Thread: Bob Dylan (He's not dead)

I'm something of a Dylan fan - even though he almost ran over my mother with his motorcycle while she was pregnant with me in NYC back in '67. Tangled Up in Blue is a great song. Lay Lady Lay, Hard Rain. I think about Positively 4th Street every time I'm down in the West Village. Great stuff. I can't say I agree with his political views, but I can appreciate how he communicates them.

Jordan

Love Dylan, esp the early stuff. Absolute legend

Oh yeah Dylan is the Man. Check the album " Oh Mercy!" And the song "Every thing is Broken". There are few songwriters who will leave a legacy through generations and mark a place and time in the universe.
dannyr

I beg to differ with the renaming of this thread.

I believe Dylan actually did pass away a few years back, and soon thereafter bacame one of the undead. Link to the thread "Grave Times Indeed" for further instructions...



OK, so I'm not a Dylan fan.....

Yikes!!!!!! I can't believe I didn't see this thread earlier. I am one of the true believers. I can't name my favorite Dylan song, or album, or period. They're all great. People who say they can't get past his voice (and I've heard many say it, here and elsewhere), don't quite get it. You don't get past his voice, you get into it. I understand the feeling that The Byrds, Hendrix, The Turtles, Richie Havens, etc., do a better job with his material than he does but for me, no one delivers his material like the man himself.

I like Bob Dylan. I've never seen him in concert but I have seen The Band and Got Rick Danko's autograph at a Byrds reunion show at a local place. What a show! One of the best I've ever seen. Anyway, Planet Waves is one of my favorite Dylan albums.

How'd you like the Christmas album? Did I say album-you know what I mean.

His diction has vanished but his guitar playing has much improved.
Most venues make it impossible to be a good listener and you
have to listen to him. In another thread today folks were discussing
Tinnitus and at the normal venue volume my ears begin to hear
buzzing not music. If they dial it back below eleven things improve
and when I apply ear plugs things improve more.

His lyrics and melodies are astounding when performed
by someone else. If you read his lyrics on paper
and listen to him at the same time I have found that
he has a lot to say.

I am not as much of a raging Dylan fan as some of my friends, but I did get turned on to him at a young age, and do appreciate his work. I think that without Dylan there would be no great newer bands such as Wilco, Deer Tick, Andrew Bird, Pedro the Lion, etc... Some of his more subdued songs are the real gems to me, like "Spanish Harlem Incident". Anyone out there play the acoustic? Go snag the tab for this song and give it a spin. Some of the lines in there are really something else.

"Gypsy gal, you got me swallowed.
I have fallen far beneath
Your pearly eyes, so fast an' slashing,
An' your flashing diamond teeth.
The night is pitch black, come an' make my
Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
Let me know, babe, I got to know, babe,
If it's you my lifelines trace."

Good stuff.

i hate to be a detractor, but i can't get past the voice to listen to him. that don't make him bad, just not my cup of tea..

OH, the thing about Roy Orbison, he is great!!!!