Well, it's not like they roughed him up or anything, as far as I can tell they treated him well. Even when you're a legend, you can't expect everyone in the world to know who you are. Young people these days wouldn't have much of any exposure to Dylan's music unless from their parents.
if i'm walking down a public street minding my own business i would prefer the local police to do the same. the idea that i must produce proof of identity on the whim of the police does not sit well with me. the fact that these youngsters didn't know dylan's face is immaterial, if amusing.
True, but the police were responding to a call, they didn't have much choice. The real tw*t in this little episode is the person who called the cops on someone walking down the road minding his own business.
Mind you, if they were not really aware of what Bob Dylan looked like then the guy saying his name is Bob Dylan may have made him seem like a smart-ass - same as if he said he was Napoleon or something!
On the side wall of a local shop in Crouch End, in North London, is a large mural including a picture of Dylan, from whose mouth comes the speech bubble "Do you know who I am ?". Seems he went into a local cafe and asked for an alcoholic beveridge, and when they explained that they didn't have a licence for this, this was his response.
It's tough at the top.
I read this without watching the clip and I'm reluctant to view it now in case it's not as good as my imagination. Desolation Row, must have been the street, no? yea, thought mine was better.
.....Thats the story of the hurricane,
But it wont be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time hes done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
Topical Joke: Just in case someone hasn't hear it.
Teacher. What's your name Son.
Young Lad: Dylan sir.
Teacher: Ah! called after Bob Dylan I suppose?
Young Lad: No sir.
Teacher: Then it must be Dylan Thomas, the Welsh writer?
Young Lad: No Sir.
Teacher: So..who are you called after then?
Young Lad: D'uilleann Pipes sir..
at least the caption writer had the wit to write that he was treated "like a complete unknown"
When they asked him what he was doing on the pavement, did he say "Thinking about the government?"
I must admit that in all my travels I've only ever been stopped twice and asked for ID by police, and that was in Austin Texas when I was committing the highly-suspicious act of *walking* along the street
"I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work..."
Anyone familiar with the entire body of Dylan's work would probably be too unhinged to do her job. Just as well there are still some squares left, eh!
I like the thought of Dylan peacefully wandering round some desolate urban hole looking like the grungier preambles to the Channel 4 news, growing gracefully into aged hobo-hood and unmolested by adherents. It surprises me that the police were so near and menace from the natives so lacking. I still have this ingrained notion from about 1970 that poorer districts in the USA were places where the cops never went and a straying stranger would disappear for ever - i.e., what chunks of Britain are like now. I dare say the US law enforcers have achieved a bit since 1970...
"I still have this ingrained notion from about 1970 that poorer districts in the USA were places where the cops never went and a straying stranger would disappear for ever -"
WE have 'lists' here in the States for everything....Vestiges of the fascists we had running our last government.
You don't know you're on them until you get met by a a couple of federal marshals complete with bald heads, black tees, jack boots and side arms (usually in Detroit)....and they proceed to yell at you in front of the other passages about your not respecting what they are doing for the cause of public safety.
The local cops have been pushing the edges of tht envelope.
Maybe he told won of them he was a singer and they said 'prove it and sing me a tune'. Probably good enough for a trip to Cairo or the Eastern block in an unparked CIA jet stream
Sorry for the politics. I usually try not to get into it here, but I needed some backdrop for the joke!
Feckin' eejits!!!!
Feckin' eejits!!!!
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/youre-bob-dylan-nj-police-want-to-see-some-id-116020.html
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Dennis Regan
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Well, it's not like they roughed him up or anything, as far as I can tell they treated him well. Even when you're a legend, you can't expect everyone in the world to know who you are. Young people these days wouldn't have much of any exposure to Dylan's music unless from their parents.
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Marklar
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
I just thought it was hilariously funny is all.
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Dennis Regan
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
Yeah, it's kind of funny. I doubt that Dylan took any offense, he probably thought it was funny too. But the cops were just doing their jobs.
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Marklar
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
if i'm walking down a public street minding my own business i would prefer the local police to do the same. the idea that i must produce proof of identity on the whim of the police does not sit well with me. the fact that these youngsters didn't know dylan's face is immaterial, if amusing.
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by 'tinamatt
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
True, but the police were responding to a call, they didn't have much choice. The real tw*t in this little episode is the person who called the cops on someone walking down the road minding his own business.
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Marklar
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
Mind you, if they were not really aware of what Bob Dylan looked like then the guy saying his name is Bob Dylan may have made him seem like a smart-ass - same as if he said he was Napoleon or something!
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Dennis Regan
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
Yeah, it could have been worse.
