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Author: kerrykerry Date: Jun 12, 2008 20:45
I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think. I
actually wrote a letter to Isis years ago and mentioned that same
thing. When I go to Dylan concerts or go somewhere with my husband in
my car (that has a license plate saying Bob is the Shakespeare of our
time, plus a couple of Bob bumper stickers), everyone immediately
talks to my husband about Bob, and he justs points to me...what is
that all about? It annoys me!
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Author: The Hysterical BrideThe Hysterical Bride Date: Jun 12, 2008 21:55
On Jun 12, 8:45Â pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:> I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
> a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think. I
> actually wrote a letter to Isis years ago and mentioned that same
> thing. When I go to Dylan concerts or go somewhere with my husband in
> my car (that has a license plate saying Bob is the Shakespeare of our
> time, plus a couple of Bob bumper stickers), everyone immediately
> talks to my husband about Bob, and he justs points to me...what is
> that all about? It annoys me!
Because he's
MMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)
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Author: BabsBabs Date: Jun 12, 2008 22:07
On Jun 12, 11:45Â pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:> I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
> a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think. I
> actually wrote a letter to Isis years ago and mentioned that same
> thing. When I go to Dylan concerts or go somewhere with my husband in
> my car (that has a license plate saying Bob is the Shakespeare of our
> time, plus a couple of Bob bumper stickers), everyone immediately
> talks to my husband about Bob, and he justs points to me...what is
> that all about? It annoys me!
I don't understand it either, Kerry. But when I go to concerts the
ratio is staggering. So many more guys.
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Author: MartinMartin Date: Jun 13, 2008 01:37
On Jun 13, 4:45 am, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
> a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think
I'd guess it's because men seem to be more actively into it - buying
albums, booking tickets etc - on the whole. Most of our friends are
couples with children, and it's mostly the men who make time for...
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Author: ChicaChica Date: Jun 13, 2008 06:57
> On Jun 13, 4:45 am, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
>> a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think
>
> I'd guess it's because men seem to be more actively into it - buying
> albums, booking tickets etc - on the whole. Most of our friends are
> couples with children, and it's mostly the men who make time for stuff
> like that. In the case of male friends who I share an interest in
> scratchy blues or folk songs, their partners are actively
> disinterested - the harmonica being a big sticking point
This seems so weird to me since I've always been the alpha music
purchaser in our house. And thank goodness the old man is into
Dylan, scratchy blues and harmonicas or I don't think the marriage
would've lasted!
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Author: TreadlesonTreadleson Date: Jun 13, 2008 07:46
On Jun 12, 11:45 pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:> I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
> a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think. I
> actually wrote a letter to Isis years ago and mentioned that same
> thing. When I go to Dylan concerts or go somewhere with my husband in
> my car (that has a license plate saying Bob is the Shakespeare of our
> time, plus a couple of Bob bumper stickers), everyone immediately
> talks to my husband about Bob, and he justs points to me...what is
> that all about? It annoys me!
I've never known women to be fans of him especially. Well, fans of
HIM, yes...fans of his music, not so much. A lot of it is heady, self-
pitying, self-absorbed, whiny and sarcastic. (That's not meant in a
bad way.) But it can be hard to listen to 14 verses of that kind of
song when it doesn't even have a bridge.
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Author: dylanstubsdylanstubs Date: Jun 13, 2008 08:34
On Jun 12, 11:45Â pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:> I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
> a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think. I
> actually wrote a letter to Isis years ago and mentioned that same
> thing. When I go to Dylan concerts or go somewhere with my husband in
> my car (that has a license plate saying Bob is the Shakespeare of our
> time, plus a couple of Bob bumper stickers), everyone immediately
> talks to my husband about Bob, and he justs points to me...what is
> that all about? It annoys me!
What I've noticed in the last few years is how many young girls (teens
and twentysomethings) DO seem to be in attendance.
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Author: crazytimescrazytimes Date: Jun 13, 2008 09:13
On Jun 12, 11:45 pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:> I was curious about the comment today on rmd about how rare it is for
> a woman to be really into Dylan, and am wondering what others think. I
> actually wrote a letter to Isis years ago and mentioned that same
> thing. When I go to Dylan concerts or go somewhere with my husband in
> my car (that has a license plate saying Bob is the Shakespeare of our
> time, plus a couple of Bob bumper stickers), everyone immediately
> talks to my husband about Bob, and he justs points to me...what is
> that all about? It annoys me!
There are plenty of women at the shows I've been to... When I was a
teenager two of my best friends who were females were heavily into
Dylan, and it was through them that I heard the albums that I didn't
have yet... These women had a soft spot for Bob and seemed to see the
human foible side of him that was worth forgiving and could identify
the tender points of even his most abrasive side... At least that's
how it seemed; we never really talked about it...
But it's probably the men who tend to horde the physical music data
and do the extra research to find out what is behind it all, the
deconstruction of the construct...
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Author: kerrykerry Date: Jun 13, 2008 11:01
On Jun 13, 9:13Â am, crazytimes yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jun 12, 11:45 pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I guess what I find offensive about the automatic judgement that it is my husband who is the one who is bob-crazy (and the funny thing is, my husband only listens to Bob/goes to concerts to appease me, sadly) is that I fear it is the intellectual aspect of Bob's music that people wrongly assume appeals more to men than women...I agree there are a lot of younger females at his concerts nowadays but the really disturbing thing is that many of them (and some men too, of course) are there to SAY they were there to see the "legend" and don't really care for or know his music. I have actually overheard people at various times say "Let's go see Dylan before he dies, he's like...
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Author: crazytimescrazytimes Date: Jun 13, 2008 11:41
On Jun 13, 2:01 pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jun 13, 9:13 am, crazytimes yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Jun 12, 11:45 pm, kerry yahoo.com> wrote:>
>> I guess what I find offensive about the automatic judgement that it is my husband who is the one who is bob-crazy (and the funny thing is, my husband only listens to Bob/goes to concerts to appease me, sadly) is that I fear it is the intellectual aspect of Bob's music that people wrongly assume appeals more to men than women...
It could also be that Bob was never seen as the classic sort of sex
symbol that people like Elvis or even the cuddly Beatles were from the
outset... Thus, Dylan would be thought to have attracted less...
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