Word: ain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Invisible or not, the poor are real. Fifteen of them live in two rooms in one Atlanta building, where they cannot even make love in private. "I ain't got no stove in the basement and I ain't got no stove in the kitchen," says a Harlem woman who lives in a building jammed with whores, rats and babies. "I ain't got no paint and I ain't got no windows and I ain't got no providements. I keep the place clean just so the doctor can come in, and some...
...their own complaints. Says one: "The kids want to see Disneyland; instead she goes to the art museum. They want to take boat rides at MacArthur Park, so she takes them to the Hollywood Bowl. She's always talking about 'structured programs'-but she forgets these ain't 'structured' kids...
...over there 'bout a hundred yards. Nothin' to worry about." He took off his helmet wiped his face. "You know, we Airborne, we like to get things done real fast, get in there quick and out quick killin' as we go. Here in Viet Nam there ain't no hurrying. We send five hundred men out on squad-sized patrols every day back at base. And we get nothing. Maybe this time...
...AIN'T ME, BABE (White Whale). In another song written by Dylan and sung by the Turtles, he lectures clinging vines who only want a strong shoulder to lean on. "Go 'way from my window at your own chosen speed," he declares...
...folk and rock six months ago by adding a thumping big beat to the elliptical verses of his Subterranean Homesick Blues. He followed with his biggest folk-rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone, and the big-beat groups were quick to latch on to his songs, most notably It Ain't Me, Babe by the Turtles and Mr. Tambourine Man by the Byrds. Booed during a performance at this year's Newport Folk Festival for his big beat, Dylan philosophized: "It's all music; no more, no less...