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BluzDude
That's one of the most intellegent things Bob Dylan has ever said (IMHO)...and he has said a lot of intellegent things...
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TooTough
I just ran across a Bob Dylan quote about his hardest followers,
the so-called "Dylanologists", made in 2001:
In an interview conducted by Alan Jackson for The Times Magazine in 2001,
before the album [Love And Theft ]was released, Dylan said “these
so-called connoisseurs of Bob Dylan music…I don’t feel they know a thing,
or have any inkling of who I am and what I’m about. I know they think
they do, and yet it’s ludicrous, it’s humorous, and sad. That such
people have spent so much of their time thinking about who? Me? Get
a life, please. It’s not something any one person should do about another.
You’re not serving your own life well. You’re wasting your life.”
I know that every group has followers that go beyond some "point",
maybe even here. I would call myself a "hardcore Stonesfan", having seen
them XX times, paying thousands for their music and memorabilia.
So who does Dylan mean? The guy who bought the house next to his birthplace?
Or the 100+ concert goer? I think it´s a hard quote. But that´s Dylan.
I can´t imagine the Stones saying such things about, well, us. I´d be very pissed.
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Dreamer
It's not a hard quote. It's honest.
Why pay thousands for their music and memorabilia
Hundreds ok for regular cd's or vinyl and some shows here and there but thousands? And memorabilia?
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stonesrule
I'm with Bob and Bluz Dude.
As for IORR fans, many are intelligent and lead full lives. The Stones are a beloved hobby but not the focal point of their existence.
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BluzDude
That's one of the most intellegent things Bob Dylan has ever said (IMHO)...and he has said a lot of intellegent things...
...referring that to Dylan fans (not Stones fans), as they are more vicious (not you Gazza) than most hardcore fans I know.
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stanlove
.Just the fact that he fell for the Hurricane crap and actually lied his way through a song about it bothers me, and the death Of hattie Carrol hoax bothers me about him..
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24FPS
I've never quite understood the phenomena of being too close to a performer or group. Frankly, I think it's a little odd to follow the Stones around the world and see very gig. (No disrespect, BV). I would be bored to tears. Same with Bob. At least with Bob he mixes up the setlist a lot more, but it would be trying, listening to Bob sing night after night.
I went to a Dylan concert with a guy in 2001 who knew how to get all the live shows and he listened to them in his car. I thought they were hard to listen to, and the quality stank. I've never liked listening to the Stones boot 'Liver Than You'll Ever Be' because it's such a crap recording. (Unless there's a true soundboard out there).
I never got those guys that would go through Dylan's garbage. How pathetic. He's a friggin' pop artist. Period. Did they think they'd find the secret to life sniffing Bob's discarded egg carton?
I read on here about people that just have to have whatever redundant product the Stones put out. Why would a real fan need Grrrrr, when you could just download Doom and Gloom? There is nothing on there you shouldn't already have in SACD for the Klein era, and various remasters for everything after.
I think Dylan, in the late 60s, and the Stones after Altamont, worked to quiet down the obsession level of a certain rabid minority of their fan base. Maybe 'It's Only Rock & Roll' was part of that.
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nightskyman
Why should Bob care? If that's what the y want to do, them let them do it (and 'waste their life.'). He should be happy as they are likely consumers of his records. Same with the 'Stones hardcore fans.'
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24FPS
I've never quite understood the phenomena of being too close to a performer or group. Frankly, I think it's a little odd to follow the Stones around the world and see very gig. (No disrespect, BV). I would be bored to tears. Same with Bob. At least with Bob he mixes up the setlist a lot more, but it would be trying, listening to Bob sing night after night.
I went to a Dylan concert with a guy in 2001 who knew how to get all the live shows and he listened to them in his car. I thought they were hard to listen to, and the quality stank. I've never liked listening to the Stones boot 'Liver Than You'll Ever Be' because it's such a crap recording. (Unless there's a true soundboard out there).
I never got those guys that would go through Dylan's garbage. How pathetic. He's a friggin' pop artist. Period. Did they think they'd find the secret to life sniffing Bob's discarded egg carton?
I read on here about people that just have to have whatever redundant product the Stones put out. Why would a real fan need Grrrrr, when you could just download Doom and Gloom? There is nothing on there you shouldn't already have in SACD for the Klein era, and various remasters for everything after.
I think Dylan, in the late 60s, and the Stones after Altamont, worked to quiet down the obsession level of a certain rabid minority of their fan base. Maybe 'It's Only Rock & Roll' was part of that.
Agree with almost all of this. One of the differences between Dylan and The Stones is that while both "blinked" at a certain point in their careers when confronted with the superheated cauldron of fame and notoriety and "cultural importance," Bob late in his career (beginning with TIME OUT OF MIND) found his way back, regained his nerve, and created some of the greatest records of his life.
The Stones never came back, artistically. They're a great, fun band to see live (amazing considering their ages), but they retreated from the knife's edge and chose to circle the world endlessly on a decades-long greatest hits tour.
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stonehearted
Being Bob Dylan? All in a day's work I'm sure. Nothing to obsess on....
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LongBeachArena72
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The Stones never came back, artistically. They're a great, fun band to see live (amazing considering their ages), but they retreated from the knife's edge and chose to circle the world endlessly on a decades-long greatest hits tour.
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Redhotcarpet
Some Stones hardcore fans resemble soccer fans, "Keith is in his best form ever", "so and so many sold tickets", "Last tour was the greatest ever and the next will be even better".