tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007462302142483423.post8710987111471408793..comments2023-12-26T08:01:29.708-05:00Comments on Five Best: Twelve Best...Dylan Albums in the 1970s (#12)Josh Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494796706502271807noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007462302142483423.post-3335813870382332102007-03-20T21:06:00.000-05:002007-03-20T21:06:00.000-05:00the lp is actually titled "a fool such as i" ( no...the lp is actually titled "a fool such as i" ( no doubt columbias dig at him ) and not "dylan"<BR/>re the hype;- i refer to the hype as just re-iterating an existing and old opinion without trying to contextualise the lp in a new and invigorating way. Of course you have your own opinion on the tracks but they don't appear to add to the general body of knowledge overall.<BR/>Instead of taking apart each lp on a dissecting table it might be more interseting to examine themes within them for example dylans use of the cover song,( he has done practiacally 5 lps of covers) and what actually influenced the decision to record the sound of those recordings the way he and Bob Johnson did. Why those particular tracks?<BR/> I am not sure i believe they were just left over tracks from self-portrait - they have a differant feel and are very consistent in overall recording sound. they may simply be a session that was shelved for another project -should self-portait have been more popular - but I am conjectufring here.<BR/>i don't mean to be petulant about what you are doing but surely the challenge is to come up with a new apprtoach to listening to old bob tracks<BR/>re down in the groove - well obviuosly, i think a contractual obligation lp , but the last three tracks<BR/>- 90 miles an hour, rank strangers and shanendor are fine performances,<BR/>and another strange choice of cover images - all from the "hearts of fire" film<BR/>keep up the work - i look forward to your next review!Phil Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648130685428665945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007462302142483423.post-18671232696646999072007-03-20T07:21:00.000-05:002007-03-20T07:21:00.000-05:00Bodgieman, I never actually used the word "unliste...Bodgieman, I never actually used the word "unlistenable," and outside of "Can't Help Falling in Love," it's not exactly a glowing compliment when I use the word "listenable” to describe all the other tracks on an album. If I had liked the songs, I would have used words like “good” or even “interesting.” As for your believing the hype comment, what hype are you referring to? You mean, my actually listening to the album and formulating an opinion about it?<BR/><BR/>I could have included “Sara Jane” and “The Ballad of Ira Hayes,” and upon listening to it again last night, I should have. My apologies there. Also, about “Big Yellow Taxi,” the band you’re referring to is the Counting Crows, who had a major hit of it from their Hard Candy album.<BR/><BR/>As for Self Portrait, I happen to thoroughly enjoy that album and will write about it soon enough. <BR/><BR/>And Rob!, I totally agree about Down in the Groove which, in my humble opinion, is Dylan’s worst album.Josh Kurphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494796706502271807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007462302142483423.post-73401669642326419062007-03-19T23:44:00.000-05:002007-03-19T23:44:00.000-05:00i actually like the album...am i crazy? yes, "span...i actually like the album...am i crazy? <BR/><BR/>yes, "spanish is the loving tongue" is beyond awful,but i actually really like "Sarah Jane" (i even have it on my current Bob mix CD right now), "Mary Ann", "Ira Hayes", and "A Fool Such As I."<BR/><BR/>sure, it doesnt really hold up as an album, but in terms of the good songs/stinkers ratio, its no worse than "official" albums like Empire Burlesque or Down in the Groove!rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007462302142483423.post-68229350005764513382007-03-19T19:49:00.000-05:002007-03-19T19:49:00.000-05:00another person who believes the hype hey!! you hav...another person who believes the hype hey!! <BR/>you have just named 4 songs out of ten that you think are listenable on a supposedly unlistenable lp. i'm not sayng it a great lp but its not as bad as all that.. also it has one dylan original(sic) on it - sara jane ..." i've got a wife and five little kids <BR/>sara jane..gonna take trip on a big white ship... sara jane.." A sara song people forget about.<BR/>re big yellow taxi - didn't some recent group have big hit with that with nearly the same arrangement?<BR/>aslo ira hays is well handled as is spanish is the loving tongue - a song that is covered on the basemnt tapes (original real ones) and i think on the b-side of george Jackson<BR/>overall there is a consistency to the vocal sounds and the recording quality that is warm<BR/>sure it is an anomaly in the career but isn't that one pof the things that makes dylan's ouvre <BR/>interesting<BR/>next thing you know you will gragging out all the old cliches re self portraitPhil Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648130685428665945noreply@blogger.com