<--- like that.I gotta say it more often IRL.
Someone is lying about their age !
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Galuf the Dwarf
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Hmmm... did anybody at all recognize the title of my reply (ie: The first 3/4 of it)?
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Vicsun
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Craving attention?
This is what wikipedia has to say on the subject:
"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written by folk-rock musician Bob Dylan. The song was recorded by the artist as a quiet, menacing three-chord folk song, featuring only an acoustic guitar, bass guitar, harmonica and drums for release on his equally quiet and menacing album John Wesley Harding, which was released on December 27, 1967.
Dylan, recovering from a motorcycle accident that marks a shift in his career as an amphetamine-driven rock-poet, was reading the Bible on a daily basis. As with many of the lyrics to the songs on this album, the words to "Watchtower" contain possible Biblical and apocalyptic references, and are difficult to decipher with any degree of certainty. Taken literally, the song concerns a conversation between two people, a "joker" and a "thief", on the difficulties of getting by in life ("There's too much confusion;" "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke"). At the end of the song, the pair either approach a watchtower (manned by princes and servants), or the watchtower (which the joker and thief are presumably in) is approached by two other riders. This point is difficult to ascertain as the viewpoint of the song switches abruptly. One commonly hypothesized inspiration for the song is the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21:8-9, and it is easy to believe that Dylan's couplet:
Outside in the distance a wild cat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl
may have sprung from Isaiah's similarly apocalyptic:
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights. And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
An alternate explanation is that this song is about changing established society. The song begins during a conversation between two people, the Joker and the Thief. The Thief is sympathizing with the Joker, who wants to escape his position in life and hates the values of society. The third verse suddenly shifts the scene, changing from a conversation to an almost unrelated verse filled with imagery of princes, women, and barefoot servants guarding a castle, who are said to represent established society. "All along the watchtower, the princes kept the view" suggests that the wealthy are maintaining the status-quo. Suddenly "Somewhere in the distance, a wildcat does growl" suggests danger is approaching - embodied by the Joker and the Theif ("Two riders are approaching") They are coming to change the social order, but the guarded castle suggests there will be confrontation.
The song has been covered by many artists, including Richie Havens, XTC, the Indigo Girls, U2, Neil Young, TSOL, and the Dave Matthews Band, but innovative guitarist Jimi Hendrix recorded what is considered by many to be the most notable cover, one which has overshadowed Dylan's own performance. Hendrix heard the track after being taken to a party by Traffic's Dave Mason. Jimi, a longtime fan of Dylan's work, commented he would love to cover the track. The same night Dave Mason and Hendrix were recording their version in the studio with Brian Jones for an audience. While Dylan's version had been minimalistic and menacing, Hendrix's spared nothing - his wailing electric guitar and sing-song vocal delivery were mesmerizing and wholly different from Dylan's quiet folk song.
Hendrix rearranged the song to include several evocative and intricate electric guitar solos, and recorded the song with stunning energy as a single on his album Electric Ladyland in 1968. The song was an immediate hit—ironically, the only Top 40 single Hendrix would release in his lifetime. Many assumed that Hendrix had written the song himself, so different was his delivery from Dylan's. Dylan's subsequent live performances of his own song have also used an electric guitar and been closer to Hendrix's arrangement than his studio version; that said, however, it should be noted that most of Dylan's contemporary live performances use electric guitars, and he typically re-arranges all his songs in concert.
This is what wikipedia has to say on the subject:
"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written by folk-rock musician Bob Dylan. The song was recorded by the artist as a quiet, menacing three-chord folk song, featuring only an acoustic guitar, bass guitar, harmonica and drums for release on his equally quiet and menacing album John Wesley Harding, which was released on December 27, 1967.
Dylan, recovering from a motorcycle accident that marks a shift in his career as an amphetamine-driven rock-poet, was reading the Bible on a daily basis. As with many of the lyrics to the songs on this album, the words to "Watchtower" contain possible Biblical and apocalyptic references, and are difficult to decipher with any degree of certainty. Taken literally, the song concerns a conversation between two people, a "joker" and a "thief", on the difficulties of getting by in life ("There's too much confusion;" "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke"). At the end of the song, the pair either approach a watchtower (manned by princes and servants), or the watchtower (which the joker and thief are presumably in) is approached by two other riders. This point is difficult to ascertain as the viewpoint of the song switches abruptly. One commonly hypothesized inspiration for the song is the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21:8-9, and it is easy to believe that Dylan's couplet:
Outside in the distance a wild cat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl
may have sprung from Isaiah's similarly apocalyptic:
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights. And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
An alternate explanation is that this song is about changing established society. The song begins during a conversation between two people, the Joker and the Thief. The Thief is sympathizing with the Joker, who wants to escape his position in life and hates the values of society. The third verse suddenly shifts the scene, changing from a conversation to an almost unrelated verse filled with imagery of princes, women, and barefoot servants guarding a castle, who are said to represent established society. "All along the watchtower, the princes kept the view" suggests that the wealthy are maintaining the status-quo. Suddenly "Somewhere in the distance, a wildcat does growl" suggests danger is approaching - embodied by the Joker and the Theif ("Two riders are approaching") They are coming to change the social order, but the guarded castle suggests there will be confrontation.
