The Pope and Bob Dylan go into the woods…

Robert Higgins

Robert Higgins

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Pope Leo receives Bob Dylan at the Vatican​

The renowned American singer-songwriter and poet—a Nobel laureate in literature, currently touring Italy with a stop in Rome—was received this afternoon at the Apostolic Palace by Leo XIV. The Pontiff had previously quoted his lyrics in the preface to a book on disarmament.

By Salvatore Cernuzio
He had quoted him in July 2026, when—in the preface to a book published by the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) titled Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift—he used words from one of his poetic compositions (figuratively addressed to the atomic bomb) to issue a stern warning against global rearmament and the nightmare of nuclear weapons: “I hate you cause yer man-made and man-owned, an’ man-handled”. Today in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV met in person with Robert Allen Zimmerman, known as Bob Dylan.

The 85-year-old American singer-songwriter and poet, a Nobel Prize laureate in literature, is currently in Rome. Tomorrow, Thursday, November 5, he will perform at the Palazzo dello Sport as part of the autumn leg of his “Rough and Rowdy Ways” tour—a concert series that also includes stops in Milan and Bologna, and is notable for its strict prohibition on smartphone recording.

The meeting between Pope Leo and Dylan—who wore a black hooded sweatshirt—was brief, consisting of greetings and a few lighthearted exchanges. The Holy Father presented the singer with a rosary, while Dylan reciprocated with a book: Chronicles: Volume One, his autobiography, which has been published in the United States and other countries around the world.

Pope Leo XIV and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan

Pope Leo XIV and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan (VATICAN MEDIA)

Quoting a Nobel laureate​

The verses cited by the Pope in the book published by LEV, edited by journalist Alessandro Banfi, come from “Go Away You Bomb,” a protest song written by the artist in 1963, at the height of Cold War tensions. It is a unique piece, given that the song was never officially recorded or released on any music album, and the original manuscript remained unpublished until its discovery in 2013.

A performance before John Paul II​

This is not the first time that the “minstrel” of rock—a nickname he has held since the beginning of his career in the 1960s—has met a Pope. In 1997, Dylan was invited to perform alongside other artists at the 23rd National Eucharistic Congress in Bologna, before the Pope—then John Paul II—and a crowd of approximately 300,000 young people. The collective memory retains the image of the singer who, after performing three of his great classics—including “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”—removed his cowboy hat, climbed the steps to the papal stage, and exchanged a handshake and a few brief words with Pope John Paul.

In his address to the young people at the event, the Pope explicitly quoted the lyrics to “Blowin’ in the Wind”: “You ask me: how many roads must a man walk down / before you can call him a man?” The Polish Pope answered this question by saying: “Only one. There is only one road for man, and that is the road of Jesus Christ.”
Bob Dylan meets Pope Leo at the Vatican

Bob Dylan meets Pope Leo at the Vatican (VATICAN MEDIA)
 
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Marble Hoarder
“Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
Preacher man seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
Molotov's cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in”
 
BethsOats

BethsOats

Who me? I’m 6’10” pal!
This made me realize that Bob Dylan could knock on my door and I wouldn’t know it was him.

I bet he can walk around in public just fine.
 
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OMG, this crazy story, I did not know about digging though Bob Dylan's garbage can



did David Peel ever meet Bob Dylan ?





Yes, David Peel did meet Bob Dylan, and their relationship was highly unconventional, stemming from their overlapping social circles in the Greenwich Village counterculture.
Their interactions were primarily fueled by Peel's involvement with a radical activist and notorious "Dylanologist" named A.J. Weberman. In 1971, Peel and Weberman co-founded the Rock Liberation Front (RLF), a group created to protest mainstream rock acts and push musicians to stay politically active. [1, 2]

The Meeting at Peel's Apartment
Peel recorded an extensive tribute and commentary song titled "The Ballad of Bob Dylan" (featured on his 1972 John Lennon-produced album, The Pope Smokes Dope). After the track began gaining attention in the underground scene, Dylan personally phoned Peel to ask why he was writing a song about him. [1, 2, 3]
The call led to a face-to-face meeting at Peel's apartment in the East Village. In an interview years later, Peel colorfully recollected the experience: [1]

"Bob Dylan... comes into my house. I felt like a head of state. And here we go, Bob Dylan coming to my house to be counseled by David Peel, whatever that means." [1]
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The "Garbology" Connection
Outside of direct musical discussion, Peel’s group was deeply involved in Weberman's infamous "garbology" campaign against Dylan. Weberman famously went through Dylan’s trash cans in Greenwich Village to analyze his lifestyle, believing Dylan had abandoned his revolutionary roots. Peel often accompanied or assisted Weberman, and he delighted in retelling a legendary street brawl where Dylan caught Weberman digging through his garbage and chased him down on a bicycle. [1, 2, 3]
Users on Facebook have also recounted memories of Peel organizing satirical protest performances outside of Dylan's home. [1]
Ultimately, Dylan and Peel shared a strange, mutual fascination: Peel viewed Dylan as a brilliant but strayed prophet of the poor, while Dylan kept tabs on Peel as one of the most unpredictable characters of the New York underground.

