Dylans 2016 Nobel prize ~ takes us into ~ words v music pickle ~Dylan scholarship prefers words to music.~ references mainly words and poetry Desire for kudos among poets ? ~Dylan concert reviews over written ~ hard rock descriptions ~in writers imagination ?~ In music ~ music greater than words~ ~ words mangled turned upside down ~ ~bounced about ~ no problem that's what music does ~ as much vocal textures as meaning. ~ words suggest mood but In popular song about, tone shadings expressiveness of voices Operas in many languages~ In complex music words difficult to understand .Greatest symphonies minus words .Mr Blue(Sky) "You did it right" " comes out amusingly like MR Blue you dirty rat" . Does it matter ? Not really How many were even aware ? We love Jeff Lynne's Mr Blue a great feel good song ~ thumping classic~ worthy of Beatles ~ Jeff you're a legend .
Dylan people espy vast ocean of music blithely disregarding even oblivious of finest songwriters of 20 century and there are many many~ Berlin Mancini Legrand Mandel Elllington Cy Coleman Hoagy Carmichael a mere sample ~bypassed ~ jazz too complex for Dylan people? ~ ~musicals ~ inferior?~ Queens stupendous Bohemian Rhapsody a soupcon of rock music at its energised best too vulgar for Dylan people?~ Leonard Bernsteins riveting masterpiece West Side Story blows Dylan out of the water . . Dylan ranked? with Gershwin ~ Rodgers ~ poets in sound ~ Dylan does not make 100 greatest composers. George Gershwin does..
When did music go off the deep end ? When Bob Dylan afforded "poetry" and "seriously serious" books ~ an endless day in the sun .. . Trouble with Beatles ~ .lyrics and songs not for grown ups Paul Mc Cartney no gravitas too cheerful ~ cheerful? ~so was Mozart ~ As for McCartney's songs ? Find better Dylan melody than Long and Winding Road.
Shadows in the Night unusual album? ~On Shadows Dylan strays into world of standards where stylish interpretation is a handy plus.. Dylan's ace touted from the roofs is story burdened narration ~ a characteristic here setting off unrelieved stylistic tension.. . . Not stripped back rather penny plain ruminations . less poise and elegant phrasing, ~ a gloomy listen.. .. . "Shadows" is about songs of Sinatra when conversational elegance in song was artful. Penny plain Dylan plus graceful Sinatra chalk and cheese ~ .Dylanologists ~ in verbal overdrive talking up their man. " It's not about Dylan's voice it's something else ".What else?. Jazz singer Billie Holiday's voice was wracked but achieved pathos. A useful contemporary addition ~. .Compared to Dylan ~ Night We called it a Day by jazz singer Diana Krall measured take of understated poise Songs on Shadows Sinatra fare ~ none emerges a revelation. Cardinal theme Jerome Moross melody far from Dylan's constituency . . Noteworthy ~ Dylans sincerity on sterling anthem.~but wonky intonation,desiccated vocal colouring ~ sully a brief album. Target of album ?. Diehards and friendly media .. ~ A Dylan achievement ~ allowing amateurs have a go.Yet In the midst of criticism Adele's take on Dylan Make you feel my love ~ momentarily silences demur a lovely song.
What'll I Do better than Dylan . Linda Ronstadt an attractive voice on Irving Berlin's classic.~ Harry Nilsson ~ equally so ~ Johnny Mathis 1957 with Percy Faith ~ Willie Nelson ~ vocal technique a tad fragile not lyrical lift. .
Dylan plaudits? Derring do? ~ attempting classic Some Enchanted Evening Check U Tube's Brian Stokes Mitchel highly acceptable version Despite best will ~central arc of Richard Rodgers Some Enchanted Evening courtesy Bob Dylan similar to pancake ~ flat going nowhere Selection minus swing lets Dylan down lightly "Dylan swings" Eureka~ Hello~ but Willie Nelson does ~swings lightly to the manner born~ As jazz declined Tony Bennett Sinatra still flourished .Had Dylan attempted such an album ?~ would Columbia label have ditched him. Dylan's followers narrow in musical range missing much 20th century music cringed at vulgarity" of Sammy Davis Yet Dylan's sincere take on standards preferable to Rod Stewart ~ empty and colourless ..
Better than either~ Canadian rocker Paul Anka .~ Anka's ~ swing .~ joyful split second intensity like Sinatra.. Jump or Teen Spirit. Less genial than Buble but Anka's swing is better ~
