Anyone a fan of his? What are some songs you enjoy?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
No. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Yes.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Early Bob Dylan, yes. Nowadays he can wail and scream and people will still buy his stuff. I miss the old before I was born days of Bob Dylan. Blowing in the Wind. Subterranean (something or another)Homesick Blues I think It's Alright Mom, I'm Only Bleeding Hurricane. Now he's just... well...
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album from the late sixties, early 70's, is the only thing of his that I have owned and truly treasured (it's the one with a photo of him on a blue cover).
But I do consider that among the best albums ever recorded, so the fact that I haven't purchased anything else by him doesn't really mean that I don't like him.
He just hasn't put out anything as good as that collection.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Ah. Nobody can carry a tune like Dylan can.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I love Dylan. I started a thread a while back about Martin Scorsese's documentary on Dylan, No Direction Home, and it got about two responses. Thus, I figure there aren't many Dylan fans on this board, as that was a major Dylan event. The documentary is great, highlighting his early years up to the release of Highway 61 Revisited in 1966, and the scorn he faced from Brits and other folkies when he went electric. Sure, his early years were his best and most prolific, but he also had some really sweet albums from the 70s, ie. Blood on the Tracks and Desire Posted by Gecko (Member # 8160) on :
also Blonde on Blonde, which is one of his best albums.
I'd love to see a documentary of the same depth spanning from the 70s to now.
I still can't fathom how Scorsese got Dylan to do an interview after 20 years of silence
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I'm thinking it's not really a matter of Scorsese "getting" Dylan to do anything, but more Dylan wanting to tell his story in his own words. Afterall, he has recently written the first volume in an autobiography called Chronicles.
According to IMDb, "Martin Scorsese never met Bob Dylan." Whether this means he never met him prior to the making of the film, or has never met him at all, I do not know, though I imagine they must have met or at least spoken by now.
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
I like Bob Dylan. Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
Chronicles is an amazing book, ok so I've only read half of it, but my parents bought it recently, and it is interesting.
Posted by Silent E (Member # 8840) on :
Dylan's picture is in the dictionary under "overrated".
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I like Dylan's music a lot. Saw him in concert 3 years ago though. Didn't even acknowledge the existence of the audience.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I haven't heard a lot of his music, but I have liked what I heard.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Some favorite Dylan songs:
Tangled up in blue To make you feel my love The mighty quinn Hard rain's a-gonna fall Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again It's all over now, baby blue House carpenter (?)
I'm a bigger fan of acoustic Dylan than electric. But then, I'm a bigger fan of acoustic anyone than electric.
Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
I'm kinda like Bob Dylan...just better looking...
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
I've always found him too whiny to listen to, except maybe on "Mr. Tambourine Man." But I've liked the Bob Dylan songs I've heard done by Billy Joel ("The Times They Are a' Changing," "To Make You Fell My Love") and Rod Stewart ("Sweetheart like You"), so I guess he has something going for him.
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
he really is great for covers, because his lyrics are great, if performed a different way.
I don't like the dylan cd I have (some live tour from the sixties), but I like the tape my dad has (highway 61)so I guess you have to explore.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
quote:Originally posted by lucy hummer: he really is great for covers, because his lyrics are great, if performed a different way.
True, but IMO he can't compare to Leonard Cohen. He's the epitome of beautiful songwriting and terrible performance (no disrespect intended to any Cohen fans out there).
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
I honestly don't think I've heard any Cohen.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Most people know him from the "Hallelujah" song that was everywhere a few years back. I heard it as the climax to at least three tv show episodes (west wing and a couple others, I can't remember) as well as on Shrek. It's a beautiful song, but when Cohen growls it in his deep, unmelodic bass voice I cringe. <edit> The popular covers were done by Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley.</edit>
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