Shakespeare In The Alley

It's ok. I'm a bit of a fan of School of Rock. But I guess you're right. However, to me, a poser is someone who covers up their lack of talent with cliche moves. Pat is undeniably skilled as a musician, so it never really registers as trying too hard in my eyes. It's always come across as some sort of "no one else in the band is doing it, so why not?"

If he actually does possess both the talent, and the charisma...then he's not really a poser at all, is he?

Yea, sadly the session guys don't get enough credit for records like BonB and H61R. Dylan wasn't the kind of guy who gave everyone detailed charts of what to play. The fact that they kept up with him at all is a true sign to the talent assembled in those studios. Hell, for "Sad Eyed Lady," wasn't it said that no one had a clue how long Dylan was going to make that song? Just imagine being a musician in that setting. The fact that they weren't all train-wrecks of errors is a miracle. It just adds to the mystique behind 65/66 Dylan.

I see your point, but it's not the type of thing that jumps out as "wrong," or anything. At least not to me. It all comes together, and fits in to the sound Dylan was aiming for. One of the things that I respect so much about Dylan's first few full band records is that they were recorded live. These little missteps could have easily been overdubbed, but they weren't. And they don't scream "mistake!" So I just can't view them as flaws.

To me, there's nothing at all wrong with this album. The few less-than-great moments are only less-than-great because of the immense shadows cast by the high points of the album. Flawless.

It's been far too long since I've listened to this. I cannot articulate how flawlessly brilliant this album is. Just, wonderful stuff.

So...is Dylan's Hank Williams thing finally coming out/close to done?

This, as well as all of Graham's Blur songs. Very pleasantly lo-fi.

My number two album of 2009. Damn good stuff.

Understandable. Compared to Pulp, and Jarvis first (also excellent) solo album, Further Complications is a bit different. But it has some classic lines that could have only come out of Jarvis' mind. I wouldn't let anyone else get away with an intro couplet like "I met her at the museum of paleontology / and I'll make no bones about it." The guy is fucking brilliant with words. Leftovers and I Never Said I Was Deep are incredible, and every other track is solid to great in my opinion. I have a bit of a man-crush on Jarvis, but I think Further Complications is just a really well-done alb

Terrific album. Top five of the year for me.

Thank you! I dl'd this a week or so ago, but haven't actually listened to it yet. I'm thinking having the physical copy will make me finally play it.

EXCELLENT album.

No offense, but that was a pretty damn obviously sarcastic reference to SITA and ITMWLY being pretty much the guaranteed songs in a Wilco set.

Did you seriously not catch the EXTREMELY obvious sarcasm in BW's post?

Oh! Oh this is good things right now.

Page number in the book, I assume? Didn't bring it to school with me, so I can't check. But I may have to see if the library has a copy just to re-read that part. Semi-related note, Chronicles is a damn fine read if anyone hasn't read it. It's just like Dylan's autobio would be; completely non-linear, yet well-written.

It's been a while since I read that part of Chronicles, but I believe Dylan referenced that the songs he should have gotten went on to be made by Wilco and Billy Bragg. Again, it's a Dylan story. It may or may not have happened in any of the ways it's been described, or at all. Such is the man's genius.

If I remember right, from the last time I read Chronicles, Dylan was offered Woody's unreleased lyrics, but Woody's wife didn't know what Dylan meant when he showed up at their place to get them. So he left, and Woody died, and Dylan never got the lyrics. However, it's a Dylan story. So take it at face value.

OK, I just meant that I don't think it's possible that that thought didn't cross Jay's mind. Somewhere along the timeline of events leading up to jay agreeing to do this, he had to have made the Jeff connection. Like I said, I don't know much about Jay's personality. And he may not be trying to challenge Jeff. But the idea must have crossed his mind, even if it was just in a "huh, what a coincidence" way.

Yea, that seems to be what I've heard. That's unfortunate, because they were really into it Friday night, and it showed. I'm also a HUGE fan of DD/LY, so I enjoyed the hell out of their set. But I've heard poor things about their ATP set. Damn shame.

Admittedly, I don't know much about Jay. But I don't see how it could be possible that he hasn't thought "I bet I can do this better than Jeff." He has to know the comparison will be made, so logically, he'd use it as a high-ish profile way to challenge Jeff in a way. I just don't think he can be clueless enough to not consider that people will compare them.