TheMaker Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 It's a great leap forward from MT. Gone are the turgid blues case studies--and you can't call them anything else with a straight face--and the band actually sounds awake and alive and engaged. If You Ever Go to Houston and I Feel a Change Comin' On are both standouts, especially the former, which is a welcome return to Dylan actually writing like Dylan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cre618 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 It's out there now without the German woman...I'm really liking this. MT never clicked for me like the two before. This new one really has a Time Out of Mind vibe for me and I'm digging it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 It's out there now without the German woman...I'm really liking this. MT never clicked for me like the two before. This new one really has a Time Out of Mind vibe for me and I'm digging it... are you speaking of the youtube leak that got pulled? Are there mp3s circulating? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 legit leak. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Edit: Been helped. Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 word just got it. I'll probably wait till later and go for stroll with this as my soundtrack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boots Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I couldn't handle that Dutch woman, so I stopped after one song the other night. Love the vocals on My Wife's Hometown, so far so good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Central Scrutinizer Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 word just got it. I'll probably wait till later and go for stroll with this as my soundtrack.I'd love to find a portable soundtrack ... EDIT: going portable ... thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Shake Shake Baby is so good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boots Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Shake Shake Baby is so good. Yes it is. This record seems to strike the right balence between MT and L&T. No real stunners like High Water or Mississippi but solid all the way through Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 yeah i'd agree with that... nothing mindblowing, but a very VERY solid record through and through Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Central Scrutinizer Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 yeah i'd agree with that... nothing mindblowing, but a very VERY solid record through and throughIt's a delight. David Hildago was an incredible choice to color the numbers he's on. Bob's voice is great, sounding at times like Howlin' Wolf, the accompaniment at times hinting a big of Django ... a timeless album. Made for a perfect afternoon! I told my wife there may be a Bob Dylan album that even she would like! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jesusetc84 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I'm listening to it. It's a great classy restrained set of songs. Really loving it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Can someone hook me up? I'd like something for walking around tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheMaker Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Yes it is. This record seems to strike the right balence between MT and L&T. No real stunners like High Water or Mississippi but solid all the way through Definitely agreed. The band is loose as a goose, as Jeff might say , and Dylan actually seems engaged with the material at hand. Modern Times felt like a case study to me, and so many of the songs were toss-offs in the worst of ways, so it's nice to get a breezy album with an honest sense of fun about it. I love--just love!--If You Ever Go to Houston. That and This Dream of You are very Desire-esque. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 it's turned out like i thought it would. i really love I Feel A Change Comin' Oni like If You Ever Go To Houston, This Dream of You and Shake Shake Mamacan't make my mind up about It's All Goodand the rest i think are terrible - it's just the exact type of blues i hate, the arrangements sound like they are jamming rather than recording an album so on average i'd say this is worse than Modern Times - cos that had more songs i loved on it, and it doesn't even come close to Time Out Of Mind or Love & Theft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 can someone upload the stream if they recorded it?. the album doesnt come out til May 1st here... thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 it's turned out like i thought it would. i really love I Feel A Change Comin' Oni like If You Ever Go To Houston, This Dream of You and Shake Shake Mamacan't make my mind up about It's All Goodand the rest i think are terrible - it's just the exact type of blues i hate, the arrangements sound like they are jamming rather than recording an album so on average i'd say this is worse than Modern Times - cos that had more songs i loved on it, and it doesn't even come close to Time Out Of Mind or Love & Theft. it's not even really that blues-y of a record imo. much more zydeco really. no offense, but you're going to be in the minority on this one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 it's not even really that blues-y of a record imo. much more zydeco really. no offense, but you're going to be in the minority on this one yeah, i'm sure i am. those songs are 12 bar blues with an accordian, not zydeco though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 they are not 12 bar blues, i'm sorry. do you play guitar? Modern Times was more 12 bar blues than this is. the closest song on here to 12 bar blues is 'It's All Good', and even that isn't exactly it. the only thing very blues-y at times is the lead guitar work. the time signatures are actually a bit more complex than they seem on the surface (Life Is Hard ans Shake Shake Mama for example) not saying there's not blues elements, but to write it off as a bad blues record doesn't fit the smell test IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 they are not 12 bar blues, i'm sorry. do you play guitar? Modern Times was more 12 bar blues than this is. the only thing very blues-y at times is the guitar work. the time signatures are actually a bit more complex than they seem on the surface. yeah, i play guitar. a couple of them are waltzes too, i should have added. in what way are they zydeco exactly then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 yeah, i play guitar. a couple of them are waltzes too, i should have added. in what way are they zydeco exactly then? it's not as uptempo as most Zydeco (but then again there's plenty of Zydeco waltzes too). yeah a lot of this album is a hybrid of diff styles, but i'd argue it's closer to Zydeco than straight up Blues. sure it's the prominent use of the accordion that made me think zydeco, but there's a few other elements of it too. but it's def not 12 bar blues really either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 this is a and this is a typical zydeco dance number zydeco is dance music - you can't dance to this album. here's some i'd be interested to find out the chord progressions for the new album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Leave it to Dylan to get an argument started over what exactly is zydeco. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Leave it to Dylan to get an argument started over what exactly is zydeco. this is an issue that must be solved though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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