dylan's SHORTEST album??
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah what is it -- 28 minutes?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I love the Dylan / Cash sessions but to call what they're having fun, well, it's that but it's awkward too. But the take on "Careless Love" is fabulous for sure.
― Euler, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
kinda narrowed it down for me to 'north country' vs. 'i threw it all away' vs. 'lay lady lay' vs. 'tonight i'll be staying here with you'
― mark cl, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
You sayin this doesn't look like fun?http://www.tvtalkin.com/images/large/bob03-06.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
tho it's a little hard not to vote for 'lay lady lay.'
always loved that line 'his clothes are dirty but his hands are clean / and you're the best thing that he's ever seen
― mark cl, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
a bit earlier, but oh man what a sweet shothttp://theplummetonions.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/cashandbob.jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
"Lay Lady Lay" is one of the best ever Dylan songs, which makes this very easy.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
and a bit laterhttp://www.alanmesser.com/CASH/Dylan%2BCash_jpg
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
the bit in Eat the Document with Cash too, wonder if I can find a video...
― Euler, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man, that is good -- the part in No Direction Home where they're singing "I Still Miss Someone"? Holy shit that sounds good.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
― Euler, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i think there's a part in the infamous Lennon/Dylan cab ride where Bob sorta makes fun of Johnny Cash, but then immediately takes it back. It's like the most sincere moment of the whole movie for him.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
slightly off topic:
but i always wish there is a nashville skyline era bootleg version of "senor (tales of yankee power)" i swear i can hear it in my head, sort of a marty robbins thing and it would be sweet
― wassup rockers? (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
oh and this
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, m@tt i can see Senor done up in a Kris Kristofferson "Casey's Last Ride" kinda way, with Nashville Skyline Dylan singing ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
"Tonight, I'll Be Staying Here With You" but I love "I Threw It All Away" and "One More Night" almost as much.
― Genghis Khan and his brother Don (G00blar), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
it's amazing there were any drugs left for Bob after Cash came through!
― Euler, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, yeah. two walking pharmacies for sure. i love those clips.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Girl From The North County
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
was occupying my college around 1987 and someone put on I Threw It All Away. It was obviously Dylan, but sweet and heartbroken, not like the earlier amphetamine stuff. Bought the album as soon as I could. That track still sends shivers down my spine.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 15 April 2009 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 19 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 20 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
still haven't ever heard this album
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Monday, 20 April 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Somehow I missed this poll, but I can't argue with any of the top 3. This is such a great morning album.
― ZS1983 (Z S), Monday, 20 April 2009 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Missed it as well. Would have gone with I Threw It All Away.
― the one eyed, one horned, flyin' purple people eater (Boxing Kangaroo), Friday, 24 April 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
wish dylan did more albums w/ this country croon
― mark cl, Friday, 24 April 2009 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
really j0hn??
― goole, Friday, 24 April 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
would have voted for "Tell Me That It Isn't True" but everybody OTM - such a fantastic album and one that always reconnect me with music when I lose the "faith"
― baaderonixx, Friday, 24 April 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
wish dylan did more albums w/ this country croonit is pretty weird to hear some of the earliest Dylan home recordings -- the country croon is in full effect! he just remembered that he could sing like that 10 years later.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 April 2009 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
is it rolling, Bob?
― nashville - spiritual home of the cougar (will), Friday, 24 April 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
There's something about this album -- I don't think of it as his best, but I've played and enjoyed it more than any of the others.
― Brad C., Friday, 24 April 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah I'm really undereducated in Dylan - I know Blood on the Tracks and John Wesley Harding and Desire, and I have a few more (B on B, a live Rolling Thunder one, Highway 61) that I've listened to a bit but couldn't really say much about.
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Friday, 24 April 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
It's funny, I had almost the exact same Dylan collection (minus Desire and live Rolling Thunder) for a long time but never really got into him that much. Then I picked up Nashville Skyline and for some reason it got me heavily into his stuff and made me appreciate his other albums a lot more.
― "buttz" (Z S), Friday, 24 April 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wait I also have World Gone Wrong, that's like my favorite one
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Friday, 24 April 2009 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
my favorite dylan record, btw. i don't know if i can choose.
