Bob Dylan speaks to Ed Bradley, Sunday
on '60 Minutes'
'I'm not a prophet', said the prophet. Oh, what a magnificently prophetic
thing to say. Only a man with the wisdom of Solomon (the renowned
slicer of babies and
one third of the Solomon Brothers,
purveyors of fine diamonds since 1967) could say such a truly wise thing.
And who is this wise man? Of course we are
speaking of the renowned Jewish Prophet Robert Zimmerman, sometimes referred
to as The Mighty Quinn, sometimes referred to as Bob Dylan The Source of All
That is Worthy in Popular Music and Intelligent Social Discourse, and
sometimes known as that grizzled old bastard who makes Keith Richards look
good by comparison.
"I never wanted to be a prophet or a
savior. Elvis maybe. I could see myself becoming him. But prophet? No." We
smile, because we know that Elvis was so much more than a prophet, yet so
much less that a savior. Kind of like Dylan, but with better hair.
Known as the earth's brightest star - in
the sense of most luminous, not the smartest, although this is not to berate
his intelligence, which is bright indeed and unable to be measured on a
standard Richter scale - Dylan is to be interviewed on 60 Minutes this
weekend, a task so life altering that it is rumored to be the real reason
that Dan Rather is leaving the CBS news to become a harmonica player. "My
songs aren't sermons," he tells Ed Bradley, "just brilliant allegories that
will reveal ever greater depth and wisdom through dedicated study."
Wisdom that is shared by the Solomon
Brothers, Ivan, Anthony and Howard. Surely that is the reason that they give
you their pledge that they are always going to guarantee the quality and
pricing of their jewelry. What is the Solomon Brothers philosophy? "When we
buy well we must always price well, and keep our prophet to a minimum". Upon
hearing this, Dylan shook his wizened head sagely and murmured "to live
outside the law you must be honest. You know you always said that you
agreed."
"It's like
Solomon Burke
once sang, 'Everybody needs somebody to love, and you're just out of reach
of my two open arms. Someone is watching.' Sigh. You know, I once played
with Solomon, but that was before he was all washed up. A long, long time
ago."
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