still love this. yeah honestly maybe it is a "minor" album but that's why i like it so. it doesn't feel bogged down by history or expectations or anything.
is street legal worth getting?
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
it doesn't feel bogged down by history or expectations or anything.
yeah exactly, it's like bob put out this little personal thing in hopes people might get it as *him* instead of one of the many masks he wore over the years
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Calling a record "minor" is not insulting.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Street Legal is definitely worth getting. I don't understand why it has a mediocre reputation. Mediocre for Dylan, maybe, but still really good. He still plays a bunch of these songs live.
― Euler, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not sure what I think about New Morning, though. Minor is probably the best way to put it. I hate hate hate "If Dogs Run Free". I don't listen to the album very often, but it's not an embarrassment.
I have never heard Self-Portrait but I would like to. I know "All The Tired Horses" and like it a lot.
― Euler, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
self portrait ain't bad. i always liked his cover of "Gotta Travel On" and Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain." In fact, all the covers except for "The Boxer" are at least interesting, if memory serves. and there's a ramshackle (possibly live?) "Quinn the Eskimo"
― will, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
im a big fan of self portrait and new morning...
even winterlude and the simon and garfunkel cover
― bb, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm now totally convinced "Went to see the gypsy" is about elvis.
still need to get street legal....i bought biograph on vinyl a while back and "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" is so great.
np: "Winterlude"
― banana thug (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 21 November 2008 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
the corny female scat singing on if dogs run free is wtflol but also kind of awesome at the same time
― banana thug (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 21 November 2008 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
this kinda bums me out though cuz it's so fucking cold right now in minneapolis...this is an album that makes me wanna drink a beer outside when it's warm ;_;
― banana thug (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 21 November 2008 01:36 (fifteen years ago) link
current temp: 2O degrees F
posted to another dylan thread:
but what i really want to say is i downloaded some stuff from the "new morning" sessions and i've gotta say it's a revelation. i long ago absorbed the complete basement tapes and the new york blood on the tapes sessions and the myriad outtakes from blonde on blonde... and frankly every other bootleg i've heard since then has been sort of just OK, even including the dylan/cash sessions. but this "new morning" stuff is amazing! although i say that as a big fan of the album, which i know is not a consensus favorite.
by the way the remaster of this sounds excellent.
― amateurist, Friday, 29 May 2009 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah my roommate counts this as the best Dylan album and he peed his pants when his remaster came in the mail. Need to listen to this again when I get home.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 May 2009 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
A friend that Dylan's piano really sounds great.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 May 2009 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
gotta get that remaster. btw, i agree, the outtakes are really great -- here's my own comp of some of the best stuff http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/100814102/winterlude-the-early-word-on-the-new-dylan-album
― tylerw, Friday, 29 May 2009 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
thx dude!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 May 2009 00:57 (fourteen years ago) link
no prob. yr gonna like it! the "gypsy" there is worth the price of admission alone.
― tylerw, Friday, 29 May 2009 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes! This remaster and the "Hokoyo!" Thomas Mapfumo reissue on Water are my two fave reissues of the year so far...
― Craig D., Friday, 29 May 2009 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I've listened to "The Man in Me" like 50 times in the last week
what an album
― Bad Vibes Bob (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I am still really into this record btw
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
was just thinking of something to listen to on my ipod good call
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this record is very very good
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
If Dogs Run Free is totally hilarious - a little jazz piano doodling, some dog noises, Dylan mumbling. AWESOME
― ex-heroin addict tricycle (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
weirdly, dylan actually plays that song live from time to time.
― tylerw, Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I had this on my iPod on my way to work today - put me in such a good mood, it's far better than I remembered it being. 'Day of the Locusts' is a great song! I don't actually own the CD anymore, I should pick up that remastered version.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 3 February 2012 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe this has been pointed before on the thread, but it boggles my mind that "Gypsy" features Dylan's only mention of the state of Minnesota
― BubbaM, Friday, 3 February 2012 12:41 (twelve years ago) link
c'est
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 3 February 2012 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
he talks about duluth on "Something There Is About You"
― tylerw, Friday, 3 February 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
not entirely related but does anyone remember which ilx thread was the one where someone accidentally posted the album cover of 'empire burlesque' when they meant to post a different image and it turned into a running metajoke?
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 February 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
Aw man this is so nice to hear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV2FFNVmJQI
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 February 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
the electric piano outtake version of "went to see the gypsy" is A++
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 3 February 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's something isn't it? nothing else remotely like it in his career.
― tylerw, Friday, 3 February 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
wish it were on youtube or something for other folks
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
Listened to the album on a road trip today!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
this record has a sort of The Band vibe, but with a lighter touch
― buzza, Friday, 3 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
I'll say it again: I love Dylan's piano on this.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
wish it were on youtube or something for other folksi think it was released officially on some kind of itunes comp, but maybe just in the UK?
― tylerw, Friday, 3 February 2012 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
at this point in my life whenever i'm like 'hey i'd like to listen to some bob dylan right now' i usually go with this or self portrait
― your dominican divorce (will), Friday, 3 February 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
"How are you?" he said to me/I said it back to him
^^best dylan lyric ever
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
if only had to listen to one dylan song for the rest of my life it would easily be "Went To See the Gypsy"
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
i went down to the lob-beh
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
that little minnesota towwwwwn
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
there's some chatter in the dylan community that the next bootleg series is going to be made up of 1969-70 sessions. which is a good idea!
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
oooh!
he can move you from the rear
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
charlie daniels kills it on this record
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
haha awesome:
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― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
twitter!
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
pro tip: don't read any other tweets by mr. daniels
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
wow!
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Friday, 2 November 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
is russ kunkel on twitter
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
If he regularly played piano standing up while recording, that could explain why he hits so many off notes on this album.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 02:06 (eight months ago) link
wow that's amazing
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 03:17 (eight months ago) link
absolutely
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 04:20 (eight months ago) link
That huff and smile at the ending are the best.
So cute!
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 04:28 (eight months ago) link
Miraculous footage
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:40 (eight months ago) link
― Halfway there but for you,
Glorious off notes. This is my favorite Dylan-on-piano album.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:41 (eight months ago) link
Oh wow
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 17 August 2023 01:00 (eight months ago) link