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Bobn Dylan, Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Guns & Roses And Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan / Eric Clapton / Guns And Roses, Bob Dylan/Cold Chisel/Guns n RosesWhen I first heard Elvis' voice, I just knew that I wasn't going to work for anybody, and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him was like busting out of jail. Submitted by: Lucky Wilbury
| When Jerry Garcia passed away Bob Dylan saluted the Grateful Dead verbally by saying they made "electronic Dixieland". Submitted by: San Francisco = Cultural Center of the Universe!
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Any time you look at a picture of Bob Dylan, you may think to yourself "Oh, no! He's had a stroke!" That is not true. Bob Dylan is fine; that's just the way he looks naturally. (Keith Richards? Same thing.) Submitted by: Jeff Williams
| Is it just ME, or do the names "Bob Dylan" and "Brain Damage" start with the same two letters? Submitted by: Jeff Williams
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Also known as: Robert Allen Zimmerman. Submitted by: Andrew
Also known as: Robert Zimmermann. Submitted by: Rock Princess
Known informally as: The Voice of a Generation. Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Known informally as: Zimmy. Submitted by: DeeDee
Notable Acting Credits | Comments & Submitter Name |
"Renaldo & Clara, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, Masked & Anonymous, Hearts On Fire" | - Agrimorfee |
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" | He should've called it "Look out kid" 'cause that part opens each refrain. - Alan of Seville |
"Highway 61 Revisited" | A lot of events in the song happen "out on Highway 61," but they aren't "revisited." - Martha Hankins |
"Queen Jane Approximately" | The song contains the phrase "Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?" but the word "approximately" is not in the lyrics. - Martha Hankins |
"Girl from the North Country" | 'If you're traveling in the North Country' One of the first songs by the Bard where the title was not used a lyrics. Yet the melody of this song was taken from English folk song Scarborough Fair, the title of which is used as lyrics. - Feurzeug |
"From a Buick 6" | The only noticible relation between the lyrics and the title is 'I'm cracked up on the highway and on the water's edge/She comes down the thruway ready to sew me up with thread' - Feurzeug |
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
"Tangled Up In Spew" | "Tangled Up In Blue" | Rock Maninoff |
"Tangled Up In Gruel" | "Tangled Up In Blue" | Rock Maninoff |
"Tangled Up In Goo" | "Tangled Up In Blue" | Lance Crackers |
"Tangled Up In Poo" | "Tangled Up In Blue" | MOR |
"Tangled Up In Drool" | "Tangled Up In Blue" | MOR |
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Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
"Rainy Day Women #12 And #35," | Women are not numbers. | Frank Hotdog |
"Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight," | Does Bob cause people to break into smaller pieces | Peter |
"Idiot Wind," | Wind with no brain can't be called an idiot. | Peter |
"Tangled Up In Blue," | How does one get tangled up in a color? | Peter |
"Hard Rain's Gonna Fall," | Rain can be wet and cold but not hard | Susanna Viljanen |
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
"Stormy Weather," Lena Horne | "Hurricane," Bob Dylan | |
"Weatherman Says," Jack Wagner | "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," Bob Dylan | |
"Eight Days A Week," The Beatles | "One Too Many Mornings," Bob Dylan | |
"Magazines," Duncan Sheik | "Playboys And Playgirls," Bob Dylan | |
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Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
"Desolation Row" | "I Volunteered Oh No!" | Ann Hammond |
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" | "Knockin' On Dementia's Door" | Gregory Blake |
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | "Taxin' us Till We're Poor" | G_RandomPerson |
"Rainy Day Women #12 And #35" | "Everybody Must Hate Ants" | card |
"Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Agai" | "Stuck In Drive With Slow Wheels As The Senseless News Offends" | Derry |
"Just Like a Woman" | "Just Like a Woman (?)" | Van S A'Parody |
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" | "Sub-SubSapiens Dome-Thick Goons" | John A. Barry |
"Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands" | "Mad-eyed Ravings Of An Old Man" | Troll Survivor |
"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" | "Just Like Blonde Dumb Shrew" | Teddy Porterhouse |
"Forever Young" | "No Longer Young" | Teddy Porterhouse |
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Song Name | Product | Submittor |
The Times, They Are A-Changin' | The New York Times newspaper (If they did change.) | Rocky Rhodes |
Please Don't Fall Apart On Me | IKEA flatpack products | Pickle |
Like A Rolling Stone | Rolling Stone magazine | Mark Silverman |
Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 | Colonial Tramcar Restaurant | Mayfield62 |
Knocking On Heaven's Door | Life Insurance | ??? |
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Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
Blowin' In The Wind | Any mobile home during a tornado | MOR |
Oxford Town | Ole Miss University | The Mullet Man |
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream | Insomniac Hotline | Billy C. |
Watching The River Flow | Incontinence Pads | Jellybean |
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The MemphisBlues Again | Mobile Chamber Of Commerce | Donna Gelpigi |
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First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
Made You Look Meghan Trainor | Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan | Made You Look Like A Rolling Stone | Rachel |
Beer For My Horses Toby Keith And Willie Nelson | All The Tired Horses Bob Dylan | Beer For All My Tired Horses | Alicia Sturdivant |
Song For A Rainy Day Angela Bofill | Rainy Day Women #12 And #35 Bob Dylan | Song For Rainy Day Women #12 And #35 | Alicia Sturdivant |
Blue Rose Is Pam Tillis | Tangled Up In Blue Bob Dylan | Blue Rose Is Tangled Up In Blue Obviously! | Lynnetta Lore |
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"Watching the River Flow"
Misheard Lyrics: What's bothering me
Original Lyrics: What's the matter with me
| "Desolation Row"
Misheard Lyrics: They're selling Mozart of the hatred
Original Lyrics: They're selling postcards of the hanging
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"Like a Rolling Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: To be on a roll
Original Lyrics: To be on your own
| "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Noot-noot-nootin' on Heaven's door
Original Lyrics: Knock-knock-knockin' on Heaven's door
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"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel like knockin' on Debra's door
Original Lyrics: I feel I'm knocking on heaven's door
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Bob Young Both my wife and I thought we heard, "Knock knock knockin' on Debra's door." |
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"Quinn The Eskimo"
The Funny Lyrics: When Quinn the Eskimo gets here, all the pigeons gonna run to him
Why They're Funny: What the heck is this supposed to mean?
