funny he should come up - i'm listening to my all-time favorite album of
his (for the 5th time in the past 2 days), "imperial bedroom". when i
lived in boston around '79/80, i worked at this place where we listened
to & talked about music a lot. i was perhaps in the very pinnacle of my
love of bob dylan at the time, and i worked with this guy who was a few
years younger than me (i was in college, he was in HS). at the time, i
HATED elvis, LOVED bob. i didn't like talking heads or any of what was
dubbed "new wave" - it all sounded so non-melodic to me. anyhow, i used
to have these long drawn out arguments with this guy at least once a
week, because he hated bob dylan. 2 years later, when "imperial" came
out, i started getting hooked on elvis & he turned out to be one of my
all time favorite artists. ironically, he reminded me more of bob dylan
than any other musician (probably his clever, often caustic turn of
phrase). brilliant, brilliant, brilliant songwriter! but i can
certainly understand not digging the voice. i love it, but i can see
how if it ain't your thing, it ain't.
barbara
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