--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2008, at 9:29 PM, new.morning wrote: > > > It could easily be Marley. But that rendezvous was last weekend. > > > > Tonight its Dylan. I am a bit behind the curve. No wonder to close > > readers of FFL. But "Dylan is such a cliche", no doubt. But those who > > dismiss him as passe are missing something grand. I am listening to > > "Modern Times". Released Aug 2006. Prolly heard some of it earlier. > > But tonight I am quite listening. Bob in the groove. Bob in the corner > > pocket. Bob keeps pushing the boundary and borderline. And this is > > after listening to a lot, but hardly all, of earlier righteous works. > > Those were quite fine. But Bob continues to morph, grow, evolve and > > "hit it". (Damn Rhapsody, only 4-5 songs off the CD. Well, maybe > > yahoo music is in my future. If they don't short change Artists.) > > "Modern Times became the singer-songwriter's first #1 album in the > > U.S. since 1976's Desire. At age 65, Dylan became the oldest living > > person ever to have an album enter the Billboard charts at number > > one". I never knew. But its sweet that Bob still has the juice. > > Transformed. Not the earlier Bob, which I still love. But he keeps > > growing. Like life. > > I think Modern Times is one of his best, and that's > saying something. Just got it myself a few months > ago and can't stop listening to it. Amazing stuff. > Pretty cool that he's still got the stuff. > > Sal>>
I used to like Dylan, still admire the stuff he used to do. Can't stand Modern Times, very weak, very monotonous. Must be a baby-boomer vs gen-x thing. OffWorld
