A Mark In Time
Previous Tours => 2011 Mark Knopfler & Bob Dylan Tour => Topic started by: Jackal on October 26, 2011, 11:32:22 AM
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For the English (US English) native speakers among us, what kind of accent does Dylan have when he speaks? When he does the band intro for instance. It doesn't sound like any of the three major accents in the US (New England, Southern and Midwest/West Coast). It probably sounds more like a Southern accent. Is it just theatrics?
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In the 60s he sounded like Cate Blanchett. ;) Can't say I've heard his normal talking voice in recent times?
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Mmmm, I
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I know a New Yorker who doesn't understand anything when Dylan sings.
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I know a New Yorker who doesn't understand anything when Dylan sings.
eeeerr, I think that goes for most people, wherever they are from ;D
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I know a New Yorker who doesn't understand anything when Dylan sings.
Mmmm, its true that I didnt understand almost anything he screamed during the concert, but when he introduced the band it was like he was talking with his mouth filled with bread...
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I know a New Yorker who doesn't understand anything when Dylan sings.
Mmmm, its true that I didnt understand almost anything he screamed during the concert, but when he introduced the band it was like he was talking with his mouth filled with bread...
I thought it was a carpet...but could be! ;-)
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twm will be able to tell us...where is he when you need him :-)
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Mmmm, I
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Ok, so this is what I'm talking about ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=707X8krB4qA
Never thought I'd post this on YouTube ::)
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I'd imagine the "professor" in Devil Baby would speak with a voice like that.
"And to your left, ladies and gentleman, lo and behold, LADY GAGA!"
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I did a slightly more extensive reply earlier but it appears to be lost in the aether.
Dylan was born and brought up in Minnesota and told one interviewer that he speaks with a North Dakota-Minnesota-Midwestern accent.
An academic, David Pichaske, devoted, I seem to recall, a chapter in his book "Song Of The North Country" to this very subject (covering pronunciation and related matters) and linking these to his upbringing in Minnesota.
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Song of the North Country: A Midwest Framework to the Songs of Bob Dylan
Continuum Press, 2010
ISBN: 9781441197665
$25 paperback (384 pages)
Order from Continuum Press, 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 704, New York, NY 10038
In the 1966 Playboy interview, Dylan said,
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Ok, so this is what I'm talking about ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=707X8krB4qA
Never thought I'd post this on YouTube ::)
Why you did that? I thought I was capable to understand english until now!!!!
:o :o :o
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Hey, what's wrong, on third listen it's easy to understand (in case you know the names of the musicans that is).
;)
(I'm not a native speaker. Actually my English's really baaaaaaaaad...)
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For the English (US English) native speakers among us, what kind of accent does Dylan have when he speaks? When he does the band intro for instance. ... Is it just theatrics?
Mostly. "Theatrics", yup. Like mostly all of his stage presense.
I like it.
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Whatever one's opinion of Dylan's singing voice (and people have been telling me he can't sing for decades, not just in recent years), his voice was very suited to radio, as evidenced by his "Theme Time Radio Hour" shows, of which there were 100 in the end.
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TTRH is the best thing on radio,...ever,...
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You guys didn't know?...Bob Dylan has his own version of the English language! It's the best version of the English language because Bob created it. If you don't understand what he's saying, you simply don't understand the true meaning of the English language, and you should get to know and automatically like it since it's regarded as the best.
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You guys didn't know?...Bob Dylan has his own version of the English language! It's the best version of the English language because Bob created it. If you don't understand what he's saying, you simply don't understand the true meaning of the English language, and you should get to know and automatically like it since it's regarded as the best.
Because Bob is Bob?
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Just because.
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Here's a great interview from 1965:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVPdT5ib7F4
It isn't his real voice-over, or is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLCewTcb-jc&feature=related
And at last, here a more recent interview from the 60 minutes show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Na60INY6TQ
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He sounds a bit like the late great character actor Lionel Stander, known by most as Max from TV's Hart To Hart! ;D