What's the deal with Dylan?

[motion]

I read an article on him recently. What a freak! I'm too young to remember his incoherent mumbling and I've never understood why people are into him so heavily. He really thinks he's the second coming.

[jwasbury]

I never really got it either.

As I songwriter, I guess he's ok. I like a couple of his songs, but only when they are performed by other musicians. As a musician and singer, I could never get past his nasal, annoying voice.

[john walker's workshop]

very different now from when he first started. people were into folk back in the mid 60s and he was interesting. i never had any issue with his voice. hell, i'm a garcia fan. it's the soul that counts.

[speeder]

What JW said. ^^

He is a strange bird but he's unquestionably a musical genius. Read his autobiography sometime if you care to, he was hanging out with the most gifted and talented people in folk music, (which has a very rich history), when he was 20 years old and absolutely no one questioned whether he was the real deal.

[recycled sixtie]

Back in 1965 (before many of you were borne) I used to work in a dairy farm north of Toronto. We used to put the radio on in the barn. The cows would let down their milk better if the music was on. Little did Bob Dylan know he had a bovine audience as well as a human one. The cows seemed to be happy with the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Beatles and Bob Dylan.

For myself I like Bob Dylan and if you listen to the words of his music they were very timely. I just thought you would like to hear about this little gem of information. The 1960's were a very special time......G

[JavaBrewer]

In the 70's I had a high school teacher who would play Dylan for us once a week in class. I didn't appreciate his singing voice then and I still don't today. Not to take away from his obvious talents combining words and music.

[biosurfer1]

[john walker's workshop]

he was the original rapper.

[sammyg2]

I always considered him grossly over-rated, but to each his own.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

he was the original rapper.

And Reggae. I bought this album when it came out in 2004. Still thrown it in on a Sunday drive. Tangled Up in Blue is always on my playlist.

Dylan is great.



1. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Apple Gabriel
2. Maggie's Farm - Toots Hibbert
3. Just Like A Woman - Beres Hammond
4. Lay, Lady, Lay - The Mighty Diamonds
5. Gotta Serve Somebody - Nasio
6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Luciano
7. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carrol - Michael Rose
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Sizzla
9. Mr. Tambourine Man - Gregory Isaacs
10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - JC Lodge
11. One Too Many Mornings - Abijah
12. Blowin' In The Wind - Don Carlos
13. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Billy Mystic
14. I And I (Reggae Remix) - Bob Dylan

[Chocaholic]

Love Dylan...always have. No one writes songs like him. He shook the Earth when he brought electric guitar to a died-in-the-wool folk audience. No, he's not Frank Sinatra in terms of vocal control, but his timing, content and style were far from cookie-cutter. Big fan. Always have been, always will be.

Tangled up in Blue
Hurricane
The Times they are a Changin'
Forever Young
and the list goes on...

[john walker's workshop]

[john walker's workshop]

[BlueSkyJaunte]

I thought he was great as one of the Traveling Wilburys but other than that I haven't paid any attention to him.

[Baz]

His vocals are an acquired taste!

His lyrics are PURE genius.

In the end not everything he does is great - but when you find the ones that are.....



That's Dylan in a nutshell.

[john walker's workshop]

a nice cover.

[greglepore]

His later stuff is the work of a genius student of music and literature. Quotes everywhere, both musically and lyrically. Very out there, but listenable without. Love and Theft is literally both.

[herr_oberst]

What's the deal with Dylan? If you have to ask, you'll never understand. I've said it before, I'm Neil Young's biggest fan, but if I had to reduce my albums to one, it would probably be Blood On The Tracks.

Here's a little someth'n-someth'n from Modern Times:

[motion]

Congrats, you gentlemen found the only 4 videos ever of Dylan where he's actually coherent.

[herr_oberst]

^ Au, contraire, here's one that is not only coherent, but subtitled!

(Sorry, no YouTube for this song, so you'll have to paste the link)