Comments on: Just as You Suspected, John McCain’s Running a Scorched Earth Campaign

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:37:30 +0000

I thought the song quite pleasing, in a hippie beatnik fashion. What do you call that music genre, Grunge, Emo or something?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:12:14 +0000

I guess if you take into account everything about Dylan - songs, image, intangibles, etc. - then the Rolling Thunder era scores some points. But I've never been able to get into his version of songs from that era. They just sound too Eagles-y to me.

Early electric Dylan takes the cake in my book in terms of all-around badassery. There's more punk rock in the opening 6 seconds of "Outlaw Blues" than in the entire catalogues of Johnny Rotten, Joey Ramone, Ashlee Simpson, et. al.

By: Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:21:35 +0000

Dave:
it ain't just about the songs! go look up photos of your choice -- very early Dylan -- and listen to his original version of "Maggie's Farm."

then go watch the Rolling Thunder revue version of the same song, and get back to me about who looks and sounds cooler.

'course, my preferences might have something to do with which albums my parents bought, and which ones i bought.

but i still think i'm right...

By: Mark Athitakis

Mark Athitakis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:16:29 +0000

Everything? Even "Self Portrait"?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:10:13 +0000

You guys are insane. Bringing It All Back Home-Highway 61 Revisited-Blonde On Blonde era Dylan would wipe the floor with Rolling Thunder Revue era Dylan. No contest.

By: Mike DeBonis

Mike DeBonis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:45:28 +0000

Agree wholeheartedly that's my fave Dylan era. Everything from Nashville Skyline to Desire! Awesomeness!

By: Dave McKenna

Dave McKenna — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:42:43 +0000

Ain't it great, MdB? back to me: the Rolling Thunder Revue era, coming just when i started buying my own LPs, was the peak of my Dylan fandom, and i still think it was his coolest period, as a singer and a dresser. and that band! mick ronson! Look at all the youtube videos from those days for confirmation; they're all amazing. that tour didn't come anywhere near here. the closest gig was at the Clinton (NJ) Correctional Institute for Women, and i don't think they'd've let me in for that. so i didn't see my first bob dylan show till two years later, when he played the capital centre wearing a sequined jumpsuit and had a huge Vegas-style stage show. i was crushed. i'm going to go watch "Idiot Wind" again!

By: Mike DeBonis

Mike DeBonis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:39:50 +0000

That's a Hot.F'in.Dylan track you found there.