I would have selected Forever Young which is much, kinder, gentler, and timeless. I just finished watching a DVD of The Last Waltz where Dylan sang it backed by the Band.
Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Patti Smith Should Have Sung Forever Young at the Nobel Prize Ceremony today
I mentioned before that Patti Smith went to Stockholm to accept the Nobel Prize for Bob Dylan. I heard that she sung A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall at the ceremony. You can see below that she flubbed a couple of lines. I forgive her for that, but I really feel that the wrong song was selected as this was a cold war song from the early 1960s. We should all look ahead to the future, no back upon the past.
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