Bands And Albums.

Hey Andragon, although I'm not a big Bob Dylan fan, his music, although sounding rather simple, actually is pretty hard to pull off. The combination of guitar, harmonica (look ma no hands!) rack, and vocals hasn't been done by too many people so effectively. He came along at just the right time in our musical history. Dylan was an historical figure. Here was a guy who really doesn't sing that well (IMO), doesn't play guitar that well (IMO), doesn't play harmonica that well (IMO) BUT his lyics had very deep meaning for the times. When he was becoming popular music was very vocal oriented (do-op) in the early sixties. He was completely opposite of what was commercially popular at the time, almost a rebellious musician. We were going through a major civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam conflict and Dylan was a huge voice for those objecting to injustices. Plus he was so different than Dion and the Belmonts, or the Platters, etc. No. I don't think Dylan's songs completely sucked. There's a LOT to Dylan's popularity that goes beyond the music.

100% agreed. The way he described wars and politicians at that time was pretty groundbreaking.

BTW, I don't think anyone with half a brain would debate what Sting meant by those lyrics. It was plain to me the first time I heard it. No way in hell I would want that played at my wedding...

Hey, I coulda played that song at my divorce. It did indeed remind me of my ex.

I'm still impressed by Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". Was it inspired by The Wizard of Oz? There's some wild things going on there, especially during the solo of "Money".

I've always wanted to do something like that with a movie... perhaps a porno?