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firstly by the way...HI....im new to this forum, and if anyone wants to know more about me/or my styles of music then just look at my profile.

on to the subject in hand.....i personally love Bob Dylans work, very clever and inspiring are words that just dont come close to describing his work, but i was just wondering if people shared my opinion, or wether people thought differently........

My favorite song written by Dylan is "When The Night Comes Falling". Its the song at the end of the movie [Roadhouse], With Patrick Swayze. Preformed by the, Jeff Healy Band. One of my favorite 3-piece bands. I like the vocals of Dylans son better, For the"Wallflowers".

None of todays' popular music would be around without him.

I love his early '60s to mid '70s work. Could have done without the born-again-christain stuff.

What rock album has more depth lyrically and musically than Blonde on Blonde?

Some people simply don't like his voice...

I love bob dylan as a gtr player, a songwriter, a poet. Som of the favs that come to mind would be "Visions of Johana", Song for Percy, Billy #4, Up to me, black diamond bay, Lonesome death of hattie carol and a long list of others. Lyrically he is right up there with tom waits. Vocally he is much better. Some of his acoustic gtr rythms although often roboto in tempo, they are very intricate and difficult to imitate. Others are simple and easy. Bob can play a pretty mean telecaster tho too. I saw him with paul simon at summerfest one year and he was ripping on the gtr... I am a gtr player and I am telling you he is not bad at all. I can def tell who is playing what and bob was on a tele ripping out blues solo riffs. It was pretty cool. Guitar wise there are really a lot of better players out there than him but Bob is perhaps my single most fav songwriter. Good storytellin. Good message. The music inspires thought.
Long live bob.

yeah hes a good song writer,who can forget all along the watchtower which was better by hendrix but hey it was still a dylan classic.

This is up for debate but lyrically I don't think Dylan has an equal. I believe he's gone a lot deeper than most musicians have in popular music. Tom Waits is cool, but I don't believe he has many good records. Closing Time, Rain Dogs and Swordfishtrombones were very good, but that's it in my opinion. Actually I think he's a Captain Beefheart rip-off. He does write very good poetry, however. This up for debate as well but I think Dylan's second is Neil Young.

Bob Dylan is pretty good on the guitar. I love his lead on 'Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat' on Blonde On Blonde. One of my favorite guitar players, whom played with Dylan as well as the Butterfield Blues Band, is Michael Bloomfield. He is an amazing player and quite influential. Especially with his near-psychedelic song 'East-West' in '66 from the record of the same title.

About 'All Along the Watchtower'... I actually think Dylan's is better. Hendrix's is acid-drenched, guitar-virtuoso fun but I don't think it tops the original. Dylan's songs had an Earthy, told-around-the-campfire mystique that makes the poetry of his lyrics more profound than any covers of his originals. The Byrds' 'Mr. Tambourine Man' is an essential folk-rock gem but it completely destroys Dylan's poetry and vision. I only really like covers if they are done by an artist from a different genre of music. Like a country band covering a rock song, or a folk artist covering a blues song, etc. Generally, if a rock band covers a rock song, the original is usually better in my opinion.

How does it FEEEEEEEL......

SDavis22 wrote:This is up for debate but lyrically I don't think Dylan has an equal. I believe he's gone a lot deeper than most musicians have in popular music. Tom Waits is cool, but I don't believe he has many good records. Closing Time, Rain Dogs and Swordfishtrombones were very good, but that's it in my opinion. Actually I think he's a Captain Beefheart rip-off. He does write very good poetry, however. This up for debate as well but I think Dylan's second is Neil Young.

Bob Dylan is pretty good on the guitar. I love his lead on 'Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat' on Blonde On Blonde. One of my favorite guitar players, whom played with Dylan as well as the Butterfield Blues Band, is Michael Bloomfield. He is an amazing player and quite influential. Especially with his near-psychedelic song 'East-West' in '66 from the record of the same title.

About 'All Along the Watchtower'... I actually think Dylan's is better. Hendrix's is acid-drenched, guitar-virtuoso fun but I don't think it tops the original. Dylan's songs had an Earthy, told-around-the-campfire mystique that makes the poetry of his lyrics more profound than any covers of his originals. The Byrds' 'Mr. Tambourine Man' is an essential folk-rock gem but it completely destroys Dylan's poetry and vision. I only really like covers if they are done by an artist from a different genre of music. Like a country band covering a rock song, or a folk artist covering a blues song, etc. Generally, if a rock band covers a rock song, the original is usually better in my opinion.

but why leave out shane macgowan of the pogues he is considered by a lot to be one of the most important and poetic Irish songwriters of the last thirty years.

I never really hear about Shane Macgowan or The Pogues but yeah his lyrics were quite poetic. It kind of makes me sick to think about that guy because he's wasted on alcohol or something. There aren't many popular songwriters from Ireland so I guess some people may think he's important. I don't personally like Irish folk played in a punk/college rock fashion and, obviously, it's hard to understand the man. I think Van Morisson would be considered more important than him, though he's been around longer than 30 years. Bono from U2 might be considered more important as well, I don't know...

but who can forget the pogues with the song fairytale of new york that rated pretty high as greatest christmas song alongside judy garlands merry little christmas and some other s i cant recall. i remembered another good song he had "Lorcas Novena" that was also swell but yeah that it does suck taht hes really pissing all his talent into the porcelain bus, but he did sell a lot of tickets and i think he sold out for that whole boston reunion band thing with al the old members back.

LOVE HIM! Its ALL good but id have to say i like his 60s material the best!

I don't like 75% of Dylan's work.

Some of it is quite good though.

His music grows on you like EBOLA virus. Once you got it, it won't stop.

capt. scott hahaha. very true!

Honestly, I've never liked his music. Lyrically/poetically speaking, he's quite talented, but to me that's about where my interest ends.

Terms like love & hate ; good & bad just don't apply to Zimmerman.

For folks like me, Dylan is an integral part of our life. If ya' didn't live it that way, then there's nothing more that can be said, ' cause you probably just can't know.

I don't care for some of Bob's work and I sure nuff' don't worship him, but what does register with me is always resonating loud and clear!

Good to see that there are some young people who can appreciate his art.

Thank God for Bob!

Howlin'