Poll--The Weakest Link: Bob Dylan's 'Blood On The Tracks' Round 3

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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited June 2019
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    Renfield said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Renfield said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    I prefer Simple Twist and Shelter, sorry. And there was no way in hell I was touching Idiot Wind!
    Ay😩, it’s you! My new friend from the Agnes thread... I’m crestfallen.
    Likewise, my friend. My song has 7 votes against it though!
    I’m surprised that Shelter has had no votes. The deserving final 2 should be Tangled Up In Blue and Idiot Wind. 


    Exactly!
    Post edited by dankind on
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  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,754
    Shelter From The Storm
    Hold my bong!
    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    Renfield said:
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    I prefer Simple Twist and Shelter, sorry. And there was no way in hell I was touching Idiot Wind!
    Ay😩, it’s you! My new friend from the Agnes thread... I’m crestfallen.
    Crestfallen sidekick in an old cafe ...
    You’re a Tom Waits fan 😮 
     “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

    I can be Louis, I suppose. 

    Rick, after all, is a rank sentimentalist.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,499
    Idiot Wind
    Dice rolls a 3 today.  Sorry, Idiot Wind fans.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    Wow. You know, I didn't come in and fuck up y'all's polls on albums about which I gave zero fucks.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,739
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    ed243421 said:
    Hold my bong!
    Ah yes, that great Replacements song!

    "Hold my bong
    Until I'm
    Ready to use it"
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,754
    edited June 2019
    Shelter From The Storm
    dankind said:
    Wow. You know, I didn't come in and fuck up y'all's polls on albums about which I gave zero fucks.



    Post edited by ed243421 on
    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    ed243421 said:
    dankind said:
    Wow. You know, I didn't come in and fuck up y'all's polls on albums about which I gave zero fucks.




     
    Oh, and FUCK Scarface!
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  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,754
    Shelter From The Storm

    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,499
    Idiot Wind
    dankind said:
    Wow. You know, I didn't come in and fuck up y'all's polls on albums about which I gave zero fucks.
    My dice were not kind this round.  But you can certainly thank them that it survived another round. :triumph:
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,311
    edited June 2019
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    Another easy round for me.

    Next round? 
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Simple Twist Of Fate

    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
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  • Renfield
    Renfield NYC NY Posts: 1,054
    edited June 2019
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
    The demise of Idiot Wind is imminent.
    When would be a good time to tell you Tangled Up In Blue is my final choice

    Edit- is and was my final choice since I joined in yesterday, even when there was hope for Idiot Wind. Sorry 😐 
    Post edited by Renfield on
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,174
    Idiot Wind
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
    All that bitching last round and your precious idiot wind will be gone like the dodo.  Karma sucks.  ;)
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    Renfield said:
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
    The demise of Idiot Wind is imminent.
    When would be a good time to tell you Tangled Up In Blue is my final choice

    Edit- is and was my final choice since I joined in yesterday, even when there was hope for Idiot Wind. Sorry 😐 
    A worthy competitor. 

    mcgruff10 said:
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
    All that bitching last round and your precious idiot wind will be gone like the dodo.  Karma sucks.  ;)

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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    Idiot Wind
    When they asked him why it had it to be that way
    Well...he answered 'Just Because'
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Tangled Up In Blue
    Hobbes said:
    I vote Off She Goes.

    *tsk*tsk* :nuh_uh:
    You win. :-)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,739
    Simple Twist Of Fate
    dankind said:
    MedozK said:
    As close as Round 2 was.... Round 3 is a blow out!
    You’re correct. Round 3 does blow. 
    Ain't it the truth! 

    So at the risk of sounding like a blow hard, here's why I think "Idiot Wind" deserves at the very least to enter the final round (not that anything I say "means shit to a tree" or anyone cares what I think- haha!):

    First of all, this is just brilliant songwriting from a musical standpoint.  The song bursts out of the speakers with a strong C minor chord played on both guitar and piano, instantly creating a tension that practically demands the listener's attention.  From there it moves into a standard D major/ G major sequence- the abrupt leading into the familiar.  Brilliant!

    Lyrically, this is one of Bob's finest.  The combination of sardonic, biting irony, humor and story telling are perfectly juxtaposed to making the tale intriguing- never fully predictable and yet seemly, deceivingly, logical. 

    Another emotion  enters at the chorus: anger.  At first, the anger mixed with an insult ("It's a wonder you still know how to breathe"), and that insult is repeated in the next two choruses. 

    But wait!  In the fourth chorus, something very different painfully and emotionally enters the songwriter's word and voice.  "Idiot wind/ Blowing through the buttons of our coats/ Blowing through the letters that we wrote/ Idiot wind/ Blowing through the dust upon our shelves/ We're idiots, babe/ It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves."    Pain, regret and sorrow- emotions that are clearly, plainly, unabashedly present in Dylan's voice.

    I know we all hear differently, but to my ears, this is one of the greatest songs Dylan ever wrote and recorded.  I'm sorry to see it will not likely make the final rounds.

    Ah, such is life!


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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