Bob Dylan - Modern Times
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Free Music Review: Bob Still Has It
Hit: 5 Stars
My first Bob Dylan CD was a Greatest Hits compilation which introduced me to the Bob Dylan of late (Things Have Changed, Summer Days, Feel My Love, etc). After hearing those songs, I knew I had to get Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. Love and Theft is the only CD I haven't gotten yet.
Modern Times, for the most part, at first seemed a tad slow, if you will. But like a lot of Dylan's material, the more you listen, the more you pick up and begin to appreciate it. I wouldn't put it up there side by side with Time Out of Mind, but it is a close second.
Dylan's voice is definitely in the "gravel" catagory, but that makes this material work in my opinion. Coupled with the great music, the songs would never sound as good with a "clean"-voiced singer.
I got the special edition with the DVD. Love the videos. The Grammy performance of Lovesick is second to none. I didn't catch it at first, but the Things Have Changed video doesn't include the second verse of the album song.."This place ain't doing me any good..." Disappointing.
All in all, this is one of Dylan's best. My kids can't stand it which makes it all the better to me!!
Free Music Review: He's been looking for Alicia Keyes? Oh yeah!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the greatest albums by the greatest artist in rock history. Pretty strange since the old geezer was hiding in an artistic bunker with such bums as the Aweful Dead. I've been listening to him for 30+ years; trust me, this is as good as his '60's work.Free Music Review: PERFECT CULMINATION
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD, lauded by critics, but I'm late to discover it. I think it is the best work of Dylan's and a perfect culmination of where he was coming from to where he is going. I'm a little late in catching up with his western gear, but in the vein of Waylon and Willie, he surpasses them all.Free Music Review: Modern Times
Hit: 5 Stars
Bob Dylan-Modern Times *****
Despite what the title of the album may sugest, Modern Times is not Bob Dylan taking a stab at the new trends in music, and a more modern sound. Could you imagine Bob Dylan going electronica, no I don't mean like when he plugged in his guitar for Bringing It All Back Home, like what if Dylan tried to record his version of Radioheads Kid A. Wouldn't that be something? Modern Times is really the equivalent of the master Ray Charles' Modern Sounds In Country... It is basically a twist (slightly) on the blues with a small country twang. Which is really when you think about it nothing new for Dylan because he had been doing variations of this for years.
Songs like the albums lead single, the rumbling 'Thunder On The Mountain' are token Dylan. 'Spirit On The Water' recalls some of his best spiritual recordings, like that of Slow Train Coming for example. 'The Levee's Gonna Break' could bring a tear to the eye of the burrliest of man, while 'Nettie Moore' is Dylans best song since the early 1970's, and maybe of his entire career.
Modern Times is no joke. This album is (to quote a favotire cliche) all killer and no filler. In the trilogy that is Dylans last three albums of this, "Love And Theft," and the brilliant Time Out Of Mind. Man it's a great album!
Free Music Review: Another Stunner
Hit: 5 Stars
As a longtime Dylan fan, I always think he won't be able outdo himself, and then watch as he does just that. With this terrific album, Bob proves once again that he's one of our greatest poets, musicians and songwriters.