I'm not real interested in who likes Dylan and who doesn't. That debates been going on for approaching 50 years! That said, very few folks would come up with lines that warm my heart like:
Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet Putting her in a wheelbarrow and wheeling her down the street
I love Mark Knopfler, and appreciate his amazing musicianship. But may I vote for a little less? Seems like there's DS or MK three fo four times a day.
I wouldn't expect to hear B. Seger on R.P., Not that it's such a terrible piece of music, but like "Hotel California" it has been so schmaltzified by over-exposure, I cringe whenever I hear it. Leave it for the "Soft Rock" market.... please.
I gotta believe the RP tent is big enough to include Bob Seger. I wasn't dieing to hear Bob, but I think this fits fine here.
Well, someone in the studio would have noticed for sure if it was important... my guess is that it's off key on purpose. The whole style is kind of rough, both the acoustic and electric guitars, the drums and of course the singing. So for me it all adds up and sounds like a consistent music style. A super well-tuned Stradivarius would simply have been out of place. And music is not all about technique, dexterity, perfect sound, perfect tuning or perfect time... music is about communicating emotions and sometimes imperfection is the perfect way of doing so...
Well put. Rod was definitely going for rough here.
Well, if the river was whiskey, And I was a divin duck. Well, if the river was whiskey, And I was a divin duck. Well, I would dive to the bottom, Never would I come up.
Why limit to the UK? IMHO, one of the best guitarists all-world, all-time. Seemingly effortless transitions from acoustic to hard body electric, from ballads to pop, to flat-out R&R. Strong song-writer. Yes, his voice may grate on some, but he's remained relevant, creative and imaginative for nearly five decades - no small feat, that.
Gotta line up w/ the folks who find this version expansive. That is to say, I will now hear the original differently: not better; not worse. Different.
Well, it's true that nobody can ever be as brilliant as Billy thinks he is, but songs like this make me think that he is, in fact, PRETTY FREAKING BRILLIANT!
Bebop explored the chords around the melody. It required an amazing, studied, and hard earned mastery of music theory and the manual dexterity, instrumental craft if you will, to put the theory into practice. Pile on to that an encyclopedic knowledge of "standard" songs (if someone said "Bird of Paradise," "The Way You Look Tonight," or "Salt Peanuts," you were expected to know the melody and the chord changes) and the discipline to fit all that into an ensemble, and you have a genre and practice that was as rich in innovation as it was steeped in tradition. Not only were they fast, they seldom missed a change or a note. This sort of genius was anything but random—every note had a purpose and a place. Bebop is an acquired taste, but one worth the effort.
I'm not real interested in who likes Dylan and who doesn't. That debates been going on for approaching 50 years! That said, very few folks would come up with lines that warm my heart like:
Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
Putting her in a wheelbarrow and wheeling her down the street
You go, Bobby!
Fur me, not a problem.
There are over 40 Gomez tracks on the playlist.
As there should be.
Bill, you have impeccable taste in music.
Bumped mine to 9.
Well, someone in the studio would have noticed for sure if it was important... my guess is that it's off key on purpose. The whole style is kind of rough, both the acoustic and electric guitars, the drums and of course the singing. So for me it all adds up and sounds like a consistent music style. A super well-tuned Stradivarius would simply have been out of place. And music is not all about technique, dexterity, perfect sound, perfect tuning or perfect time... music is about communicating emotions and sometimes imperfection is the perfect way of doing so...
Well put. Rod was definitely going for rough here.
Well, if the river was whiskey,
And I was a divin duck.
Well, if the river was whiskey,
And I was a divin duck.
Well, I would dive to the bottom,
Never would I come up.
Utter distillation of the blues.
No need!
Why limit to the UK? IMHO, one of the best guitarists all-world, all-time. Seemingly effortless transitions from acoustic to hard body electric, from ballads to pop, to flat-out R&R. Strong song-writer. Yes, his voice may grate on some, but he's remained relevant, creative and imaginative for nearly five decades - no small feat, that.
Yes, indeed.
40 years ago? Another 3 years and it'll be 50 years out in the world!!!
You got a point there.
Bebop explored the chords around the melody. It required an amazing, studied, and hard earned mastery of music theory and the manual dexterity, instrumental craft if you will, to put the theory into practice. Pile on to that an encyclopedic knowledge of "standard" songs (if someone said "Bird of Paradise," "The Way You Look Tonight," or "Salt Peanuts," you were expected to know the melody and the chord changes) and the discipline to fit all that into an ensemble, and you have a genre and practice that was as rich in innovation as it was steeped in tradition. Not only were they fast, they seldom missed a change or a note. This sort of genius was anything but random—every note had a purpose and a place. Bebop is an acquired taste, but one worth the effort.
Get it!