HarryHew
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"Harry, enough! It's enough already" —My mom when I was five minutes old
Joined April 2009
Hello friends, this is my talk from the World of Bob Dylan 2023:. "How Long Can We Falsify and Deny What Is Real: Bob Dylan Is the Funniest Person Alive, and Why We Need to Talk About It". I hope you like it.
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I sincerely hope Paul McCartney lives forever, but this would be the funniest way to go out.
Paul McCartney doing the iconic 'Abbey Road Crossing' filmed by Mary McCartney, 2022.
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I'm sorry but if you're not rooting for Chalamet at this point, you're just a Scrooge. He's a charming dude. Talented, works hard. There's nothing not to like. I wish him continued success.
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George Harrison loved Austin Powers. After he got sick and his voice grew weaker, George would bring a Dr. Evil doll to Beatles board meetings. When it was his turn to talk, George would pull the cord on the doll and it would say, "Why must I be surrounded by frickin' idiots?"
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This Easter, please join me in commemorating the resurrection of Jerry Seinfeld's hairline
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Norm Macdonald getting Bob Newhart's autograph, as Chris Farley cheers him on. Look how friggin' happy they all are. Rest in peace to the GREAT Bob Newhart.
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RICHARD LEWIS: "I made Bob Costas laugh so hard, NBC refused to air it thinking it made him look silly. I went crazy and bugged the network so much they thankfully caved.". Rest in peace to a man who was literally too funny
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Potato Pancakes with Sour Cream and Apple Sauce for 78 cents and my man still can't muster a smile.
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Leonard Cohen said the job of an artist isn't to create but to receive. A line he used often was: "If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often.".
I think about this moment from Bob Dylan's 60 Minutes interview a lot
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10 years ago, it was reported that OJ Simpson had brain cancer. This was Norm Macdonald's reaction
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There really is a Norm clip for everything
I have learned something terrible about the word "nonplussed"
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The nice thing about the Seinfeld DVD extras is every time Jerry Seinfeld starts talking, a caption swoops in to identify him. For anyone watching the SEINFELD DVD EXTRAS who might not be familiar with JERRY SEINFELD
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"Leonard Cohen and I were chasing after the same woman in London for a time. I called him one morning and she answered—and that was that. It didn't matter that Cindy was my wife.". —JOHN CALE.
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BOB DYLAN: "Joni Mitchell had an album out called BLUE. It affected me. I couldn't get it out of my head. It just stayed in my head. When I wrote [Tangled Up in Blue], I wondered, 'What's that mean?' Then I figured that it was just there, and I guess that's what happened.".
sunset strip billboard for joni mitchell’s blue, released 1971.
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I feel like the purpose of this video was to set up a situation where it can be shown to Paul McCartney during an interview as a test to see if the most publicly polite man on the planet will call something a piece of shit.
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Yoko Ono did not break up the Beatles. Maxwell broke up the Beatles. With his silver hammer.
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Coward had to shoot my man from behind because if he'd come at him face to face, Judoka John would've lit his ass up with tai-otoshi and then locked in a kimura.
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@JFrankensteiner The poor bastards of Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. Even more tragically, I fear they will never know the pleasure of reading great writing on a mustard yellow webpage.
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@JFrankensteiner After Whitney Houston died, Kevin Costner put out a statement calling her his "one true love." I remember this vividly, because all I could think was, "Wait a minute, doesn't Kevin Costner have a wife?" Yes, he did. And he does no more.
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Bob Dylan made his official recording debut on Harry Belafonte's 1962 album THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. A 20-year-old Dylan played harmonica on the title track. How'd that come about? Here's Harry Belafonte telling the story
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The most Dylan of all Dylan moves. You think he's gonna recommend something rare. Instead he says, "Hey you know what Band song you should listen to? The one you've heard a million times. But this time REALLY listen to it".
Sorry to hear the news about Garth Hudson. He was a beautiful guy and the real driving force behind The Band. Just listen to the original recording of The Weight and you’ll see.
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It's been 20 years since Johnny Cash died. If you've never read Bob Dylan's eulogy for him, you should.
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85-year-old Garth Hudson playing and SINGING hymns at his nursing home in upstate New York. A thousand thank yous to Lisa Hamilton-Wesson, Garth's cousin, for recording and sharing this footage. Absolutely beautiful.
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BOB DYLAN: "I'm in awe of McCartney. He's about the only one that I am in awe of. But I'm in awe of him. He can do it all. And he's never let up. He's just so damn effortless. Everything that comes out of his mouth is just framed in a melody." . Happy Bday, Paul McCartney
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LEONARD COHEN: "Bob Dylan is a figure that arises every three or four hundred years who represents & embodies all the finest aspirations of the human heart. He is unparalleled in the world of music & will remain a torch for all singers & all hearts for many generations to come."
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“bob dylan can’t sing” wow you’re the first person to ever say that.
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LEONARD COHEN: "I went to see Midnight Cowboy in New York and I was approached by five people who congratulated me on a fine performance.".
