John Wesley Harding suggested country with its textures and structures, but Nashville Skyline was a full-fledged country album, complete with steel guitars and brief, direct songs. It's a warm, friendly album, particularly since Bob Dylan is singing in a previously unheard gentle croon -- the sound of his voice is so different it may be disarming upon first listen, but it suits the songs. While there are a handful of lightweight numbers on the record, at its core are several excellent songs -- "Lay Lady Lay," "To Be Alone With You," "I Threw It All Away," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You," as well as a duet with Johnny Cash on "Girl From the North Country" -- that have become country-rock standards. And there's no discounting that Nashville Skyline, arriving in the spring of 1969, established country-rock as a vital force in pop music, as well as a commercially viable genre.
I just bought a vinyl this week, and it contained an insert that said "Long Live Physical Media!" -- which got me thinking. As a way to incorporate physical media into this other-wise mp3/video-laden website, I thought I'd occasionally write about some old vinyls of mine which have cool characteristics that people who bought the album on itunes may not know.This week's selection is Bob Dylan's...
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I just bought a vinyl this week, and it contained an insert that said "Long Live Physical Media!" -- which got me thinking. As a way to incorporate physical media into this other-wise mp3/video-laden website, I thought I'd occasionally write about some old vinyls of mine which have cool characteristics that people who bought the album on itunes may not know.This week's selection is Bob Dylan's...
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The first track on an album is arguably the most important. Back in the days of a couple of singles and a lot of filler, the singles, the best songs, were first. The first song sets up the structure, it creaates the mood for the album. It draws you in, it's your first exposure. The First exposure to the album, maybe the first to an artist who you are checking out for the first time, and wi...
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"To be alone with youJust you and meNow won't you tell me the trueAin't that the way it oughta be?To hold each other tightThe whole night throughEv'rything is always rightWhen I'm alone with you.To be alone with youAt the close of the dayWith only you in viewWhile evenings slips awayIt only goes to showThat while life's pleasures be fewThe only one I knowIs when I'm alone with you.They say that...
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i. am.emotionally.wasted.help me dylan!
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