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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities, Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan's, "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
Bob Dylan's, "Desolation Row"
The Lyrics:
And puts her hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
Who They Mention:
Bette Davis - American film and stage actress (1908 - 1989)
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Bob Dylan's, "Desolation Row"
The Lyrics:
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Who They Mention:
Albert Einstein - German born theoretical physicist and Robin Hood - heroic outlaw of English folk lore, famed for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Bob Dylan's, "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
Who They Mention:
Bo Diddley - blues vocalist and guitarist
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Bob Dylan's, "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
Bob Dylan's, "I Shall Be Free"
The Lyrics:
My phone was ringing, it would not stop,
It's President Kennedy callin' me up.
He said, "My friend Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?"
I said, "My friend John, Brigitte Bardot,
Anita Eckberg,
Sofia Loren.
Country'll grow."
Who They Mention:
John F. Kennedy, Brigitte Bardot, Anita Eckberg, and Sofia Loren. Bardot, Eckberg, and Loren were all European sex symbols who were popular around the time "I Shall Be Free" came out (early 1960s)
Submitted by: DeeDee
Bob Dylan's, "I Shall Be Free"
The Lyrics:
Well, ya ask me why I'm drunk all the time,
It levels my head and eases my mind.
I walk along and stroll and sing,
See better days and do better things.
I chase dinosaurs,
Make love to Elizabeth Taylor,
Catch hell from Richard Burton.
Who They Mention:
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. They were a well-known movie star couple back when this song was written.
Submitted by: DeeDee
Bob Dylan's, "Jokerman"
The Lyrics:
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Michelangelo indeed could’ve carved out your features
Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face
Who They Mention:
Michelangelo
Submitted by: Tania WYEP

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