Bob Dylan Vs. A J Webberman 1 of 4
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By the mid-sixties Bob Dylan was being routinely hailed as the most important voice of his generation. He had simultaneously achieved the status of both hot commercial property and counterculture hero. Everybody wanted a slice of the man who had single-handedly reinvented contemporary music.
Unfortunately, between 1967 and 1970, Dylan's output had been drastically reduced. In three plus years that followed his chaotic 1966 world tour and his "near fatal" motorcycle spill, he had delivered only two albums, and the natives were becoming restless. One such "fan", Alan Jules Weberman, decided that Bob Dylan was the only man who could save the world, and that he was the only man who could reawaken Dylan's social conscience.
With a sense of purpose that had almost a missionary zeal, Weberman dedicated the next ten years of his life to studying the symbolism of Dylan's lyrics, while striving to persuade the artist that he should be writing more political protest songs and playing benefit concerts. Amazingly, the reclusive Dylan agreed to enter into a dialogue with his antagonist and the resulting telephone conversations, which took place in January 1971, are captured on this fascinating CD.
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"I've gotta build some table and shelves and some shit". Love Dylan.
i love when bob says he's gotta build a shelf.
@markus310
7 жыл бұрын
"I'm workin' man, I'm buildin' some shit y'know and I really gotta get it built. Just..uh..some tables and some shelves and some stuff and I gotta get it done man I put it way off"
@limeadeislife
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, same. It's always funny to remember he's an actual human.
@joyceshusta1391
7 жыл бұрын
I AM ADDING A PUBLIC REPLY... "I SAID I COULD MAKE THE SHELF STAY." WELP, MAYBE THE FIRE OVER TOOK THE SHELF. I AM NOT AN ELF, SOLID MAN IS WHAT I AM.
@joyceshusta1391
7 жыл бұрын
I AM ADDING A PUBLIC REPLY... "I SAID I COULD MAKE THE SHELF STAY." WELP, MAYBE THE FIRE OVER TOOK THE SHELF. I AM NOT AN ELF, SOLID MAN IS WHAT I AM.
@joyceshusta1391
7 жыл бұрын
COINED "PEACE OUT"
Dylan beat Weberman up on Elizabeth street soon after this. "There's a lonesome bell tone in that Valley of stone and laughter down on Elizabeth street. It felt out of place, my foot in his face, but he should have stayed where his money was green"!
@majones7004
2 жыл бұрын
...in-sight.
Anyone who takes pride in rooting through people's garbage definitely has a screw loose. If someone actively shuns a public life, it means they don't want you to look into their private life.
The funniest part of the tapes was when Dylan said his wife was gonna hit him. I always wondered if it was just a joke or if his wife really knocked him around.
This guy is a jerk to Bob! Man he is a bottom feeder and kind of crazy obsessed with himself! Meaning, he has latched onto Bob as a means to promote his obsession to investigate and write about Bob. He seems completely apathetic about Bob’s feelings or situation! No empathy but only manipulation! It is a type if harassment imo!
It says a lot about Dylan being a regular guy (in some ways), to give this guy the time of day.
i didnt know that bob dylan liked to "Build Shit"
@AnthonyMonaghan
5 жыл бұрын
Build shit...like the finest back catalogue of songwriting in the twentieth century, Hell yeah!
Didn't Dylan eventually deck this guy in the street after being stalked for a little too long. It's bizarre that Bob even engaged with the guy. Maybe he thought he was a legit journalist. I don't really know the whole story. These interactions are very strange.
@noeljames7170
4 жыл бұрын
I think you have to consider the times. They didn't have the paparazzi issues that plague stars today. I think Bob was just a straightforward kind of guy.
@AnthonyMonaghan
3 жыл бұрын
@@noeljames7170 I think he still is a straightforward kind of guy. Part of the reason he ended up in New York was because people like him or John Lennon, could live there and walk the streets without being harassed. Bob lucked out with Webberman, but not as much as John lucked out with Chapman. This could have ended a lot worse for Bob. I wonder what happened to Webberman. Cheers
@lennox285679
Жыл бұрын
@@AnthonyMonaghan Webberman's around still, dont think hes really doing anything but he is still alive
@gustavmarie
Жыл бұрын
Weberman wrote seriously about Dylan in the late 60s and claims to coined the term Dylanology. So, Dylan was initially willing to engage with him but it quickly degenerated into nonsense. What's hilarious is the guy is still around in his 70s ranting about how Bob Dylan is a cryptonazi etc.
@user-od9zx3nm6u
10 ай бұрын
@@AnthonyMonaghanthey lived in NY because if the money don't get it twisted ..and dylan lives in Malibu Lennon was murdered so your statement is false
Legendary audio!
There are " many, many excellent songs on Nashsville Skyline and expecially Self Portrait albums than Dylan relies". I love both those albums. This guy Webberman is a jerk. He won't print this. Your great Bob Dylan, I don't know who this goes to, but Dylan is good.
@octagonseventynine1253
6 жыл бұрын
People just hated those albums because Bob refused to cater to their expectations. I recommend 'Another Self Portrait' too if you haven't heard it.
@NicholasBarthesJohnstontheIII
2 жыл бұрын
@@octagonseventynine1253 have you listened to Another Self Portrait yet? Just recently listened to it, and it’s pretty amazing IMO!
No wonder Bob backed away from giving too much away to the press. He was then accused of being a recluse. Rather, Bob said, "I'm not being reclusive, I'm exclusive"
Horrible to even listen to.... leave the man alone... love rings around in a way that we don't always see... thank you sir...
the best part about this is that there were NO LAWSUITS INVOLVED. Dylan took matters into his own hand. That’s called CHARACTER
Can somebody clarify for me what he said at about 8:39 about his wife?
@PunkshineHambone
5 жыл бұрын
"She'd fuckin' hit me" ahaha
Aj Weberman had his own channel on here which seems to have gone
@akankshadash7129
4 ай бұрын
That man is a nutcase
....."my wife will f*ckin' hit me man" lol
AJ, did you ever see Dylan play in one of the coffee houses in the village?
This was available on Folkways Records until the FBI came their warehouse and confiscated them...I witnessed.
Oh yeah what happened to that guy. Fascinating character. Could've spent his obsessive studiousness on a more interesting subject though.
I am certain bob likes to build things absolutely no doubt.
Dylan needs a week to build some furniture, also AJ can bring whatever it is to the studio but Dylan wont have time to read it until later. was he trolling? lmao
This guy’s a “brilliant antagonist”, lol! 🤣😂
wow never heard this before. Dylan sounds really rattled here
according to jack white, whos freinds with him. bob also welds nowadays to.lol
@wangoito6789
2 жыл бұрын
He’s still doing it nowadays lol
@majones7004
2 жыл бұрын
& puts miniature versions of them on his whiskey-bottle labels...
Nutcase??????
@MothGirl007
5 ай бұрын
Totally.
I would of already contacted the police dude needs help he’s been living off this phone all for 50 years prob lol
AJ was a nut job!
@MothGirl007
5 ай бұрын
Still is.
Weberman one B