Jakob Dylan
 

I think when someone is the child of a popular musician I immediately write them off. Jakob Dylan obviously being a major grab for any lazy ass recruiter scares me. I loved the Wallflowers output but his solo stuff...too close to Dad for me.

But thanks to the Innovation of Spotify, I managed to trip over some of this work, and what I'm hearing, in my opinion, is really good. Feel free to tell us what you think of him in general.

By the way, i ****ing hated "nothing but the whole wide world".

Favorites so far: Will it Grow, Everybody's Hurtin.

i liked one or two Wallflowers songs

but not into him

more into Sean Ono Lennon, if you're talking famous offsprings

He's got a better voice than his dad, that's for sure!

It's nice. Not particularly innovative, not particularly new or fresh, but not all music needs to be new, especially that style of semi-country that is so much about roots, home, and familiarity. I like the warmth of what I've listened to, and it's good mellow music for lazy days and car journeys.

EDIT: he sounds like a whiny dick in spanish. He should stick to English :P

Pretty much this, I'd put Jeff Buckley in before him, but assuming we're talking people currently making music-Sean's the best out there.

Jeff tries too hard to be his father, but he can't quite do the same vocal gymnastics

at least Sean is doing something different than his father's

This thread is now about pancakes. Does boysenberry sound too close to Poisonberry for comfort? Discuss.

Sorry, one more :offtopic: post as I don`t know much about Jakob D.
I share the same intitial distrust of famous offspring, though I am half won over by Rufus Wainwright. OK, he can sound a bit slow and whiney, and he
can choose some strange songs to cover, but he has established a
musical identity quite apart from his mom and dad and sometimes gets it right, e.g. Going To A Town.

Hey, I tried :P

No way. His dad is by far the better vocalists.

I really like the Wallflower song "Josephine". And "Three Marlenas".

But he's still far off from being as good as his dad, but it's a big order to fill.

Who says he gives a **** about being Bob Dylan?

Nobody. He doesn't have to be him to be as good as him, which he isn't.

That's a question of taste ;) Bob Dylan was certainly influential, and a great changer in music, but I'm not a huge fan of his stuff. I find his voice a bit whiny at times. They are rather different styles, and for that simple fact I would never try and compare the two. It'd be like saying whether Bon Jovi were better than Daft Punk...

Their Styles aren't that different. His dad was the godfather of the style that he uses.

I'm going to post my favourite Jakob Dylan Song here:



They both have unique voices, and I personally appreciate both these fantastic singers individually.

As for Bob's voice, I personally love it! With songs such as "When the Deal Goes Down", the coarse gruffness sounds worldly wise and in a fascinating way, really beautiful to me.

What about "one more cup of coffee"? He does some great singing in that song. Bob is one of my favorite vocalists ever. His voice was like a chameleon. I don't know why he gets so much flak about his voice. He can sing better than a lot of musicians that don't get near as much flak as him. Lou reed for one. And Mr. Reed really learned a lot from Bob. Bob was a master of vocal phrasing and intonation. He had a very poetic way of singing. It was almost like he was reciting poetry instead of singing. He fused the two. Lou Reed really used that same style. The imperfections in his voice make it unique and great. Value is too often placed on clean and "perfect" voices.

Sean Lennon sucks. If his dad was not John Lennon, he would have been forgotten already...

I remember when "Home" was a single for him, and thinking at the time it was cool... now i hear it and say it is pretty dreadful.

I think he got his "talent" from the Ono side.

ah, but i think higher of Yoko Ono than John

dear god, tell me you are not serious.

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I will allow that there are connections between the music that Bob created and the general genre of what Jakob is singing. I will allow that both of them could at times be put until the general title of "Country-Folk Blues" or something similar. Their "Style" is in my opinion totally different. Bob was rather political, and his music is much more coarse, much harder. Jakob's seems to be very much softer, much closer to Iron & Wine and that lot.

just saying she ain't that bad

Lennon solo wasn't exactly earth-shattering - besides Plastic Ono Band

Jakob's first album is all right, if a bit unexciting. The Wallflowers' "Rebel Sweetheart" is one of my all time favourite albums.

I see what you're saying, if you really want to dissect their styles. But generally, they aren't that different. And Bob was only really topically political for his first few years.

And what exactly do you mean about Bob being "coarse"? I mean, I understand, but he was also very soft too. Maybe this is a little more Jakob-esque for you.


Bob Dylan - Oh, Sister - YouTube



Bob Dylan Girl from the North country - YouTube

maybe so. But even the best Ono song isn't half as good as the worst Lennon song.

Never could understand how anyone can see any talent in Yoko.

Never could understand how anyone can see any talent in Yoko.

Haven't heard enough of Jakob's work to form a strong opinion. His music sounds a bit like the softer side of Springsteen to me, and as I don't care much for Springsteen I'm lukewarm (so far) to Jakob. He does seem really grounded for someone with such a legendary parent, though.

As for Ono (!): I like Yoko's white chess set and her book Grapefruit and a few of her songs. But that's about it. :rolleyes:

i'm fairly lukewarm to both Lennon solo and Ono

but some of her stuff on Milk & Honey isn't bad