If you are interested, I can provide more information on:
  • The lyrics and message behind "The Ballad of Bob Dylan."
  • How John Lennon and Yoko Ono felt about Peel's activism with the Rock Liberation Front.
  • Other musicians who hung around Peel's East Village circle during the early 1970s.
Let me know what you would like to explore next!
 
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Marble Hoarder
PattonWrinkles said:
it might be the Beefus
Or It may be the Wig

But his Popeness
Gonna have to serve somebody

it may be the carrot
it may be the potato

But Popes gotta serve somebody something
:dunno:
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You may be a preacher preaching spiritual pride
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
You may be working in a barber shop, you may know how to cut hair
You may be somebody's mistress, you may be somebody's heir
But you're gonna have to serve somebody
 
Robert Higgins

Robert Higgins

Who me? I’m 6’10” pal!
The RG OG's
BethsOats said:
This made me realize that Bob Dylan could knock on my door and I wouldn’t know it was him.

I bet he can walk around in public just fine.
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New Jersey homeowner calls cops on Bob Dylan​

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Aug. 14, 2009 -- Talk about a complete unknown.

Bob Dylan was detained by police in Long Branch, N.J. last month, when a young officer failed to recognize him, police said. The officer proceeded to go to earnest lengths to ensure the hooded, disheveled, rain-soaked music legend was, in fact, who he said he was.

Dylan, 68, one of the most celebrated, eccentric artists in American history, was in the area on July 23 as part of a national concert tour -- a fact lost on 24-year-old Long Branch police officer Kristie Buble.

To hear the young New Jersey police officer describe it, the scene was like something out of one of Dylan's epic songs: It was pouring rain, Dylan was soaked and wandering alone, far from the traveling home of his entourage of tour buses.

When Dylan wandered into the yard of a home that had a "For Sale" sign on it, the home's occupants became spooked by his appearance and called police with a report of an "eccentric-looking old man" in their yard, Long Branch Police said. One of the occupants even went so far as to follow Dylan as he continued on down the street.

A publicist for Dylan who was on his way to a Dylan concert in Fresno, Calif., told ABCNews.com he had not heard the story, but would look into the incident.

But Buble said the man told her he was Bob Dylan.

"We got a call for a suspicious person,'' Buble said. "It was pouring rain outside, and I was right around the corner so I responded. By that time he was walking down the street. I asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood and he said he was looking at a house for sale."

"I asked him what his name was and he said, 'Bob Dylan,' Buble said. "Now, I've seen pictures of Bob Dylan from a long time ago and he didn't look like Bob Dylan to me at all. He was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, and two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.

"So I said, 'OK Bob, what are you doing in Long Branch?' He said he was touring the country with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. So now I'm really a little fishy about his story. I did not know what to believe or where he was coming from, or even who he was.

"We see a lot of people on our beat, and I wasn't sure if he came from one of our hospitals or something," Buble said.


She asked for identification, but Dylan said he had none. She asked where he was staying and he said his tour buses were parked at some big hotel on the ocean. Buble said she assumed that to be the nearby Ocean Place Conference Resort.

"He was acting very suspicious,'' Buble said. "Not delusional, just suspicious. You know, it was pouring rain and everything."

'That's Not Bob Dylan'​

Following her police training, Buble said she indulged him.

"OK Bob, why don't you get in the car and we'll drive to the hotel and go verify this?' " she said she told him. "I put him in the back of the car. To be honest with you, I didn't really believe this was Bob Dylan. It never crossed my mind that this could really be him."

Buble made small talk on the ride to the hotel, asking her detainee where he was playing, she said, but never really believing a word he said.

"He was really nice, though, and he said he understood why I had to verify his identity and why I couldn't let him go," Buble said. "He asked me if I could drive him back to the neighborhood when I verified who he was, which made me even more suspicious.

"I pulled into the parking lot," she said, "and sure enough there were these enormous tour buses, and I thought, 'Whoa.'"

"Who's asking?'' came the reply, according to Buble.

"I was in full uniform, so I say, 'I'm asking! I'm the police.'"

Eventually, the police were shown Dylan's passport, which Buble said she looked at, saw the legend's name, and rather sheepishly handed it back to Dylan's manager.

"OK,'' she recalled saying as she smiled. "Um, have a nice day."

