Ok, so I haven't kept you guys updated with my Dylan thoughts, because I kinda stopped listening after revisiting Blonde on Blonde, as I got stuck into The River Tour 2016 and got back on track with watching films. However something has happened, and is happening over the last few weeks, and I've gotta tell you about it.
I think one of the reasons I halted was because I wanted to listen to the albums in chronological order, but wanted to watch Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid before listening to Bob's soundtrack. I still haven't gotten up to that album, but I watched Peckinpah's film at the start of the month, and oh my God have I been enjoying listening to Bob over the last two or three weeks. Partly inspired by the film's soundtrack and my rekindled love for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", I'm finding myself playing select songs and loving them instead of listening to one album after the next, and to be perfectly honest I think that's what I've wanted in all of those past attempts to try and become a 'fan'.
I adore "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", it's now my favourite song of his (sorry "Masters of War"), but coming in hot is "Desolation Row". The latter didn't click in past plays of Highway 61, and I only ended up listening to it three times in a row after an instinctive play - because I wanted to listen to it. Again, that's what I've wanted!
Tonight, after a riveting weekend of No Nukes, I've been listening to a couple of songs from albums I haven't gotten up to yet; "Ring Them Bells" (of which I've loved the Sarah Jarosz cover since Bruce first played it on My Home to Yours #1), "Murder Most Foul", and right now "When I Paint My Masterpiece". I'm finding myself reading through his Wiki, reading small snippets of his long career, and I'm just excited. "Murder Most Foul" I did play what with it being the anniversary of JFK's assassination, and scrolling up to see that verse from "I Shall Be Free" I posted in May, and realising that was written when JFK was alive is a staggering reminder of Bob's longevity and legacy. Woah.
Got "I Shall Be Released" on as I write this paragraph. I 'forgot' he wrote this one, but it's another one I love a cover of, as Kirk Ross' rendition at the end of Captain Fantastic is, well yeah, and remembering I still have the albums of this and "Bells" to get to is adding to that excitement.
So much more to ramble on about, what's for sure is that it won't be another six months before my next Bob update.
Ok, so I haven't kept you guys updated with my Dylan thoughts, because I kinda stopped listening after revisiting Blonde on Blonde, as I got stuck into The River Tour 2016 and got back on track with watching films. However something has happened, and is happening over the last few weeks, and I've gotta tell you about it.
I think one of the reasons I halted was because I wanted to listen to the albums in chronological order, but wanted to watch Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid before listening to Bob's soundtrack. I still haven't gotten up to that album, but I watched Peckinpah's film at the start of the month, and oh my God have I been enjoying listening to Bob over the last two or three weeks. Partly inspired by the film's soundtrack and my rekindled love for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", I'm finding myself playing select songs and loving them instead of listening to one album after the next, and to be perfectly honest I think that's what I've wanted in all of those past attempts to try and become a 'fan'.
I adore "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", it's now my favourite song of his (sorry "Masters of War"), but coming in hot is "Desolation Row". The latter didn't click in past plays of Highway 61, and I only ended up listening to it three times in a row after an instinctive play - because I wanted to listen to it. Again, that's what I've wanted!
Tonight, after a riveting weekend of No Nukes, I've been listening to a couple of songs from albums I haven't gotten up to yet; "Ring Them Bells" (of which I've loved the Sarah Jarosz cover since Bruce first played it on My Home to Yours #1), "Murder Most Foul", and right now "When I Paint My Masterpiece". I'm finding myself reading through his Wiki, reading small snippets of his long career, and I'm just excited. "Murder Most Foul" I did play what with it being the anniversary of JFK's assassination, and scrolling up to see that verse from "I Shall Be Free" I posted in May, and realising that was written when JFK was alive is a staggering reminder of Bob's longevity and legacy. Woah.
Got "I Shall Be Released" on as I write this paragraph. I 'forgot' he wrote this one, but it's another one I love a cover of, as Kirk Ross' rendition at the end of Captain Fantastic is, well yeah, and remembering I still have the albums of this and "Bells" to get to is adding to that excitement.
So much more to ramble on about, what's for sure is that it won't be another six months before my next Bob update.