Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I haven't. But I did hear him here a couple weeks ago and it was a really spectacular performance. The voice he did have is shot to hell, but it fits his new material, and he's redoing old material to make it work. On 11/29/06 5:12 PM, "Steve Unsworth" <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote: > Someone - Ginsberg? - once said he had a better voice than Caruso :-). Once > you got past the 'sound' of the voice, the pitch was spot on IMHO. > > The recent Dylan radio shows are about to be broadcast in the UK, have you > heard any of them? > > Steve > > > > On 29/11/06 22:01, "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > >> Absolutely, Steve. I was reminded of that watching the Scorcese >> documentary, >> No Direction Home. Dylan's voice was 'unusual,' especially coming on the >> heels of Sinatra, Crosby, Patti Page, etc., and the Doo Wop era - but as >> you >> note, it was always where it was supposed to be. >> >> Dylan was indeed unique as a lyricist/poet, but in terms of the music, it >> wasn't just Dylan - Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson >> (the Beach Boys,) the Band, Paul Simon, the Who, Jimmy Hendrix, Cream, and >> on and on. >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information