Together Through Life

[poliphilo]

The new Dylan came in the post this morning. I've listened to a couple of tracks. Bright horns, the voice all croony and beat up- like someone tied Bing Crosby to the tail of a Ford and dragged him along a dirt road for a couple of hours.

Dylan is a great artist in what Kenneth Clarke called the "old age" phase of his career- where he's doing what he chooses to do and doesn't give a fuck about fashion or what anybody thinks of him (not that Dylan ever did). Some of what he comes up with may be little more than hawking and spitting and scratching around in the dust, but- rough with the smooth- you're hearing what a free man sounds like- and there aren't too many of them in any generation.

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[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

you have me thinking of looking for it on Youtube now...I was listening to Positively 4th Street after Choirgate the other day.

I presume tho that McCartney is just crap and I needn't bother with him?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I buy a McCartney album every now and then, just to see how he's getting along. He's still capable of writing attractive songs, but there's no great urgency about anything he does.