tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post4442019718260391138..comments2023-08-20T21:14:43.398-07:00Comments on Before Nine: Get Busy Livin' Or Get Busy Dyin'Mongo, At The Momenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post-27776169050085334202016-05-14T05:08:45.717-07:002016-05-14T05:08:45.717-07:00a dylan song that entered my life in 1965 when i w...<i>a dylan song that entered my life in 1965 when i was at a young and impressionable age is "it's alright, ma, (i'm only bleeding)"<br /><br />from the article about it at wikipedia:</i><br /><br />Dylan's preoccupations in the lyrics extend beyond socio-political commentary, and touch on urgent matters of personal experience--the challenge to live and grow in the face of uncertainty.<br /><br /><b>He not busy being born is busy dying</b><br /><br />Jimmy Carter would later refer to the line in his presidential nomination speech at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, though it addresses matters of the self which supersede politics, in the process displaying certain themes associated with existentialism.<br /><br /> Throughout the song, the words pour out quickly, with Dylan barely taking a breath between lines, so that the intricate rhyming structure is often missed: AAAAAB CCCCCB DDDDDB in the verses and AAB in the chorus.<br /><br /><b></b>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com