I sometimes get in the mood to listen to Bob Dylan. I also have memories of Tangled Up In Blue. A boyfriend used to play and sing it for me when I was in high school. I prefer earlier Dylan. In my collection (which is in disarray) I found Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and The Times They Are A Changin'. I have another one (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) but I can't find it. The only time I saw him was in the 90s. I was excited to be seeing him but I really couldn't hear what he was singing. His voice was not clear. I will always love him as a poet and performer.
Got to see him at Wolf Trap about a decade ago. I liked how he ignored the audience – even had his back to them for much of the time – and played the songs he wanted in different styles than the recordings, except for those from the new album (Fallen Angels). Too many artists play exact replicas of the music they’ve released, and yes, you get the immediate thrill of recognition, but not much more.
About 19 years ago, I was lunching with a colleague who praised Dylan to the sky and, back then, like an idiot, I said, “But the guy can’t sing!” Shameful! But now I’m an unashamed fan. His writing is ofttimes exquisite. I only have 11 of the albums you pictured, though.
Agreed on the greatness of “Hurricane,” Tangled Up In Blue,” “Visions of Johanna,” and “Not Dark Yet.” However, “Murder Most Foul,” on Rough and Rowdy Ways, is way too self-indulgent, even for him.
You are a good writer and I also love “ Visions of Johanna.” You might like my memory of a drunken,lonely 20 year old sailor in Key West Fl, in 1974, sitting in Heminway’s favorite [ and open air) bar there putting quarters in the juke box and replaying “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
I sometimes get in the mood to listen to Bob Dylan. I also have memories of Tangled Up In Blue. A boyfriend used to play and sing it for me when I was in high school. I prefer earlier Dylan. In my collection (which is in disarray) I found Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and The Times They Are A Changin'. I have another one (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) but I can't find it. The only time I saw him was in the 90s. I was excited to be seeing him but I really couldn't hear what he was singing. His voice was not clear. I will always love him as a poet and performer.
Got to see him at Wolf Trap about a decade ago. I liked how he ignored the audience – even had his back to them for much of the time – and played the songs he wanted in different styles than the recordings, except for those from the new album (Fallen Angels). Too many artists play exact replicas of the music they’ve released, and yes, you get the immediate thrill of recognition, but not much more.
About 19 years ago, I was lunching with a colleague who praised Dylan to the sky and, back then, like an idiot, I said, “But the guy can’t sing!” Shameful! But now I’m an unashamed fan. His writing is ofttimes exquisite. I only have 11 of the albums you pictured, though.
Agreed on the greatness of “Hurricane,” Tangled Up In Blue,” “Visions of Johanna,” and “Not Dark Yet.” However, “Murder Most Foul,” on Rough and Rowdy Ways, is way too self-indulgent, even for him.
You are a good writer and I also love “ Visions of Johanna.” You might like my memory of a drunken,lonely 20 year old sailor in Key West Fl, in 1974, sitting in Heminway’s favorite [ and open air) bar there putting quarters in the juke box and replaying “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
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That’s one of my favorites too!