BOB DYLAN AND OTHER 1960s RADICALS - ANYONE KNOW HOW TO CONTACT ?

[Morpheal]

Anyone know how to contact Bob Dylan ?

If you do please carry pass along the message. It's a simple one.

Most of the beat poets are passed away. Al Ginsberg has passed away. So have many others
among those ranks. Bob Dylan is still around, somewhere.

He knew the 1960s, and he was one of the strongest voices among those strong voices
that were making themselves heard then, in America and beyond its confines. He showed
that he understood, better than most, where it was at, and what was at stake. Well, Bob
Dylan has lived through the 30 plus years since then, and has personally experienced
what has happened since then. He knows, I think, better than most, what has silenced,
drowned out, suppressed, oppressed and repressed the voices of dissent and protest. He
knows what pressures have been brought to bear upon old and young, knowing and
unknowing, naive and wise, experienced and inexperienced, that have shaped the mess
that we are now in. Remembering the past, and having experienced change as it happened,
and being alive today is the key. That wisdom of knowledge is desperately needed now.

We need Bob Dylan, now, more than we have needed most men, if he is willing to come
forward and make a new stand for the sake of the real truth, real human freedom, real
progress in America. He is one of the few voices that now can make a difference because
Bob Dylan is old enough to remember how it really was, how it happened, and knows
how it now is.

We need others who knew then, lived it, and know now. We need the radicals, dissidents,
protestors, poets, minstrels, artists,... the voices of the past, reinvoked now, remembering
what has happened to America and the world.

Without that we are truly lost and will never find the way.


So, if you know how to contact Bob Dylan and others similarly, please do so and pass
along the message that we need them now more than ever.

Robert Morpheal

[ben_meyers]

1. I think Dylan can be reached

Care of General Motors.

[seemslikeadream]

5. ;)

;)

[HERVEPA]

2. Uh, he now says he didn't (and doesn't) consider himself a protest singer (nt)

[MineralMan]

3. Probably not...

Bob Dylan, no doubt, reads the newspapers and is aware of the state of things. I'm not sure what contacting him would accomplish.

I'm from the very same generation as Bob Dylan and the rest, and was part of that whole thing at that time.

This is a new time, and new voices are making themselves heard. I'd suggest contacting those new voices, rather than trying to dredge up the old ones. The new voices will be more effective.

[FREEWILL56]

13. Funny you should mention new voices.

What new voices? It seems to me that in general the new generations don't seem to give a shit too much, well at least not like we did back then. Just by the numbers of us that protested and are still alive there should be more people up in arms than there are. WTF, what gives?

[seemslikeadream]

4. There are many many socially aware musicians around today

They are the voice of the young, they are very talented. They speak to them. It is amazing to me, there is no shortage of great music being made. I'm sure we are about the same age, Dylan, Phil Ochs (way better than Dylan, as a friend would say), The Byrds, CSN&Y, and on and on, they are the best.


Here's my lastest on my playlist list


Josh Ritter - "Girl In The War".................check out Mumford and Sons also below

http://www.youtube.com/user/seemslikeadream

[AlexinVA]

6. Bob has already spoken...

In an interview with the London Times:

“Right now America is in a state of upheaval,” Dylan said. “Poverty is demoralising. You can’t expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. But we’ve got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up…Barack Obama. He’s redefining what a politician is, so we’ll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I’m hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4076339.ece

He says Barack is the man. So, let's see what change Barack can bring.

[lxlxlxl]

7. Totally misguided

First, no musician is ever as powerful as you are attesting to here.

Second, Bob Dylan is and was far from a Radical.

Third, no one person can fix whatever problems you see.

[JenniferJuniper]

8. Who is Bob Dylan?

Do you know him, Mr. Avatar?

How about you, Mr. Siggy?

Nope. Guess they don't know him either.

[madaboutharry]

9. Bob Dylan isn't interested.

Read his biography "Chronicals" and you will learn that he is not interested in politics.

