Comments on: Seven Reasons I’m Glad I’m Not Bob Dylan

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:35:27 +0000

Still you gotta admit it would be kinda cool .

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:43:46 +0000

Love him! We spun his Christmas record around here, too, and loved it – though I’ll admit in many parts I just had to laugh. (And not only at the album art.) I’m not pursuing fame, though as I wrestle with future plans, I’m realizing that at work I do pursue recognition; I’m not pursuing great wealth, but I have a hard time turning down opportunities for work, and financial security is ever at the forefront of my mind.
I write songs only for my toddler’s bedtime, and often enough he asks me to stop. I’d say it’s not Bob’s kind of oozing.

By: Preeti @ Heart and Mind

Preeti @ Heart and Mind — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:00:23 +0000

Belinda,

It is not only Bob Dylan but could related to any creative and famous person. When you are forced to be in limelight and churn out hits after hits, it can take a hit on creativity. Fortunately for Bob Dylan, he seemed to be doing quite well under pressure. I like being me, small to world but powerful enough for those who close to me. Just the way it should be. Thanks for reminder.

By: Angela Artemis

Angela Artemis — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:51:36 +0000

Belinda,
What a fabulous topic! I love Bob Dylan – but am not too aware of his more recent works. I have a couple of CDs of his older stuff. Blowin in Wind I loved when Peter Paul and Mary sang it. It’s funny, I just saw an interview with his son Jakob who is now 40 on Tavis Smiley’s show a few days ago.
Dylan is definitely a great and gifted poet – no doubt about it.
As for being famous – I’ve never been to interested in that. All I want is to be able to pursue my writing and mediumship development and to live an abundant life full of great relationships and fun!

Thanks for such a fun exercise!

By: Tess The Bold Life

Tess The Bold Life — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:43:46 +0000

Hi Belinda!

I love Bob Dylan. When I was first married at 17 and after my first baby was born I’d play his album and cry over the lonliness I felt and the position I put myself in. Even though my hubs was great (and still is) I was lonely for all my girlfriends who went on with their own lives. His music was soothing for me. So love him but don’t follow him anymore.

Fame and fortune? A useless chase because where ever you think it is or what ever you it means to you when you get there your ego (mine too) will move the line…mean while you forget to enjoy live!

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:31:05 +0000

Love him, wouldn’t want to be him, would love to know what it feels like to be as good at what I do as he is at his art.

Used to write poetry. A lot of poetry. Every once in a while another one wells up and gets written down. More often than not it wells up and gets unworded into a painting. Much safer.

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By: Tony Single

Tony Single — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:07:11 +0000

Wow! Patty knows about Woody Guthrie! I arrogantly thought that I was the only one! I got into him through the Mermaid Avenue albums by Billy Bragg and Wilco. Those albums featured songs where the words were by the late great Guthrie, and the music was by the respective performers. Great albums!

As for Mr. Dylan? Yup, big fan here too. And yup, Love and Theft is a great album. However, it doesn’t have my most favouritest Dylan song ever, which is Highlands from the Time Out of Mind album. I love that it comes across as a shaggy dog story, but could also be taken as a spiritual/philosophical ramble. Marvellous song that.

I’m not pursuing fame and fortune. Those things, and the constant grasping for them, would only do my head in. I can already do my head in from the comfort and relative obscurity of my armchair, thanks very much. Why expend effort on what already comes naturally?

Oh, and I write poetry that are words without music, so yes, they could be songs. Maybe one day…

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:31:05 +0000

Belinda, I love how you wrap up your tongue-in-cheek musings with a simple observation that Dylan is “a human being who’s done and continues to do excellent work. This, I know, is something within the realm of possibility for each of us.” I’m with you. Fame would careen me away from all that I love – ducking out unnoticed from parties being number one.

By: Patty - Why Not Start Now?

Patty - Why Not Start Now? — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:54:54 +0000

So clever of you, Belinda, to use Bob Dylan to explore our outsize fascination with fame, wealth, and celebrity. I don’t imagine many people would want to be Dylan; he’s such a mythic figure, a living, breathing archetype carrying the story of a cultural/societal/historical tsunami. That’s gotta be hard. But I’m curious what people would say if you dangled a current pop icon in front of them, like Lady Gaga, or whoever is the modern day celebrity hero. Or closer to home, (since fame, wealth, and celebrity comes in many shapes and sizes these days), a famous blogger like Leo Babauta or Heather Armstrong. Maybe Seth Godin or Penelope Trunk, even.

But back to Dylan. I adore him, although I came late to appreciating his music, after seeing Scorsese’s documentary (which I highly recommend to anyone who hasn’t seen it). I love Dylan’s old stuff, and now find a pureness in that voice that seems remarkable. Hard to explain. But it got me to go back even farther in time, to Woody Guthrie. And spending an evening listening to them both is quite amazing.