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!".
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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!
Posted by: Danny | January 21, 2006 5:35 AMYes 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.
Posted by: Richard MacManus | January 21, 2006 3:54 PMAccording 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.
Posted by: Marcello Mastroianni | January 23, 2006 10:53 AM