Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Bob Dylan and IBM Watson Commercial


I was watching the Yankees play the Houston Astros in the wild card game and suprisingly I see a commercial with Bob Dylan and the IBM Watson Computer.  This supercomputer who beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in Jeopardy was able to easily determine that two major themes of Bob Dylan's songs are time passes and love fades.  I think this song qualifies:



Time passes slowly up here in the mountains
We sit beside bridges and walk beside fountains
Catch the wild fishes that float through the stream
Time passes slowly when you’re lost in a dream
Once I had a sweetheart, she was fine and good-lookin’
We sat in her kitchen while her mama was cookin’
Stared out the window to the stars high above
Time passes slowly when you’re searchin’ for love
Ain’t no reason to go in a wagon to town
Ain’t no reason to go to the fair
Ain’t no reason to go up, ain’t no reason to go down
Ain’t no reason to go anywhere
Time passes slowly up here in the daylight
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day
Time passes slowly and fades away


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