Comments on: Video of Bob Dylan's 1967 Time magazine interview http://boingboing.net/2007/09/17/video-of-bob-dylans.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 15:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: slawkenbergius http://boingboing.net/2007/09/17/video-of-bob-dylans.html#comment-18953 slawkenbergius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18953 I respect the interviewer for asking: "Do you care about what you're saying?" I respect the interviewer for asking: “Do you care about what you’re saying?”

]]> By: RingMod76 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/17/video-of-bob-dylans.html#comment-18719 RingMod76 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18719 "It's more like he's stressed out, and has been through one stupid interview after another..." That's a good point, actually. And I guess it's worth remembering that the subtext of the movie is that he's already (at the point which the film is documenting) made his decision to "go electric" and make an artistic progression/transformation. Thus, the hastily-organized English tour probably forced him to play a part which he wasn't very interested in anymore... That said, I still think he's being a jerk. From my (minute) experience as a musician, I can say with certainty that when you play music in public, idiots who know nothing about your music or music in general will want to engage you in stupid conversations. You just have to deal with it; I think his choice of response (tearing down a semi-clueless reporter) was immature. “It’s more like he’s stressed out, and has been through one stupid interview after another…”

That’s a good point, actually. And I guess it’s worth remembering that the subtext of the movie is that he’s already (at the point which the film is documenting) made his decision to “go electric” and make an artistic progression/transformation. Thus, the hastily-organized English tour probably forced him to play a part which he wasn’t very interested in anymore…

That said, I still think he’s being a jerk. From my (minute) experience as a musician, I can say with certainty that when you play music in public, idiots who know nothing about your music or music in general will want to engage you in stupid conversations. You just have to deal with it; I think his choice of response (tearing down a semi-clueless reporter) was immature.

]]> By: RingMod76 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/17/video-of-bob-dylans.html#comment-18556 RingMod76 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18556 I've always thought that this scene was Dylan at his worst - a petulant, self-important bully who tears down a reporter (admittedly, a stiff prude of a reporter) and behaves like a complete jerk just because he can. It strikes me as the low point of the movie, in terms of how it makes me feel about sounds-all-over-em Bob. But that's just me. :-) I’ve always thought that this scene was Dylan at his worst – a petulant, self-important bully who tears down a reporter (admittedly, a stiff prude of a reporter) and behaves like a complete jerk just because he can. It strikes me as the low point of the movie, in terms of how it makes me feel about sounds-all-over-em Bob. But that’s just me. :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/17/video-of-bob-dylans.html#comment-18900 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18900 It's a small point, really, but this interview is technically from 1965. The interview was conducted and filmed during his British tour late in the spring of that year. It was released as a part of the movie "Don't Look Back" in 1967. It’s a small point, really, but this interview is technically from 1965. The interview was conducted and filmed during his British tour late in the spring of that year. It was released as a part of the movie “Don’t Look Back” in 1967.

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator http://boingboing.net/2007/09/17/video-of-bob-dylans.html#comment-18663 Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18663 I wouldn't call him a bully. It's more like he's stressed out, and has been through one stupid interview after another, so that he's anticipating questions the reporter hasn't asked yet. During that period he had to field some amazingly clueless questions. I wouldn’t call him a bully. It’s more like he’s stressed out, and has been through one stupid interview after another, so that he’s anticipating questions the reporter hasn’t asked yet. During that period he had to field some amazingly clueless questions.

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