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    The Official Bob Dylan Thread

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    What does this mean? He does nor doesn't know they are doing it. He knows.

    LouieB

     

    I just think Dylan has handed complete control of all that crap over to his label. You don't??

     

    Columbia-"Bob, we're gonna put out the Whitmark Demos and this E.P. of some '63 live show. Oh and a Mono box set and a thingy to put your CD's in. You ok?"

    Bob-"Whatever....when's the next tour?"

    R.E.M. - "Collapse Into Now"

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    I be the negative one in the bunch. On first listen, this sounds like REM trying hard to sound like REM (much like Atomic Bomb and All That You Can't Leave Behind were for U2). At least the last few releases were a band trying to do something different (although mostly disappointing). I hope this is a grower because I was disappointed on my first pass, especially with all the hype.

    Bands/Artists you're glad you saw because they aren't around any more....

    in Someone Else's Song

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    That would have been a great show to see, where(venue) did they play?

     

    The Smiths played the Aragon and I was 15 so I didn't know bad that venue really is. I remember the entire floor had rows of seats and the minute the band hit the stage, everyone (in complete orderly fashion) took their seat and passed it to the back.

     

    Walking out after and seeing that pile of hundreds of chairs was just awesome.

     

    Setlist is here....just amazing:

    http://www.setlist.f...l-3bd7d43c.html

    The Promise

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    One of the things that is painfully obvious with videos of his stage performances and has been obvious since 1992 is Bruce's reliance on the teleprompter.

     

    Yeah, the prompter thing bugs me too. Only because as a singer, you sing something totally different when you know it by heart vs reading it. When you see him live now, you can just hear it in his singing the ones he knows vs relying on the prompter.

    The latest Ryan Adams thread V2.0

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    That song "Numbers" is just nuts. Like bi-polar disorder music. I actually think I love it.

     

    My main issue with this stuff is his singing style. It's the same voice he had on Easy Tiger are Cardinology which wrecked those for me too. I can't explain it, but it just sounds....false. And I think Ryan has one of the greatest voices out there so I'm not sure what's up.

    The Promise

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    Is it just me or is the Darkness remaster just about the best job in remastering history? I'm not really familiar with the album, but it could not have sounded this ... this perfect before.

     

    That's great to hear because I didn't think the "Born to Run" remaster added much. Patiently waiting until my b-day next week for this. God, it's tough!

    The Promise

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    I can see what he is saying, but as you say, the songs are so generic.

     

    Snakes and dice? No thanks.

     

    I do like the song Human Touch though.

     

    I wasn't talking at all about the songwriting quality or arrangments. I'm talking about the overall sound quality on the albums which to me are perfect. You can hear the instrumentation and the songs have dynamic range. O'Brien and Bruce seem to not care about either anymore. Maybe I have it all wrong what a producer does.

    The Promise

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    I think O'Brien's production on the recent Rock records (The Rising, Magic, Working on a Dream) are a definite improvement over Human Touch and Lucky Town (the last studio records Landau and Chuck Plotkin were involved in).

     

    I couldn't disagree more. Everything O"Brien has done gives me a headache within minutes and there are no dynamics whatsoever. Horrible production.

     

    Lucky Town/Human Touch may actually be the best "sounding" albums in Bruce's catalog.

    Great Guitar Solos #169

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    ALWAYS one of my favorites!

    And yet, until now, nobody else has ever mentioned this one as one of their favorites -- at least that I had seen.

     

    There is a complete lack of ego/sense of showing off; the solo just kind of organically flows out of the main riff. It brings the song to a higher place... it does everything that a solo is supposed to do. It's like magic. Freaking perfect!

     

    Such a great call, imsjry! I am right there with you.

     

    Glad at least someone feels the magic of this solo. Ira's solos can sometimes grate on me a bit but this one is just perfect (like you said). I still contend Yo La Tengo are the best band in the land. And have been since the 90's.

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