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Musical Expeditionary

2006-01-21T08:46:17Z

From the Martin Scorsese DVD bio about Bob Dylan, called No Direction Home. This shot is right at the end (from a 1966 concert) after audience members booed him for playing electric and one guy yelled out "Judas!".

Dedicated to all those Web developers who are building things out of the ordinary -- and anyone else who does their own thing :-)

Comment from Danny on 2006-01-21

2006-01-21T13:35:53Z

I think this must be the bio they aired on satellite here a week or two ago (can't remember the title, but the length was right). Big eye opener to find Dylan wasn't really that much of a politico after all (but Joan Baez++).

The electric concert bits were hilarious - was it Pete Seeger was going to cut the cables? Spot on to apply this to web development. Turn it up!

Comment from Richard MacManus on 2006-01-21

2006-01-21T23:54:26Z

Yes it was Pete Seeger who (supposedly) was going to cut the cables, although there seemed to be some doubt about whether it was a rumor or actual fact.

Personally I think Dylan was just as much a politico as Baez, except that he got tired of the whole folk scene and didn't want to be stererotyped as just a political singer. Hence the title of this post, Musical Expeditionary, which is what Dylan called himself in the DVD.

Comment from Marcello Mastroianni on 2006-01-23

2006-01-23T18:53:10Z

According to (someone who claims to be) a director of the Newport Folk Festival, many of the stories about Dylan's appearance aren't true: http://buffaloreport.com/020826dylan.html

Additionally, it would seem out of character for Pete Seeger to attempt to "cut the cables" on Dylan. Seeger was never a musical purist and he's always loved all sorts of musical creativity, electrified or not. It's hard to imagine him having any issues with Dylan's new creative direction.