the late '90s live versions of 'love sick' etc are kind of incredible
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 17 July 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 17 July 2004 01:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― olle, Saturday, 17 July 2004 05:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Some of the songs are better than others (the album gets snoozy at times). And the playing is a little too dull and "old-guy professional" for my taste (it makes me think of a talk show band). But I like everything about "Mississippi." And I think the lyrics are really entertaining and sharp all the way through.
And his voice... man oh man... it's just one of my favorite things in the world.
(I haven't heard any of the albums between Under the Red Sky and this one.)
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Saturday, 17 July 2004 05:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 17 July 2004 06:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Saturday, 17 July 2004 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link
greil marcus' invisible republic is shite. its just a bunch of mumbo jumbo.. he goes way too far in his analysis... thats my opinion of course....
and i love self portrait too!
― serge, Saturday, 17 July 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― serge, Saturday, 17 July 2004 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― rumple, Saturday, 17 July 2004 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 17 July 2004 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― rumple., Saturday, 17 July 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
i didn't mean to imply that no one but dylan had touched that blurb. perhaps his manager did write it (but i wonder how you are so sure), but in any event dylan signed off on it. it's not as though his name appears under blurbs terribly often.
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 17 July 2004 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
"invisible republic" is only like 10% "about" dylan's songs anyway.
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 17 July 2004 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Sunday, 18 July 2004 04:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Levon Helm book blurb #3. I agree that if it had his imprint, what's the diff, but you REALLY think it sounds like him?
"Greil Marcus has done it again."
― rumple., Sunday, 18 July 2004 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― spittle (spittle), Sunday, 18 July 2004 04:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Sunday, 18 July 2004 11:55 (nineteen years ago) link
sorry .. i don't think we are going to reach agreement on this...
― serge, Sunday, 18 July 2004 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Sunday, 18 July 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Decent, but "Time Out Of Mind" destroys it. And there was no need to give the best song to Sheryl Crow before reclaiming it.
― Brian the Snorf, Monday, 19 July 2004 00:41 (nineteen years ago) link
It looks like nobody has a definite answer. But ... in 'High Water' he even rehashes the old Coo-Coo song!
My other quandary is: Love and Theft vs Time Out Of Mind. I have never quite been able to choose. Perhaps I do rate TOOM higher, but L&T is such a lot of fun.
― the bobfox, Saturday, 18 September 2004 09:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bobfox, Saturday, 18 September 2004 09:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― misery, Saturday, 18 September 2004 09:50 (nineteen years ago) link
I mostly like Love & Theft because it's kinda spry and punchy, not what I was expecting after TOOM. A handful of great tunes and a whole bunch of good ones.
― spittle (spittle), Saturday, 18 September 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Saturday, 18 September 2004 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Saturday, 18 September 2004 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link
i mean, i probably wish that about lots of records, but, you know.
― Josh (Josh), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 06:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 10:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Not Thaat Chuck, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 13:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't have "Chronicles" handy, but, yeah, he confesses he wasn't happy with Lanois "voodoo" sound. I'm inclined to blame both Lanois' production and Dylan's uneven songwriting.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 17:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 19:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Not "misguided," but you might as well wish for a pony while you're at it. I think Dylan's been trying, sporadically at least, to recapture that sound for the last 30-odd years.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 05:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Just got ambushed by "Honest With Me" on Exponential Radio (this NPR audio channel on TV)--serious banger.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 23 September 2017 07:45 (six years ago) link
calls down to room service,says, “send up a room”
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 11:52 (one year ago) link
knockin’ on the door, i say, “who is it and where are you from?”man says, “freddy!” i say, “freddy who?” he says, “freddy or not here i come”
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 12:08 (one year ago) link