Submitted by: Sloth-Man
| "I Shall Be Free No. 10"
The Funny Lyrics: I said 'Fee, fie, fo, fum, Cassius Clay, here I come
26, 27, 28, 29, I'm gonna make your face look just like mine. Why They're Funny: Speaks for itself, essentially.
Submitted by: Jay-A
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"All The Tired Horses"
The Repetitive Lyrics: All the tired horses in the Sun --
How'm I 'sposed to get any riding done? Why They're Repetitive: Those are the entire lyrics of the song, repeated over and over throughout this three minute and eleven second song.
Submitted by: Eva Cave
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"Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: The only person on the scene missing was the Jack of Hearts
Why They're Nonsensical: He's either on the scene (present), or he's missing (absent). Can't be both at the same time.
Submitted by: Steve
| "Shelter From The Storm"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
Why They're Nonsensical: I just have no idea what this means!
Submitted by: Lisa Hayward
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"Hurricane"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple mur- Der on him Why They're Misrhymed: Hey, you know what, Bob? The second syllable of 'murder' rhymes with 'stir' as well. Couldn't you have changed the line so that it scanned? Yes, I know it *does* rhyme, but there isn't a specific section for lyrics where the rhyme comes halfway through a word.
Submitted by: Red Tim
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"Positively 4th Street"
The Insulting Lyrics: I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you. Why They're Insulting: Just about the whole song is a wonderful kiss-off, get-out-of-my-life tirade. This concluding couplet takes the usual metaphor of empathy and turns it right around.
Submitted by: Oliver South
| "Idiot Wind"
The Insulting Lyrics: Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin' south. Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth, You're an idiot, babe. Why They're Insulting: 'Nuff said, but every chorus of the song is a variation of the 'idiot wind'
Submitted by: Mr. Critic
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"Just Like A Woman"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: She makes love just like a woman,
yes, she does Why They're Inappropriate: Does Bob have someone to compare love-making to that isn't a woman?
Submitted by: Mark Markham
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"Shelter from the Storm"
The Dirty Lyrics: Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm
Why They're Dirty: I can think of one place that's always warm.
Submitted by: Jonathan M
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"From a Buick 6"
The Lyrics: Well, she don’t make me nervous, she don’t talk too much She walks like Bo Diddley and she don’t need no crutch She keeps this four-ten all loaded with lead Well, if I go down dyin’, you know she bound to put a blanket on my bed.
Who They Mention: Bo Diddley
Submitted by: Joe R
| "Desolation Row"
The Lyrics: And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
Fighting in the captain's tower Who They Mention: Ezra Pound - US poet and critic. Thomas Stearns Eliot - American born but became British, writer and playwright - noted for Murder in the Cathedral and The Waste Land among other works.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
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"Jokerman"
The Song Lyrics: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Song They Mention: Fools Rush In
Submitted by: Eileen McKenzie
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"One More Night"
Opening Lines: One more night, the stars are in sight
Comments: Submitted by: Joe Pearson
| "On a Night Like This"
Opening Lines: On a night like this, I'm so glad you came around
Comments: Submitted by: Joe Pearson
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"When You Gonna Wake Up"
The Lyrics: When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?
(Also the title itself.) Why: Bob, although it wouldn't rhythmically fit in the meter, the correct way to say (or sing) it is: When ARE you gonna wake up?
Submitted by: Chowder
| "Lay Lady Lay"
The Lyrics: Lay lady lay
Why: Should be Lie Lady Lie
Submitted by: Paul
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"Goin' To Acapulco"
The Lyrics: Goin' to Acapulco
Goin' on the run Goin' down to see some girl Goin' to have some fun Why: Acapulco, Mexico
Submitted by: Candy Welty
| "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The MemphisBlues Again"
The Lyrics: Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again? Why: Refers to the cities of Mobile, Alabama and Memphis, Tennessee.
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
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"Romance in Durango"
The Lyrics: "No Llores mi querida,
Dios nos vigila, Soon the horse will take us to Durango, Agarrame, mi vida..." Why: In English: "Don't cry, my love,/ God is watching us,/ Soon the horse will take us to Durango,/ Hold onto me, my life..." The narrator of the song is an outlaw on the run with a woman who is presumably the mistress or wife of the man the narrator shot. The couple seek shelter in Durango, but the song, and the narrator's life, end before they get there.
Submitted by: DeeDee
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"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"
The Lyrics: You're the reason I'm travellin' on. Don't think twice, it's alright.
Why: You're the treason I'm ravellin' on. Don't think rice, it's all trite.
Submitted by: Barry Amassa Tate
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"It's All Over Now Babe Blue"
The Lyrics: All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
Why: "S" sound repeated.
Submitted by: Oliveira
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