tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post6189539760842120733..comments2024-03-29T05:12:58.694-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: From The "It Might Be Old News To You" DepartmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-19702020945460834272017-07-08T18:23:49.067-07:002017-07-08T18:23:49.067-07:00Oh, Dr Wu, thanks! Just read your words with the w...Oh, Dr Wu, thanks! Just read your words with the wrong emphasis in my head -- now I see what you meant all along. His alternate takes and unheard tracks on their own would constitute an amazing career on their own. Agreed! Michael Giltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921048823380535339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-37925823850186602922017-07-06T04:29:58.654-07:002017-07-06T04:29:58.654-07:00No sabotage intended. More of a concurrence with A...No sabotage intended. More of a concurrence with A Walk in the Woods. Dylan made excellent choices for his albums. Though, if he hadn't, so much of his outtakes would still be cause for rejoicing. Dr Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086082326082517283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-19968243990729712812017-07-05T13:12:28.590-07:002017-07-05T13:12:28.590-07:00Oh heck yes, that's why I mentioned it. "...Oh heck yes, that's why I mentioned it. "Self-Portrait" was of course infamously despised and yet in this particular case it turns out there really WAS a hell of an album in the outtakes. "Another Self-Portrait" is amazing. I was just suggesting while artists like Dylan and Springsteen often have great unreleased tracks I didn't think Dylan was always sabotaging himself with bad picks the way Wu was suggesting.Michael Giltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921048823380535339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-53050395170280604472017-07-04T12:30:26.234-07:002017-07-04T12:30:26.234-07:00"Self-Portrait" aside
Yeah, but the Boo..."Self-Portrait" aside<br /><br />Yeah, but the Bootleg Series set, "Another Self Portrait" is damn good.<br /><br />The Box player is the widget used for the song. Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-48516813550993287852017-07-04T12:26:00.164-07:002017-07-04T12:26:00.164-07:00And what's a Box player? tried to google and g...And what's a Box player? tried to google and gots lots of videos of little kids pounding on cardboard boxes -- future Ringos no doubt.Michael Giltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921048823380535339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-66789914408747048282017-07-04T12:25:19.419-07:002017-07-04T12:25:19.419-07:00Great alternate take. I always avoided bootlegs be...Great alternate take. I always avoided bootlegs because it seemed a little rude and there was so much official music to pay attention to I couldn't be bothered. With rare exceptions, I still don't pay attention to unofficial bootlegs but I get the obsessive interest of hardcore fans and it IS fun to hear Strawberry Fields Forever morph into what it is. (How I wish there were bootlegs of ALL the times Lennon or McCartney sat in a chair opposite George Martin and played him a new song for consideration on a guitar. THAT I would gladly steal.) But Dylan's official bootlegs made me a convert forever. What awesome stuff. I don't agree with Dr Wu -- sure sometimes you hear a song and think how the heck was THAT never on an official album but he hasn't made massive mistakes throughout his career or jeopardized my interest too much, "Self-Portrait" aside. I think "Blonde on Blonde" came out pretty well.<br />PS Boy was "jeopardized" a bitch to spell!Michael Giltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921048823380535339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-29509269824685483412017-07-03T13:40:20.718-07:002017-07-03T13:40:20.718-07:00@Steve Simels, re: The new Box player--YUP! What a...@Steve Simels, re: The new Box player--YUP! What a stupid design.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-24628086348451839872017-07-03T13:20:39.142-07:002017-07-03T13:20:39.142-07:00Perhaps my favorite of his ever.
Also -- Sal, do ...Perhaps my favorite of his ever.<br /><br />Also -- Sal, do you hate the new Box player as much as I do?steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-88870442233193655232017-07-03T09:57:40.514-07:002017-07-03T09:57:40.514-07:00I always adored the incomplete, solo piano version...I always adored the incomplete, solo piano version.<br /><br /> And this is a bit off topic, but somewhat relevant nonetheless...One of my favorite latter-day Dylan songs is "Things Have Changed." I liked it so much, in fact, that I created a firestorm on a Dylan fan site several years ago by starting a thread that claimed it to be his last truly 'great' song. <br /><br />But I really do love everything about it: his delivery, the brilliant wordplay, the production, the dark humor and sense of world-weariness (also, how it is exactly a minute to the song's conclusion from the line "the next 60 seconds could be an eternity"). At some point, amidst the clusterfuck I brought on myself, I tried my best to explain how the song had always spoken to me: about the creeping cynicism and disillusionment that comes with age, about the about the sense of decay in the world and the about the need to carry on no matter what. Immediately after that post, someone else wrote: "Meh, I'm tired of hearing about Bob's trouble with women."<br /><br />It never even dawned on me that Dylan could be talking about that, but I think he was right.stevesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-62752777691766167082017-07-03T07:50:36.176-07:002017-07-03T07:50:36.176-07:00If he had chosen to release all these unreleased t...If he had chosen to release all these unreleased tracks on his albums instead of the ones he did, we'd still be singing his praises. And remain mezmorized while listening. Thanks for the share, sir. Dr Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086082326082517283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-24888058659049132192017-07-03T07:27:54.958-07:002017-07-03T07:27:54.958-07:00I have often thought about how there are so many o...I have often thought about how there are so many obscure Dylan songs, any of which could have "made the career" of a lesser songwriter. Seriously - any of many. Like this one. A walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.com