AWIMB Bob Dylan suggestions - WES's review

[Peter]

Senor - 6/10, I liked it despite it not being a typical Dylan song, awfully long for a song of this style though

Xmas song - 0/10, frivolous nonsense from Dutchie, to be expected really

Tom Thumb's Blues - 7/10, might be higher soon as I like it more each time I listen to it, surprisingly good recommendation from someone who likes Springsteen

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - 5/10, bit dull, will need to listen to it more

Simple Twist of Fate - 6/10, it's OK but hasn't blown me away yet, it comes from someone who listens to Weller so has massively exceed my expectations

Desolation Row - 8/10, had forgotten how good this and Highway 61 Revisited generally is

Romance in Durango - 7/10, like Senor not particularly Dylanesque but I liked it

Hurricane - 7/10, good but could end up loving this one so might go higher

Any other recommendations gratefully received.

If you want the seriously good stuff, I can give you that. I just assumed other people would do it.

I mean, Tangled Up in Blue is pretty good.

[World's End Stella]

If you want the seriously good stuff, I can give you that. I just assumed other people would do it.

I mean, Tangled Up in Blue is pretty good.

Please do although I was never a fan of Tangled Up in Blue.

I've got all the main ones, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Lay, Lady, Lay, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, It Aint Me Babe, All Along the Watchtower plus the obvious Rolling Stone, Times They are a Changing etc

[Burney]

Please do although I was never a fan of Tangled Up in Blue.

I've got all the main ones, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Lay, Lady, Lay, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, It Aint Me Babe, All Along the Watchtower plus the obvious Rolling Stone, Times They are a Changing etc

I'm not really sure how one would go about not being a fan of Tangled Up In Blue, tbh.

I mean, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts aside, there isn't a bad song on the whole album, is there?

[Sir C]

I'm not really sure how one would go about not being a fan of Tangled Up In Blue, tbh.

I mean, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts aside, there isn't a bad song on the whole album, is there?

I certainly features some top quality nose-singing #adenoidboy

[Burney]

I certainly features some top quality nose-singing #adenoidboy

Yes. 'Idiot Wind' being the prime example of the Bobular Nasal Art.

[Peter]

I'm not really sure how one would go about not being a fan of Tangled Up In Blue, tbh.

I mean, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts aside, there isn't a bad song on the whole album, is there?

Well, now that you mention it I may as well say that the problem here is thee notion of the playlist. Dylan should be enjoyed by the album, not some random selection. Blood on the Tracks, Desire, Highway 61, Bringing it all Back Home and most important of all, The Freewheeling Bob Dylan.

Playlists can go whistle. Obviously its fine to skip Lily, Rosemary and the JAck of Hearts.

[SWv2]

Well, now that you mention it I may as well say that the problem here is thee notion of the playlist. Dylan should be enjoyed by the album, not some random selection. Blood on the Tracks, Desire, Highway 61, Bringing it all Back Home and most important of all, The Freewheeling Bob Dylan.

Playlists can go whistle. Obviously its fine to skip Lily, Rosemary and the JAck of Hearts.

In general or simply in relation to this artist / a single artist.

Bit too modern a concept for you Pedro?

[Peter]

In general or simply in relation to this artist / a single artist.

Bit too modern a concept for you Pedro?

It is a bit, yes. It was bad enough when CDs arrived and destroyed the notion of a song closing side 1 and opening side 2. Now you have people letting a piece of software choose random songs from an artist. It is obviously worse with someone like Dylan's who has a huge back catalogue but the principle itself is concerning.

Imagine leaping from Highway Patrolman to Glory Days. It is just several kinds of wrong.

[Luis Anaconda]

It is a bit, yes. It was bad enough when CDs arrived and destroyed the notion of a song closing side 1 and opening side 2. Now you have people letting a piece of software choose random songs from an artist. It is obviously worse with someone like Dylan's who has a huge back catalogue but the principle itself is concerning.

Imagine leaping from Highway Patrolman to Glory Days. It is just several kinds of wrong.

Presumably you walk out of any concert when an artist doesn't play songs in album order then?

[SWv2]

It is a bit, yes. It was bad enough when CDs arrived and destroyed the notion of a song closing side 1 and opening side 2. Now you have people letting a piece of software choose random songs from an artist. It is obviously worse with someone like Dylan's who has a huge back catalogue but the principle itself is concerning.

Imagine leaping from Highway Patrolman to Glory Days. It is just several kinds of wrong.

Wrong.

A playlist will have been lovingly made by a person, a curator if you will.

I will often create a playlist of maybe a 100 plus tunes by numerous artists and indeed genres, then use the shuffle option with utter abandon and just enjoy hours of unfettered listening. It is the randomness of artist selection which keeps you on your musical toes as such - one minute it's Weller, then maybe The Jam and then it could jump to early Style Council.