Ugh.

Look, I respect the guy. I really do. He's inarguably a great songwriter. But nobody should've ever let him sing. How sad that the "voice of a generation" sounds like an adenoid patient on helium.

Yeah, I know...flame on. Do your worst. I just can't stand listening to him, and never have been able to.

Making fun of Dylan's voice subby? So.. very.. tired.

MaxxLarge: Ugh.

Look, I respect the guy. I really do. He's inarguably a great songwriter. But nobody should've ever let him sing. How sad that the "voice of a generation" sounds like an adenoid patient on helium.

Yeah, I know...flame on. Do your worst. I just can't stand listening to him, and never have been able to.

He had a decent voice for a folksinger back in the 60s... It wasn't the best, but it was expressive and fit the songs he was writing.

Today, though. It's pretty much unlistenable.

shivashakti: Today, though. It's pretty much unlistenable.

I dunno, I think he's got character.

Modern Times is a fantastic album, amazing in its scope, and if you don't think so or have chosen to not listen to it then I feel nothing but pity and sadness for you.

Hey now, he's the seventh greatest singer of the rock era.

Sybarite: Hey now, he's the seventh greatest singer of the rock era.

Isn't that the same list that barely managed to put Freddie Mercury in the top 20?

Full of fail, that.

YEAH. I only want the very best naturally talented singers to grace through my computer speakers.

Everything else is garbage. GHARBAGE

Ha, I thought he was dead.

People can hate on Dylan all they want. But the guy hasn't needed to prove himself to anyone since at least the 70's. He's a legend, one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and one of the most influential people in all of rock and roll history. Albums like Modern Times, Love and Theft, even the recent bootleg Tell Tale Signs just add to what is already a back catalog worthy of his legend status.

MaxxLarge 2009-03-05 12:55:47 PM
Ugh.

Look, I respect the guy. I really do. He's inarguably a great songwriter. But nobody should've ever let him sing. How sad that the "voice of a generation" sounds like an adenoid patient on helium.

Yeah, I know...flame on. Do your worst. I just can't stand listening to him, and never have been able to.

Not even 'Nashville Skyline' or 'New Morning'? I think you protest a little too much.


And again, for anyone with even a passing interest, go read
'Chronicles, Vol. 1', a very readable memoir.

JerseyTim 2009-03-05 01:08:47 PM
shivashakti: Today, though. It's pretty much unlistenable.

I dunno, I think he's got character.

Checked it out, I hadn't heard that song before, good stuff.

And honestly how is his voice any different than Willie Dixon's,
Neil Young's or Ralph Stanley's?

Heck the guy is almost 70; Tony Bennett's voice doesn't sound that hot any more either.

JerseyTim: shivashakti: Today, though. It's pretty much unlistenable.

I dunno, I think he's got character.

I saw him last October, front row center, and by god he was having the most fun in the entire building. It was awesome, one of the best shows I`ve ever been to. I only went because a girl I`d just started dating loves him so I got good tickets to impress, but I had a blast. His band looked concerned at times when he`d walk around and just pick up a different instrument and playing it, but they are obviously all top tier musicians and can follow along flawlessly. I think the bass player, the leader, has been with him for decades. Does he mumble? Yeah, but who cares. All he`s done for music, he should be allowed to have a good time. Reminded me of a crazy old grandpa, the coolest crazy old grandpa ever.

If a girl breaks your heart, Oh Mercy will be your best friend.

Submitter needs to get facts straight. I heard from a reliable source that he'll be joining Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard on the "Gimme Five Bees for a Quarter" Tour.

FTW

Modern Times is no slouch, either

bush: Submitter needs to get facts straight. I heard from a reliable source that he'll be joining Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard on the "Gimme Five Bees for a Quarter" Tour.

I would happily pay 100 bees for such a show, I love all three of them.

REO-Weedwagon: If a girl breaks your heart, Oh Mercy will be your best friend.

Nah. Blood On The Tracks, by light years.

