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Some of us grew up listening to Bob Dylan...the cool ones still do. (Original Post) pecosbob Jun 2022 OP
Alexa, play Bob Dylan... rubbersole Jun 2022 #1
Someone's got it in for you... robbob Jun 2022 #2
My fav Traildogbob Jun 2022 #5
Damn near every day. Thanks for the video! vanlassie Jun 2022 #3
Thank yooooooo. twodogsbarking Jun 2022 #4
"Oh---mama---can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile Atticus Jun 2022 #6
My favorite of his Doc Sportello Jun 2022 #12
What about the rim shot.. Bobstandard Jun 2022 #14
What about the rim shot.. Bobstandard Jun 2022 #15
Dylan isn't just revered for his lyrics Doc Sportello Jun 2022 #16
Sorry, but he's never spoken to me PJMcK Jun 2022 #7
I remember feeling the same way when my dad brought home his first Warpy Jun 2022 #10
Your opinion is a bit like mine, though I wouldn't say I "can't stand" his voice. highplainsdem Jun 2022 #17
Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa (Official Video) IronLionZion Jun 2022 #8
It's from his 2009 Christmas album. 3catwoman3 Jun 2022 #13
Best. Ever. Highway61 Jun 2022 #9
Revisited! rubbersole Jun 2022 #11
Swoon... Highway61 Jun 2022 #18

Traildogbob

(8,674 posts)
5. My fav
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 07:44 AM
Jun 2022

Especially the new released stripped down album. The original, plus so much Dylan kept me sane in the Navy. At least as sane as I think I may be🤔, Florida is loving Buckets of Rain right now. Went to see his child hood home in Hibbing Minn. and whoever lives there had the album cover of Blood on the Tracks painted on the Garage door.

Bobstandard

(1,292 posts)
14. What about the rim shot..
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 12:32 PM
Jun 2022

What about the rim shot that starts Like a Rolling Stone? Always gets me! One of the most dramatic moments in rock.

Bobstandard

(1,292 posts)
15. What about the rim shot..
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 12:34 PM
Jun 2022

What about the rim shot that starts Like a Rolling Stone? Always gets me! One of the most dramatic moments in rock.

Doc Sportello

(7,487 posts)
16. Dylan isn't just revered for his lyrics
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 12:41 PM
Jun 2022

He had help but he knew what he was doing in the studio, from backing instruments to sound engineering. Like a Rolling Stone was one of those songs tht really hits you at a certain time and place, for instance while all alone at a young age in a dirty bus station.

PJMcK

(21,997 posts)
7. Sorry, but he's never spoken to me
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 08:19 AM
Jun 2022

I can’t stand his voice. His lyrics, however, are poetic genius. For me, the covers of his songs are better than his originals.

Just my opinion, of course.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
10. I remember feeling the same way when my dad brought home his first
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 08:36 AM
Jun 2022

album from CBS, "duck farts in a strong wind" was my assessment. My dad felt vindicated, Dylan had been introduced at a big CBS powwow and my dad couldn't believe this skinny kid from Hibbing, MN by way of NYC was going to amount to anything.

Then people started to cover his songs, and I started to listen to the words and gave that dusty album another hearing and became a fan. A lot of folkies got all pissed off when he went electric, but I thought that improved his voice, having to shout over the band made him lose a lot of the midwestern twang.

I saw him in concert a couple of years ago, mostly new material, darkened stage, and I think he was wearing a hair piece, although I can't be sure. It was still a fine concert. His voice isn't any better, but the lyrics get better all the time. He's gone back to Hibbing, musically, and lost a lot of that NYC edge, but that's OK.

highplainsdem

(48,911 posts)
17. Your opinion is a bit like mine, though I wouldn't say I "can't stand" his voice.
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 12:54 PM
Jun 2022

I just don't like it very much, even though I love many of his songs.

I liked his singing best on his Nashville Skyline album, when he sang with a lower voice than usual:

https://wikipedia.com/wiki/Nashville_Skyline






Highway61

(2,568 posts)
18. Swoon...
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 06:01 PM
Jun 2022

Beautiful song, right? Sad thing is...I truly believed she loved him with all her heart. Him? Not so much. Great writer but full of himself to know what true love was all about back then. "You who are so good with words and at keeping things vague"

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