Wanna Feel Old? Happy B-Day Bobby D!

[lbpesq]

Dylan turns 80 today!  Happy birthday, Bob.


Bill, tgo

[David Houck]

The Times They Are A Changin

[edwardofhuncote]

I was having a conversation between sets the other night with Gabe, (our guitar player) he had recently read a story about one time Bob Dylan had expressed an interest in joining the Grateful Dead. Not sure when this was... I know they did tour some together. Anyway, it wasn't to be, there was one dissenting vote; Phil Lesh.

Happy Birthday to Mr. Dylan... definitely 'Served Somebody'. 

[hammer]

A while ago pre COVID, I was driving a group of my grad students to do some data collection and we traveled past a building where Bob Dylan purportedly lived when he spent his short tenure at the University of Minnesota where I teach. I pointed out that a famous person named Robert Zimmerman had lived in the building and they responded, “who?” I then corrected myself and informed them I was referring to Bob Dylan and once again they replied, “Who is that person?”

[David Houck]

... I was driving a group of my grad students .. I pointed out that .. I was referring to Bob Dylan and .. they replied, “Who is that person?”

... at which point I'm guessing you flunked them all for the semester.

[TheKimmer]

Hey old timer, whut de heck is Flunked?

[David Houck]

... whut de heck is Flunked?

What I did to second semester German.

[lbpesq]

9th grade Latin. 
I thought it would be easy - just add “us” to everything.
“Butterflyus Americanus”. 
Boy, was I mistaken!

Bill, tgo

[hankster]

I never got past "Brittania est un magna insula".  But that's enough to start a conversation.
For me it's impossible to pick any single Dylan tune.  But this one has my heart...

[cozmik_cowboy]

9th grade Latin. 
I thought it would be easy - just add “us” to everything.
“Butterflyus Americanus”. 
Boy, was I mistaken!

Bill, tgo

I passed 9th grade Latin with a D- only because I was able to charm the college girl they brought in to finish the semester after the little old lady who'd been teaching it since it was a new language dropped dead in front of the class one day.......

Peter (who fared no better in 10th grade Spanish)

[lbpesq]

“Blood On The Tracks” is on my desert island list.

Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

Well, it's not like there's a shortage of choices, but if I had to pick one Dylan song, I'd have say "Knocking On Heaven's Door".

Peter (who does it with the 3rd verse, which he has heard only on the Garcia-Grisman-Rice version)