I would've wished that I'd do at least five posts on Dylan's 70th, but being a doctor with 24-hour duties doesn't let me indulge my wishes. Still, as a bookend to my personal commemoration of Dylan's 70th birthday, here's a slightly modified something I wrote two years ago. Happy Birthday Mr. Bob, and thank you for everything.
Dylan's 70 today. I first heard him in '04, when he was 63," just a kid with a crazy dream" as Leonard Cohen says.
Time doesn't permit a 'proper post', but here's a random list of sorts of ten things that more or less chart my personal Dylan story..
First Listen : Late 2004, I think sometime after I had joined med school.
First Song : 'Like A Rolling Stone" from the Manchester Free Trade Hall '66 concert. (Some initiation !!)
First Dylan Record I bought : " Love And Theft"
First Dylan record I downloaded : "Bringing It All Back Home"
Greatest Gift I Ever Got : The complete Dylan discography, Don't Look Back, Bob Dylan : No Direction Home, Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid and the entire 1st season of Theme Time Radio Hour. All at once.
Current Harddrive Space Dylan Occupies : 25.45 gigs and counting.
Average Daily Trips To Expectingrain.com : 15
Number Of Dylan Books On My Shelf : 7
Theme Time Radio Hour : All three seasons. Plus the two compilation CD's.
Number Of Bootleg Albums : 54 (and counting)
Currently Listening To :
Abandoned Love :
Dark Eyes :
Carribean Wind :
Restless Farewell :
Last thoughts On Bobby's 70 : Happy Birthday Bob, keep on keepin' on !!
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