Dylan Plays Israel: A Suggested Setlist

Really? No “Neighborhood Bully”?

I’m quite confused with the ignorant Left’s fascination with Barghouti – he is a terrorist. Why do you want him released, Liel? So he can kill more Israelis? Would that make you happy?

Is it just me, or do others think that Tzipi looks exactly like Tami Taylor from “Friday Night Lights” there?

“For Marwan Barghouti, the popular Palestinian leader, currently languishing in an Israeli prison.”

How about “Marwant Barghouti who is serving 5 life terms (plus a few years) for murder of random innocents”…. nah.. What’s a few Jewish lives between friends… pocket change.

LL rigidly parrots the straight Meretz line and Meretz MKs are notorious for using their privileges as MKs to visit Barghouti in jail. And now Amos Oz sent MB and autographed and inscribed copy of his latest novel (it should have been called “Delusional AO in Fantasyland”).

Once again LL demonstrates an ironclad law of nature: Political correctness is inversely proportional to factual correctness. And above all, LL is politically correct.

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Jerusalem

The “Story of Isaac” for today’s altar builders

How about “Ballad of a Thin Man” for all the Liel Liebovitzes out there who “know something is happening but don’t know what it is.” Liebovitz misses the most obvious point, that it actually takes some guts these days for performers to play in Israel in the face of the growing Nazi-style boycott of Israel.

To Julie: I don’t think that Tzipi is a Tami Taylor look-a-like, but I give you high praise for finding a way to reference “Friday Night Lights” while discussing Israel.

Is East Dillon a metaphor for East Jerusalem?

Rafi points out “Neighborhood Bully.” This song is really the only Dylan song that is directly applicable to Israel.

I wonder if any anti-Israel groups will hassle Dylan for playing Israel. I doubt Dylan would care. I also doubt that he will vary his set list much if at all. Unfortunately, given his vocal performance at the Grammy’s, Bob may not have much of a voice left. He may just stand on stage flipping signs with lyrics on them as he did with Allen Ginsburg for “Subterranean Homesick Blues.”

After the events in Israel of the last 2 weeks how about Blowing in the Wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky? (Rockets in the South)
Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry? (the Fogel family and the victims of the bus bombing)
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died? (I think all Israelis know the answer)
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

This was a joke that fell flat. Marwan Barghouti is a brutal terrorist responsible for the deaths of innocents Jews. To compare him to Gilad Shalit is really, really foul.

Most of the comments with the exception of referencing and identifying Barghouti for the murderer he is , is somewhat childish.
What is of paramount importance is that a man of Dylan’s stature, in contemporary culture, would come to Israel at this time . that very fact is a hugh statement . Just look at that milquetoast Costello and his Pixie followers.
I applaud you ,Mr Dylan, for your dignity and resolve.

I guess somebody smarter than me needs to explain how one squares the description of Marwan Barghouti as a “popular Palestinian leader” with the insinuation a few lines down that all that’s missing in search of peace is for leaders to stop missing opportunities. Seriously, if the most popular political leader in the putative Palestinian state is a murderer serving 5 life sentences (or “languishing” as Marc and Liel describe him), I think there’s something missing besides strong leadership.

Re: The picture of the album cover: I liked the picture of the album cover in Suze’s obit in the NYT on March 1, where she is smiling. In an interview she said she was very happy at that time.
(Do not use my real name, please. Just say JB)

The Story of Isaac would be appropriate, but it is a Leonard Cohen song. Dylan has covered Leonard before (Hallelujah) so who knows?

Perhaps Bob will surprise everyone with the rarely-played “Man of Peace”, with a deadpan dedication to the late Yasser Arafat and the Nobel Peace Prize committee, as in “…sometimes the devil comes as a man of peace”.