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your local record store.

I'm not whining, the point of my discussion was obsession with an artist and the need to devour his/her entire catalog. No disrespect to A-man, he seems to be a genuine person. Roger. Will do

I don't know. It has a certain cringe element in it for me. I feel the same way about The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest. Maybe they'll grow on me but right now they're not my favorites.

They're all November Rain

The song that hooked me on Dylan and then reeled me in was Visions of Johanna. For some reason on my copy of B on B I have to turn it up louder than the rest of the album.

Some of us haven't been here as long as you and discussion in the present is much better than obsession with the past.

My main question was obsession.

Yeah I have it. I'm a little conflicted by Motorpsycho Nitemare

I owned two albums by Bob just a short two months ago, now I own twenty. I still think my favorites are B on B, Bringing it Back, Hwy 61, Nashville Skyline, and Freewheelin. I own all except the first and the third from the sixties and it's all a lot to digest but I'm having fun. I need some tips for the 70's (besides Blood) and 80's. Hopefully all of this music will entertain and inform me for years. What I want to know is, how many people out there become obsessed with one artist at a time and listen to them exclusively until burnout. When I find an artist I like, no matter how present that

A friend burned a copy of Chinese Democracy for me off of emule a while ago. I was a GnR fan back in the day but this was awful. I described the sound to my friend as Nickel Back doing Alanis Morrisette covers. Peeeeeeeyeeeeew.

A Stone - Okkervil River Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen Probably Will - Concrete Blonde Wave of Mutilation (UK surf version) - The Pixies (I want this song played at my funeral) The Bleeding Heart Show - The New Pornographers In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel Street That Time Walks - Son Volt These songs and many more give me chills every time.

Some guys were listening to Straightaways today at work and as I walked by I actually said "you know, that may very well be my favorite Sonvolt album". No shit. True story. Wow.

Thanks for hooking me up with that thread. Anybody still listening to it or has the novelty worn off?

Sorry if this has already been discussed but i couldn't find it. Is this soundtrack any good? I watched the movie and the song Jim James sang was beautiful. Just curious, I'm thinking about buying it.

A girl walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre. The bartender gave it to her.

Just an update. I bought and have been listening to some of Dylan's better known, earlier albums. I've watched the documentaries No Direction Home and Don't Look Back, and I am currently reading Bob Dylan-Chronicles volume one. He was/is pretty cool, but I still think Tweedy's better.

Being There is my favorite, but it's almost like picking your favorite child. You love them all with all of your heart. The Alt-country title has never made much sense to me as far as Wilco is concerned. The "country" songs on Being There sound more like classic country to me. They could fit in with Lefty Frizzell, Hank Snow, Hank Williams or any other true "country" artist. A.M. always sounded more like pop country(but not like the bad pop country radio of today). I grew up on old country and the "country" songs from Being There always sounded more authentic than anything Jeff had done since

I tried to praise The Owl and Bear when the Wilco archive first appeared but Analogman shut me down?

Sorry, I mean hippie

Thanks, I went down to Waterloo today and bought Freewheelin, Highway 61, Bringing It All Back Home, and Blonde on Blonde. Also I rented Don't Look Back. We'll see how it all sinks in. I may be a crazy Dylan fan like you guys in a couple of weeks. I just hope I don't turn into a hippy.

I finished No Direction Home last night and was pretty impressed. Dylan was already a part of our "classic rock" culture by the time I started really exploring music . I never really gave him a second thought, the same with the Beatles. The songs were always there as far back as I can remember so I guess I've always taken them for granted. I came around to the Beach Boys and the Beatles but I have never fully appreciated Dylan. The documentary gave me some context, so......... Where do I start my Dylan collection?

I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this, but here's a song I wrote about walking around in public. cleanse my life

I'm a Tweedy voter for the same reason as this guy. But this thread has inspired me to investigate Bob further. I just downloaded No Direction Home off of the itunes music store. Don't get me wrong, I'm an old man* and have tried Bob in the past to no avail. I work in a music oriented field and am exposed to Dylan lovers and haters everyday. A lot of my friends/co-workers were converted by this documentary. Anyway I'm giving him another try. One of these days it might click.I gather from this thread that it's a widely held opinion that Bob invented poetic lyrics? I'm a big fan of meanin

Exactly my point with Guthrie and Dylan. Everyone has influences, but you can't use the argument that Dylan is better than Tweedy because Dylan influenced Tweedy, just like you can't say Guthrie is better than Dylan because Guthrie influenced Dylan. It's what you do with your influences that matter. Besides, I hear more Beatles than Dylan in Tweedy's music.