Bob Dylan to host XM satellite radio show

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10453887 /

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NEW YORK - Bob Dylan will start a new career as a radio DJ when he launches a new weekly music show on XM Satellite Radio next March.

The station said on Tuesday the show would feature music hand-picked by Dylan, writer of some of the enduring classics of popular music since the 1960s such as “Mr Tambourine Man,” ”Like a Rolling Stone” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.”

Now 64, Dylan’s anti-establishment folk songs were the anthems of a generation and he has released over 44 albums in a career spanning more than four decades.

“Songs and music have always inspired me. A lot of my own songs have been played on the radio, but this is the first time I’ve ever been on the other side of the mic,” Dylan said in a statement.

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[Fenris]

1. "Up next, 'Fuck tha Police' by NWA."

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. Hey, you never know...

[Ivan Sputnik]

3. This will be ... interesting

My impression is that he's rather quiet, and a bit surreal when he does talk. Maybe he'll just play the music.

[tuvor]

4. I hope he enunciates.

Didn't understand him in concert (when he actually did address us), nor did I recognize his "classic" songs until they were almost finished.

[FredScuttle]

5. Can't be any more garbled than the Hillbilly Heroin Hillbilly

Now we'll really see if El Pigbo makes Dylan sound like Alistair Cooke.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

6. I know what you mean. I saw him in concert back in 1988 or 1989.

I didn't understand a word he was saying and like you, hardly recognized his songs from how he "sang." Odd, considering I never have that problems listening to his music on his records/tapes/CDs. Also, didn't have a problem understanding him speak on "No Direction Home."

:shrug:

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows..