Thursday, August 25, 2016

An Early Clue to the New Direction

Sonny Bono, on German TV (where he belonged) in 1965 with his protest not-so-classic "Laugh at Me."




Bob Dylan on Sonny: "Cat's a drag. He gets thrown out of a restaurant and writes a song about it."

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13 comments:

  1. People who deserve to be made fun of?

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  2. Great Dylan quote! Nevertheless, Mott the Hoople's cover on their debut LP is quite fine.

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  3. The Skeletons' version is also pretty keen.

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  4. Songs inspired by Highway 61 Revisited-era Bob Dylan?

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  5. Although if nobody comes up with the actual answer by the evening, I'll call it for you.
    :-)

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  6. No clue as to the subject, but Bono is awful. Damn, he's bad. Caterwauling. And the outfit he's wearing looks like a modified prison suit.

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  7. Dylan style protest songs.

    Captain Al

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  8. best/worst Dylan imitation

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  9. Close enough -- PETE!! Your coveted PowerPop No-Prize is winging it's way to you as we speak!!!!

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  10. Why is Sonny wearing a chain gang outfit? Even Grace Slick drunk as a skunk won't be caught in that get-up.

    Captain Al

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  11. Sonny never was any good without cher. And I'm betting she made that miserable outfit

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  12. Dyl's pills, eh?

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