A police department source said Buble had taken her share of good-natured ribbing from some of the older officers.

"To really appreciate the story from our end, you have to see Kristie," one cop said. "She looks like a 16-year-old kid, next to this living legend. It was unbelievable."

In fairness to Buble, Dylan has a long history of intentionally seeking anonymity, often with hooded sweatshirts and other limited disguises.

In October, 2001, he was held up at a checkpoint at Jackson County Exposition Center in Oregon as he attempted to get into the backstage area of his own concert, according to the Associated Press.

 
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Robert Higgins said:

New Jersey homeowner calls cops on Bob Dylan​

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Aug. 14, 2009 -- Talk about a complete unknown.

Bob Dylan was detained by police in Long Branch, N.J. last month, when a young officer failed to recognize him, police said. The officer proceeded to go to earnest lengths to ensure the hooded, disheveled, rain-soaked music legend was, in fact, who he said he was.

Dylan, 68, one of the most celebrated, eccentric artists in American history, was in the area on July 23 as part of a national concert tour -- a fact lost on 24-year-old Long Branch police officer Kristie Buble.

To hear the young New Jersey police officer describe it, the scene was like something out of one of Dylan's epic songs: It was pouring rain, Dylan was soaked and wandering alone, far from the traveling home of his entourage of tour buses.

When Dylan wandered into the yard of a home that had a "For Sale" sign on it, the home's occupants became spooked by his appearance and called police with a report of an "eccentric-looking old man" in their yard, Long Branch Police said. One of the occupants even went so far as to follow Dylan as he continued on down the street.

A publicist for Dylan who was on his way to a Dylan concert in Fresno, Calif., told ABCNews.com he had not heard the story, but would look into the incident.

But Buble said the man told her he was Bob Dylan.

"We got a call for a suspicious person,'' Buble said. "It was pouring rain outside, and I was right around the corner so I responded. By that time he was walking down the street. I asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood and he said he was looking at a house for sale."

"I asked him what his name was and he said, 'Bob Dylan,' Buble said. "Now, I've seen pictures of Bob Dylan from a long time ago and he didn't look like Bob Dylan to me at all. He was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, and two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.

"So I said, 'OK Bob, what are you doing in Long Branch?' He said he was touring the country with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. So now I'm really a little fishy about his story. I did not know what to believe or where he was coming from, or even who he was.

"We see a lot of people on our beat, and I wasn't sure if he came from one of our hospitals or something," Buble said.


She asked for identification, but Dylan said he had none. She asked where he was staying and he said his tour buses were parked at some big hotel on the ocean. Buble said she assumed that to be the nearby Ocean Place Conference Resort.

"He was acting very suspicious,'' Buble said. "Not delusional, just suspicious. You know, it was pouring rain and everything."

'That's Not Bob Dylan'​

Following her police training, Buble said she indulged him.

"OK Bob, why don't you get in the car and we'll drive to the hotel and go verify this?' " she said she told him. "I put him in the back of the car. To be honest with you, I didn't really believe this was Bob Dylan. It never crossed my mind that this could really be him."

Buble made small talk on the ride to the hotel, asking her detainee where he was playing, she said, but never really believing a word he said.

"He was really nice, though, and he said he understood why I had to verify his identity and why I couldn't let him go," Buble said. "He asked me if I could drive him back to the neighborhood when I verified who he was, which made me even more suspicious.

"I pulled into the parking lot," she said, "and sure enough there were these enormous tour buses, and I thought, 'Whoa.'"

"Who's asking?'' came the reply, according to Buble.

"I was in full uniform, so I say, 'I'm asking! I'm the police.'"

Eventually, the police were shown Dylan's passport, which Buble said she looked at, saw the legend's name, and rather sheepishly handed it back to Dylan's manager.

"OK,'' she recalled saying as she smiled. "Um, have a nice day."

A police department source said Buble had taken her share of good-natured ribbing from some of the older officers.

"To really appreciate the story from our end, you have to see Kristie," one cop said. "She looks like a 16-year-old kid, next to this living legend. It was unbelievable."

In fairness to Buble, Dylan has a long history of intentionally seeking anonymity, often with hooded sweatshirts and other limited disguises.

In October, 2001, he was held up at a checkpoint at Jackson County Exposition Center in Oregon as he attempted to get into the backstage area of his own concert, according to the Associated Press.

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I was reading this earlier, funny story. Originally when the neighbor called the cops, Bob was on private property that has a for sale sign and the neighbor was wondering what the hell is going on and was raining and looked really odd.

Bob never got arrested for Weed either. All the countless times Willie Nelson and his tour bus was pulled over and searched, absolutely NOTHING with Bob Dylan. Bob played it smooth man
 
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