[biermeister]

10. from Mr Dylan- :)

Union Sundown

Well, my shoes, they come from Singapore,
My flashlight's from Taiwan,
My tablecloth's from Malaysia,
My belt buckle's from the Amazon.
You know, this shirt I wear comes from the Philippines
And the car I drive is a Chevrolet,
It was put together down in Argentina
By a guy makin' thirty cents a day.

Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.

Well, this silk dress is from Hong Kong
And the pearls are from Japan.
Well, the dog collar's from India
And the flower pot's from Pakistan.
All the furniture, it says "Made in Brazil"
Where a woman, she slaved for sure
Bringin' home thirty cents a day to a family of twelve,
You know, that's a lot of money to her.

Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.

Well, you know, lots of people complainin' that there is no work.
I say, "Why you say that for
When nothin' you got is U.S.-made?"
They don't make nothin' here no more,
You know, capitalism is above the law.
It say, "It don't count 'less it sells."
When it costs too much to build it at home
You just build it cheaper someplace else.

Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.

Well, the job that you used to have,
They gave it to somebody down in El Salvador.
The unions are big business, friend,
And they're goin' out like a dinosaur.
They used to grow food in Kansas
Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw.
I can see the day coming when even your home garden
Is gonna be against the law.

Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.

Democracy don't rule the world,
You'd better get that in your head.
This world is ruled by violence
But I guess that's better left unsaid.
From Broadway to the Milky Way,
That's a lot of territory indeed
And a man's gonna do what he has to do
When he's got a hungry mouth to feed.

Well, it's sundown on the union
And what's made in the U.S.A.
Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way.

Copyright ©1983 Special Rider Music

Amazing to see where his head was 25 years ago

[Jack Bone]

11. Here's an email addy for his XM radio show...

[e-mail]

maybe it might get to him? ya never know... :shrug:

[RBInMaine]

12. Bob Dylan NEVER considered considered himself a "protester" or "musical politician" of any kind.

He always has considered himself simply a singer and songwriter, first and last. He was virtually NEVER involved in actual political events, sit-ins, protests, etc. in the 1960's and didn't want to be involved in such. You must look at Dylan's ENTIRE career. He has experimented with NUMEROUS musical styles from folk to rock to country to gospel to rock-a-billy. His songs have ranged across many, many themes. His intention was ever only to create good and meaningful SONGS, and NOT to become directly involved in particular political movements. He was NEVER a "60's Radical." Leave the man alone. He's in his late 60's now. Let him do what he does best: create songs of HIS choosing, tour, and sing with his band. He marches to his own beat, and he would resent and abjectly dismiss requests to become politically active just as he always has.

[No Elephants]

14. Watching some PBS shows about Dylan, Seeger, Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, etc made me recall what

a powerful force the folk/protest movement was. I was too young to vote then, but I remember how the songs made me think and feel.

After watching the PBS shows, I fervently wished that we had a movement that effective in popular music today, so that one Billboard hit after another would be challenging and exposing Bushco for what it is. Alas, we don't have a coterie that unified in purpose or that successful today. I doubt that those who moved people in the Fifties and Sixties would move people now, even if they chose to try. But, no one here knows how Bob Dylan would react to a communication from you. If you really want to try contacting him, I say, go ahead. What's the worst that could happen?

[citizenbfk]

15. I'm not truly lost.

Where do you get this idea that you need someone else to make things happen?

What makes you think the voices of dissent and protest have been suppressed (any more than any other place or time)?

Why this idea that the radicals, protestors, etc. need to be 'reinvoked,' as if they haven't been being 'invoked,'? Or, even better, never stopped being activist at all, but still active.

And, of course, what makes you think Dylan would want to be directly involved in activist issues? I love much of his insightful and creative lyrics and music but if you didn't get the message by now that he has no interest in being an activist you must have not been listening or observing reality.

I'm a long-time, non-stop activist from the 60's, btw. And if you ever want to know what I think just ask.