ghost of miles Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 I devoted almost all of Tuesday’s show to the jazz artists and the standards mentioned in “Murder Most Foul,” ending with the song itself. Show started late because of the governor’s daily press conference, and I kicked off with a couple of Red Norvo tracks in honor of his birthday before moving on to the Dylan playlist: The Jazz and Popular Song Playlist of “Murder Most Foul” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 Did you build a Chrysler while the records played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 hour ago, JSngry said: We will build your cars. Forgot about his superbowl commercial, good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 Yep! Saved the company! Hope he does as well saving America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Yep! Saved the company! Hope he does as well saving America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 Yep! That did the trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 I finally got around to listening to SELF PORTRAIT - it’s quite enjoyable, despite the bad rap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 I always liked it too. Made me a pariah with some Dylan fanatics but I wasn't a big fan until then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Self Portrait continued what Nashville Skyline had begun, the lowering of expectations. No one could have been expected to continue at the level of Bringing It All Back Home , Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, and Dylan chose not to try. I agree Skyline and Portrait are enjoyable on their own terms, but it's a much more minor enjoyment than the landmark albums that preceded them. I like New Morning even more than those two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 Over time I've come to appreciate all Dylan, and to like later Dylan more than the earliest. Self Portrait was the first album of his I bought, and then I bought Vol. 2 of Greatest Hits and liked the tracks with Traum best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 3 hours ago, felser said: Self Portrait continued what Nashville Skyline had begun, the lowering of expectations. Probably true but I wasn't familiar enough with the earlier records to know that. Worked my way backwards from there and saw him for the first time when he toured with The Band in '74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 11 hours ago, felser said: Self Portrait continued what Nashville Skyline had begun, the lowering of expectations. No one could have been expected to continue at the level of Bringing It All Back Home , Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, and Dylan chose not to try. I agree Skyline and Portrait are enjoyable on their own terms, but it's a much more minor enjoyment than the landmark albums that preceded them. I like New Morning even more than those two. I would differentiate between the two. Nashville Skyline is a classic, full of outstanding music. Self Portrait is “just” enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 I feel totally the opposite! Nashville Skyline does very little for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Guy Berger said: I would differentiate between the two. Nashville Skyline is a classic, full of outstanding music. Self Portrait is “just” enjoyable. I haven’t listened to Nashville Skyline in years, probably since I lived in Nashville in the mid 70s, but it did have some wonderful songs, as I remember. I don’t even have the album anymore. Can’t say I’m the biggest Dylan fan though, although I do have a couple of his early albums. Edited April 7, 2020 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Another new Bob Dylan cut distributed this morning! He's really inspired right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 And yet another one: There's a new two cd/Lp release coming in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 For the first time in 20 years (since the mighty 'Time Out of Mind'), I can enthusiastically say I'm "in" for new music by him. I've faithfully picked up the archive releases, and eventually gotten around to the new stuff one way or another (except the Sinatra covers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 I'm not a Sintra fan but I lioke those albums. Just pre-ordered the new one ... 2 cd version shown on amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 27 minutes ago, jazzbo said: I'm not a Sintra fan but I lioke those albums. Good to know. I've not actually heard anything from them. But I have vivid memories of the Christmas album (which is like the greatest Dylan parody imaginable, except it's a self-parody), and feared they would strike the same chord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Well, I like a lot of the Xmas album. The accompaniment on that is great music! But the Sinatra albums are much better in my opinion. I enjoy the first most. Edited May 9, 2020 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) My apologies if this has been discussed in the past - what do people consider to be the essential books about Dylan? I just finished the Griel Marcus "Dylan 1968-2010" collection of his writings on Dylan, and have read the Robert Shelton "No Direction Home" and Dylan's own "Chronicles" and have the "Lyrics 1962-1985" book. And I have a couple of others laying around - "The Bob Dylan Scrapbook", "The Bob Dylan Companion", Hajdu's "Positively 4th Street", Heylin's "Behind The Shades (Revisited)" , Ricks's "Dylan's Visions of Sin", all collected in used/outlet book store shopping trips through the years. And I have McGregor's "Retrospective" on the way. And several videos including the deluxe "Don't Look Back" and the Scorsese "No Direction Home", which I have watched. What am I missing that I need? Which of the unread ones I have are or are not worth my time? BTW, love the new "Rough and Rowdy Ways"! Edited July 9, 2020 by felser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Hey John, you have and have read more about Dylan than I. I've read some of what you have and have come to the conclusion. . . we'll never really know what I'd really like to know about Dylan, and there's so much myth-building and appropriation and camoflauge in what we do have that the rest is just better left to my imagination and my own interpretation. I think "Positively Fourth Street" was the most revealing to me and a springboard to understanding his methodology of obscuring and trickily revealing his facts and personality . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Hey John, you have and have read more about Dylan than I. I've read some of what you have and have come to the conclusion. . . we'll never really know what I'd really like to know about Dylan, and there's so much myth-building and appropriation and camoflauge in what we do have that the rest is just better left to my imagination and my own interpretation. I think "Positively Fourth Street" was the most revealing to me and a springboard to understanding his methodology of obscuring and trickily revealing his facts and personality . . . . Thanks Lon, the Scorsese and "Don't Look Back" really show that also. I realize I am largely taken with the myth, and the reality may be deflating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 I don't think you have to worry. . . the reality is extremely elusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 46 minutes ago, felser said: I realize I am largely taken with the myth, and the reality may be deflating. Taken with or taken in by? Either way, a quintessentially American place to be...and yet we love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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