Bob Dylan "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"

I remember this line from Mike Mills of R.E.M.

He was asked in an interview to respond to a somewhat lurid rumor, surrounding a former associate of the band. He declined to comment, citing his desire to remain in good taste:

"Y’know, I may not be a gentleman of whatever, but I know how a gentleman would act, and I’m not going to say anything about it."

I thought of that line while I was thinking about how I would (or if I should) present today’s entry. Because clearly it crosses a line of good taste. But I'm not a gentleman, and I really can't resist . . .

So if you are easily offended, you should bail on this post, now.

For the rest of you, I’m not sure where your line in the sand is, where you mark that something has gone too far, so I’m going to just guess and hope for the best.

The final scenes of an old Bob Dylan video I wrote about last week, posed the idea of a Bob Dylan sex scene, which led me to consider Mr. Dylan in an adult movie.

What would it be called?

Well I asked this question to a few friends---friends who don’t mind occasionally driving their 4-wheel vehicles over the line in the sand---and Yikes! We came up with literally dozens of Bob Dylan song titles and album titles that could be converted to great Porn titles.

There were the obvious and not-too-too-offensive ones like:

“Lay Lady Lay”

“Blonde On Blonde”

“Hard Rain”

The slightly ruder, but obvious:

“Highway 69 Revisited”

“Poker-man”

And the hilariously conceptual:

“In Fidel”

“When I Paint My Master’s Piece”

But there were A LOT that were just too graphic to repost here. You’ll have to use your own dark mind to figure out how to twist “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry.”

I’ll share my two favorites, neither written by me (but names withheld, to protect the guilty).

One of the guys came up with a brilliant title, aimed at women who love women:

“Brainy Gay Women #12 & 35"

And my other favorite, is just beautiful in its simplicity:

“John Wesley Hard-on”

I think that one wins, for sounding most like an actual title of a porno.

Bob Dylan turned 70, and we wanted a classy, fun way to commemorate the occasion.

This wasn’t it.

Instead, we asked listeners to vote for their favorite Dylan tunes, and we made a list of the Top 70, to mark his birth.

Check out the list at mvyradio’s website, and listen to the songs on our Dylan Channel.


See the video on Youtube.

The New Pornographers “The Crash Years”

Remember when you were in school and you had a huge crush on someone, you’d seem to see them everywhere?

You’d spy them in the lunch room. Single their face out of the crowd in the football stadium. See them going into their house as you happened to be riding your bike down their street which, yeah, is across town, but you were in the neighborhood, and you’re not actually stalking them . . . are you?

Okay, so sometimes your crushes can get a little obsessive. And it’s good to recognize that.

I mean, I recognize that I’m slightly obsessed with Neko Case.

And I’m okay with it, because my crush is on her voice. And the only place I’m stalking her is in the record bin.

But the spring has been an embarrassment of Neko riches.

In the best news, The New Pornographers have a new record, and the first single has Neko, who’s part of the NP cast of characters, on lead vocals.

And she’s popping up on other people’s records, too.

Jakob Dylan has her on 8 tracks of his new “Women + Country” album, including the duet “Everybody’s Hurting.”

Peter Wolf brought her in for “The Green Fields Of Summer” on his new record.

And Rosanne Cash has released a bonus track from her sessions from “The List,” featuring, yes, Neko Case, on “Satisfied Mind.” It’s available only as an iTunes exclusive.

Yeah, I’m slightly obsessed.


The Crash Years


“Everybody’s Hurting”


“The Green Fields Of Summer”