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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...
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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.
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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 DesirePosts: 1855 | Registered: Mar 2003
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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.
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Chronicles is an amazing book, ok so I've only read half of it, but my parents bought it recently, and it is interesting.
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I like Dylan's music a lot. Saw him in concert 3 years ago though. Didn't even acknowledge the existence of the audience.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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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