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I was there last night and I will be there tomorrow night. SOMEONE PLEASE HOLD ME.

Yo la tengo at maxwells for hanukkah is the greatest tradition in rock and roll.

Oh man. Jeff at bowery ballroom and I have tix for yo la tengo at maxwells that night? I am sleeping right? This is not happening. Phew for a minute there I got worried. Yep. Any minute now. Waking up annnnnny minute now.

Wow, really? I hear what I think are his ideas and sounds and flourishes on every song. In a really good way: understated, but definitely there.

I'm with Moss. Sure, it's hit or miss towards the end, but when it hits, it's as good as anything he ever did, and better than almost everything anyone else ever did.

There are only so many times I can listen to this song In one life And it will never be enough To save me From its end

Can someone confirm for me that the links in that EPIC THREAD above are still live and safe? I only have some of the unreleased stuff, and I've been meaning to fix that for awhile, but was always afraid of viruses, spyware, etc. from unknown links. Thanks. Of course, if anyone here has this stuff uploaded somewhere already and can let me know where to go, even better, and you'll have a best friend for life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow9mnmr5KP0&feature=related

We don't have a Randy Newman Appreciation thread so I am hijacking this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OldToIF5ZGs

also, isn't that the press conference where he says he'd become a pitchman for ladies lingerie? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW4QpZV9O5Q

Check out 4:35 of that video I posted.

it sure would.

He may have been joking, but he was certainly more of a song and dance man than he was the voice of a generation. The room explodes with laughter when he says it, but he doesn't. I've often thought he was a bit pissed off with how much people in the room laughed at the joke. ETA: you know, it was meant to be funny, but not THAT funny.

I was commenting on JASB's (now clarified) statement that lyrics were the most important thing to Dylan. You jumped into the middle of that, and so I misunderstood. Sorry. I was wondering when the hell you were getting here. Jeezus.

Sex Nap, I will never understand why you get so hot under the collar about this stuff. Really. If I misunderstood you, I am sorry, ok? You put 5 reallys in front of how much he cared about his lyrics, and were piggybacking on a back and forth I was having with JASB as a result of JASB's statement that Dylan's "lyrics were more important than everything else." Sounds like we agree. It's all good! Check out 2:34 of this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ8CHGNpBxg

Well, you clarified to make it clear that you don't think Dylan thought the lyrics were more important than everything else. That's all I meant. We agree!

Yes, but only after your clarification.

One has nothing to do with the other. Dylan certainly "really" cared about lyrics and inflection, and certainly more than others. But if you think that melody wasn't equally important to him, I'd venture to say you are wrong. Or, I'd disagree with you. The fact that you think his lyrics are what distinguish him from others is fine. He's still a song and dance man.

Ok, no argument from me there, but: 1. joss ackland's comment was referring to a brit band cover of Too Much of Nothing and that's hardly a good example of Dylan treating lyrics with more importance than other 60s acts. and 2. joss ackland said: "the brits back then just treated them like good songs with a good melody, rather than treating the lyrics as being more important than everything else", which I don't think Dylan ever did. He's a song and dance man, remember?

It doesn't make sense to me. Do you think Dylan was doing anything different with that song?

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Yep, I take it back. Hendrix and The Roots.

I feel the exact opposite way. As far as I am concerned, virtually every Dylan cover either misses the point completely, or misses the emotion completely. Hendrix was the only one who nailed it. Just my stupid opinion.

Oh definitely. These were just my initial thoughts. And my initial thoughts match up with my final opinion (if there is such a thing) about 7% of the time.

Ok, so now I've gone back and read this thread and I guess I am not alone. That was a fun experiment. Oh well. As for the AF v National debate, I agree that Matt's lyrics resonate with me more, and that Win's are starting to get old and feel childish. But I also think Matt has his fair share of clunkers. And I hesitate to reward a lyric that doesnt make much sense as "poetic" -- and sometimes (often?), I get that feeling with the National. I'll take High Violet over Suburbs every time right now. solace, I am scratching my head over your 96 out of 100. diff'rent strokes, I guess. Wha