SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Not even the most famous Beatles cover band ffs.
What do you think of Bob Dylan
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Not even the most famous Beatles cover band ffs.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Dylan's stand up was the best thing about him. Not even very keen on him as a lyricist, which leaves his tunes (OK, sometimes) and his singing (shit).
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I never knew Tom Petty's stuff was written by anyone. I assumed it was all done by some kind of random number generator creating exciting and unpredictable new combinations of the words car, road, woman and America and a bunch of sub-Status Quo dad rock riffs to go with them.
Casually Red
tomorrow belongs to me
They were good. Mr blue sky is a great tune.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
My nan likes his poetry and I rate a few of his tunes and/or poesy but I prefer Leonard Cohen for 'guy from the olden days who never could sing but somehow carried it off'
I probably rate Cat Stevens higher than dylan
I probably rate Cat Stevens higher than dylan
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Troll.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
That Christmas album *shudders*
Reno
The In Kraut
I feel I should like him, but I find his singing almost painful to listen to. I prefer covers of his songs to the original because I don't have to listen to his voice. This is all very odd as I've always been a huge fan of Patti Smith whose singing style was obviously influenced by him.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I enjoyed that show. Knowing what I was likely to be getting (and did indeed get) strongly influenced that opinion, if you didn't know, then it would probably be..disappointing, to be generous. He's a bit like The Fall, in that respect
Not a big fan if I'm honest.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
I met you and your lovely Mrs at that gig iirc with My mate Wheelie who is a huge Dylan fan. He was a bit disappointed but I'm not sure the sound was actually all that great at that gig
He saw him on the last tour and said he was better than ever. Yup just like the fall
I like Bob though. His music has always come back to me especially the early stuff.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
That was indeed the case. mrs b found the gig 'interesting' iirr, but isn't in a mad rush to see him again.I met you and your lovely Mrs at that gig iirc with My mate Wheelie who is a huge Dylan fan. He was a bit disappointed but I'm not sure the sound was actually all that great at that gig
Yup just like the fall
I like Bob though. His music has always come back to me especially the early stuff.
Personally I'll forgive the man who made Blood on The Tracks anything. Even Wriggle Wriggle.
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
Dylan on a good day ...
This is kind of what the fuss is all about.
This is kind of what the fuss is all about.
Never been keen, I dont like that voice - he's a goofball with a squeezebox and seems like a grumpy bastard. That said, I do think he is a brilliant songwriter and incredibly talented. Blonde and Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited are great albums, but i wouldnt choose to listen to them. His books Chronicles Vols 1 and 2 are also beautifully written (i would read those again). But would I call myself a fan? No. I also find that Bob fans tend to get very defensive if you criticise him or say anyone else of his era is better...
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Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
Len has a line somewhere about "the minority of high school girls who preferred my work to Dylan's".
As for Yusuf Islam, well - some tunes you recognize but not much else.
Joni Mitchell was the greatest of all the singer-songwriters. But none of them could have got through without Dylan.
ska invita
back on the other side
Supposedly 50 years ago to this day Bob went electric!
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
there is only one way to listen to Dylan. buy each album from the start to the finish. if you jump in at a random stage, or just stick to best of, he will disappoint.
from the amateurish first album onward, you suddenly will realise what the hype has been about.
from the amateurish first album onward, you suddenly will realise what the hype has been about.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
No - fifty years ago he played the 'Judas' gig - he went electric the year before, at Newport. Where he also suffered a much much bertter heckle
'Bob Dylan aint no ethnomusicologist'
I don't know why the Mancunian heckle went down in history and not that one.
ska invita
back on the other side
i dont understand it but i like it
Whats the mancunian heckle?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
'Judas' - it was at the Free Trade Hall there.
Ethnomusicologists approach music as a social process in order to understand not only what music is but why it is: what music means to its practitioners and audiences, and how those meanings are conveyed. So the heckle, mmm, means, uhhh...something rude. And somewhat pretentious.
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
I voted "excellent" but if I was being specific, it would be from when he started out until probably "Desire". I don't really rate his stuff after that. Possibly excepting "Oh Mercy".
Virtual Blue
ready
Excellent lyricist, one of my absolute favourites.
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