Shouting the word “NOW” Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server.The original song is hosted at dylanchords.info.Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. The reason I decided to “revisit” (pun intended) this, is because the repetitive line “something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is” seem to fit the philosophical and probably most sought after answer to the question about life and the possibility that there may have been some impetus behind the manifestation of what is this planet and the rest of the universe. Spiritually Dylan is saying that all of us including himself "Mr. Jones" do not understand the meaning of life or "what is" This is the question that is gnawing at us in the subconscious of our lives. I agree that best interpretation is the jerk of a reporter mentioned in other interpretations, but this might overlap or run parallel with that idea. Written-By. Sloan and Steve Barri. Pennebaker, there is a part where Dylan berates a Time Magazine reporter. or have been in past? Even though this song ends with Dylan still not understanding what is, spiritually, Dylan has reached a tipping point. he tries hard but literally has no idea what to say upon his return. (bob wants us to rethink whether what we think is wright or wrong is really right or wrong? Could all be a load of **** though! La traduction de Ballad of a Thin Man de Bob Dylan est disponible en bas de page juste après les paroles originales. n they kno you have them coz you need them.. a person misunderstanding his friend but his friend understanding the person's point could be a bit tricky for them ... but if both of them misunderstand each other's words n actions.. Hell of bad thoughts n experience n judgements could break lose... but its not our fault, because "something(he doesn't tell what coz he is sure if we think n rethink the solution we will surely have the right answer) is happening but you don't know what it is, do you mister jones? You try so hard but you don't understand. lol. Year: 1965 - Album: Highway 61 Revisited. jersey73on May 09, 2004 Link. And you ask, “Is this where it is?” According to a local Rhode Island paper Jones then moved on to work in Uruguay and Spain as a film director, before returning to the US, becoming a lecturer in film, while working on educational films for CBS. We'd even heard old 1910 Daddy Hipsters of the streets speak the word that way, with a melancholy sneer. Dylan goes to see the geek perform (nor sure who he is referring to) The geek loves Dylan's voice when Dylan “speaks” and walks up to him after Dylan's show and tells him he is going to be a star “freak”. You put your eyes in your pocket. Lyrics 1961-2012. ballad of a thin manwasn't about Jesus, although dylan had a high regard for Him in many of his songs before he became born again. When he/we hear the stillness we have found the answer he/we were looking for. Choose translation. νικά Български Русский Српски العربية فارسی 日本語 한국어 Inspired by Murder Most Foul: ‘Marilyn Monroe – Endless Night’, Tombstone Blues (1965) part VI: Under the Yellow Angel, Yet more on the train of pain and “Justine”, Untold Dylan: “I’ll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours”.  He was an influential in sci-fi as Dylan in contemporary music, and delved into imagery as spooky as Dylan’s. But whoever wrote this cites no sources for their absolute conclusions, so I’m inclined to dismiss this whole missive as pure conjecture and opinion. I was teaching History and current events in high school in 1965, and throughly into Dylan. Dylan looks in the mirror with self-loathing and mockingly tells "you" singular that he does not grasp the "what it isness" of the cultural scenes he has come to witness with "pencil in hand". When you get home Of course after this Dylan goes into the freak show people who were referenced so often in the songs of this era, from the geek in the third verse to the lumberjacks in the “middle 8” which in this song does work as a perfect relief from the slow plodding of the descending bass of the verses. It can be viewed as the voice of a generation of youth telling the previous older generation that they just don't get "it". Like a camel and then you frown Because something is happening here BALLAD OF A THIN MAN. The Man is back in town, you must have heard This is Thó Ballad of a Thin Man A Cowboy, The Warrior A Renegade, The Black Rose A Moonlight Dancing Romeo They say last night, there was a Jailbreak Don't believe a word The Man is back in town, you must have heard This is Thó Ballad of a Thin Man A Cowboy, The Warrior A Renegade, The Black Rose Surely Ballad of a Thin Man is the best of them all. It was covered by Midday Sun, Karina Deniké, Calamity Jane [US1], Theo Hakola & Les Herleurs and other artists. No reporter (even in the 1960s) walks about with a pencil in their hand.  