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Bobn Dylan, Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Guns & Roses And Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan / Eric Clapton / Guns And Roses, Bob Dylan/Cold Chisel/Guns n RosesQuotes:
thirty poets! what about American housewives, mailmen, street cleaners, miners? Jesus Christ, what's so spacial about thirty people that are called poets? I've known some very good people that have committed suicide, one didn't do nothing but work in a gas station all his life. nobody referred to him as a poet, but if you're gonna call people like Robert Frost a poet, then I got to say this gas station boy was a poet too. Submitted by: haley
| Everybody must get stoned Submitted by: Rizzo
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Band Name Origins:
- According to Bob, in his book Chronicles, he actually did select the name Dylan from the poet Dylan Thomas. Hence, Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan. He didn't want to keep his real name because another Bobby Zimmerman, at the time, was a motorcycle racer that had crashed and died. Submitted by: Eldon
- It was neither Dylan Thomas or some fictional uncle. He chose his name because of his childhood affection for Marshall Matt Dillon in the TV show Gunsmoke. Submitted by: Prada-Meinhof
Music Performer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Robert Allen Zimmerman. Submitted by: Andrew
Also known as: Robert Zimmermann. Submitted by: Rock Princess
Music Performer Nicknames:
Known informally as: Zimmy. Submitted by: DeeDee
Weird Names of Music Performer's Children:
- Jakob Dylan - Uh, yeah, Jakob/Jacob is Hebrew. Look it up, moron. Jakob predates the spelling Jacob. Submitted by: i
- Jakob Dylan - Sorry, Honey. "Jakob" is not Hebrew. German, maybe. But the original form of Jacob (the only proper English spelling) is Yaakov. Enough with the pretentious phony starchild monikers. Submitted by: Marc
- Jakob Dylan - Jakob is the Hebrew version of "Jacob". It predates Jacob with a C, I believe. It has nothing to do with being "cool" Submitted by: Honey
- Jakob Dylan - A "k" is so much cooler than with a "c." Jakob's always said that no one ever gets his name correct---not on his childhood trophy's, and not even on one of his platinum records! Submitted by: memyselfandi
- Jakob Dylan - Jakob is a VERY popular way to spell what we know as 'jacob'. It's not odd at all. Submitted by: Yo.
- Jakob Dylan - Jakob Dylan's the lead singer for The Wallflowers. What's with the spelling, Bob? Submitted by: Mike Hack
Singers Who Act:
Notable Acting Credits | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Renaldo & Clara, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, Masked & Anonymous, Hearts On Fire" | - Agrimorfee |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Subterranean Homesick Blues" | He should've called it "Look out kid" 'cause that part opens each refrain. - Alan of Seville |
| "Highway 61 Revisited" | A lot of events in the song happen "out on Highway 61," but they aren't "revisited." - Martha Hankins |
| "Queen Jane Approximately" | The song contains the phrase "Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?" but the word "approximately" is not in the lyrics. - Martha Hankins |
| "Girl from the North Country" | 'If you're traveling in the North Country' One of the first songs by the Bard where the title was not used a lyrics. Yet the melody of this song was taken from English folk song Scarborough Fair, the title of which is used as lyrics. - Feurzeug |
| "From a Buick 6" | The only noticible relation between the lyrics and the title is 'I'm cracked up on the highway and on the water's edge/She comes down the thruway ready to sew me up with thread' - Feurzeug |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Got a Nerve, Somebody?" | "Gotta Serve Somebody" | Sutch |
| "Blowin' Up Japan" | "Blowin' In The Wind" | Jack Hogienschyburgewright |
| "Brainy Gay Women #12 and #69" | "Rainy Day Women #12 and #35" | old |
| "Obscure Song Titles, # 16 & 93" | "Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35" | Julia Cox |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight," | Does Bob cause people to break into smaller pieces | Peter |
| "Idiot Wind," | Wind with no brain can't be called an idiot. | Peter |
| "Tangled Up In Blue," | How does one get tangled up in a color? | Peter |
| "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall," | Rain can be wet and cold but not hard | Susanna Viljanen |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "What's Your Name?," Lynyrd Skynyrd | "George Jackson," Bob Dylan | |
| "Can'tcha Say (You Believe In Me)," Boston | "I Believe In You," Bob Dylan | |
| "Weatherman Says," Jack Wagner | "Hurricane," Bob Dylan | |
| "You Better Think Twice," Vince Gill | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," Bob Dylan | |
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Recordings:
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "My Back Pages" | "My Bad Plaintiffs" | John A. Barry |
