tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post2648194679880629351..comments2024-03-18T09:53:19.577-07:00Comments on Every Bob Dylan Song: Bob Dylan Song #68: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12613923038816299394noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-40722787422737644332018-02-11T18:50:51.437-08:002018-02-11T18:50:51.437-08:00Hello, Thank you for posting this interesting anal...Hello, Thank you for posting this interesting analysis of a song from Bob Dylan's Music Box http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/512/Rainy-Day-Women-12-35 Come and join us inside and listen to every version of every song composed, recorded or performed by Bob Dylan, plus all the great covers and so much more.Music of Bob Dylanhttp://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/512/Rainy-Day-Women-12-35noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-49155154225462423542012-10-03T14:55:29.009-07:002012-10-03T14:55:29.009-07:00Songfacts analyze Dylan's use of the word &quo...Songfacts analyze Dylan's use of the word "stoned" here - http://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/stoned_in_song/ We hope you enjoy!Songfactshttp://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/stoned_in_song/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-78045831640055397722009-06-01T11:17:04.571-07:002009-06-01T11:17:04.571-07:00Every song on Bob Dylan's album Blonde On Blon...Every song on <A HREF="http://www.tweedlr.com/albums/7/blonde-on-blonde/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Bob Dylan song ratings">Bob Dylan's album Blonde On Blonde rated & discussed</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-27587948515161938742008-12-16T17:27:00.000-08:002008-12-16T17:27:00.000-08:00Another interesting post. Opinions sure range wide...Another interesting post. Opinions sure range widely on this song; I've seen it described as "unforgiveable" for what it does to what is otherwise "rock's perfect album." And yet you give it deep praise. Interesting.<BR/><BR/>My take is this: the rainy-day women are fair-weather friends who are quick to betray when times get hard (and there are a lot of them-at least 35). I won't dispute that the drug double-meaning and tie-in is intentional, but to me the meaning of "stone you" is primarily the punishment useage-stone you means throw stones at you in a punishing, even life-threatening way. And they'll do it, Bob says, for just about any reason; you just can't trust them, even when "you try to be so good," and they'll even do it, then pretend that they wish you luck. <BR/><BR/>But don't feel bad-it happens to everybody. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the hard work you've done on this giant task. I'm a pretty good writer, and I like to write, but this is a huge undertaking. Press on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-75027690204559160422008-12-16T17:04:00.000-08:002008-12-16T17:04:00.000-08:00Nobody seems to mention booze in connection with R...Nobody seems to mention booze in connection with Rainy Day Women. We in Finland know those things and maybe the Irish people and Dylan also know this. Rainy Day Women is very meaningful song in this album, because in it the band is having simple fun. Anyway as has been said, Blonde on Blonde is late hours listeningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-84781744580020370862008-12-16T06:59:00.000-08:002008-12-16T06:59:00.000-08:00Hey, I'm a fellow blogger who writes a weekly call...Hey, I'm a fellow blogger who writes a weekly called the Disgruntled Dylanologist. Each week I use a Dylan song as a leaping off point for some rant about what's going on in America. How ironic that your song and my song for this week were same. Well, ironic to me anyway... Check me out at: http://disgruntleddylanologist.blogspot.com/ And I really enjoy your pieces.THOMAS GRASTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436787409030343216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-41434301635048018142008-12-16T01:46:00.000-08:002008-12-16T01:46:00.000-08:00This post was fairly lightweight in intensity, not...This post was fairly lightweight in intensity, not unlike the song itself, and I found little to disagree with except for this one statement: "We know the studio guys did a great job because we never notice them"<BR/><BR/>I notice the sublime input of the session band on almost every song on Blonde on Blonde. One example that leaps to mind are the spirited drums on Stuck Inside, Sweet Marie, and that end fill on Just Like a Woman that always kills me. The guitar runs in I Want You and even the bass miscues and recoveries in Visions of Johanna are also some of my favorite elements. This statement is worthy of re-examining. The band is noticeably important on this album. Another aspect of this song that deserves more examination is the title. Has anyone ever wondered if the title may be more relevant than generally assumed. Is it possible the Rainy Day Women are the stoners? Or maybe the stonees?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-9094865245898060432008-12-15T19:55:00.000-08:002008-12-15T19:55:00.000-08:00I see more S. John 7,8. The song is the exact oppo...I see more S. John 7,8. The song is the exact opposite of that though, in this christless world.Nicolás Pérez Arcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683146258409404712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-15112987872891914032008-12-15T15:27:00.000-08:002008-12-15T15:27:00.000-08:00I invariably miss out rainy day women, when I list...I invariably miss out rainy day women, when I listen to the album.<BR/>For some unknown reason it depresses me. <BR/><BR/>http://joebart.blogspot.com/2008/12/bob-dylan-rainy-day-women-12-35.htmljoe butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124060105960856008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-55759637825470093412008-12-15T07:46:00.000-08:002008-12-15T07:46:00.000-08:00Hey, Marius, me too! I've been doing that for deca...Hey, Marius, me too! I've been doing that for decades, and it always sounds different. Partly it's the acoustics, no doubt, and partly it's a way of my visiting a touchstone and checking how I am at this moment. <BR/><BR/>There's also the (imho) overdone discussion about the slight variants in the different editions. I liked the four sides of vinyl, enjoyed having it on one CD and currently tend to play the two-CD SACD version, but it's what's behind the surface that always pulls me in. It's the one album that feels to me like a great novel, a way of looking at the world, an absurdist universe, a cosmic black joke.<BR/><BR/>Which makes Rainy Day Women a perfect WTF opener -- not just the multiple meanings but the sheer joy of the noise of it all. Joy? In BoB? Yup, even there ... The world sucks but you can laugh at it.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-77717823562155174622008-12-15T03:37:00.000-08:002008-12-15T03:37:00.000-08:00I've been moving a lot, these last few years. Ever...I've been moving a lot, these last few years. Ever since the very first time, I've had the ritual where the first thing I'll do once all the boxes are in the new place, is to unpack the stereo and put on Blonde on Blonde.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com