tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718589808666392863.post1958407522956769882..comments2023-03-25T01:06:01.422-07:00Comments on The Disgruntled Dylanologist: ‘Together Through Life’: Will Dylan’s new album live on its own or is it a ‘Dead’ end?THOMAS GRASTYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436787409030343216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718589808666392863.post-83703621245535372082009-04-25T13:30:00.000-07:002009-04-25T13:30:00.000-07:00There is probably some calculated reason for Dylan...There is probably some calculated reason for Dylan's co-writer credit on the new CD. It serves some purpose, if only to give Dylanophiles something to fuss about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718589808666392863.post-20700381138523979252009-04-23T11:27:00.000-07:002009-04-23T11:27:00.000-07:00robert hunter , the second greatest living write...robert hunter , the second greatest living writer in the english language.<br /><br />too kind. or maybe too much kind. when was the last time you looked outside of your little deadhead / dylan bubbleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718589808666392863.post-27199409446284565022009-04-23T03:48:00.000-07:002009-04-23T03:48:00.000-07:00I think you're in the minority to call Dylan&#...I think you're in the minority to call Dylan's last three records the "gold standard" to which all musicians will be judged(?). Even within Dylan's own body of work they don't stand up to his earlier stuff. Ya think?<br /><br />Also you don't really have a central argument you're making in this blog. "For Dylan it’s always been about the words." ? For anyone who writes anything its about the words. I wish more people knew that words are suppose to have thoughts behind them. It sounds like you were going to criticize Dylan for collaborating with Robert Hunter and then you realized that he's done collaborations before and then bailed out of the argument. When he did the same thing before was that a " 'Dead' end?" Oh no, that's only because Hunter is writing with him. Oh, but he did that before with Hunter and it wasn't a dead end because he was in Dante's limbo (what?). And maybe Robert Hunter is Virgil?<br /> You don't really tie the Obama material into what you're saying about Dylan, except that they sometimes use words that aren't their own & are both chameleons and visionaries (?). Obviously Obama is the person carrying a heavy load now and let's hope he doesn't drop it. Dylan, in that recent interview, says that he's been freed up from carrying that load that his listeners used to project onto the words he sang.<br /><br />Maybe persuasiveness of delivery would give more clarity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-718589808666392863.post-72498506755513012792009-04-22T23:23:00.000-07:002009-04-22T23:23:00.000-07:00You write: "The issue here isn’t that Bob wrote a ...You write: "The issue here isn’t that Bob wrote a couple of songs with someone else— even if that ‘someone else’ just may be the second greatest living lyricist in the English language. The issue is about purity of vision, not persuasiveness of delivery. It’s about clarity."<br /><br />What bunk. The issue isn't about "purity of vision" at all. And by the way: who says it's about "purity of vision" besides you? I thought so. And who defines the purity besides you? I thought so. <br /><br />Again: all bunk. And Dylan, no doubt, thinks so, too.<br /><br />You've missed his whole message for damn near half a century. Congrats!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com