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Holistic Guidance - Modern Times
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List Price: $18.97
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828768760628
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2006-08-29
Studio: Sony
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First new album in 5 years featuring great new songs
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Summary: Modern Times
Comment: Modern Times by Dylan's latest release is a very good record. Modern Times became Dylans first #1 in the U.S. since his 1976 release "Desire". There are many fine tracks on this record, i.e., Spirit on the Water, Someday Baby to mention a few. The book-let is very thin and contains no lyrics. The photograph on the cover looks like a shoddy work with photoshop but apparently Bob liked it. His lyrics are filled with religious allusions and I most say that I liked them alot. 4 well deserved stars!
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Summary: Dylan's Death Wish
Comment: I love this new collection of Dylan songs and I consider myself quite lucky since I was born in 1986 to be hearing New Dylan material after all he has been thru.I know a lot of people just cannot get over his voice and that doesn't really surprise me.Most people don't have the stomach for the amount of Raw Emotion that goes in it.I've heard people say his singing sounds like He's dying.And you know what;after seeing him live twice in the last two years,I must say I agree.When you listen to this man sing to you live in concert,it sounds like someone who wants to die onsatge.It's almost like his deathwish maybe.I am almost certain that how ever long Dylan live's he will be doing what he has always done.And quite honestly if you look at it all in perspective Bob Dylan has always been the artist in it for the long run.He's not even doing this work for himself,he's just doing it cause he's got to do it(watch the '65 interview)He has said "I see no end".I can't wait for "Tell Tale Sign's" to be released and maybe if were lucky he will have an album of more new songs to share with us soon.
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Summary: Things Ain't Going Well
Comment: After 4 spins, I've decided that this is not my favorite of Dylan's work. The only track with which I somewhat connect is the final track "Ain't Talkin'" where the somber mood seems portend a revelation, "They say prayer has the power to heal, so pray for me mother; In the human heart an evil spirt does* dwell, I'm trying to love my neighbor & do good to others, but oh mother, things ain't going well." The rest of the songs have almost no melodies with arrangements that blend from one into another. This week, Bob's son Jakob's "On Up the Mountain" is #1 in my personal top ten. Seeing Things is a far superior set to "Modern Times," if it's fair to compare. At this point, Dylan can of course do whatever he wants and it will be published; but this is his weakest set in quite awhile. Because it is Bob Dylan, it will have an honored place on my shelf, which I will faithfully dust from time to time. Taxi!
*according to my ear
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Summary: My favorite Dylan
Comment: I admit, I was slow to buy the newer Dylan CDs. I'm more into Jakob and the Wallflowers than his Dad, now. But, I heard just one song from this CD and started checking out the cuts--well, it's worth buying the whole thing.
Dylan's been backed by everyone, but this band is the best--even better than The Band or Grateful Dead, which I didn't think was possible. I think the reason is these guys were assembled by Dylan for Dylan.
The songs are dark and long. Dylan's voice is a throaty rasp, but he's a lot more understandable than his earlier work.
My favorites:
"Ain't Talkin" talking about a man who's gonna get gone.
"The Levee's Gonna Break" good old Southern style song with a gut punch. This literally sounds like a classic folk song, rather than something new from Dylan's pen.
"Workingman's Blues #2" lament about the condition of working today, including outsourcing.
Rebecca Kyle, August 2008
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Summary: Bob Still Has It
Comment: My first Bob Dylan CD was a Greatest Hits compilation which introduced me to the Bob Dylan of late (Things Have Changed, Summer Days, Feel My Love, etc). After hearing those songs, I knew I had to get Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. Love and Theft is the only CD I haven't gotten yet.
Modern Times, for the most part, at first seemed a tad slow, if you will. But like a lot of Dylan's material, the more you listen, the more you pick up and begin to appreciate it. I wouldn't put it up there side by side with Time Out of Mind, but it is a close second.
Dylan's voice is definitely in the "gravel" catagory, but that makes this material work in my opinion. Coupled with the great music, the songs would never sound as good with a "clean"-voiced singer.
I got the special edition with the DVD. Love the videos. The Grammy performance of Lovesick is second to none. I didn't catch it at first, but the Things Have Changed video doesn't include the second verse of the album song.."This place ain't doing me any good..." Disappointing.
All in all, this is one of Dylan's best. My kids can't stand it which makes it all the better to me!!
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