# Bob Dylan you clever S.O.B. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834 "2006-11-02T10:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/1 "2006-11-02T10:08:39Z")
I gotta give it to you, **Modern Times** is a classic. A work of brilliance. Your voice gets better and better. **Love And Theft** was great. **Time Out Of Mind** should be included here with **Infidels**. So the question I have to ask is, where you been hiding for so long Bobby? I can’t tell you how glad you are back and seeming to have so much f\*\*\*\*ing fun. **Here’s hoping your 65th was as much fun as it was for all of us!!!** ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/2 "2006-11-02T13:30:59Z")
I gotta say, I’m thoroughly addicted to his radio show. Man’s got a surprising amount of charisma. His music ain’t half bad either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/3 "2006-11-02T15:01:04Z")
I’m seriously digging Theme Time Radio Hour. I love his corny jokes, the emails he reads on the air (any Dopers try writing Bob?), the interviews, and of course the tunes. And Steven Wright’s intro to the Halloween show was hilarious. (“Somewhere, a female announcer dresses like me.”) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/4 "2006-11-03T02:02:29Z")
[QUOTE=Kolak of Twilo] I gotta give it to you, **Modern Times** is a classic. A work of brilliance. Your voice gets better and better. **Love And Theft** was great. **Time Out Of Mind** should be included here with **Infidels**. So the question I have to ask is, where you been hiding for so long Bobby? I can’t tell you how glad you are back and seeming to have so much f\*\*\*\*ing fun. **Here’s hoping your 65th was as much fun as it was for all of us!!!** [/QUOTE] What? What? Radio show? Gimme, please. I got Modern Times off iTunes the minute it came out. I was hooked on the first listen. I even love the videos. :eek: mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/5 "2006-11-03T02:08:25Z")
It’s on XM. Guess I’m gonna have to get set up. Someday, baby. 😉 (now) mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/6 "2006-11-03T04:09:36Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] It’s on XM. Guess I’m gonna have to get set up. Someday, baby. 😉 (now) mangeorge [/QUOTE] I don’t have XM either. There are ways, Dude. ---
**Author:** ![solkoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/7 "2006-11-03T16:23:41Z")
I got Modern Times for my birthday. I can’t say I care for it. What do you like about it? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/8 "2006-11-03T17:01:46Z")
[QUOTE=solkoe] I got Modern Times for my birthday. I can’t say I care for it. What do you like about it? [/QUOTE] That’s a good question, and hard (for me) to answer. I like most music, but I really enjoy this album. I like that it gives me something to listen to. Over and over. I also like it’s eccentricities, like how Dylan, sometimes awkwardly, fits the words into the song. He seems to like these songs, and enjoys singing them. In the videos you can see him listening to the music, including his singing, as he sings. I even like the song that’s getting all the radio play, _Someday Baby_. But no, it ain’t dance music. 😛 For that I pop in my old, much played, **Dirty Vegas** CD. mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/9 "2006-11-03T18:38:22Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] It’s on XM. Guess I’m gonna have to get set up. Someday, baby. [/QUOTE] I bought _Modern Times_ at Barnes & Noble and was rewarded with a free CD of his baseball-themed radio show, which is great. Maybe it’s available on eBay or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/10 "2006-11-03T18:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=Ichbin Dubist] I bought _Modern Times_ at Barnes & Noble and was rewarded with a free CD of his baseball-themed radio show, which is great. Maybe it’s available on eBay or something like that. [/QUOTE] Does that CD (the radio show one) have a name? ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/11 "2006-11-06T21:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Does that CD (the radio show one) have a name? [/QUOTE] Sorry I haven’t answered this earlier – I don’t have the CD with me (I’m mid-move and it’ s deeply packed), but it seems to be called “Theme Time Radio Hour: Baseball.” ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/12 "2006-11-06T21:21:41Z")
The promo CD is indeed [available on eBay](http://search.ebay.com/theme-time-radio-hour_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300). ---
