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17. Hagiographic...that's interesting.

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Has Bob Dylan ever spoken out against tRUMP? [View all] wolfie001 Jun 2 OP

He got away from politics a long time ago. BluesRunTheGame Jun 2 #1

Such a beacon of integrity wolfie001 Jun 2 #3

? themaguffin Jun 2 #42

found this on clashmusic.com Blues Heron Jun 2 #2

I saw the same article wolfie001 Jun 2 #5

Interesting that he uses "reality" not expectations, more, or values karynnj Jun 2 #41

Well that's disappointing. Hope he feels differently after TSF 1.0 and 2.0. brush Jun 2 #53

Wonder when he said this... SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2 #79

2004. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2 #90

Interesting he talked about Trump back then. Good sleuthing, thanks Blues Heron Jun 2 #92

Yeah, and what's his position of right and left Twixt bars? Has he opined on egg prices yet? marble falls Jun 2 #4

Dood was a 1960s Icon wolfie001 Jun 2 #6

Why? Is he the one vote that'll break the tie to take Taco off the island or not? He hasn't mention the price ... marble falls Jun 2 #9

His charities help feed hungry people wolfie001 Jun 2 #12

Perhaps you should picket his concerts to get the word out Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #37

Things need to be stirred up a bit wolfie001 Jun 2 #70

re: Dylan TnDem Jun 2 #88

Janis wasn't known for her political outspokenness Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #11

I knew it was gonna ruffle some feathers wolfie001 Jun 2 #14

No feathers ruffled Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #15

lol nt wolfie001 Jun 2 #20

Janis's version of Me and Bobby McGee is one of my favorite songs senseandsensibility Jun 2 #86

Two completely different performers edhopper Jun 2 #63

Not really. Dave Bowman Jun 2 #7

Silent as a church mouse wolfie001 Jun 2 #8

Yes, talk about a rebel. Dave Bowman Jun 2 #40

Who gives a shit? nt LexVegas Jun 2 #10

You don't wolfie001 Jun 2 #16

Did you give him the Nobel Prize? yardwork Jun 2 #23

I did a look on what he's said about the worst pRESIDENT we've ever had in the WH and guess what? wolfie001 Jun 2 #47

... LexVegas Jun 2 #30

There there wolfie001 Jun 2 #48

Listen to some of his songs- it's all in there. Start with Seven Curses, it describes an evil judge. Blues Heron Jun 2 #59

Many iconic songs wolfie001 Jun 2 #71

Totally. His disdain for injustice shines through much of his work. Blues Heron Jun 2 #80

Yes! Just say something in the microphone. Just a word or two. wolfie001 Jun 2 #103

Dylan sang "political songs" or "protest songs" for about 2-3 years in a 65+ year career Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #13

tRUMP is not anything America has ever seen wolfie001 Jun 2 #18

If the survival of our democracy depends on celebrities speaking out, we are already doomed. Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #21

One of, if not the biggest 'topic' of our time and our poetic people Prairie_Seagull Jun 2 #32

We have different expectations of the rich and famous Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #35

Funny how many of the billionaires made their allegiance public during the inauguration wolfie001 Jun 2 #69

I didn't see Dylan at the inauguration Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #81

re: speaking out TnDem Jun 2 #89

Clapton was a supporter of Enoch Powell wolfie001 Jun 2 #105

Strawman argument wolfie001 Jun 2 #49

Not a straw man by your own hyperbole Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #64

There almost was no Bob Dylan, when he empathized with Oswald at an awards dinner shortly after Nov 63 Blues Heron Jun 2 #24

Now that was a poor choice wolfie001 Jun 2 #50

He has denied they were protest songs NoRethugFriends Jun 2 #58

He also said he ran away and worked in a carnival in New Mexico as a boy Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #67

I really know about him as the groundbreaking performer wolfie001 Jun 2 #75

He is a private man Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #82

Thanks for that info NoRethugFriends Jun 2 #84

He was "political" during his time with Suze Rotolo... regnaD kciN Jun 2 #85

Yes. I vaguely remember that era wolfie001 Jun 3 #108

Hagiographic...that's interesting. LuckyCharms Jun 2 #17

Isn't that how everything goes with him? wolfie001 Jun 2 #19

Well, he's a plain man as well as a celebrity... LuckyCharms Jun 2 #22

A little "too plain" when the subject of fascism is thrust into America's face wolfie001 Jun 2 #97

