Bob Dylan finally makes sense....

If you don't get Dylan, that's too bad. Over-rated? Surely you jest. Can't sing? Ask any artist who has tried to cover a Dylan song if he can't sing. They tell a much different story. Producing a pleasant tone with your voice isn't really the point at all, if you consider music to be a form of communication and a language all its own. The words you pick and how you give them a unique meaning through your intonation of each word and phrase is the key, and nobody in the 20th century did it better.

Saying that a person can't sing because you don't appreciate that particular tonal quality is like remarking that somebody can't play the clarinet because you don't personally like the sound of clarinets.

He was right about recordings, too. They are atrocious, by and large.

I don't agree that no good music has been made in the last 20 years. Lots of good music out there. Badly recorded, though.

Cheers.

>> Saying that a person can't sing because you don't appreciate that particular tonal quality is like remarking that somebody can't play the clarinet because you don't personally like the sound of clarinets. <<

Huh? In Bob's case, it would be a particular *atonal* quality. Bob's a great writer and a fair musician. He is a *lousy* singer. Period.

-RW-

irrelevant or irreverent
Both
Excellent

Well, if he was talking about music and not sound, I for one wouldn't rush to disagree with him -- including regarding his own work over that span. Recording quality? Now that's irrelevant! ('Specially when the music is too.)

08-23-06: Ben_campbell
Capt369's post shows the depth of thinking about music for a whole lot of people and I think that's fine but it's neither interesting or thought provoking in itself.
Audiogon is filled with this level of comment time and time again on music.

Well Ben, my "depth of thinking" about music has nothing to do with my thoughts on Dylan and his rise to prophetic and poetic fame. My musical interests were, and are, elsewhere.

To put it simply, we dug Davis, Adderley, Coltraine, Monk, J. Smith, Mann etc.

There`s also a strong argument that these artists had a great influence on todays music as well.

To each their own, eh?

Peace

08-23-06: Tfkaudio
If you don't get Dylan, that's too bad.

Tfk, with all do respect...Nah.