Shit! I forgot the dealer!
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I go with the Greek just ahead of the woman (is she wearing anything besides the necktie and hat?) and the soldier with his lust for a forbidden love. But that he's called the Greek makes me laugh inexplicably, and I love his bare feet.
― dulce est desipere in loco (Euler), Saturday, 2 May 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
re: the dealer, let's just say he's the stranger - which would tidy things up a bit, since he's probably the voice from the gambling room who first speaks to the woman.
The Greek is great, especially since his last words are nothing lofty, just "Go away!"
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 2 May 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Panama Hat lady 4EVA!!!!!!
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 2 May 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^
Looking forward to follow-up ISIS poll.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago) link
is she wearing anything besides the necktie and hat?
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 14 May 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I went with the loser, because even when he wins he loses!
Where do you think the soldier got the money from to buy the ring?
― Can't stop the dancing chickens (dyao), Thursday, 14 May 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 15 May 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
well..guess that decides this once and for all
― iatee, Friday, 15 May 2009 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe I won't do that Isis poll after all...
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 16 May 2009 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Another hard luck story. I'm gonna go grab another beer.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 16 May 2009 01:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, I never did plan to poll anyway.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 16 May 2009 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
How about a Romance In Durango poll? The baker's son rules!
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 16 May 2009 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
would come down to a showdown between bloody-faced Ramone and the obsidian-eyed Serpent.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 16 May 2009 03:14 (fifteen years ago) link
TS: Bob Dylan's old pony vs. new pony
Spending time in Mozambique c/d?
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 16 May 2009 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Man, I love the way he slurs half the lyrics in this. "The soldier sits beneath the fan / doINbidnesswIVATINYMAN who SALES HIM A RAY"
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 January 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
Also like how comfortable Dylan/Levy are here in just stock melodramatic scene-painting with barely any actual story. It's not like anybody survives or like any of the characters come into focus, which makes all of them more interesting. Like they watched Earthquake but slept through two out of every three scenes. Everyone seems haunted by old demons that are just waiting to come bursting out and crashing down in a crisis, even the desk clerk and the dealer: something very sinister in the insistence that volcanic eruptions happen every day, something almost Satanic in the dealer's "...spend it in the tomb!"
Of course, I never knew until just now that it's all taken from a Conrad novel I haven't read, which seems about right.
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
lol i missed this poll. would've voted "BOB DYLAN, beer-drinking TV watcher"http://www.thewheatln2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tv.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
Isis is often my favorite Dylan song
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
Love desire like crazy
aside from "isis" i don't think i really *love* any of the songs on Desire, but I always love the whole vibe/sound of the album when i put it on
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, as much as the sessions were apparently a huge mess, they sound like fun, laid-back songs to play on. "Isis" is kinda obviously head and shoulders above, but still depends on that same kinda lopey storytelling vibe.
I always picture Dylan watching Cronkite in a real shaggy 70s apartment, scratchy upholstery, lots of yellow and brown.
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:42 (eight years ago) link