| "Blowin' In The Wind" | "Goin' Vegan" | Vegan Minstrel |
| "The Times They Are a-Changin'" | "Some Minds They Need a-Changin'" | Randy Hearn |
| "John Wesley Harding" | "Tom *Testy* Turtle" | Leough |
| "Stuck Inside of Mobile" | "Stuck Inside the Future" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Blowin' in the Wind" | "Growin' in Berlin" | Porfle Popnecker |
| "Dear Landlord" | "Dear Leader" | John A. Barry |
| "Blowin' In The Wind" | "Cold and Shifty Men" | Leo Keough |
| "Blowin' In The Wind" | "Glowin' In The Wind" | Leo Keough |
| "Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands" | "Bag-Eyed Agents Of The Homeland" | Leo Keough |
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Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| The Times, They Are A-Changin' | The New York Times newspaper (If they did change.) | Rocky Rhodes |
| Please Don't Fall Apart On Me | IKEA flatpack products | Pickle |
| Like A Rolling Stone | Rolling Stone magazine | Mark Silverman |
| Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 | Colonial Tramcar Restaurant | Mayfield62 |
| Knocking On Heaven's Door | Life Insurance | ??? |
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Blowin' In The Wind | Any mobile home during a tornado | MOR |
| Oxford Town | Ole Miss University | The Mullet Man |
| Bob Dylan's 115th Dream | Insomniac Hotline | Billy C. |
| Watching The River Flow | Incontinence Pads | Jellybean |
| Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The MemphisBlues Again | Mobile Chamber Of Commerce | Donna Gelpigi |
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Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Lady Sings the Blues Billie Holiday | Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan | Lady Sings the Subterranean Homesick Blues Imagine Billie singing Dylan! | Josh |
| Queen for a Day Foo Fighters | Queen Jane Approximately Bob Dylan | Queen Jane for Approximately a Day | Martha Hankins |
| Life Is a Highway Tom Cochrane | Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan | Life is Highway 61 Revisited | Martha Hankins |
| I Don't Want To Be Gavin DeGraw | Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The MemphisBlues Again Bob Dylan | I Don't Want To Be Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again | Natasha Bly |
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If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Misheard Lyrics:
"Wedding Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the whore
Original Lyrics: Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole
| "Shelter from the storm"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing really matters much
It's Du Malone that counts Original Lyrics: Nothing really matters much
It's doom alone that counts |
"Knocking On Heaven's Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Knock knock knocky knock have in store
Original Lyrics: Knock knock knocking on Heaven's door
| "Desolation Row"
Misheard Lyrics: As Repound and T.S. Eliot, fighting in the captain's tower
Original Lyrics: Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, fighting in the captain's tower
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Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Wedding Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the whore
Original Lyrics: Dried the tears up from my dreams and pulled me from the hole
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Dave Gleeman I really believed strongly, that in this dedicated love song, it was meant the way I (mis)understood this: the woman of his dreams changed his life and pulled him away from the whores, means stopped him to go to prostitutes. I was even rather shocked and disappointed, when I read the real lyrics (there were no lyrics printed out in the original LP!). |
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Song Parody Fragments:
I don't have no Hi Fi and I don't even care to have one
I can make music anytime
I don't have no sports car and I don't even care to have one
I can walk anytime around the block
The're selling postcards of Ned Kelly and the last hanging
And painting passboards green and gold
And painting passboards brown
Up and down the Billabong
Up and down the block
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands"
The Funny Lyrics: My warehouse eyes, my arabian drums,
Why They're Funny: What the heck? all I can say is, what was he snortin' when he wrote that line?
Submitted by: Janice Ferrell
| "Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands"
The Funny Lyrics: With your mercury mouth
Why They're Funny: Mercury mouth? what the heck? well, at least it's not uranus mouth.
Submitted by: Janice Ferrell
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Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"All The Tired Horses"
The Repetitive Lyrics: All the tired horses in the Sun --
How'm I 'sposed to get any riding done? Why They're Repetitive: Those are the entire lyrics of the song, repeated over and over throughout this three minute and eleven second song.
