Album of the Evening

[ray-dude]

 

One of my favorite experiences at Axpona this year was FINALLY being able to see Amber in person.  What a delight of a person and artist

[DuckToller]

Happy birthday, Tom Morello!

 

[orresearch]

[Jud]

9 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

Dylan sings Dylan.

 

 

I had hopes, but Dylan doesn't do Dylan that well any more, to my ears. He's smoked a lot of cigarettes over the years, and if it can ruin even Joni Mitchell's voice, it can certainly ruin Dylan's. He does what he can with it.

[TubeLover]

5 hours ago, Jud said:

 

I had hopes, but Dylan doesn't do Dylan that well any more, to my ears. He's smoked a lot of cigarettes over the years, and if it can ruin even Joni Mitchell's voice, it can certainly ruin Dylan's. He does what he can with it.

Jud, you are dead on. Dylan hasn't been able to do Dylan in a long while. Tragic to see what cigarettes did to him, and especially Joni. To hear her early albums versus the later ones is painful, in terms of the damage to her voice. 

 

JC

[The Computer Audiophile]

[AnotherSpin]

6 hours ago, Jud said:

 

I had hopes, but Dylan doesn't do Dylan that well any more, to my ears. He's smoked a lot of cigarettes over the years, and if it can ruin even Joni Mitchell's voice, it can certainly ruin Dylan's. He does what he can with it.

 

It's hard to expect perfect voice from a man of 82, especially as Dylan has never been a great vocalist. The album left mixed feelings. On the one hand, it is a little glimpse of what we knew and still remember. On the other hand, a reminder that everything in the world passes, and it can be quite painful. Still it is light years ahead of modern popular music, imo.

[AnotherSpin]

Dead perform Dylan

 

[Jud]

6 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

Still it is light years ahead of modern popular music, imo.

This was true when he wrote the songs, and will be true 50 years from now. 🙂 About how many other people can we say this? Not many. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, and their modern analogues don't come around very often.

[Allan F]

19 hours ago, Jud said:

 

I had hopes, but Dylan doesn't do Dylan that well any more, to my ears. He's smoked a lot of cigarettes over the years, and if it can ruin even Joni Mitchell's voice, it can certainly ruin Dylan's. He does what he can with it.

 

IMO, from a purely vocal quality point of view, Nashville Skyline was Dylan's best effort.

[jiminlogansquare]

Such a charming and engrossing album by a singer who really digs deep into her material. Heavy rotation for this one! (The duet with Kurt Elling on "I Won't Dance" is the best thing he's sung in years, too.)

[AudioDoctor]

10 hours ago, Jud said:

This was true when he wrote the songs, and will be true 50 years from now. 🙂 About how many other people can we say this? Not many. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, and their modern analogues don't come around very often.

 

Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and likely others I am forgetting right now

[Jud]

21 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and likely others I am forgetting right now

 

I love 'em both, but how often do you hear them on radio now, let alone 60 years down the road, like the Beatles and Dylan? Seems like a topic for its own thread....

[Darryl R]

Reminiscing 70's fusion jazz:

[TubeLover]

5 hours ago, Jud said:

 

I love 'em both, but how often do you hear them on radio now, let alone 60 years down the road, like the Beatles and Dylan? Seems like a topic for its own thread....

For that matter, how often do you hear ANYTHING resembling quality music on the radio? 

 

JC

[zyberguran]

[Allan F]

[Rt66indierock]

On 6/3/2023 at 4:08 PM, Jud said:

 

I love 'em both, but how often do you hear them on radio now, let alone 60 years down the road, like the Beatles and Dylan? Seems like a topic for its own thread....

KPIG is where I hear that group. Online does cost a few bucks a year.

[Allan F]

On 6/3/2023 at 4:08 PM, Jud said:

 

I love 'em both, but how often do you hear them on radio now, let alone 60 years down the road, like the Beatles and Dylan? Seems like a topic for its own thread....

 

I agree with you about Tom Waits, but I definitely disagree with you regarding Leonard Cohen. How many covers of Dylan's songs do you hear currently? OTOH, to choose the most obvious example, Cohen's Hallelujah continues to be covered by many artists, including the likes of Andrea Bocelli.

[DuckToller]

An All-Time favorite of mine since I bought the double-vinyl, November 1991 in Wiesbaden.
Favorite tracks by R.E.M, Dave McComb, John Cale ...

[firedog]

12 hours ago, Allan F said:

 

I agree with you about Tom Waits, but I definitely disagree with you regarding Leonard Cohen. How many covers of Dylan's songs do you hear currently? OTOH, to choose the most obvious example, Cohen's Hallelujah continues to be covered by many artists, including the likes of Andrea Bocelli.

Check some more. Dylan is both covered and sampled all the time.

[TubeLover]

1 hour ago, firedog said:

Check some more. Dylan is both covered and sampled all the time.

And he's been routinely covered for nearly sixty years! There may be more other artists who had a hit with a Dylan song than anyone else. 

 

JC

[TubeLover]

8 hours ago, DuckToller said:

An All-Time favorite of mine since I bought the double-vinyl, November 1991 in Wiesbaden.
Favorite tracks by R.E.M, Dave McComb, John Cale ...

A great follow-up to that album, with some memorable covers:

 

[Jud]

For those looking for some quite obscure but historic tracks: Dylan for a time had his own radio show, and it is an absolute treasure.

 

https://www.themetimeradio.com

[austinpop]