You seem very invested in what Bob Dylan has to say about Trump. LuckyCharms Jun 2 #100

He could say something in the microphone. He's still touring so quit with the "he's an old guy" stuff wolfie001 Jun 2 #104

Hagiographic is a perfect descriptive for the way the 1960s/1970s are looked at here on too many occasions. nt Celerity Jun 2 #25

Maybe not though, if you lived through those decades. n/t LuckyCharms Jun 2 #26

As a openly queer black female I can safely say my quality of life in 1960s USA would have been problematic at best Celerity Jun 2 #34

"If you remember the 60s, whoameye Jun 2 #57

Republicans were plotting on their takeover starting around 1974 or so wolfie001 Jun 2 #51

Actually it started right after the 1964 Goldwater disaster (disaster for the RW). The groundwork for 2 major RW Celerity Jun 2 #65

Around the time Thurmond went republican wolfie001 Jun 2 #68

I think the assassination of JFK marked a turning point for Dylan and "politics." tetedur Jun 2 #27

Joker Man is reputed to be about Ronald Reagan randr Jun 2 #28

Other than a brief flash of Reagan's face in the video, not really Fiendish Thingy Jun 2 #36

He could've opined that rayguns was destroying the Middle Class wolfie001 Jun 2 #94

Bob is 80 and besides he put the town of Ashtabula in one of his songs so he has earned the right not .. Botany Jun 2 #29

I can think of literally hundreds of people who deserve condemnation more than Bob Dylan blogslug Jun 2 #31

I never condemned him. That's Ad hominem wolfie001 Jun 3 #107

Appears he hasn't. But can't imagine "Blowin in the Wind" Dylan cozying up to likes of trump. Silent Type Jun 2 #33

Not trying to be rude but Samael13 Jun 2 #38

I think you mean grandparents Polybius Jun 2 #46

Boomers would listen to his words. I remember him still possessing his vocal range in the 1970s wolfie001 Jun 2 #52

Odd question, if you ask me. Music Man Jun 2 #39

I think all the others are dead and were a bit older wolfie001 Jun 2 #54

Looking for an artist who speaks out? milestogo Jun 2 #43

Oh yeah! wolfie001 Jun 2 #55

If anybody should speak out, it should be current artists. Dylan is 80+ & not left that space in the mid 60s themaguffin Jun 2 #44

He is something like 84 now DFW Jun 2 #45

He was 74 when tRUMP went down the escalator wolfie001 Jun 2 #56

Ask him for yourself. I don't know. Nobody else here knows, either. MineralMan Jun 2 #60

Just a public statement wolfie001 Jun 2 #74

Why should he? That's not at all who he is and has been. MineralMan Jun 2 #76

I think the single, False Prophet, released in 2020 Torchlight Jun 2 #61

Great reply wolfie001 Jun 2 #73

He had to rearrange their faces, and give them all another name... Mike Nelson Jun 2 #62

I disagree with most of the pushback you're getting on this thread senseandsensibility Jun 2 #66

Thank you! wolfie001 Jun 2 #72

I suspect H2O Man Jun 2 #77

Me too! wolfie001 Jun 2 #78

It would annoy the felon. H2O Man Jun 2 #87

Amen H2O wolfie001 Jun 2 #95

Has Country Joe McDonald ever spoken out against Trump? DBoon Jun 2 #83

He was quite active up into 2005. Kudos to him wolfie001 Jun 2 #93

good for him DBoon Jun 2 #99

... orangecrush Jun 2 #91

Glad your hair isn't on fire like some of the "offended" artistic pooh-bahs wolfie001 Jun 2 #96

Nah orangecrush Jun 2 #98

The answer is blowing in the wind Zambero Jun 2 #101

Don't know about the 60s MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2 #102

Well wolfie001 Jun 2 #106