[QUOTE=foxes are like so rad]sigh...and by the way, hes horrible now. he can barely sing...he put on a show at Boston University. a friend of mine went, and she said it was terrible.[/QUOTE]

I totally disagree, even if his voice is a little knacked his two newest albums Love and Theft and Time Out Of Mind were excellent. A real return to form after the dark days of the 80's Dylan.

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]His first album is good but nothing special. It's a pretty typical folk album. He was still trying to be Woody Guthrie at that point.[/QUOTE]
it doesnt matter who hes trying to be, everyone has their heros, its still an awesome album thats highly underratted.

Woody Guthrie was a lot better at being Woody Guthrie. I listen to it now and then but it pales into insignificance compared to his later stuff once he actually tried being Bob Dylan.

I like Dylan's first album a lot. I'd agree that he is imitating Woody Guthrie in many ways but it's still got his spin on it. He makes the songs his own. It's a really enjoyable album. Not his best, but I dunno I just like it a lot for some reason.

I've been listening to Another Side of Bob Dylan a lot lately. Great album. Chimes of Freedom and My Back Pages are two of the best songs he's ever done.

Chimes of Freedom is absolutely amazing.

i'm surprised that i'm the first in the thread to dislike bob dylan. i respect some of the musicians he inspired but his music aggravates me no end

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Yeah, who does he think he is? JUDAS![/QUOTE]

I don't believe you!

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Woody Guthrie was a lot better at being Woody Guthrie. I listen to it now and then but it pales into insignificance compared to his later stuff once he actually tried being Bob Dylan.[/QUOTE]

He was being Bob Dylan, just an early version. I'm reading "Chronicles Vol. 1" and it's a great book, all about early Dylan in New York, told by Dylan. At that time Dylan was folk and folk was Dylan. From what he says it seems like folk songs told him how to live so it's natural for him to sing them. And of course Woody Guthrie is better at being himself than someone else. But I agree that his later stuff is better.

[QUOTE=hafez]i'm surprised that i'm the first in the thread to dislike bob dylan. i respect some of the musicians he inspired but his music aggravates me no end[/QUOTE]

...i'm not surprised. Bob Dylan is nearly supernatural.

[QUOTE=redmancba]He was being Bob Dylan, just an early version. I'm reading "Chronicles Vol. 1" and it's a great book, all about early Dylan in New York, told by Dylan. At that time Dylan was folk and folk was Dylan. From what he says it seems like folk songs told him how to live so it's natural for him to sing them. And of course Woody Guthrie is better at being himself than someone else. But I agree that his later stuff is better.[/QUOTE]
I'm only talking about his first album. He was still finding his (first) sound at that point.

I've read Chronicles. It's good but frustrating, but if anyone has a right to self-mythologise, it's Dylan. I got his Complete Lyrics and Scrapbook 56-66 for christmas.

...and isn't Ballad Of Hollis Brown the best one-chord song ever?