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Modern Times – Bob DylanAugust 24th, 2006  or  iTunes Price: $9.90 Genre: Rock Released: Aug 24, 2006 Customer Ratings (96 Ratings)
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View More By Bob Dylan Our ReviewFor most of his life, Bob Dylan has tried to claim for himself the worn-down wisdom and authenticity of his musical heroes, and at age 65, he may finally believe that he's earned the right to join them. Recording with his road band on the self-produced Modern Times, he's again grappling with matters of faith, love, mortality, and the relentless passage of time, scattering hard-won morsels of insight, brazenly, gleefully poaching from the blues canon and sprinkling in his own peculiar perceptions. A mix of blues, rave-ups, introspective folk, and Tin Pan Alley pop, much of the album finds Dylan in the role of conflicted preacher, warning his minions of the cruel fate that awaits them without offering a pathway to salvation. "The world has gone black before my eyes," he sings on the delicate, poignant "Nettie Moore," before adding, "I'm beginning to believe what the scriptures tell." On the mournful "Ain't Talkin'," he explains: "I practice a faith that's long abandoned, ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road." It's a strange, hopeless sort of spirituality. Dreamy, Hoagy Carmichael-style shuffles like "Beyond the Horizon" and "When the Deal Goes Down" provide a welcome counterweight to the more prickly concerns. Modern Times is a gripping hour inside the psyche of a wise man who, despite a lifetime of searching, finds no sufficient answers to life's biggest questions — a man with no direction home.. Customer ReviewsNathan Couch Calls it "Riveting!" (5 stars)Now... I may not be a professional critic, but I do know that this is one of his best albums. His voice is getting better and the lyrics are phenominal. If you are a newer dylan fan I wouldn't reccommend this album without you hearing his older stuff unless you want to hear what he has to say about our "Modern Times" which is very true. Granted, you can't get the retro-dylan out of his newer stuff but he sounds happy, and ultima He just keeps getting better . . . (5 stars) . . . like red wine and Nancy Wilson. I've been a Dylan fan since the time when you said Dylan and people thought you meant Dylan Thomas. Bob just keeps getting better. Say what you will about his 65 year old voice but he's lost the mumbles of his earlier years and the listener actually can understand what he's saying. That helps with a singer/songwriter who's all about lyrics. Besides, what's a 65 year old voice in someone whose soul and he Sing a Little Bit of these Workingman Blues (4 stars) I've somehow got labeled a musical snob, here’s an admission for those: I’m not a Bob Dylan guy. His voice is just an acquired taste I’ve never acquired. I will concede he’s a great songwriter but his songs are always better when performed by others like Jimi Hendrix with All Along the Watchtower, Eric Clapton with Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door and The Byrds with Mr. Tambourine Man. But for those that are Dylan guys, then I have the BiographyBorn: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MNGenre: Rock Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalist's role in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock....
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