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• Wednesday, November 21, 2007 08:32 PM

  Too cool for jewels?

  Thanks Taliesan.

  I don't care whether people like or dislike this movie, poetry in general or Dylan's work. If they dislike Dylan, it doesn't matter if it's because being condescending makes them feel Swell, because they're too lazy to check him out, because they're just not interested, or a dozen other reasons. But Dylan haters like "bright"star & Sally..Wolf are excruciatingly boring.

  For the open-minded, consider that Blowing in the Wind (lyrics below) was written when Dylan was 22. In 1987, I was at a concert that he closed with this song. Dylan didn't sing; rather, three backup singers sang it A CAPELLA ... very moving. Everyone in the audience knew that the lyrics were (at that time) sung on behalf of South Africa. In 500 years, BITW will still be treasured. If some can't appreciate this song, and the other rich gifts that Dylan has created, too bad for them.

  Renascent

  % % %

  ----------Blowing in the Wind----------

  How many roads must a man walk down

  Before you call him a man?

  Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail

  Before she sleeps in the sand?

  Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly

  Before they're forever banned?

  The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,

  The answer is blowin' in the wind.

  % % %

  How many times must a man look up

  Before he can see the sky?

  Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have

  Before he can hear people cry?

  Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows

  That too many people have died?

  The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,

  The answer is blowin' in the wind.

  % % %

  How many years can a mountain exist

  Before it's washed to the sea?

  Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist

  Before they're allowed to be free?

  Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head,

  Pretending he just doesn't see?

  The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,

  The answer is blowin' in the wind.

  —Renascent Read Renascent's other letters
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