"Bob Dylan Is the Shakespeare for Our Time" -Penn Jillette
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2016
- Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."
In this clip from our in-depth interview with magician, author, and noted libertarian Penn Jillette, Jillette discusses his deep love of Bob Dylan and why he considers Dylan "a freak, not a cheerleader."
To watch the full interview, go here: • Penn Jillette on Donal...
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When I saw Dylan live in person, I was very much conscious to, “ This is as if I am fortunate to watch Shakespeare doing Shakespeare. Remember this evening forever, Michael. It’s very special.”
Dylan is Shakespeare with a guitar!
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
Every year we have a family gathering, sometimes its for Christmas, sometimes for New year's and if our busy schedules completely get in our way we manage to find a meaningless date on our calendar to get together and on each and every occasion ]whilst we drink sip on some wine and munch on some snacks we always play music in the background and each time Dylan comes on Dad always says "Is that Dylan, can you turn it down he sounds like hes about to break down crying, man that guy can't sing at all, he is terrible".,.. and every time i reply " Dad, theres more to it than just the singing, if you just listen to what he is singing and the music you might just get something out of it" and he''s reply is " yeah yeah, for you maybe but for me he sounds like a whaling child"... i kept persisting for about 6 years until one year i had a realisation that it didint matter how dylan sounded or what he was singing, i realised my father would never get it, i mean, when it comes to music/arts he is a big zero, hes hates art galleries and has never been to a music concert and has spent way too many years watching sports.. im sure if i asked him something about chemistry or to solve a mathematical equation he would get that as he studied a bachelor of chemical engineering at university but how was he every going to appreciate dylans music?
You either "get" Dylan or you don't.
Dylan lyrics are the only poetry people can quote that meant something to them....
Dylan tought us how to appreciate, or not, what was written, or painted, or just out there. It's a personal journey.
Mr. Gillette is very perceptive. I've seen Dylan 3 times (74. 85. 2019) and Springsteen once. Dylan is always intriguing, always changing. Springsteen, while a great performer, once is enough. Dylan seems to be always looking for something in himself. Why else is he still performing so much after more than 50 years? Surely doesn't need the money. I continue to be intrigued and enlightened by Dylan.
This one of the many reasons I love Penn Jillette . I am also a Dylan fan who feels the same way but I could never articulate it as well as Penn did here . BTW Penn looks great Ive been following his model to reduce weight and high blood pressure and am doing well . Hope all is well with Penn .
Totally agree with this man. I'm so pleased Dylan has got the Nobel Prize for Literature. He is our modern day poet. I have friends who tell me they can't understand what I like about his music and lyrics. I just send them off to listen to Positively 4th Street :)
I'm listening to this today, and Penn's observations seem so true. Norm MacDonald recently passed away, and he was also a huge Dylan fan. Similar to Dylan, Norm seemed to do comedy for the sake of his own entertainment almost, like he was more amused with his jokes the less the audience liked them. It's hard to describe. But the way Penn described Dylan as not trying to please people, and so being universally relatable because of it... I think Norm was the exact same thing. And how fitting, since he loved Dylan.
Penn Jillett's introduction to Dylan's 'Trouble No More' bootleg album is a revelation. I totally agree with his assessment of the mighty BobDylan. I truly feel sorry for people who tell me that they don't get Dylan. They are missing so much.
Bob Zimmerman Dylan is: True Pure Present Tense While at the same time Past and Future Tense Sheer Crystal True Blue. Dylan is like the fragrance of the Rose and the Light Shining on it waiting for the water that makes it grow, but he is not the water, nor the flower. It's up to the listening heart and mind to initiate the bloom happen, which Dylan offers the world a possibility for if only millions would simultaneously ponder on the thought. His work is Simplicity Genius connecting souls. Like Shakespeare, Dylan is gifted.
I may not see what Penn sees in Dylan, but I appreciate how passionate he is about his music.
Dylan is a true artist
I saw Dylan in '99 with Paul Simon. I went to see Paul Simon. How silly I was. Paul was awesome, loved his set. Then Dylan came on. I had no idea what I was in for. Dylan snatched my soul from my body, and forced me to be born again. Completely unexpectedly. I still to this day cannot describe the whole effeyct. It had on me. I went to see Paul Simon. I didn't know I was actually there to see Dylan.
I commend Penn for his efforts but it is impossible to nail down Bob Dylan. Dylan is so far beyond that he has constructed himself so as to defy definition .
‘‘Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood, when Blackness was a virtue the road was full of mud. I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. Come in, she said, I’ll give ya shelter from the storm.” -words as poignant as any ever written.
Well deserved recognition!
Beautifully put