I've always been a Dylan fan. Even before I started seriously listing to Joni. When "Time Out Of Mind" came out I heard how great it was supposed to be and like a fool ran out and bought the damned thing. I was horribly disappointed with it. I don't mind Dylan doing the blues but this is simply a CD of complaining. It's dull and dark and boring. I was extremely doubtful when I heard his new CD being hyped and would be damned if I wasted my money again before I heard the CD. Thank god for all the mp3 download programs. I downloaded the whole thing and I must say this is so much better than his last CD. It's light with interesting instrumentation and stylistically quite varied. His voice is not as good as it used to be (some of you might find that funny) but for me this didn't seem to matter. It even seems to add to it in some strange course way. Anyway, don't take my word for it. Download it yourself with one of the various mp3 programs and decide for yourself. Then by it. Ken
Emily K Gray wrote: > 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
