Bob Dylan sells out

MadsL · 03-02-2014 07:08AM #1

I feel dirty after watching this...Bob how could you? "What is more American than America?" Sorry what? What?

Ughhh....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkC_t9S6JSo

sawdoubters · 03-02-2014 07:21AM

Chrysler are about the worst made cars

Chrysler is owned by Fiat, a multinational company headquartered in Italy

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/american-cars/story?id=13801165

kippy · 03-02-2014 07:22AM

Bob Dylan sold out years ago.

FearDark · 03-02-2014 08:22AM

Am I the only one here who thinks is Bob Dylan over-rated and has a terrible voice? I insta-change the channel when he's on. Guff.

Frank Black · 03-02-2014 08:25AM

FearDark wrote: »

Am I the only one here who thinks is Bob Dylan over-rated and has a terrible voice?

No, but thankfully you're in the minority.

hidinginthebush · 03-02-2014 08:27AM

I thought this was going to be a hippy with an axe to grind about Dylan playing an electric years ago, disappointing.

Fr_Dougal · 03-02-2014 08:29AM

The Times They Are a-Changin

suicide_circus · 03-02-2014 08:32AM

Frank Black wrote: »

No, but thankfully you're in the minority.

I think it's pretty obvious he sings poorly in a technical sense. goes out of key etc.

crazygeryy · 03-02-2014 08:37AM

Poor fella just trying to earn a crust and pay the bills like the rest of us.
By the way his music is ****e bet there won't be one chrysler sold.

dodderangler · 03-02-2014 08:39AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

Poor fella just trying to earn a crust and pay the bills like the rest of us.
By the way his music is ****e bet there won't be one chrysler sold.

Yeah but most of us get couple hundred a week to pay bills. Not couple of million a gig to pay for mansions and crap

03-02-2014 09:08AM

Not as if it's his first time advertising though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFrFQ-F64Y

Classy! :pac:

lertsnim · 03-02-2014 10:14AM

Bob sold out when he went electric

Frank Lee Midere · 03-02-2014 10:15AM

Intelligentsia is all over this thread.

Menas · 03-02-2014 10:15AM

He must have had some speech therapy before making that add. I have not understood a thing he has said since the late 70s.

henryporter · 03-02-2014 10:19AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

Poor fella just trying to earn a crust and pay the bills like the rest of us.
By the way his music is ****e bet there won't be one chrysler sold.

I'm sure Bobby is unable to eat his breakfast after reading that - he's been found out for the fraudulent artist that you claim him to be :rolleyes:

Gambas · 03-02-2014 10:20AM

Bob Dylan was a darling of the 60's revolution for expressing his distaste at being told what he could and couldn't do by The Man.

Problem for the purists is that Bob never liked being told what he could an couldn't do by them either, so he sold out whenever he felt like it.

Fair play Bob.

osarusan · 03-02-2014 10:28AM

I thought this was about concert tickets, like the Garth Brooks threads, and was wondering what the problem/surprise was.

anncoates · 03-02-2014 10:46AM

I felt a lot better when I stopped expecting my cultural heroes to be moral arbiters instead of enjoying their work.

OK I admit John lydon going on that show was hard but I convinced myself it was a situationist ploy.

biko · 03-02-2014 10:52AM

You'd think he was rich enough from his music without having to make adverts for cars and underwear.

henryporter · 03-02-2014 10:54AM

At least Pete Seeger didn't have to see it. I'm sure if he had he would have taken the axe to Dylan.

topper75 · 03-02-2014 11:01AM

Impactful ad. More of a Bob fan after watching it. Not every patriot has a gun in his hand.

I don't accept the 'selling out' accusation. Selling, yes, and we all have to.
But selling OUT would be doing ads for Lockheed drones or something.

anncoates · 03-02-2014 11:01AM

henryporter wrote: »

At least Pete Seeger didn't have to see it. I'm sure if he had he would have taken the axe to Dylan.

You might argue that an artist's music is the sole thing that conforms to a specific time and ideal.

The music will always be frozen in that time and place.

Maybe it's better to just listen to the albums made at a time when he was you wanted him to be and not expect some guy in his 70s to be the same as he was 40 or 50 years ago.

Cienciano · 03-02-2014 11:11AM

FearDark wrote: »

Am I the only one here who thinks is Bob Dylan over-rated and has a terrible voice? I insta-change the channel when he's on. Guff.

Terrible voice? Depends. His voice suits his music. Lots of musicians that write their own music and play their own instruments have got a voice that traditionally wouldn't be considered amazing. But for me, a good singing voice is probably the least important item in music.

Capt'n Midnight · 03-02-2014 11:44AM

kippy wrote: »

Bob Dylan sold out years ago.

Robert Zimmerman sold out when he spotted a gap in the market and ditched rock 'n roll.

Oink · 03-02-2014 05:00PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Robert Zimmerman sold out when he spotted a gap in the market and ditched rock 'n roll.

I am disappointed by the commercials, but I don't think he ever cared about what people thought he should do as an artist.

His reply when he was booed for going electric: "Play it fukking loud!"

P_1 · 03-02-2014 05:06PM

Clever enough ad considering its target audience and the, ahem, fervor of American nationalism I have to say.

Amirani · 03-02-2014 05:10PM

He's a poor vocalist in a technical sense, but more than makes up for it by being an incredible songwriter and musician. Easily one of my favourite artists.

A Scoundrel · 03-02-2014 05:14PM

Bob Dylan didn't sell out when he went electric; he didn't even sell out when he made TV commercials.

Bob Dylan sold out when he made a ............Christmas album.

Bob? Walking in a winterwonderland? Wtf man, this sh1t wasn't even ironic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Heart

It's not on youtube, but my feelings on that album are best summed up by PolicyMic: "truly distressing".

He's still a legend anyway.

Oink · 03-02-2014 05:28PM

A Scoundrel wrote: »

Bob Dylan didn't sell out when he went electric; he didn't even sell out when he made TV commercials.

Bob Dylan sold out when he made a ............Christmas album.

Bob? Walking in a winterwonderland? Wtf man, this sh1t wasn't even ironic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_the_Heart

It's not on youtube, but my feelings on that album are best summed up by PolicyMic: "truly distressing".

He's still a legend anyway.

*sob*

"[Christmas music]is so worldwide and everybody can relate to it in their own way."

Yes, Bob. Everybody can also relate to cutting through your finger with a dull knife.

WilyCoyote · 03-02-2014 05:34PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

He must have had some speech therapy before making that add. I have not understood a thing he has said since the late 70s.

Me too. You must have taken a tab too much or fallen of one barstool too many.

SamAK · 03-02-2014 05:35PM

Anyone seen him live lately?

I saw him in 2011..

He didn't sing, he croaked and mumbled. He wore a wide-brim hat so you couldn't see his face. The cameras that were linked to the multiple big screens towards the back of the venue suddenly became static. No zoom, no close ups or change of angle like they did for every other act that weekend(by order of Bob, perhaps?).

I was looking forward to seeing him, but came away extremely disheartened. I just got the impression that he didn't want to be there. And so did a lot of other people, plenty of negative feedback after that one.

Bob Dylan sells out

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