France awards Bob Dylan Legion of Honour.

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

The French government has presented US singer Bob Dylan with the country's highest award, the Legion of Honour, in a brief ceremony in Paris.

Presenting him with the award, Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti said he was a hero for young people hungry for justice and independence.

Dylan has famously never liked being used as a spokesman for other people's causes, a BBC correspondent reports.

After the speech, he said simply that he was "proud and grateful" and left.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24935048

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1. After the speech, he said simply that he was "proud and grateful" and left.

The older he gets the more like himself he becomes. LOL!

[mountain grammy]

2. Saw him in Newport, R.I. 1963. Controversal? Hell! We loved him.

To my 15 year old ears, he sounded wonderful and he spoke to me.

[LVdem]

3. Bob...

That's all... just BoB.

My wife is going to love this story!

[tweeternik]

4. Classic .....

Bob Dylan .... 😊 brings a smile just hearing his name. the best.

[RBInMaine]

5. This small Jewish-American guy from the small town of Hibbing, Minnesota has:

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Written about 600 songs.
Recorded about 40 records.
Won multiple Grammys.
Won the Academy Award.
Produced several songs for films.
Been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Won the Kennedy Center Honors.
Played at the White House.
Played at a Presidential inaugural.
Met two Presidents.
Appeared in movies.
Appeared in tv shows.
Written a best-selling book.
Been nominated for the Nobel Prize For Literature.
Been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Had 12 songs in Rolling Stone's best songs of all time.
Been awarded Rolling Stone's #1 best song of all time.
Had his music covered by countless artists.
Traveled the world with his music, and still does.
Now won France's highest honor.

AND I HAVE SEEN HIM IN CONCERT TWICE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS RIGHT HERE IN MAINE !!

AMAZING HOW POWERFUL GOOD ART IS !

[Brother Buzz]

6. Plus he finds time to construct iron gates

Bob Dylan to debut iron gates and paintings at London gallery

The rock poet reveals that he has worked around iron his entire life and at the Halcyon Gallery, he'll showcase seven gates he welded, along with original paintings.

By Michael Walsh / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

The poet laureate of rock 'n' roll is tangled up in steel.

Bob Dylan, 72, will debut his ironwork alongside original paintings at an art gallery in London this November.

The Halcyon Gallery announced that the exhibition, Mood Swings, will feature seven iron gates Dylan welded from vintage iron and scrap metal — revealing his lifelong passion for metal work.

"Gates appeal to me because of the negative space they allow," said Dylan in a release. "They can be closed, but at the same time they allow the seasons and breezes to enter and flow. They can shut you out or shut you in. And in some ways there is no difference."

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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/bob-dylan-debut-iron-gates-paintings-london-gallery-article-1.1468758#ixzz2kaf6cDpQ

[RBInMaine]

8. Cool. I didn't know about this one. I did know he drew pictures and is pretty good at it.

[hibbing]

7. Congratulations Bob!

What a life he has led, I sometimes think it is amazing he is still alive. Not sure what kind of abuse he's put his body through but he sure has a lifetime of cigs in him and who knows what else.

Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An’ for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An’ we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing



Peace

[RBInMaine]

9. He did this song at Clinton's inaugural.