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Nick Cave Is Still Recovering From That Bob Dylan Tweet

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Nick Cave, just like anyone on Tumblr in 2008, is blogging through a very exciting development in his life. Days after Bob Dylan added to his armory of strange tweets by revealing he recently attended an overseas concert of Cave’s and was moved by the song “Joy,†the musician dedicated a whole post on his website about the good fortune of a musical hero acknowledging his work. “I hadn’t known Bob was at the concert and his tweet was a lovely pulse of joy that penetrated my exhausted, zombied state,†Cave wrote. “I was happy to see Bob on X, just as many on the Left had performed a Twitterectomy and headed for Bluesky. It felt admirably perverse, in a Bob Dylan kind of way. I did indeed feel it was a time for joy rather than sorrow.†Cave said that his phone was “lit up†by excited friends who texted him the tweet in real time, which is how he found out. “I was elated to think Bob Dylan had been in the audience, and since I doubt I’ll get an opportunity to thank him personally, I’ll thank him here,†he added. “Thank you, Bob!†Well, since Dylan is now a reply guy, the chances are high that he sees it.

Nick Cave Is Still Recovering From That Bob Dylan Tweet