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There are three categories of Leonard Cohen quotes: . 1. I am obsessed with women.2. I am obsessed with my obsession with women.3. I am asking God to cure me of my obsession with women, oh shit God is a beautiful woman.
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"Mr. Dylan, where would you like your name on the cover?". "No name.". "No name? Oh, I get it. More room for the title! Haha. How big do you want the title?". "No title."
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James Mangold said when he spoke w/ Bob Dylan about A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, Dylan told him very plainly that part of why he went electric is he wanted to be in a band, because he felt "profoundly lonely" as a solo act. Mangold said "loneliness was a word [Dylan] used more than once".
BOB DYLAN, 1964: "Everybody's lonely, only because everybody's *alone*. People don't eat and sleep for you; people don't kiss for you. You have your own hang-ups. It makes you lonely, everybody's lonely, and I can't really recognize anybody unless they admit this.".
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Dominique Issermann directed that commercial. She handed Dylan a cowboy hat and Dylan refused it. "My friends will think it's weird. I never wear hats." She goes, "Mr. Dylan, I've been to many of your concerts, I know you wear hats." Dylan goes, "You're confused, that wasn't me.".
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It's official: Bob Dylan's first album, BOB DYLAN, was recorded closer to the 19th century than to the present moment. Dec. 31, 1899 to Nov. 22, 1961 = 22,606 days.Nov. 22, 1961 to Oct. 15, 2023 = 22,607 days.
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In a related story, I've lived with five women and every one of them was Jay Leno.
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BOB DYLAN: "Talk about the greats, Sylvester Stallone is from here. If you haven't seen his latest movie, you got to go see it. It's called the Last something. Last Blood, that's right! I'm telling you, it should've won an Academy Award, but of course it didn't. Maybe next time"
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48 years ago today, Neil Young performed at The Last Waltz. And, more importantly, he wore this shirt.
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"All Leonard would say to me is: 'Joni, they'll never get us.' That's all he'd ever say. 'Joni, they'll never get us.'". JONI MITCHELL was born on this day in 1943. LEONARD COHEN died on this day in 2016. —a thread
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Garth Hudson's final public performance, in April 2023, at a house concert hosted by musician Sarah Power in Kingston, NY. He never lost the spark.
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LEONARD COHEN: "I don't think a man ever gets over that first sight of the naked woman. I think that's Eve standing over him, that's the morning & the dew on the skin. All the sad adventures in pornography & love & song are just steps on the path towards that holy vision.".
(leonard cohen seeing a naked lady) i need to write 500 songs.
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Leonard Cohen was born on this day in 1934. Here's a little video of little Leonard Cohen doing little Leonard Cohen things.
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This is 20 different Dylan songs.
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About 15 yrs ago there was a fella who made a pilgrimage to Dylan's hometown of Hibbing to find the source of Dylan's accent. Wrote a big piece about the experience. Long story short: he didn't find anybody who spoke like Dylan.
American oomfs - what kind of accent does Bob Dylan have? I've never heard it before, it's so unique to my ears.
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KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: "I got to see [Bob Dylan] when I was a janitor there at Columbia. That's who I wanted to be like, was Bob Dylan. Looking back, it really was amazing. I was the only songwriter in Nashville who got to be at those sessions for the Blonde on Blonde album".
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47 years ago today, Neil Young performed at The Last Waltz. And, more importantly, he wore this shirt.
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10 years ago today, in Auckland, Leonard Cohen played his final concert. He closed with "Save the Last Dance for Me," and he spoke these words to the crowd: "I want to thank you not just for tonight but for all the years you've paid attention to my songs. I really appreciate it."
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Losing my mind that this "Joan Baez listens to the song a frat boy wrote about her granddaughter" video has been out for 2 years! How many treasures are hiding in plain sight?? I swear to God, if I find out there are dozens of "Joan Baez REACTS" TikToks that nobody told me about.
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Now that likes are private, my biggest fan has finally made his move
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In honor of Ringo Starr's 83rd birthday, here's what Bob Dylan told Jeff Slate last December
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Every second of this is gold. Bob with the "I got one more in me" nod to Robbie & the look over to Levon. Levon's gears turning. Robbie dialing in. Rick grinning like a kid on Christmas. Blast off. Then Bob with the "damn, that was pretty smooth" face
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PATTI SMITH: "I just thought [Bob Dylan] was the sexiest—sex in the brain, you know? Sex at its most ultimate is being totally illuminated, and he was that, he was the King. And he still has it. I don't think his true power has been unleashed. I haven't stopped believing in him.".
there are 0 other pictures that drives me as insane as this one. he is such a whore ohmygod
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Perplexed by people saying Bob Dylan couldn't possibly know how to tweet. It's not a complicated endeavor. I don't care how old he is. The guy wrote "Visions of Johanna," I'm pretty sure he can figure out how to type two sentences and click a blue button that says "Post.".
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Leonard Cohen on why the crucifixion of Christ is "the perfect symbol for our civilization"
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Garth Hudson going bananas. Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1984. He will never be replaced.
