01-28-2023, 06:25 PM
So I wonder what Bob's gonna do when he gets too old to tour, but he's still alive?
By "too old" to tour, I just mean, what if he gets unsteady on his feet the older he gets and he has to use a walker??
Is Bob really gonna come out on stage with a walker?? I mean, hey, more power to him if he does. He can do what he wants.
But I just dunno... I feel like, at a certain point, you gotta weigh the benefits against the risks of it all.
If his voice gets weak over the years, you'd think he'd dial back and focus on something else as long as his mind is in working order and he's got another breath left in his body.
If he wanted to speak instead of sing, he could record things in the style of Theme Time Radio Hour.
At the end of the day, Bob Dylan is a writer. He's a poet who put his poems into song form...
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collect...-and-music
It's an ancient approach.
His writing is excellent, and I'd like to see more from him that isn't in poem/song form.
I mean, I'll settle for whatever he wants to put out. But his writing is very engaging...
Reading "Chronicles: Vol. 1" is engrossing, the way he shares memories and paints these scenes makes you feel like it's YOUR memory.
As long as he's at least able to write, there's no reason for him to ever stop creating.
If time permits, I'm sure he's got at least one or two more albums up his sleeve.
And that's all good...
But when it's not practical anymore, he should just focus on writing and releasing more books.
You know he's been sitting on a bunch of random writings over the years anyway, may as well release them.
If he doesn't write anything new (as in books or even just Q&As) then he could at least do that.
I mean, he's given us enough over the years, it's not like he owes anyone. He's been really generous.
But I can't imagine it'd be a good thing for somebody like Bob Dylan to retire, cuz as soon as you retire, you start dying.
The older you already are, the truer it is.
By "too old" to tour, I just mean, what if he gets unsteady on his feet the older he gets and he has to use a walker??
Is Bob really gonna come out on stage with a walker?? I mean, hey, more power to him if he does. He can do what he wants.
But I just dunno... I feel like, at a certain point, you gotta weigh the benefits against the risks of it all.
If his voice gets weak over the years, you'd think he'd dial back and focus on something else as long as his mind is in working order and he's got another breath left in his body.
If he wanted to speak instead of sing, he could record things in the style of Theme Time Radio Hour.
At the end of the day, Bob Dylan is a writer. He's a poet who put his poems into song form...
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collect...-and-music
It's an ancient approach.
His writing is excellent, and I'd like to see more from him that isn't in poem/song form.
I mean, I'll settle for whatever he wants to put out. But his writing is very engaging...
Reading "Chronicles: Vol. 1" is engrossing, the way he shares memories and paints these scenes makes you feel like it's YOUR memory.
As long as he's at least able to write, there's no reason for him to ever stop creating.
If time permits, I'm sure he's got at least one or two more albums up his sleeve.
And that's all good...
But when it's not practical anymore, he should just focus on writing and releasing more books.
You know he's been sitting on a bunch of random writings over the years anyway, may as well release them.
If he doesn't write anything new (as in books or even just Q&As) then he could at least do that.
I mean, he's given us enough over the years, it's not like he owes anyone. He's been really generous.
But I can't imagine it'd be a good thing for somebody like Bob Dylan to retire, cuz as soon as you retire, you start dying.
The older you already are, the truer it is.
