Some Musical Thoughts

I have just returned home from a session in Birmingham and was thinking about this site and the criticism which goes down on whoever is in charge at the club. Poor young Ben Mansford must wonder what he can do for best really - talk about damned in you do damned if you don't.

Anyway I came up with a couple of songs from my past which may help him look at things in perspective.

The first is a Dylan song - Rainy Day Women 12 & 35 and the lyrics are set out below. As with all Dylan songs lots of interpretations of what he meant but to me it means whatever you do in life there will always be someone around to criticise you:

"Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re trying to be so good
They’ll stone ya just a-like they said they would
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to go home
Then they’ll stone ya when you’re there all alone
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned

Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ ’long the street
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to keep your seat
They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ on the floor
They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ to the door
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned

They’ll stone ya when you’re at the breakfast table
They’ll stone ya when you are young and able
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to make a buck
They’ll stone ya and then they’ll say, “good luck”
Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned

Well, they’ll stone you and say that it’s the end
Then they’ll stone you and then they’ll come back again
They’ll stone you when you’re riding in your car
They’ll stone you when you’re playing your guitar
Yes, but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned

Well, they’ll stone you when you walk all alone
They’ll stone you when you are walking home
They’ll stone you and then say you are brave
They’ll stone you when you are set down in your grave
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned

Copyright © 1966 by Dwarf Music; renewed 1994 by Dwarf Music


The second song is from someone also from way back - sung by Ricky Nelson. He wrote this after being booed off the stage in Madison Square for refusing to play his old hits. The message here is "you can't please everyone so you got to please yourself":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFugRFKqjFg

 

How`s Keith and Dave ?

 

Talking about lyrics and different interpretations I prefer the lyrics to Dylans Positively 4th Street. I think I know how Bobby would interpret them.

 

Ah, but to put Nelson's line in context, what he was getting booed off the stage for was for trying something new and not sticking with the old, which is the opposite of why Mansford is getting the dissent from the rabble!

 

Bob dylan
Shoot me now

 

Don't know that one....is there a link to you tube or sumat.