Man charged for playing Dylan song for his ex
Published: 13 Sep 11 16:11 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/36118/20110913/
A 50-year-old Swedish man has been charged with harassment after he played a Bob Dylan song for his ex-girlfriend hoping to reignite an abandoned love.
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The love-sick man had also cobbled together a group of five other men to serve as vocal accompaniment for the late-night live performance, each of whom donned hoodies with their hoods up.
But soon after the man began to serenade his ex, who had previously taken out a restraining order against him, she called the police, leaving 50-year-old guitarist blowin in the wind.
According to the woman, she perceived the sidewalk concert as threatening, even if, at the time, the man was only standing near the doorway.
“I had the idea that I'd play a Bob Dylan song for her. I thought I was doing something nice,” the man reportedly told police during a subsequent interrogation, although it remains unclear which song he had in mind.
According to the ex-girlfriend, she and Dylan-wannabe had a court date scheduled for the day after the mid-evening musical interlude.
She also claimed the man had threatened her new boyfriend in connection with the incident.
When police arrived on the scene, the 50-year-old had no time to think and quickly ran and hid in the bushes, an escape attempt he later described to police as “tedious”.
On Monday, the man was indicted in the Gothenburg District Court on suspicions of harassment and making illegal threats.
While the 50-year-old man denies having committed any crime, it remains unclear if he wishes he'd thought twice before thinking it was alright to try to win back his ex.
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I thank you!
The woman did the only sensible thing, calling the police. The situation implied that he might not accept rejection, and had brought backup.
they actually should send him for psychiatric evaluation. clearly he is unable to process and accept what has happened and needs some medical help.
It makes it appear that Bob Dylan is, in some way complicit, in this heinous crime!
The guy sings one song from Dylan and all of a sudden he is a Dylan-wannabe.