Full disclosure: I totally hate Bob Dylan. For many reasons. First of all, he can't sing. Second, I happen to know a LOT of people who like to make a huge deal about how obsessed they are with him. Actually those might be the only reasons. But they are both big deals! Vocals are my primary interest in a lot of music (sorry. I know this is shameful. But it's a lot easier to sell me with Freddie-level vocal improvisation than Slash-level guitar solos. Perhaps because I like to sing along so much, and interesting melodies and singers I will never be able to emulate make it way more fun for me to sing). I really despise it when people think they can just yell or grumble or moan and pass it off as singing.
The friends are a way bigger deal though. SERIOUSLY. It does NOT make you cool or peace-loving or alternative or special to be a fan of Bob Dylan. He is WIDELY considered one of the best songwriters of the last forty years, so NO, I am not impressed that you listen to him. So maybe stop telling me that you were born in the wrong generation. Because you are not a flower child.
ANYWAY. This is a Susan Tedeschi cover of "Don't Think Twice," and it is INCREDIBLE. Bob Dylan writes amazing music. That topic is not up for discussion. But I highly prefer it when other people sing his songs (another great example: Johnny Cash & June Carter singing "It Ain't Me, Babe," which is a wonderfully sassy song), and in general I just love Susan Tedeschi. So... perfect union? Yes. I got this song from Jane on accident. I loaned her my old iPod when hers broke, and when she got a new one, I plugged my old iPod back into my computer and WHAM tons of new music. This came on in the middle of a blerg-paper-writing middle of the night moment, and I fell in love with Susan Tedeschi all over again.
I just got so much sass from Football for writing about singing. Just so we're all clear, I don't know much about singing, certainly MUCH less than the PROLIFIC singer I am so BLESSED as to share a wall with, but that doesn't mean I can't have opinions about what is and is not fun for me to yell along to (very poorly) in the car. Those 7 years of being in choir and taking voice lessons do, however, make me completely unqualified to discuss any aspect of singing unrelated to personal taste.
[Yeah. Don't even TRY to out-sass me. IT CAN'T BE DONE. Ok Football will probably do it now.]
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Hhahahahahah sassamafrass
ReplyDeleteBOB DYLAN CANNOT SING
but goddamn at one point he wrote so well.
now he is just creepy as fuuuuck
I'm not gonna TRY to SASS you. How could I even COMPETE with someone who so flawlessly integrates font EMPHASIS into her blog?
ReplyDeleteI hope this isn't directed at me...directly... Though I do enjoy a good Bob Dylan moment I'm not trying to say that he has a good voice (interesting...maybe, but mainly just sad) but he was at one point (like before he got famous and people started loving him) kind of adorable in a misfit sort of way. Now he just needs to get out of the public eye and live in a cave and be creepy.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, this is my favorite song. Ever. I even like the Bob version (though as it stands the one with Joan Baez and the Indigo Girls is my current fav.) and I'm excited to check this version out.
I love you, and yes, I also love Bob Dylan because who else could be so bold as to put out a terrible/hilarious Christmas album and think anyone would listen to it.
But you're right, the man can't sing.
Also: you are right, liking Bob Dylan does not make you an alternative hippie love child, if anything it makes you a product of a culture that relies heavily on the media to dictate its musical trends.
I love you for this entry. and Word.
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