I'm sort of obsessed with this song and have been for a while. But Bob Dylan rules. He was in his mid 50's when he wrote this. While assholes like Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are writing out of touch antivax songs in their old age its cool that Bob is/was still making beautiful love songs.
He plays with punk band The Plugz for this performance which gives the song an entirely different energy than the recorded version. Highly recommend checking it out if you haven’t seen it before and like Dylan.
Stream of consciousness write for two reasons: it allows the subconscious, which has been working all night to provide solutions for your life in your sleep, to be heard; secondly, you’ll find that it’s probably the most honest you’ll be with yourself throughout the day.
Writing of his experiences in Auschwitz, psychologist Viktor Frankl stated, “Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.” This thought came to him after he nearly surrendered to despair and died by suicide. Right before the event, however, he remembered how much he loved his wife, and the thought carried him through his experiences until the time he could go home.
For a basketball obsessed 12 year old, this was an amazing three hour watch. As a fairly naive, rural, Idaho kid, it really opened my eyes to some of the complexities of being a highly sought-after college basketball recruit while having to navigate inner city culture.
There will probably never be another documentary like this one. Social media and AAU ball have changed the high school basketball landscape.
