tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post4550246933741632239..comments2024-03-21T00:34:35.359-07:00Comments on Every Bob Dylan Song: Bob Dylan Song #77: Temporary Like AchillesTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12613923038816299394noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-1194684538149431202017-03-09T18:17:27.884-08:002017-03-09T18:17:27.884-08:00Hello Tony, Thank you for posting this interesting...Hello Tony, Thank you for posting this interesting analysis. Why not join us inside Bob Dylan's Music Boc http://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/629/Temporary-Like-Achilles and listen to every version of every song.David George Freemanhttp://thebobdylanproject.com/Song/id/629/Temporary-Like-Achillesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-69844815514814631282009-06-01T11:13:29.524-07:002009-06-01T11:13:29.524-07:00Every 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-14790146633455162872009-03-26T18:55:00.000-07:002009-03-26T18:55:00.000-07:00Dylan may have never performed this live . . . but...Dylan may have never performed this live . . . but yours truly had a little combo back in the '70s that would bust this one out from time to time. It fits seamlessly on the album, and was a joy to sing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-1928825041889580362009-03-06T07:09:00.000-08:002009-03-06T07:09:00.000-08:00@ Anonymous (with the Sundazed vinyl):I hear that,...@ Anonymous (with the Sundazed vinyl):<BR/><BR/>I hear that, but why introduce a term like "CDR" into a vinyl discussion? Why not sit in a bean bag chair, throw on some cans, and listen to it straight from wax?<BR/><BR/>P.S. isn't part of the beauty of this blog (and really, Dylan himself) that format doesn't really matter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-32119679108102897092009-03-05T05:31:00.000-08:002009-03-05T05:31:00.000-08:00I fully agree. It took me 40 years to really appre...I fully agree. It took me 40 years to really appreciate this song, both musically and lyrically. After listening to Modern times non-stop for months when it came out, I went back to exploring the "blues roots" of Dylan's earlier works, and realized that the songs I liked best from the mid-60s period were not necessarily the more famous songs, but the hidden bluesy gems like "Achilles" and "Pledging My Time" from BOB and "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" from Highway 61. Needless to say, "4th Time Around," though for different reasons, is yet another lesser known jewel in the BOB crown. Back to "Achilles" - it captures the essence of the Delta Blues electrified by means of Muddy Waters, combined with the frenzied best of Beat poetry. That was Dylan's genius, and remains so, IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-69908365113297311492009-03-04T18:44:00.000-08:002009-03-04T18:44:00.000-08:00Nice stuff, and maybe I missed this somewhere else...Nice stuff, and maybe I missed this somewhere else, but which version of Blonde on Blonde are you using as reference? I think the best is the mono Sundazed vinyl (ripped to cdr). There many variants of the album.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-70871462877229799822009-03-04T18:37:00.000-08:002009-03-04T18:37:00.000-08:00I've always loved this cut from Blonde. Some see ...I've always loved this cut from Blonde. Some see Blonde as a frivolous, raucous, happy album. I never have. I have always seen this as a very sad, desperate work, though VERY beautiful. I wonder if this song was too personal to be performed live, just like Sad Eyed Lady. I always hear the pathos in the line, "Is you heart made of stone? Or is it lime? Or is it just solid rock?" and wonder for whom it was written. I always loved the use of the word "lime". Terrific. I saw the handwritten lyrics to this tune in Portland, OR at the "1956 to 1966" traveling show. It was before he added the word "lime". I was amazed at how he could later add what I consider to be the pinnacle of the song after most of the lyric had already been written. Genius!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448601238585270507.post-38324864607120786422009-03-04T15:56:00.000-08:002009-03-04T15:56:00.000-08:00Nice post,TLA is my absolutely favorite off of Blo...Nice post,<BR/>TLA is my absolutely favorite off of Blonde on Blonde. The poetry is stunning and i just wanna kick back and light one up when i hear that harmonica wail over the piano in the introAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com