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08-09-2016, 03:46 PM | #1 |
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Never Been a Bob Dylan Fan But...
...Hurricane is an amazingly powerful song.
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Not a big fan either, but agree on Hurricane. Also like Tangled Up In Blue
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08-24-2016, 11:29 AM | #3 |
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but one day he could have been the champion of the world...
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I've always regarded Blood on the Tracks as one of his finest albums.
And whenever I need a bit of a lift, listening to his duet with Johnny Cash on Nashville Skyline usually does the trick.
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Poor Bob. He was dark before being dark was cool.
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While I would agree that he is a great songwriter, his voice makes me want to slit my wrists. I cannot listen to even a couple minutes of him before I have to change the channel....
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09-06-2016, 10:47 AM | #7 |
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I love some of his work. tangled up in blue is fantastic. I've very rarely seen a lyrical "fugue". His music, his acoustic guitar, his vocals are rough, but his music and lyrics are very pleasant to me.
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Explaining what Dylan's lyrics really meant to some poor benighted girl + a half-gallon of Almaden was a sure way to the Ecstasies of Venus.
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I have always felt the same way. I had no idea that his very early stuff was good, back when he still could speak English.
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