Officer: Sir, what is your name?
Dylan: Bwaub Zwheelin.
Officer: Could you repeat that?
Dylan: Iz zez zas Bwub Bweelen.
Officer: Sir, have you been drinking?
# Posted on August 15th 2009 by Marklar
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
On the side wall of a local shop in Crouch End, in North London, is a large mural including a picture of Dylan, from whose mouth comes the speech bubble "Do you know who I am ?". Seems he went into a local cafe and asked for an alcoholic beveridge, and when they explained that they didn't have a licence for this, this was his response.
It's tough at the top.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
...the times they are a changin'....
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by beanatiarlar
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
I read this without watching the clip and I'm reluctant to view it now in case it's not as good as my imagination. Desolation Row, must have been the street, no? yea, thought mine was better.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by strayaway
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
sing along
.....Thats the story of the hurricane,
But it wont be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time hes done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by See You Wins
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
A possible response to "Do you know who I am ?" (depending on the circumstances and the size of questioner) could be "No. Do you ?"
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
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He should have replied that he was a traveling wilbury.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Lint - upon - Tweed
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This wasn't Starkville, was it? No, wait, that's Johhny Cash.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by hotsauce
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
Topical Joke: Just in case someone hasn't hear it.
Teacher. What's your name Son.
Young Lad: Dylan sir.
Teacher: Ah! called after Bob Dylan I suppose?
Young Lad: No sir.
Teacher: Then it must be Dylan Thomas, the Welsh writer?
Young Lad: No Sir.
Teacher: So..who are you called after then?
Young Lad: D'uilleann Pipes sir..
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Free Reed
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
at least the caption writer had the wit to write that he was treated "like a complete unknown"
When they asked him what he was doing on the pavement, did he say "Thinking about the government?"
I must admit that in all my travels I've only ever been stopped twice and asked for ID by police, and that was in Austin Texas when I was committing the highly-suspicious act of *walking* along the street
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Bren
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
"I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work..."
Anyone familiar with the entire body of Dylan's work would probably be too unhinged to do her job. Just as well there are still some squares left, eh!
I like the thought of Dylan peacefully wandering round some desolate urban hole looking like the grungier preambles to the Channel 4 news, growing gracefully into aged hobo-hood and unmolested by adherents. It surprises me that the police were so near and menace from the natives so lacking. I still have this ingrained notion from about 1970 that poorer districts in the USA were places where the cops never went and a straying stranger would disappear for ever - i.e., what chunks of Britain are like now. I dare say the US law enforcers have achieved a bit since 1970...
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by nicholas
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
When I play the box in the house it's so bad that the woman next door phones the police.
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Rudall the time
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"I still have this ingrained notion from about 1970 that poorer districts in the USA were places where the cops never went and a straying stranger would disappear for ever -"
that's what some folks call Detroit.
# Posted on August 17th 2009 by meredithrachael
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yes we eat the weak here
# Posted on August 17th 2009 by fidkid
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No country for scruffy old men.
# Posted on August 17th 2009 by Hup
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I was a scruffy young man when I got picked up
# Posted on August 17th 2009 by Bren
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
WE have 'lists' here in the States for everything....Vestiges of the fascists we had running our last government.
You don't know you're on them until you get met by a a couple of federal marshals complete with bald heads, black tees, jack boots and side arms (usually in Detroit)....and they proceed to yell at you in front of the other passages about your not respecting what they are doing for the cause of public safety.
The local cops have been pushing the edges of tht envelope.
Maybe he told won of them he was a singer and they said 'prove it and sing me a tune'. Probably good enough for a trip to Cairo or the Eastern block in an unparked CIA jet stream
Sorry for the politics. I usually try not to get into it here, but I needed some backdrop for the joke!
rim shot please
# Posted on August 17th 2009 by zippydw
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' told one of them'
'unmarked CIA gulfstream jet'
# Posted on August 17th 2009 by zippydw
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
Glad I dropped in on this thread. It will rank as one of my top all time reads!
...you must go now, take what you need you think will last
but whatever you wish to keep, you'd better grab it fast...
# Posted on August 18th 2009 by banjobabe
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>>
When I play the box in the house it's so bad that the woman next door phones the police.
>>
They finally passed that law against accordions??
# Posted on August 18th 2009 by Azalin
Re: Feckin' eejits!!!!
I, too, missed out on the Sixties, so I don't know who this man is.
But I wonder if the police were guilty of profiling him in that particular neighborhood?
Oh, right - they can't be.
He's not a Harvard professor...
Sheesh.
# Posted on August 18th 2009 by Piece