tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post2276349648549451626..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back HomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-9790534066280858732013-09-24T19:14:28.706+04:002013-09-24T19:14:28.706+04:00My least favorite from his mid-60's trilogy......My least favorite from his mid-60's trilogy...despite the brilliance of the lyrics and a few marvellous tunes, there's too much 12-bar songs. I guess his idea of "going electric" was to play a lot of chicago blues. There's only so much "people that talk loud and the prince wish for things that you can't, the midget and madonna, they slaughter the cow, the milkman he plays my lampshade and he burns my guitar" lyrics over some generic band playing the blues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-92075904985920959612013-09-11T00:06:08.679+04:002013-09-11T00:06:08.679+04:00I must be a morbid creep. I never get tired of &q...I must be a morbid creep. I never get tired of "It's Alright Ma," but then, I could listen to Black Sabbath's Paranoid for days on end, too. It's straight up beat poetry with bluesy guitar accompaniment. The structure of the thing is surprisingly exact and balanced for all those words. And those words! "My (ears) collide head-on with stuffed/Graveyards, false gods..." It's really quite textbook in its form, and honestly, as far as Dylan word games go, I've always felt it was relatively straightforward. No "jelly-faced women" or "ghosts of electricity" to stumble on. JimmADerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331334978761537408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-35948735794284541852013-09-09T04:00:33.182+04:002013-09-09T04:00:33.182+04:00I meant from this one to Blonde on Blonde.I meant from this one to Blonde on Blonde.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-44924851082262813262013-09-07T19:29:36.570+04:002013-09-07T19:29:36.570+04:00Dylan did "Saved". I think that's th...Dylan did "Saved". I think that's the reason why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-37465752693104378432013-09-07T16:30:10.475+04:002013-09-07T16:30:10.475+04:00I'm almost disappointed that George gave a thu...I'm almost disappointed that George gave a thumbs up to this album. I would've thought that he'd go into "Why waste good red ink?" mode, like he did for the Beatles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-50225001865389192692013-09-06T17:59:18.055+04:002013-09-06T17:59:18.055+04:00Well put. My opinion on the subject stated in a nu...Well put. My opinion on the subject stated in a nutshell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-32898087347375011892013-09-06T12:48:11.833+04:002013-09-06T12:48:11.833+04:00For me there's a quality/progression compariso...For me there's a quality/progression comparison with The Beatles run of albums Rubber Soul/Revolver/Sergeant Pepper, with the perfect album being somewhere between the first two and the latter, somewhat, inappropriately overshaddowing them.<br /><br />Bringing it all back home & Highway 61 are two of the Dylan albums I return to most and Blonde on Blonde (although bloody good) always seems a little (only a little mind) of a let down in comparison.<br /><br />theorganicdominoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-21493358464062083442013-09-05T23:31:41.877+04:002013-09-05T23:31:41.877+04:00Better than Highway 61 IMHO, so yes, to each his o...Better than Highway 61 IMHO, so yes, to each his own! Sure enough, "On The Road Again" and "Outlaw Blues" aren't exactly 10/10 songs (but not THAT far from it mind you), but then again so weren't all tracks on Highway 61 (From A Buick 6 is much in the same vein, for example).<br /><br /> In any case, they're short and entertaining and so they doesn't really spoil the grandiosity of the rest of side 1. "Subterranean" and "Maggie's Farm" are protest-garage taken to it's extreme, unlike anything else from early '65 (naturally), and stone-cold Dylan classics. The two folk-rock tunes are moments of pure beauty, and "115th Dream" is probably the most hilarious satire of the American society I've ever heard.<br /><br />The acoustic side is, however, something not of this world. Quite possibly the single best LP-side there has ever been (sorry, Side 4 of Blonde On Blonde doesn't qualify). "Tambourine Man", when the moment's right, could very well be his greatest achievement. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-59119236961838821712013-09-05T23:01:13.171+04:002013-09-05T23:01:13.171+04:00It's weird. I could spend hours defending The ...It's weird. I could spend hours defending The Times They Are A-Changin' (the album), and yet I have always been bored by "Gates Of Eden". For me - the whole thing just lacks a spark, and for one moment I can even buy that ridiculous 'but he is so dull' comment. Well, never mind, rest of the album is brilliant. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" has always been a personal favourite.Alexey P.http://artschoolbop.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-8310650577575411132013-09-05T21:28:00.833+04:002013-09-05T21:28:00.833+04:00I think Mr. Tambourine Man is the personification ...I think Mr. Tambourine Man is the personification of the sort of adventurous feeling that can come over you in the early morning when you haven't slept yet. Ceresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-14475285040475703962013-09-05T17:06:55.907+04:002013-09-05T17:06:55.907+04:00In spite of the "jingle jangle morning" ...In spite of the "jingle jangle morning" I've always associated "Mr Tambourine Man" very strongly with the night, more precisely with falling asleep. Remember the fairy tale character "the Sandman", in which Sleep is personified as a kind of benevolent figure that draws you away from yourself and the cares of the waking world to enter the blissful world of dreams?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com