Any Bob Dylan fans?

[Grafted In]

Same album

 

[Grafted In]

Ok one more

 

[Grafted In]

Ian Curtis again.

 

[Brokenhill]

I absolutely love Ian Curtis. What a horrible tragedy he ended his life as he did. From reading a documentary on Ian I learned that it broke his heart to think that people showed up at his concerts just to watch his body breaking down.
Few if an could put every bit of themselves out there with the health issues he had. What I read talked about the seizures he often had whIle performing, but I think he may also have had what M.J. Fox has. Watch as he struggles to raise his arm from his side how he pulls it in as close to himself as posible. Though he had a crippled body I had great respect for him because he held nothing back. Wish I could have seen him live.
Here's a video where you can see he has trouble lifting his arms. But he put himself out there, no quarter asked and none taken.

Yea, it's sad. I read the book that his ex-wife wrote. Interesting stuff.

 

[Brokenhill]

Just start a Joy Division thread, lol...

 

[Grafted In]

Just start a Joy Division thread, lol...

You're right. I threw my own thread "off topic". I'll have to report it,lol.

Did you care at all for the Joy Division tunes?

 

[Brokenhill]

You're right. I threw my own thread "off topic". I'll have to report it,lol.

Did you care at all for the Joy Division tunes?

Yea I love Joy Division. I have 'Unknown Pleasures', 'Closer' and the 'Substance' compilation. Closer is my favorite. Side B of that album is incredible, "Twenty Four Hours" and "Decades" are my favorites. Yours?

 

[Grafted In]

Yea I love Joy Division. I have 'Unknown Pleasures', 'Closer' and the 'Substance' compilation. Closer is my favorite. Side B of that album is incredible, "Twenty Four Hours" and "Decades" are my favorites. Yours?

Don't have any of their albums. The only reason I became interested in them is because Arcade Fire and U2 did a cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart.
So, I started checking out more of there stuff. I like everything I've watched/listened to. What draws me to them is largely Curtis' persona.
I like this performance a lot:

Are you an Arcade Fire fan?

 

[Grafted In]

And. I think this video really reveals what I meant about Ian posible having undiagnosed parkinsons.

 

[Grafted In]

And this one. I'll stop there rather than offend OP.

 

[Brokenhill]

Don't have any of their albums. The only reason I became interested in them is because Arcade Fire and U2 did a cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart.
So, I started checking out more of there stuff. I like everything I've watched/listened to. What draws me to them is largely Curtis' persona.
I like this performance a lot:

Are you an Arcade Fire fan?

I'm not a "fan", but I do have 'Neon Bible' and enjoy it quite a bit. You should check out my RateYourMusic profile (in my signature)...it's got my personal collection and everything rated. And if you like the site, you should join! It's pretty cool.

 

[Brokenhill]

Speaking of RateYourMusic...

Bob Dylan has 4 albums in the top 100, which is pretty impressive. ( https://rateyourmusic.com/customchart ). I Personally don't think more than 2 of his albums should be in the top 100. Even though I love him.

 

[Ada Lovelace]

I love Bob Dylan. When I was a kid the Skirball Center in Los Angeles had this really cool exhibit on Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan, and you could listen to his unreleased recordings. I went to school down the street from the center, and would pop in there all the time. I immediately loved his music. I credit my love for that Dylan for helping me to fall in love with my boyfriend Dylan, haha. He's named after Bob Dylan because his parents are such ardent fans.

Boots of Spanish Leather is probably my favorite. It's simple but lovely.

 

[Sammy-San]

Some people, such as myself, love odd-ball, unique voices. I appreciate artists who can't hit all the notes, who don't know how to stay in pitch consistently...but sing from the heart. An off-kilter singer who is stumbling over his words but pouring out his soul is much more impacting to me than some really pretty voice singing a mathematically written pop melody.
Some people are just attracted to the weirdos, the underground, against the grain, different, anything-but-accessible/popular.
All but one of my favorite artists have either strange voices, or strange vocal delivery techniques (Geoff Rickly of Thursday, Daniel Johnston, Joanna Newsom, Blind Willie Johnson, Ian Curtis of Joy Division...). It's appealing because it's unique and because it's refreshing to hear someone who doesn't care what they sound like or whatever people think, they're just doing what they love. And Bob Dylan is just doing what he loves. He's a rebel and will sing about and talk about whatever he wants, however he wants...and change things whenever he wants (like when we went electric and some fans hated it), because he's a drifter and a rebel and he keeps his creativity flowing for the most part without chains.

His music is mostly just a rythymic back-drop for his words (since he has SO MUCH to say, he's used half the words in the dictionary probably lol)...but when he's playing guitar while singing and alternating to the harmonica, the sound can be very pleasing too. And sometimes you can get lost in some of the drum-loops, such as the rata-tat-tat in "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands". And again, there's the occasional vocal melody which is very enjoyable to sing=along to (like "Tangled up in bluuuueeee".

Do you think he's overrated? I mean, not bad, but people exxagarate his iconicness and importance to music history? On Youtube once I saw somebody say that Bob Dylan has more impact on music history than Michael Jackson, who had more impact on "show buisness", and on another video they said he's more iconic.

 

[Thunder Peel]

Slow Train Coming is one of the best Christian albums ever made. Saved was a great follow-up and I think Nashville Skyline is really underrated.

 

[Sammy-San]

Slow Train Coming is one of the best Christian albums ever made. Saved was a great follow-up and I think Nashville Skyline is really underrated.

What's your favorite Bob Dylan album? A lot of people like Blood on the Tracks.

 

[Grafted In]

Highway 61 Revisited.
By far my most favorite album by any artist.

 

[Dave-W]

What's your favorite Bob Dylan album?

Slow train. Fantastic album.

 

[Thunder Peel]

What's your favorite Bob Dylan album? A lot of people like Blood on the Tracks.

Blood on the Tracks is my favorite.

 

[jayem]

Slow train. Fantastic album.

I'm not a religious person, but it's one of my favorites, too. This is the best track on the album. Great melody and lyrics, and the guitar work by Mark Knopfler is just right. When I first got an iPod years ago, this was one of the very first songs I put on it.