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"Infidels", Track #2

BILL: Jeremy: I don't get your point! (03/19/09)

JEREMY: The song is great, but the lyrics are way to male- chauvinistic for me ("... a woman like you should be at home/That´s where you belong"). Oh Mercy! (01/06/09)

GREG: "Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king" What makes Dylan worthy of his stature is simply the universality and timelessness of his words. The only aspect of the song I love more than the lyrics is the guitar solo that ends this beautiful, strange tune. (03/03/06)

MATTHEW: The shifts from the focus on the singers obsession with this "sweetheart" to more outwardly concerns ("they say patriotism is the last refuge, etc") is wonderfully jarring. Taking the ultimate bar pickup cliche' and turning it on its ear is also perfect. It is even better in context, between the complex vision of Jesus in Jokerman and the neopolitical Neighborhood Bully. (11/25/05)

NINA: This song is just so adult, and every line ends up nowhere you expected it to go, and the character he creates is so fascinating/dark/knowing that you end up wanting to sacrifice the "sweetheart" to him just to get some more verses out of that voice. Oops, I guess that's why I'm one of the, er, fallen. (05/18/05)