich]

Whose Bob Dylan?

Some guy to whom my fellow alum Skins has built an entire forum.

[Lord Undies]

Whose Bob Dylan?

http://www.bobdylan.com/

[Wineslob]

Well now, Bob Dylan's pretty rich, isn't he?

What's a rich guy doing, appealing to the socially-conscious primitives?

Because, as it was back in the 60's, the DUmmies mistakenly assume that Dylan is one of them.
However, as we all know, assuming something can give you the wrong impression.

[Karin]

Dylan is unlistenable.  And Miskie hit the nail on the head. 

Dylan grew religious later in life, something that would repel the goons. 

[Eupher]

Dylan is unlistenable.  And Miskie hit the nail on the head. 

Dylan grew religious later in life, something that would repel the goons. 

Yup. Vocal qualities are akin to fingernails on a blackboard. Out of tune fingernails at that.

He hit Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan about the time (early Sixties) that the folk singers were just getting big - Joan Baez, and the granddaddy of 'em all, Pete Seeger.

There isn't much to that stuff from a musical perspective. It's all poetry, which has the Little Goons (love that monker, LU!) a'quiverin' with peace, love, and good vibes.

Later on in the late Sixties, Dylan's schtick got too predictable, so he abandoned the acoustic folk singers and went electric. That one really got the Little Goons excited - I guess they actually expected that Dylan did something because it made musical sense, rather than just be angry because acoustically, he couldn't be heard.

I put Dylan on about the same sub-basement level as the Stones. Jagger's voice always sounded to me like he stuck his finger in a light socket. But I digress. 

[Wineslob]

Yup. Vocal qualities are akin to fingernails on a blackboard. Out of tune fingernails at that.

He hit Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan about the time (early Sixties) that the folk singers were just getting big - Joan Baez, and the granddaddy of 'em all, Pete Seeger.

There isn't much to that stuff from a musical perspective. It's all poetry, which has the Little Goons (love that monker, LU!) a'quiverin' with peace, love, and good vibes.

Later on in the late Sixties, Dylan's schtick got too predictable, so he abandoned the acoustic folk singers and went electric. That one really got the Little Goons excited - I guess they actually expected that Dylan did something because it made musical sense, rather than just be angry because acoustically, he couldn't be heard.

I put Dylan on about the same sub-basement level as the Stones. Jagger's voice always sounded to me like he stuck his finger in Keith's socket. But I digress. 

Just coulden't help it........