05-23-2014, 02:23 AM
Marcella,
Sorry, I thought "Judas" would give away that this was about Bob Dylan. That was what he was called when he went electric and distanced himself from the sixties movement, or as one writer from the "Rolling Stone" called him, "The voice of a Generation." "file thirteeners" are tabloid writers. File thirteen is a euphemism for trash can. Dylan was often called a jester, and in a classic interview by the reporter he would later characterize as "Mister Jones", Dylan referred to himself as a "
song and dance man". "Robby and Rick et. al" Robby Robertson and Rick Danko, along with Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, and Richard Manuel, were the backing group called "The Band" who backed Dylan's tour of England when he went electric.
B,
"colon should have an independent article before it in prose" Agreed, should have been a semi-colon, typo on my part. I realise "We are Jesters all" is an inversion, but in this instance I think it says more the ubiquitous "We are all Jesters." I think it echos the Shakespearean line from 'Julius Caesar', "So are they all, all honorable men, ...".
I find a parallel between "We are Jesters all", and "So are they all".
I'm not saying I am correct in this, but that was my thinking at the time, and for some reason I am reluctant to let it go, although reason would counsel otherwise.
This interview might shed some light on things, I thought it was fairly well known, but maybe not.
Sorry, I thought "Judas" would give away that this was about Bob Dylan. That was what he was called when he went electric and distanced himself from the sixties movement, or as one writer from the "Rolling Stone" called him, "The voice of a Generation." "file thirteeners" are tabloid writers. File thirteen is a euphemism for trash can. Dylan was often called a jester, and in a classic interview by the reporter he would later characterize as "Mister Jones", Dylan referred to himself as a "
song and dance man". "Robby and Rick et. al" Robby Robertson and Rick Danko, along with Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, and Richard Manuel, were the backing group called "The Band" who backed Dylan's tour of England when he went electric.
B,
"colon should have an independent article before it in prose" Agreed, should have been a semi-colon, typo on my part. I realise "We are Jesters all" is an inversion, but in this instance I think it says more the ubiquitous "We are all Jesters." I think it echos the Shakespearean line from 'Julius Caesar', "So are they all, all honorable men, ...".
I find a parallel between "We are Jesters all", and "So are they all".
I'm not saying I am correct in this, but that was my thinking at the time, and for some reason I am reluctant to let it go, although reason would counsel otherwise.
This interview might shed some light on things, I thought it was fairly well known, but maybe not.
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.