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Bob Dylan on the Chabad Telethon: One of the Only Redeeming Reasons to Live in LA; The Ten most Incomprehensible Bob Dylan Interviews of All Time

October 16, 2007Staff No Comments »

We just heard about the new Bryant Park Project over at NPR and while perusing the web component of the project, we ran across this great YouTube clip. Have a listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mVAn4X5zNc

"Dylan’s been giving bad interviews for so long that New York Magazine compiled a list that they call "The Ten Most Incomprehensible Bob Dylan Interviews of All Time." Now I applaud them for their research, and it’s certainly worth a look, because they tracked down video of most of these trainwrecks. (A 1986 classic is above.) But I take issue with New York’s slant.

How many times have you heard Bob Dylan characterized as being out of it and incoherent? How many jokes have been made about him mumbling and rambling through songs and sentences? It’s a pretty old and predictable take, and it has little or no basis in reality.

Say what you will about Dylan. You may think he’s past his prime, you may think his songs go on forever, and after watching interview clips like the one above, you may think he’s a jerk. But make no mistake–he knows exactly what he’s doing.

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