**Author:** ![gredbioz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@gredbioz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gredbioz)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/13 "2006-11-07T00:41:25Z")
[QUOTE=Kolak of Twilo] I gotta give it to you, **Modern Times** is a classic. A work of brilliance. Your voice gets better and better. [/QUOTE] Are you serious? That thing is so soporific they should pipe it through airplanes at take off. I have no idea how people could listen to it with full knowledge that _Blonde on Blonde_ exists. If that record had been released with the name Jack Smith on the cover, no one would have given it a second thought. YMMV, of course 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/14 "2006-11-07T01:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=Nonsuch] The promo CD is indeed [available on eBay](http://search.ebay.com/theme-time-radio-hour_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300). [/QUOTE] Got it. Well, I ordered it. $7.99 total, new. From dynamorecords. In SC, iirc. I’m always a little jumpy about ebay. We’ll see. :dubious: Thanks ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/15 "2006-11-07T01:35:31Z")
[QUOTE=gredbioz] Are you serious? That thing is so soporific they should pipe it through airplanes at take off. I have no idea how people could listen to it with full knowledge that _Blonde on Blonde_ exists. If that record had been released with the name Jack Smith on the cover, no one would have given it a second thought. YMMV, of course 🙂 [/QUOTE] Really! You prefer Dylan from his “fuck you” days, I see. 😉 Man, those old songs. Beautiful. And timeless. And apples and oranges to compare to _Modern Times_. Well, he’s still got a lot of that in him, and what’s so brilliant for me is that he could do both albums with equal genius. Watch the “Cold Irons Bound” video if you get a chance. 🆒 Also genius was his interview with Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes last year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/16 "2006-11-07T05:06:35Z")
While Googling for an half-remembered blog post about the “Theme Time Radio Hour”, I found a site that’s hosting MP3 files of the show. I won’t post a link here because I’m not sure of the legality of it, but I’m amazed that it’s so freely available. In case you’re interested, here’s the lineup for show #10: “Summer” Summertime - Billy Stewart Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas Heat Wave - Sol K. Bright Sunny - Bobby Hebb June-teenth Jamboree - Fatso Bentley So Nice - Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley Youth of 1000 Summers - Van Morrison Hot Weather Blues - Mr. Sad Head Summer in the City - Lovin’ Spoonful Too Hot - Prince Buster In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry Ice Cream Man - John Brim Fourth of July - Dave Alvin Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/17 "2006-11-07T08:03:23Z")
I just put my iPod down and I gotta say **Someday Baby** is an amazing song. Zimmy sounds better than he has in a helluva’ long time. Like I said before, he sounds like he is actually having fun. Lots of it. If you don’t get this album, read [this](http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11277554/review/11286830/modern_times) review. Then give it a listen. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/18 "2006-11-07T08:22:14Z")
[QUOTE=Kolak of Twilo] I just put my iPod down and I gotta say **Someday Baby** is an amazing song. [/QUOTE] I liked it better when it was called **Trouble No More**. 😉 Dylan’s voice just keeps me from getting into him, so I kind of respect people who can get past that. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/19 "2006-11-07T08:25:21Z")
[QUOTE=gredbioz] Are you serious? That thing is so soporific they should pipe it through airplanes at take off. I have no idea how people could listen to it with full knowledge that _Blonde on Blonde_ exists. [/QUOTE] No doubt _Blonde on Blonde_ is a great album. Or _Street Legal_, _Highway 61 Revisited_, _Infidels_, or _basically… any album by Bob Dylan_. Sorry, I just see it as being another masterpiece by an artist who has given us more than should be expected of any individual. And tough for _ **you** _ that after all this time Zimmy has a #1 album. It seems like that’s your problem and doesn’t have anything to do with the work itself. [QUOTE=gredbioz] If that record had been released with the name Jack Smith on the cover, no one would have given it a second thought. YMMV, of course 🙂 [/QUOTE] You really haven’t listened to it have you? \*Jack Smith \*indeed… ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834/20 "2006-11-07T16:39:07Z")
[QUOTE=gredbioz] I have no idea how people could listen to it with full knowledge that _Blonde on Blonde_ exists. [/QUOTE] I’m fully aware **Blone on Blonde** exists, and I enjoy **Modern Times** too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-dylan-you-clever-s-o-b/378834.md?page=2)