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From DKos: Joan Baez Endorses Bernie Sanders!!!!!! (Original Post) mylye2222 Mar 2016 OP
Recommended! H2O Man Mar 2016 #1
That's positively Fourth Street. eom MohRokTah Mar 2016 #2
Dylan broke up with her over politics. madaboutharry Mar 2016 #12
And he wrote "Poitively Fourth Street" over her MohRokTah Mar 2016 #14
Maybe slightly, but I see no references to that Babel_17 Mar 2016 #33
Oh no I will have to destroy all my Baez recording! upaloopa Mar 2016 #3
As a matter of fact RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #8
Oh no! My flag decal won't get me into heaven anymore! upaloopa Mar 2016 #10
When did you think it would? n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #16
Never did but I support Hillary so maybe some think I did upaloopa Mar 2016 #23
Of course John Prine supports Bernie. bobbobbins01 Mar 2016 #35
I won' t say no to those albums either! LOL!!!! mylye2222 Mar 2016 #9
If it makes you feel any better, my future husband - George Clooney - is having a fundraiser for jillan Mar 2016 #17
Haha... Lucky girl! mylye2222 Mar 2016 #22
I know I got an email about it. I supposedly on the list for a chance to go upaloopa Mar 2016 #24
Well if you go, tell him he broke my heart ;) Actually I will be very jealous if you get to go jillan Mar 2016 #28
I'm going to have to do with my Baez CDs what I did with my Mel Gibson DVDs MohRokTah Mar 2016 #21
Me too upaloopa Mar 2016 #25
Joan is worldwide treasure. mylye2222 Mar 2016 #4
Thank God for true patriots like Joan Baez! ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #5
Hey I thought Kos banned any positive Bernie posts Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #6
You thought wrong. MohRokTah Mar 2016 #15
HA Goodman. What a hoot Ferd Berfel Mar 2016 #18
Wonderful! peacebird Mar 2016 #7
Thank you Joan. Loved you then, love you now. jwirr Mar 2016 #11
Hope she writes a rallying song for Bernie & joins the campaign BigBearJohn Mar 2016 #13
That would be wonderful! In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #20
Thank you, Joan Baez. In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #19
I love Joan. So I won't hold this against her. nt Jitter65 Mar 2016 #26
Wow. That's impressive. kstewart33 Mar 2016 #27
Tbh I didn't know who she was... RepubliCON-Watch Mar 2016 #29
Joan who? n/t cosmicone Mar 2016 #30
Helped start Activism in America , when others were working for Barry Goldwater . orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #32
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feel the Bern !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #31
Not at all surprised. Duppers Mar 2016 #34
And we'll raze, raze the prisons to the ground. Juicy_Bellows Mar 2016 #36

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)
12. Dylan broke up with her over politics.
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:39 PM
Mar 2016

She talked about how he couldn't take her politics anymore in Martin Scorsese's Documentary about Bob Dylan.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
14. And he wrote "Poitively Fourth Street" over her
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:42 PM
Mar 2016


You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend
When I was down you just stood there grinnin'
You've got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on the side that's winnin'

You say I let you down, ya know its not like that
If you're so hurt, why then don't you show it?
You say you've lost your faith, but that's not where its at
You have no faith to lose, and ya know it

I know the reason, that you talked behind my back
I used to be among the crowd you're in with
Do you take me for such a fool, to think I'd make contact
With the one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with?

You see me on the street, you always act surprised
You say "how are you?", "good luck", but ya don't mean it
When you know as well as me, you'd rather see me paralyzed
Why don't you just come out once and scream it

No, I do not feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief perhaps I'd rob them
And tho I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place
Don't you understand, its not my problem?

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
33. Maybe slightly, but I see no references to that
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 06:32 PM
Mar 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positively_4th_Street#Inspiration_and_the_significance_of_4th_Street

The song is generally assumed to ridicule Greenwich Village residents who criticized Dylan for his departure from traditional folk styles towards the electric guitar and rock music.[1] Many of the Greenwich Village folk crowd, who had been good friends of Dylan's, took offense and assumed that the song carried personal references.[13] Noted Village figure Izzy Young, who ran the Folklore Center, had this to say of the accusation:

"At least five hundred came into my place [the Folklore Center]... and asked if it was about me. I don't know if it was, but it was unfair. I'm in the Village twenty-five years now. I was one of the representatives of the Village, there is such a thing as the Village. Dave Van Ronk was still in the Village. Dylan comes in and takes from us, uses my resources, then he leaves and he gets bitter. He writes a bitter song. He was the one who left."[17]

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
3. Oh no I will have to destroy all my Baez recording!
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:31 PM
Mar 2016

My favorate album of all time was "Come from the Shadows."

I guess next you will tell my John Prine supports Bernie.

Oh what ever am I going to do?!!!!!!!

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
8. As a matter of fact
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:35 PM
Mar 2016

I spoke to John at the People's Music Workshop, and he DOES support Bernie.

You can always give those albums to me!

bobbobbins01

(1,681 posts)
35. Of course John Prine supports Bernie.
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:10 AM
Mar 2016

Because John Prine is fucking awesome. How anyone could think he'd go Hillary over Bernie is insane. Plus he's hands down the greatest songwriter in the entire world:

jillan

(39,451 posts)
17. If it makes you feel any better, my future husband - George Clooney - is having a fundraiser for
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:46 PM
Mar 2016

Hillary.



Heartbroken!

jillan

(39,451 posts)
28. Well if you go, tell him he broke my heart ;) Actually I will be very jealous if you get to go
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 06:03 PM
Mar 2016

see him.
Take pics!

 

mylye2222

(2,992 posts)
4. Joan is worldwide treasure.
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:32 PM
Mar 2016

I remember listening to her records on my Mom' s old record platine. ( My mom was born in early 50s).
Although I didnt understood what her songs meant, the kid I was found her voice appeasing and full of love.
Great memories.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
15. You thought wrong.
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:45 PM
Mar 2016

He only bans people who post shit from rightwing sources or bloviates about Hillary being a war monger and bullshit like that.

Positive Sanders posts are 100% in bounds and no problem. Even being critical of Hillary is fine, but no wingnut sourcing like HA Goodman.

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