Bob Dylan writes amazing songs, but they are not literature.

[Jochen Stremmel]

Thanks a lot for that link, Mike, that's really great to read!

But that remark from Lee:

"To shout 'Judas' at a Jew in 1966 was an act of mind-boggling stupidity
and senselessness,"

seems not over-sensitive, but simply stupid to me.




2016-10-21 1:16 GMT+02:00 Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk>:

> About that shout
> http://www.mtv.com/news/512709/fan-who-called-dylan-judas-
> breaks-33-years-of-silence/
>
> CP Lee has done some fine stuff over the years. Had a satirical band
> called Alberto Y Los Trios
> Paranoias in the 70s (check them out on Youtube, channelled Lord Buckley
> from 1982 onwards and had a career as an academic focusing on popular music
> and film.
>
> On 20-Oct-16 11:17 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:
>
>> Well, I'm not there, it seems.  I think a scene is in that movie of that
>> title about him and I guess it merged Newport with Manchester and other
>> performances (which I did not know about) so I assumed it was Newport. Or I
>> learned the story of Manchester and misremembered.
>>
>> Just a pawn.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2016, at 5:47 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Chronicles" is great.
>>>
>>> As for "Play it f*cking loud" (German pedant alert) -- did Dylan say
>>> this at Newport at well? He definitely did in Manchester after he was
>>> called "Judas" by some heckler:
>>>
>>> http://www.downvids.net/bob-dylan-like-a-rolling-stone-live-
>>> in-the-manchester-free-trade-hall-1966--841232.html
>>>
>>> I was overjoyed......and ended up peeking thru the
>>>> keyhole down upon my news
>>>> while I shouted "Play it F*cking Louder, Academy" (Dylan, going
>>>> electric, turning to his band after boos at Newport '65)
>>>>
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