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Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 1:17am
by Flex
Kory wrote:Is it weird to only really like the first four albums? I find a few things to like later, but not nearly as much as I get off on the early years.
I think a lot of folks just like a stretch of his work. I went to college with folks who liked him mostly before he went electric.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 2:05am
by eumaas
Kory wrote:Is it weird to only really like the first four albums? I find a few things to like later, but not nearly as much as I get off on the early years.
Not really. With massive catalogue musicians you usually have people picking only sections of it.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 3:01pm
by Kory
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:Is it weird to only really like the first four albums? I find a few things to like later, but not nearly as much as I get off on the early years.
Not really. With massive catalogue musicians you usually have people picking only sections of it.
Yeah, as I say, I like bits of Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 and stuff, but I think his main power lies in the acoustic stuff.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 3:19pm
by eumaas
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:Is it weird to only really like the first four albums? I find a few things to like later, but not nearly as much as I get off on the early years.
Not really. With massive catalogue musicians you usually have people picking only sections of it.
Yeah, as I say, I like bits of Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 and stuff, but I think his main power lies in the acoustic stuff.
What do you think of John Wesley Harding?

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 3:51pm
by Kory
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:Is it weird to only really like the first four albums? I find a few things to like later, but not nearly as much as I get off on the early years.
Not really. With massive catalogue musicians you usually have people picking only sections of it.
Yeah, as I say, I like bits of Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 and stuff, but I think his main power lies in the acoustic stuff.
What do you think of John Wesley Harding?
I don't much care for it he seems to be doing something weird(er) with his voice on it...when I first heard it, it seemed to me he was affecting a Liverpool accent a bit. I may be misremembering that though.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 3:52pm
by eumaas
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:Is it weird to only really like the first four albums? I find a few things to like later, but not nearly as much as I get off on the early years.
Not really. With massive catalogue musicians you usually have people picking only sections of it.
Yeah, as I say, I like bits of Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 and stuff, but I think his main power lies in the acoustic stuff.
What do you think of John Wesley Harding?
I don't much care for it he seems to be doing something weird(er) with his voice on it...when I first heard it, it seemed to me he was affecting a Liverpool accent a bit. I may be misremembering that though.
That album bears a lot of listening. I think it might be his best.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 3:53pm
by Kory
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote: Not really. With massive catalogue musicians you usually have people picking only sections of it.
Yeah, as I say, I like bits of Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 and stuff, but I think his main power lies in the acoustic stuff.
What do you think of John Wesley Harding?
I don't much care for it he seems to be doing something weird(er) with his voice on it...when I first heard it, it seemed to me he was affecting a Liverpool accent a bit. I may be misremembering that though.
That album bears a lot of listening. I think it might be his best.
Well I'll give it another go. Is it the lyrics that you enjoy?

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 4:00pm
by eumaas
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Kory wrote:
Yeah, as I say, I like bits of Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 and stuff, but I think his main power lies in the acoustic stuff.
What do you think of John Wesley Harding?
I don't much care for it he seems to be doing something weird(er) with his voice on it...when I first heard it, it seemed to me he was affecting a Liverpool accent a bit. I may be misremembering that though.
That album bears a lot of listening. I think it might be his best.
Well I'll give it another go. Is it the lyrics that you enjoy?
Nah, whole package. Folk and country based songs. His voice isn't quite as soft as Isle of Wight 1969 or Nashville Skyline, but it's a different voice for Dylan. The lyrics are mysterious without being over the top beat-surreal like his electric stuff, and the songs are concise. It's got a gothic vibe to it that you won't find on any other Dylan album. The one qualm is that the harmonica is mixed too high.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 5:42pm
by Flex
John Wesley Harding is great. Eerie country-folk that feels like a record he could only have cut after coming through the other side of his Rock And Roll triptych. I hope that period gets the bootleg treatment at some point.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 08 Dec 2015, 6:41pm
by Marky Dread
Flex wrote:John Wesley Harding is great. Eerie country-folk that feels like a record he could only have cut after coming through the other side of his Rock And Roll triptych. I hope that period gets the bootleg treatment at some point.
I like it. His catalog is so huge I always go back and find stuff that didn't grab me first time.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 6:33pm
by Dr. Medulla

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 6:36pm
by BostonBeaneater
I bet that reads like aged chewing gum.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 6:41pm
by Dr. Medulla
BostonBeaneater wrote:
I bet that reads like aged chewing gum.
Hey, this is my line of work!
You're almost certainly right.

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 9:03pm
by Flex
Oooh, this looks interesting. Thanks Doc!

Re: Deep Bob Dylan Theory 2012

Posted: 01 Apr 2016, 12:56pm
by Dr. Medulla