Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 22:34 | |
Cynaera wrote:I agree that the pauses between phrases are difficult - but I think it's an effective way of making the listener actually stop and LISTEN to the words (as usual, very vivid imagery, and I bet Stephen King could write a hell of a story around this song.) When a song flows along effortlessly, sometimes one has a tendency to forget to absorb other aspects of the song, such as the instruments, the lyrics, the cadence...
This song uses an unorthodox method to pull focus back to the song. Whether you love it or hate it, I feel one must at least respect the approach and the intention.
Me? I kinda like it. It reminds me of when I was learning to ice-skate. Three steps, a little coast, and a hard landing. Get up, take three more shaky steps, coast a little further, land again... By the end, I truly appreciated ice-skating to the point where I never wanted to do it again. Miss you so much, Cynaera...love this song... |
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kcar
| | Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 22:33 | |
hippiechick wrote:I am so used to the Joan Osborne version, I think I like hers better, but it's a great song.
thanks for mentioning this--I wanted to buy her version but couldn't remember her name. Bob is doing a Tom Waits imitation here. Hard to understand him with the growl and choppy bitten-off delivery. |
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ritingon
| | Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 23:53 | |
ZiegZeon wrote:This is one of the few Dylan songs that I actually enjoy. The atmosphere set up by the back ground make sound great. Like out in a swamp with the crickets. This. Dylan drives me crazy most of the time but this is actually rather nice. |
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tlew
(Anywhere but here) | | Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 11:10 | |
hippiechick wrote:I am so used to the Joan Osborne version, I think I like hers better, but it's a great song. Amen sister! |
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hippiechick
(topsy turvy land) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 13:05 | |
I am so used to the Joan Osborne version, I think I like hers better, but it's a great song.
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Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky) | | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 02:14 | |
Not today! WTH? 7  6 Way too staccato! |
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ZiegZeon
(Tulsa, OK) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 13:36 | |
This is one of the few Dylan songs that I actually enjoy. The atmosphere set up by the back ground make sound great. Like out in a swamp with the crickets.
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mrgus
| | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 07:11 | |
I prefer Rolf Harris's "The Big Black Hat".
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hippiechick
(topsy turvy land) | | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 07:10 | |
Maggle_Bish wrote:
And another one to add to the list - I know it's wrong but I just like her cover better.
Ha! I was just thinking the same thing myselg |
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Maggle_Bish
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 07:09 | |
alanthecowboy wrote:
Here's a fellow heretic, agreeing wholeheartedly with you. Joan's was the first version I heard, but even if that wasn't the case, it works way better for me.
And another one to add to the list - I know it's wrong but I just like her cover better. |
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Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 11:52 | |
I agree that the pauses between phrases are difficult - but I think it's an effective way of making the listener actually stop and LISTEN to the words (as usual, very vivid imagery, and I bet Stephen King could write a hell of a story around this song.) When a song flows along effortlessly, sometimes one has a tendency to forget to absorb other aspects of the song, such as the instruments, the lyrics, the cadence...
This song uses an unorthodox method to pull focus back to the song. Whether you love it or hate it, I feel one must at least respect the approach and the intention.
Me? I kinda like it. It reminds me of when I was learning to ice-skate. Three steps, a little coast, and a hard landing. Get up, take three more shaky steps, coast a little further, land again... By the end, I truly appreciated ice-skating to the point where I never wanted to do it again.
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imklammer
| | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 11:49 | |
With ya...
rabbi_phil wrote:Oh Mercy is right! I'm one of Dylans' biggest fans but this just brutal.
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alanthecowboy
(Lakefield) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 11:46 | |
SlinkyJ wrote:I know this is heresy, but I like Joan Osborne's cover better.
Here's a fellow heretic, agreeing wholeheartedly with you. Joan's was the first version I heard, but even if that wasn't the case, it works way better for me. |
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a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 11:42 | |
Baby_M wrote:What's up . . . with the abrupt . . . pauses in the middle . . . of each line. Is this Bob . . . Dylan or . . . Paul Harvey, . . . the "Prince . . . of Pause"?
Good day!
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DD rabbi_phil
(beach) | | Posted: May 06, 2011 - 21:32 | |
Oh Mercy is right! I'm one of Dylans' biggest fans but this just brutal.
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drews
(London, Blighty) | | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 05:58 | |
Solitary men in long black coats, some are bad guys and some are good guys   |
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nmcvaugh
(Austin, Texas) | | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 05:54 | |
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unclelonghair
| | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:49 | |
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2Hawks
(Living in Theory -- where everything works) | | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:46 | |
This is as boring as a poem in Iambic Pentameter.
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Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 10:44 | |
What's up . . . with the abrupt . . . pauses in the middle . . . of each line. Is this Bob . . . Dylan or . . . Paul Harvey, . . . the "Prince . . . of Pause"?
Good day!
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teadye
(St. Petersburg, FL) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 12:22 | |
Amazing how Dylan conveys the ominous undercurrent of this waltz so well. Other versions may be prettier to the ear but this is a treat for the mind's eye.
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 12:12 | |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 12:11 | |
Marcuse wrote:The wonderful Daniel Lanois touch.
Agreed. On one level, all the albums he produces are about him. |
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SlinkyJ
| | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 12:09 | |
I know this is heresy, but I like Joan Osborne's cover better.
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 04:30 | |
Huey wrote:Amazing. 8.
Yes, this is very nice! |
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Huey
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 04:29 | |
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Marcuse
(Ouilmette) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 07:18 | |
The wonderful Daniel Lanois touch.
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: May 22, 2010 - 12:22 | |
 The man in me by ~alusbaykanAlus Baykan ©2007-2010 ~ alusbaykanBob Dylan@Milano '07 The man in me will do nearly any task, And as for compensation, there's little he would ask. Take a woman like you To get through to the man in me. Storm clouds are raging all around my door, I think to myself I might not take it any more. Take a woman like your kind To find the man in me. But, oh, what a wonderful feeling Just to know that you are near, Sets my a heart a-reeling From my toes up to my ears. The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen, But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine. Took a woman like you To get through to the man in me. Bob Dylan-1970 |
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Delawhere
| | Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 18:01 | |
you can't rate dylan on his vocal quality. I really dig the harmonica that slices through everything on this one.
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Pharlap
(Bahama, NC) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 13:40 | |
ScottN wrote:
And, don't forget Leonard Cohen. Who, btw, can still fill a room w/his voice. An arena even. 02 arena in London in 2008. See and/or hear his DVD&CD Live in London performed when LC was 73 for a taste. Amazing & wonderful. Dylan has earned his props for sure, but why oh why, did he do that awful Christmas album?
I saw Leonard in November and it was transcendent. The best concert I've ever seen and his voice (for those of us who like it) was superb. Of course, he has always used his female back up singers to perfection, and they were also superb. But now, Bob's voice is sadly a shadow of what it once was. He simply doesn't have any range left at all. |
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