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I heard Hurricane for the first time today

PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
edited October 2009 in Other Music
I was listening to my dads records and I put on Bob Dylan's album Desire i had never heard it before
WOW! This album is amazing! I love Hurricane, and the rest of the tracks.
WHY did I not discover this album sooner? Its incredible, i am speechless.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    really? wow!! where have you been? are you a youngin'?? :lol:

    i remember when hurricane was the only dylan song i could stand to listen to. glad youve discovered it.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    catefrances wrote:
    really? wow!! where have you been? are you a youngin'?? :lol:

    i remember when hurricane was the only dylan song i could stand to listen to. glad youve discovered it.
    lol ya im 16 so i havent heard much dylan, but my dad gave me some old lps including Desire and im really into it right now, good stuff!
    Also love masters of war.
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  • chris32482chris32482 Posts: 213
    Desire is a great record, but Blood on the Tracks is even better. Those are his two finest works from the 70's, imo. Actually it should be everyone's opinion, not sure how you could argue with that. :mrgreen:
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,633
    I thought you meant the band Hurricane! For a minute there I had a horrible hair metal flash back...

    http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/images/stories/interviews/jayschellen/hurricanelineup.jpg
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Bob really broke the mold with this song. The rage dylan feels in this song leaps off the record and engrains itself in the listener's brain.

    I think it also shows Dylan has always been somewhat political. Its often suggested after Times they Are a Changin, he quit the protest song movement, so to speak and moved on to more personal matters. And thats true to a certain extent. But what this song shows is that Bob still cared deeply, even in late 1970's, about miscarriages of justice, about the racism inherent in the system and about the individual struggling in a society and system that is corrupt.

    I think, learning about this song, and its true story, the real Hurricane Carter, one also can learn about a very similar case, that still has an "innocent man in a living hell" as dylan would say. That would be the case of Mumia Abu Jamal.

    What Hurricane shows I think, is the fact things hadnt, and still havent changed much. We still have a long way to go. That racism, overt displays of racism existed in the 1960's, is shocking and disturbing, but its also par for the course for many people when we think of history. The fact that Dylan was writing about overt racism, institutional racism in the late 1970's, is even more shocking and disturbing.

    The song shows you that racism is real, and that it is current.

    As I said before, Hurricane is now free, so now this song always reminds me of Mumia. A man, in prison as we speak for a crime he didnt commit.
  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    chris32482 wrote:
    Desire is a great record, but Blood on the Tracks is even better. Those are his two finest works from the 70's, imo. Actually it should be everyone's opinion, not sure how you could argue with that. :mrgreen:
    Yup I have Blood On The Tracks as well, there's still lots more vinyl in the garage I need to sort through, hoping to find more of The Who since i'm really loving the live at leeds album.
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  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    Bob really broke the mold with this song. The rage dylan feels in this song leaps off the record and engrains itself in the listener's brain.

    I think it also shows Dylan has always been somewhat political. Its often suggested after Times they Are a Changin, he quit the protest song movement, so to speak and moved on to more personal matters. And thats true to a certain extent. But what this song shows is that Bob still cared deeply, even in late 1970's, about miscarriages of justice, about the racism inherent in the system and about the individual struggling in a society and system that is corrupt.

    I think, learning about this song, and its true story, the real Hurricane Carter, one also can learn about a very similar case, that still has an "innocent man in a living hell" as dylan would say. That would be the case of Mumia Abu Jamal.

    What Hurricane shows I think, is the fact things hadnt, and still havent changed much. We still have a long way to go. That racism, overt displays of racism existed in the 1960's, is shocking and disturbing, but its also par for the course for many people when we think of history. The fact that Dylan was writing about overt racism, institutional racism in the late 1970's, is even more shocking and disturbing.

    The song shows you that racism is real, and that it is current.

    As I said before, Hurricane is now free, so now this song always reminds me of Mumia. A man, in prison as we speak for a crime he didnt commit.
    very well said ;)
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  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    How old are you? I was probably 18 when I first heard it. It's still probably Dylan's most badass song.
  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    How old are you? I was probably 18 when I first heard it. It's still probably Dylan's most badass song.
    im 16, yuuup its pretty badass.
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  • noahgendanoahgenda Posts: 63
    My dad gave me the same album. Its even a promo. love hurricane starts off the album nicely. Might just have to throw it on
  • WaveCameCrashinWaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    Definitely in my top 5. out of all his songs.. The movie is good to (The Hurricane)
  • noahgendanoahgenda Posts: 63
    Listening to this right now forgot the Stripes did a cover of One More Cup Of Coffee on their first album. Damn this sounds good. peace
  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    I'll forever associate "The Hurricane" with the scene in Dazed and Confused, when they're walking into The Emporium in slow motion while the song is playing. One of the most bad assed scenes in a movie filled with bad assed scenes!
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  • Arthur Digby SellersArthur Digby Sellers Posts: 259
    The first time I heard it was in the Dazed and Confused movie too. Great song, but as far as Hurricane Carter goes, I think he was pretty guilty. The movie and the song leave out a lot of facts and make it sound like racism. But truthfully, the murder weapons were in the trunk of his car. Hurricane got off on a technicality, not proven innocent.

    I think Dylan is embarrassed to support Carter since he hasn't played the song since 1976.
    When FASCISM Comes To America
    it will be wrapped in the FLAG and
    carrying a CROSS.
  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    goldrush wrote:
    I thought you meant the band Hurricane! For a minute there I had a horrible hair metal flash back...

    http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/images/stories/interviews/jayschellen/hurricanelineup.jpg

    Ditto!

    I remember them doing a sluggish, drawn out version of Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen." Sacrilegious, says me!! :lol:

    The offending album:

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  • Arthur Digby SellersArthur Digby Sellers Posts: 259
    I actually saw them open for Stryper in the 80's.
    When FASCISM Comes To America
    it will be wrapped in the FLAG and
    carrying a CROSS.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    evenflow wrote:
    I'll forever associate "The Hurricane" with the scene in Dazed and Confused, when they're walking into The Emporium in slow motion while the song is playing. One of the most bad assed scenes in a movie filled with bad assed scenes!

    Yeah that's the first time I heard it, ah nostalgia! That is the film I will forever associate with my teenage years. For that reason alone, it's my favourite Dylan song - the lyrics and the way the whole song is put together, is absolutely incredible. I didn't realise it was such a popular song, but if you type 'bob dylan' into youtube, Hurricane is the first suggestion that comes up, and rightly so!
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chU_fd050us
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