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| Other (Funny) Side of Bob Dylan, The source:
various Tracks: Comments: & Wiggle Wiggle (1) Bobtalk: Bob's girlfriend (2) Comments: & Talkin' NY (3) Bobtalk: Doin' Nothin' (4) Mozambique (5) Bobtalk: Joan Osborne (6) Country Pie (7) Stealin (8) Bobtalk: Stew's Cow (9) Dylan's 115th Dream (10) Bobtalk: Rock and Roll (11) Talkin' John Birch (12) Bobtalk: Fuzzy's Broken Home (13) Bob Dylan's Blues (14) Bobtalk: Superman (15) Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread (16) Bobtalk: George's Snakes (17) If You Gotta Go (18) Bobtalk: No Body (19) Honey Just Allow Me 1 More Chance (20) Bobtalk: No Drummer (21) Talkin' Bear Mt. (22) Vincent VanGogh (23) Bobtalk: Tony's Bike (24) Talkin WWIII Blues (25) Bobtalk: Charlie's cell phone (26) Quinn The Eskimo (27) Bobtalk: Freddy's stomach (28) New Orleans Rag (29) Bobtalk: That Was Me (30) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (31) Bobtalk: Paul McCartney (32) Down Along The Cove (33) Bobtalk: Dave's boot (34) Blues Yodel #2 (35) Review: by Chris Quigly Being a professional comedian and a huge Bob Dylan fan and bobsboots.com fan, it is an honor for me to write the review of this disc. The title, The Other Funny Side of Bob Dylan, is a play on words taken from Another side of Bob Dylan (His 4th studio album). I consider that release to be the big breakthrough record away from protest songs, and focusing introspectively on Bob himself. The intimate, personal, funny Another side of....Bob Dylan. The goal of a comedian is to try to make lite of bad situations and of the things that get to us all. The first track of this CD shows us that Dylan the comedian does a good job of this as he introduces his "latest hit" to the audience. He went on to say that his "hits" usually get played for a day or two! I had to laugh, because I never hear Bob Dylan on the radio as much as i should and I always wondered how Bob must think and feel about this... and now I know. Tracks 2, 9, 17, 28, and 34 are quite bad and hacky for a comedian. Coming from Bob, however some are so bad that you cant help but laugh. Track 4 is very funny! It's a line that I could see myself using on stage... but Dylan beat me too it. Track 6 is funny to me, because I too sometimes forget the names of those I perform with... so i can relate!Tracks 12 and 15 are funny, especially because... I know that when people learn that I am a comedian, they try to be one in my presence. Here Bob demonstrates that it does not happen only to comedians, but to other types entertainers as well. This guy probably did not have time to sing Bob a song, so he told him a joke instead. Same as with track 30. It is nice to see that crazy people approach superstars too! The clever subtitle of the album comes from a line in the final stanza of Desolation Row. It also plays out well on track 19... if it was a ghost, maybe. perhaps that track and tracks 11 and 25 should be subtitled Yes, I still get stoned! :-).© 2008 Chris Quigly and CD Pinkerton -bobsboots.com |
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