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|    Pamela Brown to Pamela Brown    |
|    Re: The "Dark" songs written between Des    |
|    11 Jul 21 10:20:14    |
      From: pamelajfk1@gmail.com              On Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 2:07:17 PM UTC-5, Pamela Brown wrote:       > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 2:58:14 PM UTC-5, M. Rick wrote:       > > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 4:07:40 AM UTC-7, Will Dockery wrote:       > > > Do you have examples of those you suspect?       > > - number of Dylan items in one's possession       > > - amount of money and time spent on Dylan       > > - using the phrase "true Dylan fan" (or equivalent like "true Jew") to       distinguish the enlightened from the rest       > > - obsession with Dylan's personal life       > > - Dylan shrines or pictorial displays around the house       > > - notion that Dylan is the messiah and/or Jesus       > > - notion that Dylan is a prophet sent by God       > > - notion that Dylan stands alone among the history of the world's artists       > > - religious and moral rationalizations for idolatry       > In other words, a state, or, in my case, it seems a world, of Utter       Dylerium...Everywhere I go I see or hear a quote from one of his songs...       > The only possible remedy is to (only temporarily, of course) completely       withdraw from all things Dylan and focus on music of others, until sanity       gradually reappears...       > I suggest:       > Mozart       > Metallica       > Nirvana       > AC/DC       > Bruce Springsteen       > Mahler       > The Beatles       > Songs of faith (we have KTIS in the Twin Cities)       > Early blues, such as Robert Johnson       > Elvis Presley       > Donovan (my late husband played and recorded with him |
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