I won’t bore you with all the details of that novel, for the meaning of the song doesn’t quite fit with the essence of the book, but it does have links to the song and I could imagine Dylan being interested – if sci-fi turned him on that is. Sloan credits Bob Dylan for sticking by him when many other musicians and industry insiders dissociated themselves from him. Shouting the word "NOW"  But if you really know Philip Dick the writer, you will also know that this is exactly his world. The sword swallower is a reference to beat poet Alan Ginsburg. And without further notice And they’ve all liked your looks Fifth verse: A sword swallower at a carnival. Bob Dylan's Bob Dylan - Ballad Of A Thin Man - Lyrics music video in high definition. To me its that people try to label and condemn or talk definitavely about stuff that they either cant fully understand through lack of experience [ conformist types] or simply most stuff isnt definate, ie theres forces at work that you cant simply explain in so many words, like a poem so many people including 'hippies' and 'non-conformist' try to box, catergarise condemn or erase other versians of the truth. himself, who am I... Both the lead singer and Mr. Jones want to be more normal and life of the party. Tommy from Los Angeles I had heard the same thing, that it was about a Time magazine writer. If you think you have a definitive interpretaion of this poem or ANYTHING then you are showing the symptoms of Mr Jones syndrome and have been pissing of bob for over 30 years at least. Ballad Of A Thin Man Lyrics. Homosexuality puts these lines in a different context; 'your pencil in your hand' 'see someone naked and you say, who is that man?' It is instances of a man named mister jones, a simple ordinary guy like you and me, hence jones... and bob says it like it is our name-- " do U mister jones? As he hands you a bone Dylan sits somewhere in a familiar (at least to me) agnostic realm of the unknown of the inner mind, our perceptions, and our interactions with society (in the human part of life experience) and another place also familiar to me, where the experimentation with mind altering substances were part of the overall experiment (in the 60s) of life… Psychotomimetic experiences were (at least to me) eerily similar to the confusion described in lines of the song like; “…somebody points to you, and says it’s his, and you say what’s mine, and somebody else says, ‘well, what is?’ and you say, oh my God, am I here all alone??”. From the first hearing, I knew Dylan was talking about reporters and journalists trying to get to the "real meaning" of his songs. And he says, “How?” }; You hand in your ticket Am I here all alone?" Ballad Of A Thin Man Lyrics Total views : 0 times this week / Rating : 7.25/10 [4 votes] Album : Kollected - The Best Of Kula Shaker / Original Release Date : 2002-12-16 Ballad Of A Thin Man lyrics performed by Golden Earring: (Bob Dylan) Well you walk into the room, with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say: who's that man “oh my God” maybe I'm all alone asking this question of the meaning of “what is” Don't even have a voice? You raise up your head The pencil in his hand is a sexual reference. So I still sing it.”. Top Lyrics of 2011. He “kneels” and “crosses” himself at Dylan's feet. It all works – that is what makes the song so powerful, and the music with those minor chords and plodding bass all fit as well. But still I come back, crazy though it sounds, to “The World that Jones Made” because that is a story set in a world in which every idea is possible and accepted. Wherever “Mr. Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man Arr.  Consider…, You hand in your ticket Because something is happening here He sees a performer whose voice is pure truth “naked” and he is intrigued and asks who could do such a thing. You walk into the room With your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked And you say, "Who is that man?" "He puts his eyes in his pockets"...He acts like he sees nothing. However this time he is wearing a “frown” weighed down with responsibility like a pack animal “camel” He has put his awareness or keen insight of human nature “eyes” away in his pocket and his work now feels like has to put his “nose to the ground” or grindstone. The basic premise of the song: Mr. Jones, an organization man, perhaps a journalist with his “pencil in his hand” , buys a ticket to see a show, presumably a rock ‘n’ roll concert, expecting to watch what to … Label Columbia .  You’ll see what I mean. Try the book, if you enjoy sci-fi. Upcoming Lyrics. His life is accurately portrayed by the prophesies within certain lyrics. That quote is particularly interesting in relation to the reviews I’ve just been doing concerning Self Portrait, as before I started this review I was trying to think how to review the two instrumentals from Self Portrait. And says, "How does it feel Get the hell out of here!" Pencil behind the ear, maybe. Thanks for the loan" My seniors were given a weekly subscription to ‘Time Magazine”. The following are quotes from several sources regarding the beat philosophy that Dylan was living and driving him artistically at the time. It never meant juvenile delinquents, it meant characters of a special spirituality who didn't gang up but were solitary Bartlebies staring out the dead wall window of our civilization..."[4][5] Billboard Hot 100. plant a seed in your heart & plants will grow through your chest. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. verse 4-5 r very similar-- you and me the mister jones r not bad people in our ways.. we are intelligent, read good booksetc... we have many contacts, we are very social, but why do you have them? And you say, "What's mine?" They want him to play the media/public relations game and sell out or “just give a check to charity” in order to clean up his image to sell records and play the game. They did not WANT to understand “what was happening”. He just walks out. or will be in future? And somebody else says, "Where what is?" a reference to biblical passages concerning the resurrection. all about. Ballad of a Thin Man. i dig dylan. my clothing is radioactive. “don't know what it is” speaks to our collective ignorance of god/spirit/consciousness or “what is” also in the bible the god “I am that I am” or alludes to the saying "life is what it is" Mister Jones is metaphor for white middle america. 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