Gotta praise Bob Dylan!!!

[wolff]

This will probably turn into a Dylan bashing thread, but here goes........

Recently been listening to a lot of new releases and watching music videos. Many by 20 somethings. To hear others sing his songs is very moving. How these young musicians must respect him is refreshing. The timelessness of his songs in these fast changing times is reason for pause.

The power of song.

Well done, Bob!

Edited April 15, 2005 by wolff

[jazzbo]

I've been listening to Bob quite a bit, directly. I've been struck by his poetic gift . . .1964 to 1966 he was just at a peak of his powers of writing, really impressive stuff AND ON TOP OF THAT the spooky delivery and the aural delight of his performances.

Then there was another peak around the New Morning/Planet Waves/Blood on the Tracks years, where his storytelling took grip and he crafted little slices of life that really resonate with deep life experience. Amazing!

I'm LESS interested in what followed. . . but I'm going to do a little more exploring in that direction as I know there are gems in there.

In my past I just took a lot of this for granted. But from my different vantage point now I see powerful artistry.

[king ubu]

Lon, in my opinion, you should definitely check out both "Love and Theft" and the one preceding it. While they're totally different (Love and Theft very straight, the other one a Daniel Lanois thing), I think highly of both!

I've seen Dylan live last year (third time) and was once again amazed. He can't sing and all, yet his voice fits in with the music and the songs in perfect fashion. Very good show, if you can catch him (though I think he's expanded his band again since when I heard him, he had just drums, bass, two guitars and himself on keys then, nothing else).

[jazzbo]

I'll check those out Flurin, thanks. Taking my time as I have about 30 Dylan cds from the period before these that I've accumulated the last year or so and not really delved deeply down into, and I want to get more familiar with those first!

[sal]

I think that between the "Blood On The Tracks" peak and his recent "Time Out Of Mind/Love & Theft" peak, his best albums are "Slow Train Coming" and "Oh Mercy".

[king ubu]

I think that between the "Blood On The Tracks" peak and his recent "Time Out Of Mind/Love & Theft" peak, his best albums are "Slow Train Coming" and "Oh Mercy".

I love "Desire" a lot, as well, but I guess that's not everyone's cup of tea, and I kind of see why...

[king ubu]

I'll check those out Flurin, thanks. Taking my time as I have about 30 Dylan cds from the period before these that I've accumulated the last year or so and not really delved deeply down into, and I want to get more familiar with those first!

"Time out of Mind" (thank sal!) is the other one whose title escaped me!

[jazzbo]

I'm of divided mind at times about Desire. . . but I have no qualms about Ms Scarlet Rivera's contibutions!

[RDK]

I love virtually all periods of Dylan, but the one that often surprises me the most are his (mostly bootleg but easily obtainable) folk performances from the very early 60s. Man, the guy was like 17, singing "See that My Grave Is Kept Clean" as if he was old and experienced as dirt itself...

[sal]

I love "Desire" a lot, as well, but I guess that's not everyone's cup of tea, and I kind of see why...

I love "Desire" as well. In fact, its the album that got me into Dylan!