tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536324155698438623.post3435380831578182843..comments2024-03-06T03:37:14.835-05:00Comments on A Thousand Highways: DIY Playlist: Infidels RevisitedCWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732512511064656880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536324155698438623.post-39495986025138014672022-06-19T19:53:43.992-04:002022-06-19T19:53:43.992-04:00I think it's near impossible to identify any s...I think it's near impossible to identify any song as the "greatest". Like all great art, it's how it speaks to you. I like the band version of BWM though. Agree that the edgier songs like Neighbourhood Bully & Sundown are brilliant. I & I is one song that has to be on my essential playlist. As CWS suggests, Daniel Romano's take on Infidels might be worth your time :)DirkLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493916086258023409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536324155698438623.post-74764164448063567642022-06-19T19:43:43.983-04:002022-06-19T19:43:43.983-04:00Hi CWS, nice playlist! I've not been able to e...Hi CWS, nice playlist! I've not been able to enjoy RARW to the extent that others have either, although it's clearly very good. Over a lifetime of listening to Dylan, I've arrived at Shot of Love as my favourite Dylan album (with Caribbean Winds as my favourite BL ;). I got a copy of the new Springtime in NY album (2 disc version) and there are some great tracks but have found it a bit underwhelming -perhaps my expectations were too high. I'll give RARW some more time, maybe the penny will drop like it did with Modern Times. I have also discovered Daniel Romano and while I prefer the original, his take on Infidels is excellent. I can't recommend that guy enough. Keep well & thanks again for rekindling my interest in Bob Dylan through your excellent blog :)DirkLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493916086258023409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536324155698438623.post-19355701376168106212022-05-31T14:33:35.841-04:002022-05-31T14:33:35.841-04:00Sorry, but I don't get all the acclaim over Bl...Sorry, but I don't get all the acclaim over Blind Willie McTell. Don't mistake this as negative criticism, but the tune doesn't seem to suit the more contemporary sound or mood of Infidels or even that entire musical period for Dylan. Rather, I would have placed it in his 60s folkie era or possibly in the mid-70s with Hattie Caroll and Hurricane. It's not surprising to me that he left it off the album. Nonetheless, you're in good company with book authors Clinton Heylin and Sean Wilentz. Heylin said McTell was the best song that Dylan ever left off an album and Wilentz dedicated an entire chapter in his book, Bob Dylan In America, to McTell.<br /><br />Infidels, for me, contains Dylan's most enigmatic and intriguing set of lyrics in Jokerman, backed up by the Sly and Robbie rhythm section, no less. That tough act is followed up by the pumping guitar-driven Neighborhood Bully, whose musical intensity is matched by Dylan's relentless wordplay and biting sarcasm. I could go on about the rest of Infidels, but it's easily his best album of the 80s and rivals any of his output.Razimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488428553103041838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536324155698438623.post-42511892538649102022022-01-26T10:39:19.478-05:002022-01-26T10:39:19.478-05:00I enjoyed Rough and Rowdy Ways tremendously - &quo...I enjoyed Rough and Rowdy Ways tremendously - "Murder Most Foul" might be the best song the guy's ever done. Shadow Kingdom was similarly great; my wife and I watched it with my father and mother, and even the latter (who dislikes Bob Dylan's music) loved it. Hope all is well for you too!CWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732512511064656880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536324155698438623.post-15861423269725756032021-10-11T06:35:20.776-04:002021-10-11T06:35:20.776-04:00Good to hear from you CS. Hope all is well. I woul...Good to hear from you CS. Hope all is well. I would love your thoughts on Rough And Rowdy Ways and Shadow Kingdom. For me I find RARW boring and SK I have no idea where it came from, he's in great voice if it's real, anyway I'm enjoying it. Stay safe.MikeLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463608926950695744noreply@blogger.com