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Martin Scorsese and Bob Dylan battling it out for the "Guy Who Had Nothing Left to Prove But Decided to Keep Proving the Fuck Out of Everything Forever" award.
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For every thousand terrible Bob Dylan impressions there is one that is so good it singlehandedly justifies the continued existence of the Bob Dylan impression genre. This is the one. Well done, @shrimpJAJ.
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Oh my God it was a WRENCH! Bob Dylan was tapping on the mic with a *tiny wrench*. Bob the Builder, forever innovating. What a man. What a mind. (Clip from "Outlaw-b7w" on YouTube)
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Paul McCartney telling a wonderful Christmastime story about John Lennon.
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Bob Dylan moving his musings from Instagram to Twitter is the biggest win this place has ever had. Vindication for every tweeter, and every monkey man.
Last time in New Orleans we ate at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant on the corner of North Miro and Orleans. If you’re ever there I highly recommend it.
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Don Henley responding to a silly question about "Hotel California" with his usual bonhomie. What a fun guy.
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One of my fav Garth Hudson stories: On Dylan & The Band's Tour '74, while the other guys were partying, Garth's thing in every city was to find a little music shop, buy the most obscure instrument they sold, then stay up all night in his hotel room teaching himself how to play it.
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The end of Bob Dylan's interview with AARP The Magazine in 2015
In interview after interview, Bob Dylan has made it clear that the one subject he knows well and cares deeply about is music, so of course it's only natural that most people who have interviewed him over the years have spent their time trying to get him to comment on politics.
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Next time you're tempted to tweet something stupid, just remember: Bob Dylan is watching.
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BOB DYLAN: "Martin Scorsese, he's out there. He's one of probably the best directors, ever. My favorite movie, I told him before, is The Last Temptation of Christ. I think he's gonna make one for the *First* Temptation one of these days. Right, Marty? You just got to, for me."
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SINEAD O'CONNOR to BOB DYLAN: . "You breathed life into many slumped children. And owned them. And showed them God, & life, & gave them expression. I'm one of those children & I wouldn't be alive if not for you so you are very important to me & I want to thank you constantly".
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You know that bit in "So Long, Marianne" that goes: "You held on to me like I was a crucifix/As we went kneeling through the dark"?. This is what inspired it. Leonard Cohen to Marianne Ihlen (Dec. 24, 1960)
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40 yrs ago, a man took to a ninth-story ledge in Los Angeles. He shouted, "I'm no good! I'm going to jump!" Police, a psychologist, a minister—no one could talk him off the ledge. Until Muhammad Ali showed up. Happy 79th Birthday to the people's champ.
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Said it before, I'll say it again: George Harrison is the greatest Dylan fan of all time. The man was more excited about knowing Bob Dylan than he was about being in The Beatles. It's impossible to clear that bar. It's impossible to even see that bar. Game over. George wins.
George Harrison to Bob Dylan: "You were very generous in being a Wilbury… I hope it was not too embarrassing for you."
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"All Leonard would say to me is: 'Joni, they'll never get us.' That's all he'd ever say. 'Joni, they'll never get us.'". JONI MITCHELL was born on this day in 1943. LEONARD COHEN died on this day in 2016. —a thread
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A week before it shuts down. Tryin' to get to heaven before they close the door.
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One of the craziest Beatles subplots is how they're the most successful band on earth, yet they're always under the gun. "We need to get this album done by Thursday." Or what? Label's gonna dump you & go all-in on Herman's Hermits? "We have 40 minutes to record these 27 songs.".
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Reading about these ridiculous ticket prices for Springsteen reminds me of how much I miss Tom Petty
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Garth Hudson played a surprise set last night at a house concert in Kingston, NY, hosted by the musician Sarah Perrotta. It was his first public performance in many years, and Perrotta has kindly shared the video. Beautiful.
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Feels like a Dylan line. Then you find out he borrowed the line from George Bernard Shaw. Then, somehow, it feels like even more of a Dylan line.
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Either that or Maxwell finally getting him with his silver hammer.
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BOB DYLAN: "Martin Scorsese, he's out there. He's one of probably the best directors ever. My favorite movie is The Last Temptation of Christ. I think he's gonna make one for the *First* Temptation one of these days. Right, Marty? You just got to, for me".
Martin Scorsese plans to direct his new ‘JESUS’ movie later this year. The film will run 80 minutes and most focus “on Jesus’ core teachings in a way that explores the principles but doesn’t proselytize.”. (Source:
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The great Garth Hudson in his fortress of keys. Now I guess it's the *late* great. That hurts. That really hurts. But the operative word is still GREAT. And that's never gonna change. Rest in peace, Garth. There'll never be another.
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Does anyone know any white boys with incredible swag.
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One of the most mysterious Dylan moments. Rome press conference in 2001, Dylan was asked if he ever met Elvis and he sounded genuinely unsure of how to respond. Took a long pause before saying no. Then paused again and said: "That's what I'm supposed to say.".
Did Bob Dylan ever meet Elvis? I feel like I should know this, or at least have considered it.
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I like how Bob always seems confused about how everyone else is behaving.
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