Bob Dylan digs Barack Obama

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4076339.ece

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Asked about his views on American politics, he said: "Well, you know right now America is in a state of upheaval. Poverty is demoralising. You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor.

"But we've got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up...Barack Obama.

"He's redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I'm hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to."

He added: “You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future."

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[BlooInBloo]

1. :))))))

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3. I didn't realize someone already posted a similar thread.

Still cool, though.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Me either. That's ok - it bears repeating. :)

[polichick]

2. Amazing, coming from the old crank! :)

What happened to Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum??

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4. His son directed the Yes We Can video that was on youtube.

[polichick]

7. I know - but Bob himself steers clear of politics...

And he never liked being considered "the voice of a generation" ~ this is pretty good!

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10. I thought the same thing. In "No Direction Home," Joan Baez said

people would see her at rallies and say, "Is Bob coming?" She would say, "No dummy. He never did!"

[polichick]

12. Yeah, it was a big myth that he was an activist...

I was disappointed to find that out in the 70s, after loving his music since the 60s when I was just a little kid. Oh well, it's still great music!

[stillcool]

14. He's written some great political songs...

My favorites are "Hurricane", and this one..

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.--Bob Dylan

[polichick]

15. He sure has - and some have been interpreted that way...

...whether he meant for them to be or not. I've always thought that Bob has an uncanny ability to tap into the collective unconscious and write from there.

[chill_wind]

6. Tell it Bob! What a journey from those days of his youth until now. Love this :-)

K & R

[Canuckistanian]

8. Yup. The times, they are a' changin'.

And you don't need to be old hippie to realize that.

[az chela]

9. I was thinking about that song yesterday

I LOVE BOB DYLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How cool that he supports Barack as they are both my heros

[Canuckistanian]

13. Ironically, I was never a fan of his back in the day

But now, I've come to realize what a genius he was.

Defintely the "vanguard", ahead of his time.

[annabanana]

11. not a huge surprise for

his long time fans