Bob Dylan's new album Tempest is now released and it is really really good. His voice is of course limited and harsher, rougher etc than ever, but his singing is, to me, almost better than ever anyway. Just listen to the last track of the album, Roll on John, it's fantastic, and the music is too! Incidently, that song is written about John Lennon, who once said about Dylan's voice (somelike like this): "It's not what he sings that's so special, it's how he does it."
And I agree, I love his way of singing, his phrasing, both on his new album and how he as a live artist comes up with these witty and always surprisingly new things to his old songs. Some songs a drastically rearranged and some are not, but no matter what, every version of each song is unique. You just have to listen closely, and maybe even observe his moves on stage, especially these years, he's not as dull or stiff as people say. He is great!
And I agree, I love his way of singing, his phrasing, both on his new album and how he as a live artist comes up with these witty and always surprisingly new things to his old songs. Some songs a drastically rearranged and some are not, but no matter what, every version of each song is unique. You just have to listen closely, and maybe even observe his moves on stage, especially these years, he's not as dull or stiff as people say. He is great!