I wish I could post Allen Ginsburg's defense of R&C, complete with thorough explanations of its symbolism. It must be read to be believed.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 June 2011 10:55 (twelve years ago) link
xpost the theory that the blood is the artists own is posited by NGallagher on one of his songs...
― Mark G, Friday, 10 June 2011 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
the guy introducing said that the big influences on dylan, filmwise, were enfants du paradis (hence the white face make up) and truffaut's shoot the pianist
Intriguing--Shoot the Piano Player's one of my favourite movies, so that makes me more interested in making the effort. On the Friedkin thread, we were speculating on why Sorcerer's never had a proper re-release. I'm kind of amazed Renaldo and Clara's never had one either, especially during that period around Chronicles, the Scorsese documentary, and the Bootleg series. That's got to be Dylan's call, right?
― clemenza, Friday, 10 June 2011 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
i know dylan has cited shoot the piano player several times (in regards to R&C) but i couldn't make the connection. enfants makes more sense because of the theater/performance aspects of it. title lettering of r&c is obv. an homage. but yeah, the film's unavailability is entirely down to dylan, as I understand it.
― tylerw, Friday, 10 June 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
Blood on the Tracks is, on some days, my favorite Dylan album, so I have to vote for it here.
― o. nate, Monday, 13 June 2011 02:27 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 13 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
huh, people don't like desire?
― historyyy (prettylikealaindelon), Monday, 13 June 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
Nope!
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 June 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
i voted for 'new morning' because it makes me genuinely happy and makes me suspect sometimes that dylan was genuinely happy when he made it, though that is a suspect enough conclusion for any of his music.
this. perfect small town album. always in a good place when i'm listening to this.
self portrait has some of my favorite dylan songs too.
― Moreno, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 02:22 (twelve years ago) link
Obvious and kind of boring, but it has to be "Blood On The Tracks".
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
Desire is a good record, it's weird to me that people hate on it
Indeed it is. My second favourite in the list here.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:14 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
honestly had no idea this was going to be such a foregone conclusion going in
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Really? I figured it was written in stone.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
as someone who mostly accepted the conventional wisdom that Dylan stopped being interesting after his motorcycle crash, my initial peremptory view of his 70s stuff was as an undifferentiated mass of half-assedness with the occasional gem thrown in ("oh this one has Knockin on Heaven's Door/Forever Young/Tangled Up in Blue on it? weird"). I took my sweet time digging into the actual albums, oblivious to general critical consensus. I had assumed the critical consensus in the 70s was "not as good as his 60s work" and/or "A RETURN TO FORM!"
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
If this poll was done without BOTT, i.e. "Second place you guys", I reckon those positions would be markedly different.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 June 2011 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of us rarely listen to the sixties stuff!
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
I'm pretty worn out on it myself
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 June 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
dude has a lot of bitter/mean songs in his catalog but sheesh Idiot Wind has got to be the most brutal
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
yep. was just driving home listening to BOOT and 'idiot wind' came on and christ is that a cruel, horrifying song, like dylan was suddenly half-possessed by the spirit of the judge from 'blood meridian' or something -- 'one day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes, blood on your saddle.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 30 March 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
we can all thank god we were never married to bob dylan.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 30 March 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
it's the little miracles we should be thankful for
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 March 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
idiot wind' came on and christ is that a cruel, horrifying song
yeah, sheesh, just the title alone. "even your farts are stupid"
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 30 March 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
after the basement tapes i think new morning and planet waves are my favorite dylan records. love how he sounds like he's mimicking levon helm on "tough mama"
― buzza, Sunday, 29 July 2012 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
'slow train' is such a weird record, i'm surprised it didn't pull at least a few ilm contrarians or secret stans
― j., Thursday, 22 November 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
I've now heard "One More Cup of Coffee" TWICE this month out in Tokyo, once in a Burger King in Shinjuku, now in a Mos Burger in Asakusa. This is why I should avoid burger joints in Japan.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 28 July 2017 06:51 (six years ago) link