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Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Scott6373 on January 29, 2007, 02:25:55 pm ---Try this one on for size. I noticed this quite out of the blue. When Jack is laying on the ground playing the harmonica...I could swear he's playing "He Was a Friend of Mine". Granted his playing is bad, but the melodic attempts follow the line of that song. Now I'm not sure when Dylan released that song.
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According to this site, http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/, it wasn't released until 1991 in The Bootleg Series.
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 29, 2007, 02:51:03 pm ---According to this site, http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/, it wasn't released until 1991 in The Bootleg Series.
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OK that's a heck of a lot of chronological license.
Shakesthecoffecan:
Has this one been discussed: Alma goes thru the mail and discovers the postcard from Jack, she puts it back in the mail and lays it face down and you see a advertisement featuring something to do with Carl Buddig and one for "Honey" and then you hear Jack's voice: "Honey, you seen my blue parka?".
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Scott6373 on January 29, 2007, 02:52:44 pm ---OK that's a heck of a lot of chronological license.
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The anachronism might seem less glaring if we credit the report that Dylan didn't actually write the song, but rather transcribed it and recorded it. I believe the lyrics (and tune?) are anonymous, and might date as far back as the 1930s; FRiend Lee, do you know any more particulars about this?
nakymaton:
There's more info on The Bootleg Series here: http://www.bobdylan.com/linernotes/bootleg.html . "He Was a Friend of Mine" is listed as being recorded in 1961 and copyrighted in 1962, and is listed as "traditional song adapted and arranged by Bob Dylan." So... ok, it existed in the early 60's. I doubt that Jack Twist would have had Bob Dylan bootleg recordings hiding under the seat of his old truck, but maybe he could have heard the "traditional" song? I dunno.
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