Let me say at the outset I feel no discomfort about posting so many Dylan threads. I include him in the title so if not interested, just ignore it.
Anyhoo, I was onto my fourth listening in a row, Mrs Wells having had the good sense to go out and I stopped in my tracks – did he just say that…”the size of your cock will do you no good”
Online translations agree with this. Verse 5:
Black rider, black rider, hold it right there
The size of your cock will get you nowhere
I’ll suffer in silence, I’ll not make a sound
Maybe I’ll take the high moral ground
Some enchanted evening I’ll sing you a song
Black rider, black rider, you’ve been on the job too long
However, Bob tragics down here claim it is cockerel with a deliberate double entendre.
Opinions ? If you ccan be bothered !
Lodestone of Wrongness says
3 listens in and I heard it first as cockerel. Now I’m not so sure.
As for the album itself – still not sure either. It’s very good of that I’m certain but a masterpiece? Too soon to tell for me. I really have no idea how people write reviews after even the mandatory 6 listens. Often takes me months to make my wee mind up.
retropath2 says
Either way, it potentially buys his statue protected status from amiable football fans with short hair and small bladders.
dai says
I am very interested in the new Dylan album but surely it would be a good idea to have all reviews and discussion in one thread, rather than having 4 (?) so far. Just my opinion which you can similarly ignore.
(I haven’t heard it yet, have ordered the vinyl which isn’t out until next nonth)
Junior Wells says
One long thread – going back to when. MMF, the other 2, the interview in NYT, the first review, the actual release?
Lodestone of Wrongness says
I’m with Junior – those threads which go on and on and on (and of which I am in no way remotely hamper-related jealous) are so difficult to navigate. Keep it simples.
dai says
I would say one thread is easier to navigate than many, but maybe that’s just me. And once you post in an old one it pops up to the top on the right side.
From the FAQ:
“Try and avoid double posting ? it’s possible that the subject you’re covering or the site you’re linking to has been the subject of a previous entry. Use the search engine and, if necessary, try and take a new approach.”
Lodestone of Wrongness says
But once a thread gets too top heavy a bear of little brain (aka Lodes) gets quickly bored and when he wakes up he sees all those comments and falls asleep again.
Anyways, now on listen four and I’m still not sure. I wish I was as convinced as Robyn Hitchcock – “Finally after fifty years the voice of Blonde on Blonde is back”
dai says
Will listen tomorrow or Sun probably. Regarding “cock” not sure Americans use that word to describe a penis.
Mike_H says
But if a few people have added to one of those superlong threads since you last looked, finding any but the one that’s highest up can be extremely tedious.
Lodestone of Wrongness says
I’m thinking you’re on my wavelength (talkin’ ’bout my way way wave length)
Baron Harkonnen says
My Cockney mate, a keeper of roosters and a fan of Totten Ham Hot Spurs agrees it’s ‘Cock’.
In fact he said in reply “It’s Cock cock.”
Blue Boy says
Might the Nobel laureate write us a new ditty to sit along Chas and Dave’s classic Ossies Dream?
‘Because something is happening here and you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mr Jose?’
Slug says
‘This is the story of the Harry Kane’
Blue Boy says
Bravo!
Tiggerlion says
What are you suggesting? That by ‘cock’ he means penis???🙀
My word!
Baron Harkonnen says
Could mean a few things, leader, swagger….
mikethep says
Excellent review in the new Uncut by Richard Williams, who digs in in characteristically perceptive fashion.