Buckets and buckets, but no guitar tuner in the house.

 artmarcia wrote: 
Maybe so. I was one of them "youth culture" in the '60s and '70s, and I can't say that Dylan was at the top of my list. Oh, there were many, many individual songs that I liked, even adored, but certainly not all of it. My admiration for his depth as an artist has only come in the last 20 years or so, beginning with my last band, where our lead guitarist was a Dylan freak and insisted on including many of his songs in our repertoire. Lately, I've been paying more attention to his lyrics, their incomparable density—packed with meaning and nuance. I've also come to understand his profound knowledge of the history of music, especially American folk music. I could go on.

So, yes, if you polled all of us, I would answer "yes," and you would rightfully peg my generation, perhaps even my age within a few years or so, but it would be for the wrong reasons. The statistics would support your theory, but the facts wouldn't.

 Bosami wrote: 

jhorton wrote: How can you NOT give this a 10?

 crockydile wrote: 

Is there a version where you don't comment at all? That one.

 romeotuma wrote: 
...i like how you roll.

 jhorton wrote: 
Do you want my Full list of reasons or the abbreviated version?

How can you NOT give this a 10?

One of the best of all times,  Timeless!

This song is so good for the ears...

I'm not a big Bob Dylan fan, but this song is well done.

Dylan lost it, and me, there for a while after John Wesley Harding.  But, he got it back with this album.  The only song I never liked from this one was Jack of Hearts.  Otherwise a great album.

Compare Bob's to Neko's cover. Bob does it just right.

godlike...
*10*

Iconic artist, ground-breaking album, phenomenal song. A trifecta!

I go back and forth on Dylan, depending on the song. He's definitely an acquired taste. This one, I just can't get past the out of tune guitar. He's still one of the icons though, and he'll always have my respect.

Now your talkin'........one very fine piece of music right here!

Jared wrote:

Hmm. Buckets of Rain was written & recorded ~1974 by Dylan. Neko Case was born in 1970. Seems the debt would be in the other direction.

Jared wrote:

...now that's funny! Then Maybe Neko can use the money to pay back Emmylou Harris, and buy a new echo chamber.

On_The_Beach wrote:
Touché’

Bob needs to cut a check to Neko Case for this one

very Taj Mahalesque!

lwilkinson wrote:

Woody Guthrie was a pivotal figure in the history and development of popular music, there's no denying that. However, his palette was extremely limited and one-dimensional. Dylan took over where Guthrie left off, and took the music to places Guthrie could never have dreamed of. Dylan is arguably the most important figure in the history of popular music.
Perhaps an analogy that more people could relate to would be comparing the Beatles to Buddy Holly. Buddy created a classic if limited sound, and the Beatles took it to a whole new place unimaginable by Buddy and his contemporaries.

DoctorHooey wrote:

or possibly hold down their last meal.
Excellent point.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushclock.htm

9 months 7 days 16 hours 38 minutes 4 seconds

... and counting

Think he's over rated, until I hear stuff like this.

lwilkinson wrote:

I think you mean "can't quite cut..."
I'm not the biggest Dylan fan, but this is lovely. Neko Case's version is excellent (as noted elsewhere here) and her comment's on it (that she liked it as a kid) made me realise that it really is a kids song (if Bob intended it that way, or not).

artmarcia wrote:

Yes he was a big part of it.

But ............ he has always reminded me of a Woody Guthrie wanna'bee who can't quick cut the mustard.

Other than that, he's ok enough.

artmarcia wrote:
You're probably right. The irony is that his influence underlies most all pop music of today. Of the singer/songwriter variety, especially.

a_genuine_find wrote:

Blech! People, please don't put that guy's goofy mug into song comments. Some of us are trying to maintain a good mood here.