fledgehog Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 it took a while but his music has finally grown on me. a true genius, and one of the best lyricists/poets around. although i initially couldn't stand his voice, it's grown on me, as i said before. anyone else here a fan? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 his music is my cure for insomnia and he has one of the worst voices i have ever heard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULTIPLIED REACTION Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Bob Dylan is arguably the best songwriter ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 28 2008, 09:11 PM) Yes. i've probably told you this before, but you've got amazing taste in music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 QUOTE (metaldad @ Oct 28 2008, 09:19 PM) his music is my cure for insomnia and he has one of the worst voices i have ever heard. Now, yeah, his voice is terrible. Early on, nope, he was a very good singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet? We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it Lights flicker from the opposite loft In this room the heat pipes just cough The country music station plays soft But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off Just Louise and her lover so entwined And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the "D" train We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane Louise, she's all right, she's just near She's delicate and seems like the mirror But she just makes it all too concise and too clear That Johanna's not here The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously And when bringing her name up He speaks of a farewell kiss to me He's sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall How can I explain? Oh, it's so hard to get on And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues You can tell by the way she smiles See the primitive wallflower freeze When the jelly-faced women all sneeze Hear the one with the mustache say, "Jeeze I can't find my knees" Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him Sayin', "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him" But like Louise always says "Ya can't look at much, can ya man?" As she, herself, prepares for him And Madonna, she still has not showed We see this empty cage now corrode Where her cape of the stage once had flowed The fiddler, he now steps to the road He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed On the back of the fish truck that loads While my conscience explodes The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain 'Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 QUOTE (MULTIPLIED REACTION @ Oct 28 2008, 06:20 PM) Bob Dylan is arguably the best songwriter ever. He's completely amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 His voice is perfect, before and now, it isn't an issue. Wasnt too fond of his last show here a few years back though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 An absolute genius. An amazing poet, musician and wit. I listed my top 10 in the top 10 thread, but I could have easily put together a top 20. He had a patchy '80's but apart from that, his output of quality material is unsurpassed. The latest in the Bootleg Series is stunning. Actually the entire Bootleg series should be made compulsory listening in schools. Read Chronicles Vol 1, the first part of his autobiography. The best music bio I've ever read. "Hello Bob, I'm Peter Grant, manager of Led Zeppelin", To which Bob replies, "I don't come to you with my problems". Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 imho THE best lyricist EVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 30 2008, 11:59 AM) imho THE best lyricist EVER Wow. I posted the lyrics to "Visions of Johanna" because I think they show that Dylan sucks as a lyricist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 30 2008, 11:11 AM) QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 30 2008, 11:59 AM) imho THE best lyricist EVER Wow. I posted the lyrics to "Visions of Johanna" because I think they show that Dylan sucks as a lyricist. Then you failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 QUOTE (goose @ Oct 30 2008, 07:14 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 30 2008, 11:11 AM) QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 30 2008, 11:59 AM) imho THE best lyricist EVER Wow. I posted the lyrics to "Visions of Johanna" because I think they show that Dylan sucks as a lyricist. Then you failed. I guess my sarcasm failed. I love Dylan. He's a lyrical genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 30 2008, 06:17 PM) QUOTE (goose @ Oct 30 2008, 07:14 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 30 2008, 11:11 AM) QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 30 2008, 11:59 AM) imho THE best lyricist EVER Wow. I posted the lyrics to "Visions of Johanna" because I think they show that Dylan sucks as a lyricist. Then you failed. I guess my sarcasm failed. I love Dylan. He's a lyrical genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 QUOTE (goose @ Oct 30 2008, 07:25 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 30 2008, 06:17 PM) QUOTE (goose @ Oct 30 2008, 07:14 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Oct 30 2008, 11:11 AM) QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 30 2008, 11:59 AM) imho THE best lyricist EVER Wow. I posted the lyrics to "Visions of Johanna" because I think they show that Dylan sucks as a lyricist. Then you failed. I guess my sarcasm failed. I love Dylan. He's a lyrical genius. I have to remember to use the sarcastic smiley! Bob Dylan is the worst lyricist ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raygun47 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I love Dylan so much that I'll just leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted November 1, 2008 Author Share Posted November 1, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhM3_vkaDfg one of the top 5 reasons i love dylan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Oct 30 2008, 03:59 PM) imho THE best lyricist EVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milton Bridge Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 One of the worst threads yet as there can be no disagreement - Dylan is a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 QUOTE (Milton Bridge @ Nov 1 2008, 03:08 PM)One of the worst threads yet as there can be no disagreement - Dylan is a genius. Yup, no troll action, now there's a first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) Alright, I've been on a Dylan kick lately, especially after picking up some of his early to mid 70's releases lately like Planet Waves, New Morning & Desire. These might not be exactly the quality of Blond on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Bringing it All Back Home, etc., but they are truly great albums in their own right. Dare I say it, but his voice actually sounds better to my ears in the 70's than in the 60's. Right now I own 9 Dylan albums, plus a couple of the (official) bootleg series, and I gotta say, it's all pretty stellar. Admittedly, Dylan was an acquired taste for me, but he's grown on me more and more over time. A truly prolific outstanding genius. On a different thread I considered that David Bowie might be God. I think Bob Dylan probably is. Edited May 12, 2009 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 Gary, have you heard Blood on the Tracks yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 QUOTE (rushgoober @ May 12 2009, 12:12 PM) Dare I say it, but his voice actually sounds better to my ears in the 70's than in the 60's. Right now I own 9 Dylan albums, plus a couple of the (official) bootleg series, and I gotta say, it's all pretty stellar. Admittedly, Dylan was an acquired taste for me, but he's grown on me more and more over time. A truly prolific outstanding genius. Even check out his latest few, especially Time out of Mind!! (Lanois is too f***ing cool for words). I still have not caught up with his latest though. I adore his voice through all the many incarnations it has offered up!! Enjoy the ride, you still have much more to discover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 QUOTE (fledgehog @ May 11 2009, 05:19 PM) Gary, have you heard Blood on the Tracks yet? Yes, I just had that one for awhile so I didn't mention it in my post above. These are the ones I have so far: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 revisited Blonde on Blonde John Wesley Harding New Morning Planet Waves Blood on the Tracks Desire I also have Biograph Volume 1,2 & 3 & The Bootleg Series Volume 1 & 3, plus a best of or two. I'm missing several key albums, but that's what I gots me so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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