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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 03:53 PM
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Rock Fans Outraged As Bob Dylan Goes Electronica


Audience members at the Newport Rock Festival were "outraged" Monday when rock icon Bob Dylan followed up such classic hits as "Like A Rolling Stone" and "Maggie's Farm" with an electronica set composed of atonal drones, hyperactive drumbeats, and the repeated mechanized lyric "Dance to the club life!" "We came here to see the authentic Dylan, the one with the Stratocaster guitar and signature wild blues-rock band behind him," audience member Robert Hochschild said. "Then he walks out with these puffy headphones, some turntables, and a laptop? The guy's a Judas." When asked later about his musical transformation by reporters, Dylan said he had nothing to say about the beats he programs, he just programs them.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/rock-fans-outraged-as-bob-dylan-goes-electronica,17699/
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 03:55 PM
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1. ROTF of the time machine, LMAO
--d!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 03:55 PM
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2. Ahhhhh shit! I swear by the time I finished reading that paragraph I was
just about convinced Dylan had gone out of his mind. Then I saw it was an Onion link! LOL! :D
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 03:55 PM
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3. After his Christmas album (yech) why the surprise?
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 03:58 PM
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4. All four of them?!!! nt
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:00 PM
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6. I guess Im 25% of his fan base
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 11:33 PM
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15. And I'm another 25% and
My friend Betty is another 25% :bounce::bounce::bounce:
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 03:59 PM
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5. It's deja vu all over again, LOL!
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:00 PM
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7. & Pete Seeger wasn't really out to cut the cables with an axe because he didn't like the music
It was the feedback & "screaching", really.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:01 PM
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8. Bwahahaha!
K&R

:kick:
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thelordofhell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:13 PM
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9. I wish this wasn't an Onion article
This is precisely what Dylan should do!! I would so go see MC BobbieD in a heartbeat!!

(scratch-a-scratch-a-scratch-a)
Ha-Ha-Ha-How Does It Feeeeeeel!!!!!
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PJPhreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:42 PM
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14. "I would so go see MC BobbieD in a heartbeat!!"
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

it sounds just like something he would do!

Newport '65,yeah!
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:28 PM
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10. Heh, heh -- he's always been able to rouse the rabble.
Edited on Mon Jul-12-10 04:31 PM by damntexdem
Including when he outraged me with his Xian period.

He can easily outdo The Onion if he puts his mind to it.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:30 PM
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11. When did Newport get a rock festival? I knew about the folk festival but the rock one is news to me
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:31 PM
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12. :)
Lay-lay-lay-lay lady-eeee lay-lay-lay
Lay-lay-lay across-oss-oss-oss (dance-dance, this is a parteeeeeeeeeee!) my big-big-big brass-a-ohh-brass-a-ohh bed!

His clothes are-a dirty-dirty-dirty but his hands-a are clean, clean, clean, clean
And you’re-a the best-best-best thing that he’s ever seen-seen ...
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luxoid Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-12-10 04:38 PM
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13. bob is bob
Whatever he does is usually fine.Leonard went electronica too I didnt like that either at thetime but over the years its come to be liked quite a lot!don't worry he knows what he's doing,and anyway haven't we been here before?
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4_TN_TITANS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 11:48 AM
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16. Here lies another victim of the Onion...
especially with the pic, they had me going...
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LongTomH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 12:00 PM
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17. After he made the Victoria's Secret commercial, I wouldn't be surprised at anything!
I think the message was: "Despair! Even Bob Dylan has sold out!"
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-13-10 12:13 PM
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18. Bob Dylan goes electric,. Fans are outraged.
At the 1965 Newport Festival

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Dylan_controversy

Was this some kind of long-term protest?
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