Submitted by: Eva Cave
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: The only person on the scene missing was the Jack of Hearts
Why They're Nonsensical: He's either on the scene (present), or he's missing (absent). Can't be both at the same time.
Submitted by: Steve
| "Shelter From The Storm"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
Why They're Nonsensical: I just have no idea what this means!
Submitted by: Lisa Hayward
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Misrhymed Song Lyrics:
"Hurricane"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple mur- Der on him Why They're Misrhymed: Hey, you know what, Bob? The second syllable of 'murder' rhymes with 'stir' as well. Couldn't you have changed the line so that it scanned? Yes, I know it *does* rhyme, but there isn't a specific section for lyrics where the rhyme comes halfway through a word.
Submitted by: Red Tim
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Insulting Song Lyrics:
"Idiot Wind"
The Insulting Lyrics: "You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder you still know how to breathe Why They're Insulting: All the lyrics to this song are scathing... It's one of the best break-up songs EVER.
Submitted by: Blair
| "Idiot Wind"
The Insulting Lyrics: Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin' south. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe. Why They're Insulting: 'Nuff said, but every chorus of the song is a different lyric of the 'idiot wind'
Submitted by: Mrinfo
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Inappropriate Song Lyrics:
"Just Like A Woman"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
Why They're Inappropriate: Does Bob have someone to compare love-making to that isn't a woman?
Submitted by: Mark M
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Jokerman"
The Lyrics: In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Michelangelo indeed could’ve carved out your features Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face Who They Mention: Michelangelo
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "I Shall Be Free"
The Lyrics: Well, ya ask me why I'm drunk all the time,
It levels my head and eases my mind. I walk along and stroll and sing, See better days and do better things. I chase dinosaurs, Make love to Elizabeth Taylor, Catch hell from Richard Burton. Who They Mention: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. They were a well-known movie star couple back when this song was written.
Submitted by: DeeDee
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Jokerman"
The Song Lyrics: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Song They Mention: Fools Rush In
Submitted by: Eileen McKenzie
| "Sara"
The Song Lyrics: Staying up for days in the Chelsea hotel
Writing Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands for you Song They Mention: "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"
Submitted by: Mr. X
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Lay Lady Lay"
Opening Lines: Lay, lady, lay/Lay across my big brass bed
Comments: Submitted by: Jake
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Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:
"Lay Lady Lay"
The Lyrics: Lay lady lay
Why: Should be Lie Lady Lie
Submitted by: Paul
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Goin' To Acapulco"
The Lyrics: Goin' to Acapulco
Goin' on the run Goin' down to see some girl Goin' to have some fun Why: Acapulco, Mexico
Submitted by: Candy Welty
| "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The MemphisBlues Again"
The Lyrics: Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Why: Refers to the cities of Mobile, Alabama and Memphis, Tennessee.
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
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Foreign Language in English Songs:
"Romance in Durango"
The Lyrics: "No Llores mi querida,
Dios nos vigila, Soon the horse will take us to Durango, Agarrame, mi vida..." Why: In English: "Don't cry, my love,/ God is watching us,/ Soon the horse will take us to Durango,/ Hold onto me, my life..." The narrator of the song is an outlaw on the run with a woman who is presumably the mistress or wife of the man the narrator shot. The couple seek shelter in Durango, but the song, and the narrator's life, end before they get there.
Submitted by: DeeDee
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Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"I want you"
The Lyrics: The guilty undertaker sighs,
The lonesome organ grinder cries, The silver saxophones say I should refuse you. The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn, But it's not that way, I wasn't born to lose you. I want you, I want you, I want you so bad, Honey, I want you. Why: The song is very uptempo and cheery, but the lyrics tells the tail of Dylan wanting a woman. "I want you, I need you, I want you so bad".
Submitted by: Sorella
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Lyrics Spoonerisms:
"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"
The Lyrics: You're the reason I'm travellin' on. Don't think twice, it's alright.
Why: You're the treason I'm ravellin' on. Don't think rice, it's all trite.
Submitted by: Barry Amassa Tate
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Lyrics Alliteration:
"Lay Lady Lay"
The Lyrics: Lay, lady, lay
Lay across my big brass bed. Why: Four words beginning with 'l', followed by three 'b''s.
Submitted by: Rocky
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