― goole, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:29 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark
ditto!
and j0hn, that is totally insane! but i can sympathize, i somehow missed dylan for most of my life. all my bros in college were huge dylan-heads and i'm like wha i don't know this song at all
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 24 April 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm just sorta surprised that someone w/yr job description wouldn't know dylan. how did you get hired anyway???
by being something other than yet another dude with an acoustic guitar who worshipped bob dylan
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
http://rockyourcareer.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/make-your-resume-stand-out/
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
bingo
losing strategy though because even if I'd never heard a note of Dylan it wouldn't stop ppl from goin' "oh, it's a dude with an acoustic guitar, it must be heavily influenced by Dylan"
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i just got this like two weeks ago, it's fucking awesome
― Mr. Que, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
so sad and great
― Mr. Que, Friday, 24 April 2009 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah the vibe on that one is just super-intense
― Just one thing I was thinking about as I was getting on the copter (J0hn D.), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Your theory needs work, because I've been aggressively pushing my pan flute act in defiance of Bob Dylan for 3 years now with absolutely no success.
― "buttz" (Z S), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
this and Basement Tapes are probably my faves. would have voted for "Peggy Day," probably.
― \m/ anger on stick \m/ (Ioannis), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I was gonna vote for the batman building, then i saw what board this was on.
― Long, helmet-defying hair (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 April 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― mark cl, Friday, 24 April 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
man the voice on this. did he ever sing like this again?
― larry craig memorial gloryhole (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 22 December 2009 20:58 (fourteen years ago) link
if you haven't heard it, you should get the Isle of Wight bootleg -- the only live outing of Bob's country voice. It's great!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I have just realized: "Bob's country voice" = Lefty Frizell
― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://nationalskylinemusic.blogspot.com/
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
wrong band dude
― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Ken Buttrey on the drums really grooves this whole thing. And wtf with the weird percussion thing on the verses of "Lay Lady Lay"? Heard this song 500 times and never noticed it until today. It works, though.
Underrated: "Country Pie". This smokes!
― Johnny Hotcox, Saturday, 19 November 2011 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
"i threw it all away" is the best song ever
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
Not going to argue with that
― If I were a POLL I’d be Zinging (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
― If I were a POLL I’d be Zinging (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
I dunno if Bob's ever copped to it (I doubt it) or if anyone pointed it out at the time (I also doubt it) but it seems really obvious in retrospect
also Brad otm, "I Threw It All Away" should've won this
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
Ken Buttrey on the drums really grooves this whole thing
otm, great drums on this thing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:43 (five years ago) link
Brad and I on mind lock as usual -- on Monday I blasted it in the car.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
funny timing -- i've been listening to all of dylan's albums in order. some of em are new to me and some i haven't heard in forever. i did know this album but barely remembered most of it. it's delightful, and even tho its brevity is part of its appeal i can't help but wish there were more of it. the cash/dylan duet was the bit i remembered best, but "i threw it all away" is far and away the standout for me now.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 27 June 2019 22:43 (five years ago) link
I Threw It All Away is all-time. As good as any country standard.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
Threw>Tonight>LLL>Everything else.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
"I Threw It All Away" juuuust verges on being one of Dylan's anonymous standards ("Emotionally Yours," "To Make You Feel My Love," "Forever Young") just universal enough to get blanket covers; but the bourbon-soaked singing is so marvelous.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
man, what a good feeling i get with this album. is happy crooning Dylan secretly the best Dylan?
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
Could be---also some on New Morning, and Travelin' Throughhas some great outtakes from Skyline sessions, incl. alternates I prefer for their liveliness ("Country Pie" and "To Be Alone With You" are two of my faves on the LP, although a poll choice would have been impossible), some fun Cash covers, and the apparently complete encounter w him, talking and singing---either way, his voice is almost overwhelming, while he's just being friendly, eager to re-connect, while D.'s playing it cool, responding mostly through crooning. Also some good stuff from this era on Another Self Portrait and 1970.
― dow, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
And the Cash and other country covers on The Complete Basement Tapes, "Wallflower" duet w Sir D. on The Best of Doug Sahm's Atlantic Sessions, "A Fool Such As I" and maybe "Spanish Is The Loving Tongue" on Dylan. Maybe some others from that as well, yeah I said it.
― dow, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
LLL is so deep and mysterious
― brimstead, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
I do think this one and John Wesley Harding is Dylan's best singing. I've seen it postulated that because he quit smoking after the motorcycle wreck was why his voice was different on those two albums. Not sure if that is the case, but his voice is much clearer on these two albums.
― earlnash, Thursday, 7 October 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
Yeah, he credited that in an interview back then. A couple more country chestnuts: "My Blue Eyed Jane," on A Tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, really a good various artists trib, and maybe the only release on his Egyptian label, also, "The Love That Faded," on The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams: his music to Hank's words, as he could have done for the whole album, but he said it was too great a responsibility---another good v.a. set, nevertheless.
― dow, Friday, 8 October 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link