The Humor Of Bob Dylan

During the recent Summer tour w/Paul Simon,
Bob felt the need to express some humor in the form of poky commentary!

This page chronicles these tidbits of humor:-)

Enjoy


 

Chula Vista, California
June 25, 1999
Coors Amphitheatre

                                        "We're awfully tired.
                                   We slept all night in a trailor park.
                                       We had to be real quiet.
                                We didn't want to wake the sleeping bags"

Las Vegas, Nevada
June 26, 1999
 MGM Grand
Garden Arena

                                  "This is a song I wrote for my ex-wife.
                               She was so conceited I used to call her Mimi"

Duluth, Minnesota
July 3, 1999
Bayfront Festival Park

                                   "My first girlfriend came from here
                                        She was so conceited
                                       I used to call her Mimi"

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
July 4, 1999
Marcus Amphitheatre

                                  "I dated a girl from Milwaukee once.
                                          She was an artist.
                                     She gave me the brush-off."
 

Tinley Park, Illinois
July 9, 1999
World Music Theater

                                 "David Kemper is playing on the drums.
                               One of David's first jobs was here in Chicago.
                             He had a job as a waiter but he never took any tips.
                                       He was a dumb waiter."

Raleigh, North Carolina
July 14, 1999
All-Tel Pavilion at Walnut Creek

                              "Larry was talking to Neil Young the other night
                          and Neil told him you don't hear any rock 'n' roll these days.
                                       Larry said that's not so.
                      You just put a stone up to one ear and a hamburger bun to the other."
 

Bristow, Virginia
July 16, 1999
Nissan Pavilion At Stoneridge

                                    "My ex-wife left me again tonight
                                         She's a tennis player
                                      Love means nothing to her"
 

Camden, New Jersey
July 17, 1999
Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre
(E-Centre)

                                            Joke #1

                                         "This is a love song.
                                         We love to play it."

                                            Joke #2

                                    "My ex-wife left me again tonight
                                         She's a tennis player
                                      Love means nothing to her"

Albany, New York
July 20, 1999
Pepsi Arena

                          When introducing the drummer, David Kemper, Dylan said:
                             "He almost wrote his first song today about his bed
                                       but it's not made up yet."

Hartford, Connecticut
July 24, 1999
Meadows Music Theatre

                          When introducing the drummer, David Kemper, Dylan said:
                                    "David and I drove here tonight
                                    in a car singing songs on the way.
                                      We were singing cartoons."

Note: I can't quite remember which show this one came from, but I did hear Bob tell it:-)

"Charlie Sexton went over to the county jail to visit his cousin!
He brought him a cell phone"