Rocket ([info]febrile) wrote,
2003-11-18 12:58:00
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Because [info]notmonochrome's bored

It's time to play your favorite game and mine... Bob Dylan or Weird Al?!

Listed below are two sets of lyrics. Bob wrote one, Al wrote the other. Do you know which is which?

First Set
Rise to vote, sir
Do geese see God?
"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod
Rats live on no evil star
Won't lovers revolt now?

Second Set
See the primitive wallflower freeze
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say, "Jeeze
I can't find my knees"

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[info]penlyon

November 18 2003, 19:13:02 UTC 8 years ago

If I had to guess (and I do)...

If I had to guess (and I do), I'd say the first set is Weird Al and the second is Dylan. They're both admirably random-sounding, but the first one is composed entirely of palindromes, which seems too self-consciously clever for Dylan. The second one, on the other hand, just sounds like a bad drug trip. (And can't you just *hear* Dylan's voice whining "I can't find my knees"?)

[info]notmonochrome

November 18 2003, 19:16:55 UTC 8 years ago

I'm going to wager a guess, too.

That's exactly what I was going to say, right down to hearing Dylan's voice.

[info]silvana

November 18 2003, 20:30:01 UTC 8 years ago

Re: If I had to guess (and I do)...

ohmygod, I am SO not a puzzler - I never would have noticed the palindrome phenomenon.

But I can hear Dylan's voice - and I side with you.

[info]insidian

November 18 2003, 19:46:07 UTC 8 years ago

I'm gonna go First Set is Bob, Second Set is Al.

You should do this every day.

[info]thefirethorn

November 18 2003, 21:45:15 UTC 8 years ago

I KNOW I KNOW

but then I have a copy of the CD signed by the drummer......

[info]febrile

November 18 2003, 21:46:59 UTC 8 years ago

You have a copy of Blonde On Blonde signed by Bob Dylan's drummer?!?!?!?

(I know. I just wish.)

[info]amojojo

November 18 2003, 22:11:43 UTC 8 years ago

The second set is from "Visions of Johanna" by Bob Dylan, from the album Blonde on Blonde.

[info]stretchling

November 19 2003, 04:59:06 UTC 8 years ago

Maybe I should disqualify myself...

We named our daughter after the Dylan song quoted here, and the other quote is currently my favorite Weird Al song. I'm glad to see there is disagreement on which is which.

Anonymous

November 20 2003, 20:59:06 UTC 8 years ago

Dylan or Al?

Maybe it's unfair, but as an Al fan, I can tell the difference. The first is Al, the second is Dylan. The lyrics from Al are from "Bob", on the CD Poodle Hat.

Anonymous

December 17 2003, 18:58:53 UTC 8 years ago

first set is weird al's! i know cause i have his new cd

Anonymous

January 2 2004, 20:39:03 UTC 8 years ago

I can't believe the number of folks that didn't catch the palindromes in the Weird Al lyrics. Being someone who has toyed with creating palindromes, I think it's amazing how Al created so many, and then manages to make each lyric doublet rhyme! I bust a gut everytime I see the video.

Want to say to my friend Jeff, congratulations on the palindrome "No sir pa, still it's a prison."
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