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by yoho05 reminds you to DYOH on December 3rd, 2006

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Why won't Bob Dylan work on Maggie's Farm no more?

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  • by Drublic on December 3rd, 2006

    Drublic

    I think he's using Maggie's Farm to represent "the man". Dylan won't give into the popular notion of working a 9-5 for a small part of the big picture. Here are some other ideas not by me.

    "Maggie's Farm" is described by Salon.com critic Bill Wyman as "a loping, laconic look at the service industry." National Public Radio's Tim Riley described it as the "counterculture's war cry," but he also notes that the song has been interpreted as "a rock star's gripe to his record company, a songwriter's gripe to his publisher, and a singer-as-commodity's gripe to his audience-as-market." However, the All Music Guide's William Ruhlmann also notes that "in between the absurdities, the songwriter describes what sound like real problems. 'I got a head full of ideas/That are drivin' me insane,' he sings in the first verse, and given Dylan's prolific writing at the time, that's not hard to believe. In the last verse, he sings, 'I try my best/To be just like I am/But everybody wants you/To be just like them,' another comment that sounds sincere."

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  • by Ec-nal Licensed Bootie Inspector on November 12th, 2008

    Ec-nal Licensed Bootie Inspector

    He found a better gig yo...

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  • by Thriftymaid on August 17th, 2009

    Thriftymaid

    Stinks

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  • by philosopher-saint on August 17th, 2009

    philosopher-saint

    No crop rotation?
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  • by nomyth on August 17th, 2009

    nomyth

    Would YOU want to work on Maggie's Farm?

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  • by Gene H on November 12th, 2008

    Gene H

    He gives you all the reasons right there in the song. The best one is "She's 68 but she says she's 54".

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