jiraffejustin
09-03-18, 03:04 AM
Bob Dylan is one of the biggest names in music history, but what do you think of him? What is your favorite Dylan song? Which Bob Dylan song do you think is his best written tune? What do you think of Dylan between Highway 61 Revisited and Blood on the Tracks? What do you think of post-Blood on the Tracks Dylan? Do you like his Christmas album? What do you think of his voice? What do you think of his songwriting?
I know cat doesn't like him, so I look forward to what she has to say, if anything at all. :D
Personally, I am starting to listen to him a little more frequently. I was already familiar with his 65-66 era albums, but I don't guess I've ever looked as closely at his music as I am doing now. Something I am noticing now, after seeing it pointed out, is that he does something in his lyrics that I love about hip hop: internal rhyming:
"Aw, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made"
I don't know what it is that I like so much about that style of writing, but it makes me giddy to notice more about Dylan's writing outside of it being "social commentary" or whatever.
His most famous song "Like a Rolling Stone" is so petty, and that's another reason to love it. It feels good to say "I told you so", and Dylan nails that by being universal and personal at the same time. Nearly every line feels like a mic drop, especially the sarcastic sneering comments like "But you'd better take your diamond ring, ya' better pawn it, babe". Bob's delivery helps it along the way, but I think what could be one of the bigger reason his music works so well for me is that he mixes his simple lyrics with his complex and ambiguous lyrics. He uses slang of the time with his beautiful and surreal imagery like:
"You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at"
But anyway, what do you guys think of Bob Dylan?
I know cat doesn't like him, so I look forward to what she has to say, if anything at all. :D
Personally, I am starting to listen to him a little more frequently. I was already familiar with his 65-66 era albums, but I don't guess I've ever looked as closely at his music as I am doing now. Something I am noticing now, after seeing it pointed out, is that he does something in his lyrics that I love about hip hop: internal rhyming:
"Aw, princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made"
I don't know what it is that I like so much about that style of writing, but it makes me giddy to notice more about Dylan's writing outside of it being "social commentary" or whatever.
His most famous song "Like a Rolling Stone" is so petty, and that's another reason to love it. It feels good to say "I told you so", and Dylan nails that by being universal and personal at the same time. Nearly every line feels like a mic drop, especially the sarcastic sneering comments like "But you'd better take your diamond ring, ya' better pawn it, babe". Bob's delivery helps it along the way, but I think what could be one of the bigger reason his music works so well for me is that he mixes his simple lyrics with his complex and ambiguous lyrics. He uses slang of the time with his beautiful and surreal imagery like:
"You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at"
But anyway, what do you guys think of Bob Dylan?