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Post by tomlivesforever on Dec 22, 2022 19:55:12 GMT -5
I’ve always loved the George Harrison cover. Hot take: there's not a single Dylan cover than I prefer to the original. His voice might be my favourite, ever. I would have agreed with that for a long time and then I heard Fairport Convention’s - I’ll Keep it With Mine. Ok it s not totally fair as it seems clear that Dylan never got it down to his satisfaction but it’s very good nonetheless. The brilliant Sandy Denny at her best. |
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Post by The Escapist on Dec 22, 2022 20:38:04 GMT -5
I would have agreed with that for a long time and then I heard Fairport Convention’s - I’ll Keep it With Mine. Ok it s not totally fair as it seems clear that Dylan never got it down to his satisfaction but it’s very good nonetheless. The brilliant Sandy Denny at her best. I am also choosing to ignore Van Morrison's brilliant version of It's All Over Now: But other than that! Bob's voice is best! Even on All Along the Watchtower! And This Wheel's on Fire! Bob's voice!! |
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Post by madferitusa2025 on Dec 23, 2022 19:16:59 GMT -5
Always thought this cover was quite fine.
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Post by lubeck on Dec 23, 2022 19:29:25 GMT -5
I’ve always loved the George Harrison cover. Hot take: there's not a single Dylan cover than I prefer to the original. His voice might be my favourite, ever. I can only think of one: The Byrds version of My Back Pages. |
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Post by settingson on Dec 24, 2022 1:28:27 GMT -5
Took me a while to find this thread  Much as I love Oasis and the Gallaghers, Bob is my main man (although Paul Weller and The Jam was where it all started for me) ... and I have a ton of stuff on hard discs scattered around my apartment .. not to mention a silly amount of bootleg CDs. For any other big Bob fans here, who may not be aware, there is a great site called www.expectingrain.com which contains a goldmine of unreleased material. Feel free to hit me up in my messages if there is anything you are interested to hear (no, I don't have Salt Lake City 1976) |
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 11, 2023 5:47:27 GMT -5
An alternative version of Not Dark Yet!
(That isn't as good as the released version, but still, cool to hear).
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Post by settingson on Jan 11, 2023 23:07:35 GMT -5
This is a classic Bootleg Series release. It will never replace the original in my heart, but it's a fantastic version that we are so lucky to be able to hear.
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Post by tomlivesforever on Jan 14, 2023 8:22:01 GMT -5
Visions of Johanna (Take 5) is better than the released version. Fight me.
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Post by tomlivesforever on Jan 14, 2023 13:57:07 GMT -5
I would have agreed with that for a long time and then I heard Fairport Convention’s - I’ll Keep it With Mine. Ok it s not totally fair as it seems clear that Dylan never got it down to his satisfaction but it’s very good nonetheless. The brilliant Sandy Denny at her best. I am also choosing to ignore Van Morrison's brilliant version of It's All Over Now: But other than that! Bob's voice is best! Even on All Along the Watchtower! And This Wheel's on Fire! Bob's voice!! The first one people usually mention is Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower and it is very good but it loses the feeling of the original, the haunting, spooky atmosphere. |
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Post by walterglass on Jan 15, 2023 22:51:03 GMT -5
Visions of Johanna (Take 5) is better than the released version. Fight me. Best of the cutting edge & More blood more tracks, for me they’re Dylan’s two greatest albums. |
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 26, 2023 22:55:23 GMT -5
New remix/anthology for "Time Out of Mind" is out!
Halfway through the first track, and I think that I prefer this mix already.
We know Noel is a fan...
I wonder what he'll think of this idea of remixing an over-produced seventy-minute album from 1997.
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Post by settingson on Jan 26, 2023 23:11:08 GMT -5
Agree - it's a great new mix. Not sure I prefer it, but it's got a crisper feel.
Outtakes disc 1 is my favourite disc so far. Brilliant stuff and incredible how he has always left so much great things behind.
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 26, 2023 23:27:30 GMT -5
Listening on a bit, I do think some of the ghostly atmosphere of the album has been sacrificed.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jan 27, 2023 2:26:33 GMT -5
I love how both Bob Dylan and Gem Archer had songs used in Victoria Secrets commercials.
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Post by funhouse on Jan 27, 2023 6:53:05 GMT -5
Hot take: there's not a single Dylan cover than I prefer to the original. His voice might be my favourite, ever. I can only think of one: The Byrds version of My Back Pages. Fuck yes! With that said, their Mr Tambourine Man will never stop being amazing either. |
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 27, 2023 20:57:32 GMT -5
I think Cold Irons Bound, Make You Feel My Love, and Dirt Road Blues are all improved by the remix. Perhaps Love Sick and Highlands too, I'm undecided on those. The rest suit the original, soup-of-mist production more. Not Dark Yet in particular sounds sterile and flat without the Lanois swamp-heat steaming from it.
