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Bulldog 05-03-2009 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Mirrorball95 (Post 651340)
Alright man Ive just bought this dvd along with Neil Young's Heart Of Gold (which ive already seen & decided to buy it its that good).
Whats it like? I havent got round to watching it yet.

It's very long (as the two-DVD format might suggest), but naturally that means it's very informative. Scorsese did a great job with it - there's a kind of shopping list of all the people from the Greenwich Village scene that Dylan cited as influences (Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Leadbelly and about a gazillion more) throughout with snippets of their work to go with it. With the talking heads he interviews as well, there's just about every plausible avenue of information covered as well.

Great watch. I'm sure you'll enjoy it :)

mr. goth glam 05-03-2009 07:23 AM

I've seen both of them on separate occasions, and they each put on a pretty good show.

I'm much more of a Dylan fan though, so I'd probably go just to see Bob again.

Mirrorball95 05-03-2009 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog (Post 651559)
It's very long (as the two-DVD format might suggest), but naturally that means it's very informative. Scorsese did a great job with it - there's a kind of shopping list of all the people from the Greenwich Village scene that Dylan cited as influences (Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Leadbelly and about a gazillion more) throughout with snippets of their work to go with it. With the talking heads he interviews as well, there's just about every plausible avenue of information covered as well.

Great watch. I'm sure you'll enjoy it :)

Cool man Im gonna watch it on my day off (not til Wed :() so Ill let you know how I get on.

Comus 05-06-2009 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing (Post 649950)

Hahhahaha all of his recent albums have been utter crap in comparison to his 60's and 70's output, and he has the nerve to label Johnny Cash's comebacks before his death as low grade? The man really has lost it.

Mirrorball95 05-06-2009 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Comus (Post 653453)
Hahhahaha all of his recent albums have been utter crap in comparison to his 60's and 70's output, and he has the nerve to label Johnny Cash's comebacks before his death as low grade? The man really has lost it.

I disagree with this and highly doubt whether you have actually listened to his recent albums.
I wouldn't label them as crap but obviously the likes of 'Desire' & 'Blood On The Tracks' aint ever gonna be bettered by him.
As for the Johnny Cash comment, fair enough hes entitled to his opinion, I know people who dont like Johnny Cash at all, never mind his comeback.
Personally I think Rick Rubin did a great job with him and I have mostly all of his American Recordings albums ,which to me are nothing short of excellent.
So to say he has 'lost it' just because he doesnt like a particular artist is just nonsense. He actually should be praised for having the guts to come out and say something like that- when popular opinion is that his comeback was excellent.
Also I much prefer his 80s & 90s stuff to the 60s albums he did. (and I have mostly all of them from every period- just missing a few from 60s & 70s).
For instance I would much rather listen to the versions of Rainy Day Women, Tomnbstone Blues, All Along The Watchtower on the MTV Unplugged album rather than the originals.
I also love the album 'Oh Mercy'(1989) & is probably the most listened to Dylan album I have after 'Desire' (my favourite), but thats just me..

Comus 05-06-2009 03:48 PM

I have, and have listened to every Dylan album, I got the leak of the latest album a few days before release and was really hoping for something, but was sadly dissapointed, he's just an old hack now, someone who can make great music, but just choses not to.

sweet_nothing 05-06-2009 04:05 PM

So youre trying piss off his fans by calling him "an old hack"? Youre cool.

Comus 05-06-2009 04:07 PM

I'm a massive Dylan fan! He's just way past it, and I found it quite hypocritical of himself to call Johnny Cash's comeback albums mediocre.

sweet_nothing 05-06-2009 04:10 PM

What do you consider his last good album?

Comus 05-06-2009 05:23 PM

Time Out of Mind, but if you ignore that it would be Desire.


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