The song has been covered by many artists, including Richie Havens, XTC, the Indigo Girls, U2, Neil Young, TSOL, and the Dave Matthews Band, but innovative guitarist Jimi Hendrix recorded what is considered by many to be the most notable cover, one which has overshadowed Dylan's own performance. Hendrix heard the track after being taken to a party by Traffic's Dave Mason. Jimi, a longtime fan of Dylan's work, commented he would love to cover the track. The same night Dave Mason and Hendrix were recording their version in the studio with Brian Jones for an audience. While Dylan's version had been minimalistic and menacing, Hendrix's spared nothing - his wailing electric guitar and sing-song vocal delivery were mesmerizing and wholly different from Dylan's quiet folk song.
Hendrix rearranged the song to include several evocative and intricate electric guitar solos, and recorded the song with stunning energy as a single on his album Electric Ladyland in 1968. The song was an immediate hit—ironically, the only Top 40 single Hendrix would release in his lifetime. Many assumed that Hendrix had written the song himself, so different was his delivery from Dylan's. Dylan's subsequent live performances of his own song have also used an electric guitar and been closer to Hendrix's arrangement than his studio version; that said, however, it should be noted that most of Dylan's contemporary live performances use electric guitars, and he typically re-arranges all his songs in concert.
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Fiberfar
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Happy Birthday TM...
have a great one
have a great one
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Galuf the Dwarf
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Vicsun: I was just looking to make somebody chuckle, that's all.
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Tower_Master
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Aww! Thanks guys! I feel all "warm and fuzzy" inside...Sorry I didn't post 'till a day later!
Yeltu: 62? Wow! I knew I looked old, but not THAT bad...and what's this about me being a twin??? Just what the world needs! ANOTHER ME!
Brynn: LOL...that'd be sweet...if I had a twin...which I don't...where's everbody getting this information from??? Still, though, thanks for the...um..."beautiful" song!
Ik: Thanks, mate! 'preciate it!
Rob: LOL! I might have to shrink that down and set good ol' BA Barracus as my avatar...
Sytze: Thanks a ton, master!
Locke:..........nipple.
Lu: CM? SING? ... Oh my. Had quite the party yesterday, though. Good times all around!
DW: Thank you! I actually had a great bithday yesterday; I got to spend time with all of my immediate family (and friends, later on) but one of my sisters, who was off on the other side of the country! It was nice to sit down and eat with everyone again for the first time in too long!
Galuf: AAH! I love that song! Dylan did it best, but I'd argue that Dave Matthews did a respectable cover of it on the "Live at Red Rocks" recording.
MC: !etam ,tol a sknahT
Arno: AAAGH! I thougth you died or something! I haven't seen you post in a couple of weeks! Thanks a ton!
Maxi: Thank you! (And for not trying to murder me for once! What a novelty!)
Fiberfar: Thanks, Clementine man! 'Twas a great one, indeed!
WBG: *hugs back* Thanks, heathen!
Tamerlane: Hey! Thank you! (and, even if you were "belated", you still managed to beat me to posting in the thread...d'oh)!
So, in short: Thanks to everyone, my birthday went incredibally well, I had a really good time and managed to NOT get wasted (what a novelty), I DON'T have a twin, Fable's older then I am (I'm not 62), and "nipple".
Thanks so much for the well-wishes!
I feel all "warm and fuzzy" inside...Sorry I didn't post 'till a day later!Yeltu: 62? Wow! I knew I looked old, but not THAT bad...and what's this about me being a twin???
Just what the world needs! ANOTHER ME!Brynn: LOL...that'd be sweet...if I had a twin...which I don't...where's everbody getting this information from???
Still, though, thanks for the...um..."beautiful" song! Ik: Thanks, mate! 'preciate it!
Rob: LOL! I might have to shrink that down and set good ol' BA Barracus as my avatar...
Sytze: Thanks a ton, master!
Locke:..........nipple.
Lu: CM? SING? ... Oh my. Had quite the party yesterday, though. Good times all around!
DW: Thank you! I actually had a great bithday yesterday; I got to spend time with all of my immediate family (and friends, later on) but one of my sisters, who was off on the other side of the country! It was nice to sit down and eat with everyone again for the first time in too long!
Galuf: AAH! I love that song! Dylan did it best, but I'd argue that Dave Matthews did a respectable cover of it on the "Live at Red Rocks" recording.
MC: !etam ,tol a sknahT
Arno: AAAGH! I thougth you died or something! I haven't seen you post in a couple of weeks!
Thanks a ton!Maxi: Thank you! (And for not trying to murder me for once! What a novelty!)
Fiberfar: Thanks, Clementine man! 'Twas a great one, indeed!
WBG: *hugs back* Thanks, heathen!
Tamerlane: Hey! Thank you! (and, even if you were "belated", you still managed to beat me to posting in the thread...d'oh)!
So, in short: Thanks to everyone, my birthday went incredibally well, I had a really good time and managed to NOT get wasted (what a novelty), I DON'T have a twin, Fable's older then I am (I'm not 62), and "nipple".
Thanks so much for the well-wishes!
I sincerely wish we could re-consider this plan from a perspective that involved pants.
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Maharlika
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Better late than never!
Belated Happy Birthday, ToMa!
Belated Happy Birthday, ToMa!
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What!? You are not a twin? What was thisthen?
I don't know why it said you were 62 years old, but it might have been an error since there were also like 4 other who also became 62 years old.
I don't know why it said you were 62 years old, but it might have been an error since there were also like 4 other who also became 62 years old.
This is my signature.
Damn 62. You are as old as fable. Your grandkids happy to see you spamming on SYM?
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
Damn....you think The little Weaselite could be next?
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
Hmm a new High CoMM but a female. I must ponder this.
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
true. But as my brain works slowly with cream soda i would be needing 20 years
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? - Khalil Gibran
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill