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If he'd only made Subterranean Homesick Blues, I'd still consider him a genius.
We probably wouldn't get along.Let's be honest, if Bob was trying to break through now he wouldn't make it past the public audition stage of the X-Factor and that for me is why he falls short of greatness.
I assumed the words "public audition stage of the X factor" would be a giveaway.Surely Brophs is being facetious?
Yes, I thought it was pretty obvious. But then again, you do have guys coming in here declaring their unequivocal love for Chris Brown and everything he does, so you just never know.I assumed the words "public audition stage of the X factor" would be a giveaway.
Aside from The Beatles, the only thing comparable I can think of is Neil Young with Tonight's the Night, recorded a few months before On the Beach and eventually released just 5 months before Zuma.Has anyone else ever released two such amazing albums within a 6 month period as 'Bringing It All Back Home' and 'Highway 61 Revisited'? It is actually mental that someone can record two masterpieces like those in half a year.
My precise thought after watching the video.Uh, yeah, it's folk music.
Exactly.....Uh, yeah, it's folk music.
Folk Music is great!My precise thought after watching the video.
It's my favourite genre as well. What we mean is that the TED speaker's whole point of Dylan ripping folk tunes is pointless because that's pretty much the whole foundation of folk music.Folk Music is great!
Everyone already knows the principles and doesn't give a flying feck about the specifics 'It's folk music'. The Jobs bit, which was real thievery and misrepresentation was much more interesting.Stop being so ridiculously defensive, you twats. Did you know where he got those songs from? If so, fine. If not, it's interesting to see. Everyone with a brain knows that most music is largely stolen (or borrowed). Some of my favourite songs are folks songs done by later artists. It's just an interesting video, stop acting like teenage fanboys.
Not being defensive at all. This is the Dylan thread after all and I find the argument of his early folk work being plagiarisms silly because people who make the claim don't get what the folk music scene of that time was about. By those standards, Woodie Guthrie and the other early folk greats all stole too.Stop being so ridiculously defensive, you twats. Did you know where he got those songs from? If so, fine. If not, it's interesting to see. Everyone with a brain knows that most music is largely stolen (or borrowed). Some of my favourite songs are folks songs done by later artists. It's just an interesting video, stop acting like teenage fanboys.
It's been for a while now. On that issue I remember I read in his memoirs that he figured out what to do with his voice to be able to go on endless tours. I still haven't figured out what he meant, but I have theory he sings like he does to not wreck his voice totally. I'm listening to his radio show now though, and he sounds pretty hoarse there as well...New album got leaked, it's surprisingly good even though his voice is completely gone.
Definitely one of his more overrated songs. Too long and lyrically clumsy, something you'd rarely say about Dylan.Bump. I wanna know what people think of 'Hurricane'. I'm starting to turn into a bit of a Dylan fan but I don't dig anything save for the music in this song. Factually inaccurate.. rather clunky in terms of its commitment to ballad meter for an "all time great ballad", perhaps a bit grandiose in parts. Incredible song musically though. Vocal delivery jars so badly in parts because of the lyrics being forced into a rigid meter.
every word the man has recorded is worth listening.2 is still the best one. "Another Side of" era acoustic goodness.