I'm a fan, but even I admit he's (at least in concert) been unlistenable the last 6 or 7 years.

The last three Dylan records are all great IMO. I like 'em more than the classic 60s stuff. Yeah I said it.

Slu: The last three Dylan records are all great IMO. I like 'em more than the classic 60s stuff. Yeah I said it.

Time Out Of Mind I like. Love And Theft took me awhile to warm up to; maybe because it came out on 9/11/01. Still only lukewarm on it. I'm not wild about Modern Times. Havn't heard Telltale Signs yet.

AgentOrangeDrink: bush: Submitter needs to get facts straight. I heard from a reliable source that he'll be joining Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard on the "Gimme Five Bees for a Quarter" Tour.

I would happily pay 100 bees for such a show, I love all three of them.

Likewise. I imagine it will be a show to remember, and there's a rumor floating around that they'll do a two-disc DVD of the tour, supposedly titled, "Old Men Yell at Clouds."

OMGWTFBBQ! Another Dylan album? I still haven't taken Tell Tale Signs out of my CD player!

Modern Times is one of the best albums of the last five years; it's the sound of someone who's lived through EVERYTHING and still has some stories to tell.

Tell Tale Signs has some of the best songs he's written in the last twenty-five years: "Dignity", "Series of Dreams", "Tell Ol' Bill" and "Red River Shore". When he decided to leave "Red River Shore" off of Oh Mercy, everyone involved in the sessions tried to convince him not to, and at least one person actually broke down crying.

bush: AgentOrangeDrink: bush: Submitter needs to get facts straight. I heard from a reliable source that he'll be joining Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard on the "Gimme Five Bees for a Quarter" Tour.

I would happily pay 100 bees for such a show, I love all three of them.

Likewise. I imagine it will be a show to remember, and there's a rumor floating around that they'll do a two-disc DVD of the tour, supposedly titled, "Old Men Yell at Clouds."

Got any links to tour date info? And to be fair, those clouds totally started it.

Dylan doesn't "gargle in a microphone" - he's just constipated.

He's so good he's like a male Joni Mitchell.

"extention"?
Is that some sort of special Dylan word?

Saw Dylan back in '94.

Most. boring. concert. ever.

Tell Tale signs is good, but only if you like Modern Times, Love and Theft, and Time out of Mind. For my money, he hasn't been on this kind of roll sense...Blood on the Tracks, Street Legal, Desire.
/agree with whoever said it above; Blood on the Tracks is the greatest break up album of all time.
//This new album will be fantastic
///unsure about the accordion though...

God created Bob Dylan so He'd have something to listen to.

Already Disturbed 2009-03-05 11:39:00 PM
God created Bob Dylan so He'd have something to listen to.

"nice" isn't quite the right word I'm looking for but this is a helluva compliment...

Pengfish: Ha, I thought WISH he was dead.

/fixed that for me..

John Buck 41: Slu: The last three Dylan records are all great IMO. I like 'em more than the classic 60s stuff. Yeah I said it.

Time Out Of Mind I like. Love And Theft took me awhile to warm up to; maybe because it came out on 9/11/01. Still only lukewarm on it. I'm not wild about Modern Times. Havn't heard Telltale Signs yet.

I loved TOOM and Modern Times kicked my ass. I bought Love and Theft on 9/11 too because I needed a break from the constant, surreal news of the day. Went to Target and 9/11 footage was on all of the TVs as well. I took it home, but just wasn't mentally in the mood to really listen to it. Tried listening to it a few weeks later and I loved it. The last three records have been really great and I expect this one will be too.

/still haven't heard all of Tell-Tale Signs

Blood on the Tracks, New York Sessions FTW

Once you go there, it's impossible to go back

Now this makes my day!

Saw Bob w/ mt dad a couple of summer's ago (when he was playing keys a ton.) Opened with the rocked-out version of "Maggie's Farm." Life was good.

/Charlie Sexton FTW!