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 28, 2023 15:47:14 GMT -5
I think this is the mixed Time of Out Mind I'll have as a playlist:
1. Love Sick ('22)
2. Dreamin' of You (Tell Tale Signs Version)
3. Trying to Get to Heaven ('97)
4. Standing in the Doorway ('97)
5. Till I Fell in Love With You ('22)
6. Dirt Road Blues ('22)
7. Not Dark Yet ('97)
8. To Make You Feel My Love ('22)
9. Cold Irons Bound ('22)
10. Can't Wait ('97)
11. Highlands ('22)
Gaining a lot of love for this album through this deeper dive. An emotive, atmospheric, unified record. And stacked with tunes.
"Trying to Get to Heaven" has hit me like a train today, the original mix. Something about the way Bob delivers lines which on paper are barely even coherent (I was ridin' on a buggy with Miss Mary Jane / Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore) as if they're the most emotional confession he could possibly make really affects me. He's one of the best singers ever, of course.
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Post by arthurmorgan on Jan 31, 2023 11:40:19 GMT -5
Currently I'm trying to listen to every Dylan album. As of now I've heard everything up to Empire Burlesque (though I already skipped the three Gospel albums). I'm not sure if I'll make it to the end tbh. Things are getting quite boring in the 80s  |
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Post by walterglass on Jan 31, 2023 11:53:26 GMT -5
Currently I'm trying to listen to every Dylan album. As of now I've heard everything up to Empire Burlesque (though I already skipped the three Gospel albums). I'm not sure if I'll make it to the end tbh. Things are getting quite boring in the 80s He finds good form again when you get to the Oh Mercy LP. |
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 31, 2023 12:56:27 GMT -5
Currently I'm trying to listen to every Dylan album. As of now I've heard everything up to Empire Burlesque (though I already skipped the three Gospel albums). I'm not sure if I'll make it to the end tbh. Things are getting quite boring in the 80s He finds good form again when you get to the Oh Mercy LP. Especially if you add "Series of Dreams", "Born in Time", and "Dignity". Three of the best tracks of that era and he left them off, typical Noel. Dylan, I mean. I do think there's some stuff worth hearing in the Christian albums, too. Every Grain of Sand, Gotta Serve Somebody, Shot of Love, uuhhh.. Well, okay, there's not much. But Slow Train Coming is a solid record and even outtakes from the other two like Angelina aren't bad. |
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Post by tomlivesforever on Jan 31, 2023 13:26:49 GMT -5
He finds good form again when you get to the Oh Mercy LP. Especially if you add "Series of Dreams", "Born in Time", and "Dignity". Three of the best tracks of that era and he left them off, typical Noel. Dylan, I mean. I do think there's some stuff worth hearing in the Christian albums, too. Every Grain of Sand, Gotta Serve Somebody, Shot of Love, uuhhh.. Well, okay, there's not much. But Slow Train Coming is a solid record and even outtakes from the other two like Angelina aren't bad. I like Solid Rock and Saved as well. Heart of Mine outtake with Ronnie Wood is ace as well. Infidels is a return to form of sorts even though he mutilated the album with what he left off. Letterman performance is magic. |
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Post by settingson on Jan 31, 2023 13:41:12 GMT -5
Everyone talks about Infidels as the album that could have been so much better with improved track list choices by Bob.
For me though, Shot of Love is the real one that got away. He was on absolute fire in 1980-1981, with the strict fundamentalism out of his system.
Caribbean Wind, Angelina, Groom Still Waiting At The Altar, Need A Woman, Yonder Comes Sin.
My playlist version of that album absolutely smokes.
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Post by tomlivesforever on Feb 8, 2023 10:59:17 GMT -5
This never gets enough attention. The album may be patchy but Changing of the Guards, Senor and this are up there with his best.
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Post by tomlivesforever on Feb 8, 2023 11:14:01 GMT -5
Allegedly no more than a second take recording and perhaps a first take. To support the latter you can hear the drummer wrestling with the song throughout and Emmylou Harris struggling with Dylan's phrasing but its vital, alive. A few people in a room working off each other. I haven't even mentioned how good it is lyrically.
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Post by tomlivesforever on Feb 10, 2023 6:05:41 GMT -5
 This thread has put me back in full Bob Dylan mode! Some highlights from MTV Unplugged. A riotous Everything Is Broken not included on the official release. Dylan changing it up doesn't always work for me but this is a great version. Apparently there had been some wrangling over the setlist, with Bob essentially wanting to go out there and perform a set of folk standards. He didn't but did include a song that had never been officially released on one of his albums.
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This thread has put me back in full Bob Dylan mode! Some highlights from MTV Unplugged.
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