[HN Gopher] The Silent Type: On (possibly) being Bob Dylan's son
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       The Silent Type: On (possibly) being Bob Dylan's son
        
       Author : samclemens
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2021-04-24 04:03 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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       | droptablemain wrote:
       | I always wondered which "Italian poet from the 13th century" he
       | was referring to. If true, turns out it's a 14th century poet.
        
         | correct_horse wrote:
         | That wouldn't be the first time something like this happened.
         | It comes to mind that the album titled "John Wesley Harding" is
         | named after the outlaw John Wesley _Hardin_ (no g). I 'm
         | genuinely not sure if these changes are a result of sloppiness
         | or creativity.
        
           | infradig wrote:
           | Bob Dylan built his career on dropping 'g's, then out of the
           | blue just added one. Some 54 years later and people are still
           | talking about it.
        
       | user3939382 wrote:
       | Well after reading that I'll never listen to Tangled Up In Blue
       | quite the same way again.
        
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       | sirmike_ wrote:
       | "Her hands tightened on the steering wheel. For the first time in
       | all our talks on the subject, I sensed from her something more
       | than reticence. The ambiguity of whether I was Dylan's child was
       | so much less important than the certainty that I was hers. I
       | hadn't seen that, and she was hurt. We drove the rest of the way
       | in silence."
        
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