A Freewheelin' Time, by Bob Dylan's former g-friend.

Larry F · May 18th, 2008, 04:19 PM

As a favor to my TDPRI buds, here is what you will learn about Bob Dylan in this new book by Suze Rotolo, his former girlfriend:

1. He chose his rumpled clothes very carefully.

2. He wrote like he spoke, dropping unpronounced letters, as in freewheelin'.

The rest of the book is about her. Growing up. Going to school. Her father. Her mother. Her grandfather. Her sister. Her step-father. Being a red-diaper baby. Going to camp. Going to Italy. Going to coffeehouses. Going to parties. Going to museums. Going to films (Bob did not like Last Year at Marienbad, and had a very conventioal taste in film). Buying clothes. Hanging out, a lot. But page after page goes by about her personal, everyday experiences without a mention of Bob. The problem is that she doesn't seem to have made a name for herself with her work or experiences, so it is hard to be interested in her day-by-day, year-by-year storytelling. I know the book is not supposed to be about Bob per se, but I read it hoping to find out something about this mysterious guy who just clicked with our culture and, in a very real way, helped define it, as much as he hated being thought of that way.

Wait, one more thing. The title of a song she found in her papers. No words or music, just the title, and a great one: "Go Away You Bomb."

Hope this saves some of you $22.95.

outbreak · May 18th, 2008, 04:44 PM

well did suze go on to do anything after they split? just activist stuff? i don't know what she thought the public were intersted in reading about besides Dylan (especially with a title like freewheelin' time).

woodman · May 18th, 2008, 08:42 PM

too weird. thanx fer the tip.

Big John · May 19th, 2008, 01:13 PM

It must have been pure hell growing up in the 60's being a rich kid with rich parents !

John Backlund · May 19th, 2008, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Big John

It must have been pure hell growing up in the 60's being a rich kid with rich parents !

I heard an NPR interview with her several days ago where I thought I heard her say that her parents had little money, were very much communists, and because of that, kept a pretty low profile.

emu! · May 19th, 2008, 02:26 PM

What does red-diaper baby mean?

vjf1968 · May 19th, 2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by emu!

What does red-diaper baby mean?

Children of known members of the Communist Party is the offical term. But mostly it ws anybody who had parents with extreme leftist leanings. Woody Guthrie's children were labled as such.

Big John · May 20th, 2008, 02:21 AM

OK, maybe i am being just a tad too cynical but certainly living here means if you want to adopt any type of so called 'alternative' lifestyle usually means you need the cash to support it.

chet · May 20th, 2008, 08:23 AM

She's just cashin' in on Bob.

TelZilla · May 20th, 2008, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by chet

She's just cashin' in on Bob.

We all have mortgages...

vjf1968 · May 20th, 2008, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Big John

OK, maybe i am being just a tad too cynical but certainly living here means if you want to adopt any type of so called 'alternative' lifestyle usually means you need the cash to support it.

It is the same here. I have yet to meet a recording studio intern, musician, actor, artist, or poet who didn't have a trust fund or rich relative supporting them. There are self supporting artists with actual day jobs and bust their bum doing what they love to do but they tend to be in the minority. I can't speak for Ms Rotolo and I really do not know what the economics was like in the Village circa 1962 so if anybody here who was actually there your comments are sure appreciated.

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