"You didn't say you liked his singing. I find this prejudicial against the singers-who-sound-like-they-are- cats-in-heat demographic."
Actually I do dig his singing most of the time. His phrasing is hypnotic. Even his harp playing (which is noise to most harp players) fits his songs so well. Because I play harp on a rack, a guy asked me to play some Dylan last weekend. I had to tell him that Dylan plays white music and I play black music. Because I am so white I almost glow it got a good laugh. But it is true that I have a lot more Son House in my blood than Woody Guthrie. I do play his Blind Lemon Jefferson's cover from his first album, "See That My Grave is Kept Clean", but I play it in a more traditional blues style. That is a powerful song of mortality! Cats-in- Heat would make a fantastic band name! (Relevance check: MMY claims that animals drain energy. Kevin Bacon owns a cat.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > What a cranky old fart! Modern music is worthless. I really enjoy > his > > lyrics and his recent autobiography is worth reading. But he is so > > bizarre. > > > > You say you enjoy his lyrics. > > You didn't say you liked his singing. > > I find this prejudicial against the singers-who-sound-like-they-are- > cats-in-heat demographic. > > > > > > > BTW I think you can run the posting relevance proof like the Kevin > > Bacon game. Dylan gave the Beatles their first weed. The Beatles > got > > MMY into the newspapers. Done in two steps! > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > I thought this post relevant to FFL because a lot of people in > FF, and > > > TMOers, present, and former actives, listen to music. And have > > > listened to and admired Bob Dylan. (Does this meet the Doug test > for > > > explaining relevancy?) > > > > > > And so many Dylan lines are relevant to the themes of FFL. A few > that > > > come to mind: > > > > > > "Something is happening, but you don't know what it is, do you > Mr. > > Jones?" > > > > > > "She knows too much to argue or to judge." > > > > > > "An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing." > > > > > > "I am younger than that now" > > > > > > "Time will tell who as fell, and who has been left behind, when > you go > > > your way and I go mine." > > > > > > "I pity the poor immigrant whose strength is spent in vain," > > > > > > "All along the watchtower, princes [and rajas[ kept the view " > > > > > > "There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the > thief, > > > there's too much confusion, I can't get no relief." > > > > > > "Ezra Pound and TS Elliot, fighting in the captain's tower, while > > > calypso singers laugh at them And fishermen hold flowers" > > > > > > > > > Great comentaries could be written on these sutras -- unfolding > great > > > truths. > > > ========================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Dylan says modern recordings sound > > > "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much > better > > > in the studio than on disc. > > > Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless > > > > > > "I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in > the > > > past twenty years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an > > > interview with Rolling Stone magazine. > > > > > > Dylan, who released eight studio albums in that time, returns > with his > > > first recording in five years, "Modern Times," next Tuesday. > > > > > > Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading > means > > > people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why > not? It > > > ain't worth nothing anyway." > > > > > > "You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have > > > sound all over them," he added. "There's no definition of > nothing, no > > > vocal, no nothing, just like ... static." > > > > > > Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it's a > losing > > battle. > > > > > > "Even these songs probably sounded ten times better in the > studio when > > > we recorded 'em. CDs are small. There's no stature to it." > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
