Chuck Gould wrote:
On Aug 31, 9:01?am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Aug 31, 8:29?am, "Jim" wrote:
You call that genius?
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Musical genius.
You need to hear the actual recording.
The lyrics by themselves are interesting, but a little flat.
Throw in the "psychedelic" guitar licks, etc, and it's one of the
better- even if now mostly forgotten- gems from the era.
At one time it was fun to sit around the hookah and debate the "inner
meaning" of tunes like this. I can't seem to remember whether Martha
Lorraine was popularly assumed to be about peyote, hashish, LSD, or
the Selective Service System/FEDGOV- (good arguments for all). I still
remember how suprised a lot of folks were to realize that Mr
Tambourine Man was about a dope dealer. Dylan was always easier to
figure out than Joe McDonald :-)
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So, are you disputing the double entendre of "Not so Sweet", or "Mr.
Tambourine Man"? I once met somebody who still insists that Peter
Paul and Mary were singing about a wind up flying reptile.........

We all lived in a yellow submarine.

refresher: (and for the very few who have only heard the 2-verse
pop-40 version)

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.


Several theories abound for the hidden meaning of "Mr. Tambourine Man."
Not all those theories are based upon the smokey fantasties of druggies,
former or current.

I saw Dylan perform that song in the 1960s during one of his several
appearances at Gerde's Folk City and at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival.
That was, I believe, before it was released on an album. No one
mentioned the song as an allegory for drug use.