hi again. i just thought of some music that i HAVE been listening to -- bob dylan's newest, "love and theft." i bought it on 9/13, in need of something like solace, and have been playing it pretty regularly since. the guy at the sam goody's looked at it and said, "good god, we could use some bob dylan these days, huh."
i really love, and admire, this album. the second song on the record is called "mississippi," and it is worth the entire purchase alone. it's probably the best new song i've listened to in a year. it's...bitter, hopeful, heartbreaking, wistful, angry -- ummm, a lot of the things that I AM, i'm just realizing... please go listen to this song, i urge. the rest is pretty great too -- i'm not the best at describing this stuff but i'd say that this is a record full of love for american music: blues, bluegrass, rock, folk. and the backing musicians are pretty amazing, giving bob a chance to match them, be challenged, have fun. i'm not sure if i've seen others' reviews of this here -- but i'm definitely interested if anyone else has been playing "love and theft." --emily
