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Bob Dylan - 70th Birthday Happy Birthday Mr. Zimmerman!!
Listening to Dylan at work today in celebration of him turning 70.
Also did a blog post, listing my favorite 10 Dylan tunes of the last 30 years.
Any other Dylan fans listening to him today?
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I can't even begin to imagine how many countless hours I have pored over my Bob Dylan collection, listening and marveling at the words and sounds. The man is a genre to himself; untouched, unrivaled in rock music history. We should all cherish the fact that he is still with us, still touring, still recording. He could have stopped long ago. Had Bob Dylan fallen by the wayside like many of his contemporaries, we would all be the poorer for it. I wish I could thank him personally for all of the enjoyment and wonder he's provided me, and millions of others. "Jokerman" - 'Infidels', 1983
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One of my favs... "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Wow, he's getting old
I wonder if he has many studio albums left... | |
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We're all getting old man. That's life.
I'm sure he'll probably release one more album and then carry on into the sunset of his twilight years. | |
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You know, it will VERY painful to watch legends like Bowie, The Stones, Stevie, Dylan etc die... Those deaths are closer than we want to admit... | |
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It's coming though. We can't escape it. Even if we try. | |
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Nice nuggets of 'late Bob', NoVideo. For reasons I don't quite understand, I'm fond of the old duffer's more recent world-weary, gravel-voiced croakings, too - even though I do love his earlier work as well.
Like Prince, it seems like he's dead set on keeping all his work off of YouTube and the like, which is a shame, but a nice live version of Ring Them Bells seems to have slipped through the dragnet. It's one of my favourites in latter half of his catalogue. http://www.njnvideo.com/2...bob-dylan/ Enjoy, before it gets pulled! "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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That bit's always been a fucker.... True about seeing that generation of great artists exit the mortal stage, too. They'll leave their work behind, though, which is something to hold onto, at least.
Dammit! Forever Young should've come after this conversation! "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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I posted it. | |
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Wow great thread! You made me listen to all these gems again, love later period Dylan! Although I still don't dear to buy Empire Burlesque cause of the cover.. | |
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Thanks! And 'Ring Them Bells' is indeed another late-era gem. If I had expanded my list to 20, I definitely would have included it.
But I was too lazy to write about more than 10 * * *
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Another great one for sure. * * *
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I'm not a huge Dylan fan but I am trying to get more of his albums. With an artist with that big of a catalog it can be difficult to get everything. Right now I've got all the stuff from the '60s, a few from the '70s, nothing from the '80s and most of his stuff circa 1997-present. Currently I'm listening to the Bootleg Series quite a bit. For years all I had was the box set and vol. 4 but I recently picked up the rest and they are all fantastic. It's great to have vol. 8 because even though for me the later years are not my favourite he's still writing and recording great music and that volume is almost like a "lost" greatest hits collection.
I did have the pleasure of seeing him live in Halifax, Nova Scotia roughly ten years ago (no one plays Halifax so of course I jumped at the opportunity to see him). His voice was a little rough but the performances were awesome. Some of the arrangements made the songs hard to recognise at first but it was great to see someone that was still pushing himself and trying different things. He easily could get up there and bash out the same twenty songs in the same arrangements and make a nice easy living but he's not content to just slide by and live off of his legacy. If you have the chance to see him I strongly advise that you take it. He's not going to be around forever and once he's gone that's it. There wil never be anyone else like him.
One thing I am getting a bit impatient for is an expanded box set of the Basement Tapes. Each time a new volume of the Bootleg Series is announced I'm expecting it to be the Basement Tapes but so far no luck. It's got to be coming sooner or later. | |
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I love your selections but just wanted to say it was Jennifer Warnes on the demo of Every Grain of Sand, not Emmylou Harris.
10 faves from the last 30 years
The Grooms Still Waiting At The Altar 1981 - a rockin' b-side of Heart of Mine subsequently added on cd versions of Shot Of Love
License To Kill 1983
Tight Connection To My Heart 1985 - I remember hearing this alot on the radio when it came out. It's very '80s but I'm fond of this song. He even does a little dance step in the video
Brownsville Girl 1986 - a brilliant epic song from probably least lauded album of his career
Ring Them Bells 1989
Wiggle Wiggle 1990 - just kidding! I actually like that he seems to have no problem releasing complete rubbish, I'm sure just to irritate commentators or amuse himself.
You Belong To Me 1994 - on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack, a Good As I Been To You outtake
Blood In My Eyes 1993
Not Dark Yet 1997
Lonesome Day Blues 2001 - this. rocks.
Thanks for this thread, I'll be playing a little more Dylan because of it, always a good thing!
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New Morning.....Only Dylan album worth having! Keenmeister | |
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He da mann!!! small circles, big wheels!
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Whoops, you are of course right! And I feel stupid for forgetting that because I love Jennifer Warnes. She did a great collection of Leonard Cohen covers that I adore.
Thanks for your list, some gems there for sure! Especially nice to see "Groom's Still Waiting at the Alter" mentioned. [Edited 5/27/11 6:23am] * * *
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Bob is a living legend and the greatest lyricist in the past 50 years. No one can touch him when it comes to songwriting.
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Someone seems a tad uneducated when it comes to Dylan albums. | |
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yep, he still has to learn the ABC and 2+2=4... | |
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New Morning is a kinda charming album, I do like it.. but it's an odd choice to say it's his best, or only Dylan worth having. Are you serious? I don't mean that in a mean way, just curious. Have you heard his other stuff? What is it about 'New Morning' that you like so much?
I do think it is an underrated album. * * *
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I went to my first Dylan show five years ago. He played keyboards throughout the entire show. Me and my company could not understand a damn word he said. His sound was so raw and passionate it was awesome. It was the punkest sound I have ever heard. | |
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been listening to him since 1997 and each record is great!!
Time out of Mind Love and Theft Modern Times
have yet to hear 'Together Through Life' though
sure his voice is not really what it used to be, but his band is tight!!
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I have almost every Dylan album...Seen him live a couple of time too. However, New Morning just speaks 2 me in volumes. I guess past memories have something to do with it, but this would honestly be my Dylan desert island disk. Keenmeister | |
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