Althouse: "I'm the enemy of treason/Enemy of strife/Enemy of the unlived meaningless life/I ain't no false prophet/I just know what I know/I go where only the lonely can go."

May 8, 2020

"I'm the enemy of treason/Enemy of strife/Enemy of the unlived meaningless life/I ain't no false prophet/I just know what I know/I go where only the lonely can go."

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18 comments:

Emery Christoph said...: Oddly enough, the top-hatted skull image is taken from an old issue of the classic pulp magazine, The Shadow.

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, indeed.....; 5/8/20, 8:14 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Oddly enough, the top-hatted skull image is taken from an old issue of the classic pulp magazine, The Shadow."

In the image, the shadow cast by the top-hatted skeleton is a hanged man.; 5/8/20, 8:18 AM
Emery Christoph said...: I know, but in the image "frozen" on the screen before you click play is a top-hatted skull image. That's from The Shadow magazine (artist George Rozen, I believe).

The weed of crime bears bitter fruit....; 5/8/20, 8:25 AM
Amexpat said...: I like it. There a lot more going on lyrically and vocally than two recently released "recitations".

The music sounds a bit like "My Wife's Home Town" with some guitar licks from Steppenwolf's "The Pusher".; 5/8/20, 8:30 AM
Charlie said...: This song is much better than the unlistenable JFK track but I can't imagine 2 CDs filled with this dreck. And I love Bob!; 5/8/20, 8:34 AM
traditionalguy said...: Since the 60s Dylan has been our own Hebrew Prophet. How traditional can you get . Interesting times.; 5/8/20, 8:35 AM
Dave Begley said...: Bob is up to date on marketing.; 5/8/20, 8:37 AM
Sebastian said...: "I'm the enemy of treason/Enemy of strife/Enemy of the unlived meaningless life/I ain't no false prophet/I just know what I know/I go where only the lonely can go."

More poetry for people who don't like poetry.

Give that man a Nobel.; 5/8/20, 8:37 AM
Daniel Jackson said...: I've always preferred Bob to Leonard.

Welcome back, Bob; you've been missed.; 5/8/20, 8:48 AM
madAsHell said...: He's channeling Keith!! The song sounds like the Xpensive WInos.; 5/8/20, 8:49 AM
Daniel Jackson said...: Keith has always been channeling Bob.; 5/8/20, 8:59 AM
Wilbur said...: Ah, My Rough and Rowdy Ways, one of my fave Jimmie Rodgers songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=073MdJzs5xU; 5/8/20, 9:33 AM
Lurker21 said...: I am reminded of Dana Carvey's Church Lady's "Isn't that special?"

The man thinks a lot of himself, but I did too after I won my Nobel Prize.; 5/8/20, 9:58 AM
Narr said...: I like it.

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That's 2 for 3 of the Prof's recently featured Dylan tracks.; 5/8/20, 11:12 AM
Josephbleau said...: The shadow in the video is a person of poor posture who has not been hanged yet, a hanged person would have a straight, possibly broken, neck.; 5/8/20, 11:27 AM
Kai Akker said...: 0:20

Isn't it the right time for an oldie but goodie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ

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'; 5/8/20, 12:30 PM
bagoh20 said...: Yea, that's physically impossible to hang like that, dead or alive.; 5/8/20, 4:05 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: WOW, THAT'S GOOD.; 5/9/20, 6:19 AM