(January 29, 2020 at 10:27 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(January 29, 2020 at 10:11 pm)Brian37 Wrote: It isn't a matter of knocking the literature lyrics. I actually like the liberal messages of the lyrics of the 60s/70s, just not the music style.
Lots of folks of that era love Bob Dylan. As far as social awareness I get that. But I do not like his voice. I think he is a great guy, but I never got into his sound.
Pat Benatar will never be widely known for this following song "Tough Life", but looking back at it now, the lyrics remind me of the trust fund brat Trump is proving to be.
I tend to agree that Dylan can be an acquired taste. Many of my friends back in my hippie days were into him so I heard his music enough to get past his usual singing style and appreciate the lyrics. However, one of my favorite songs is a Dylan song. It is one where he sounds very different from his other songs of that time. I find it a beautifully honest love song. He is asking to be seen for what is and not for what he seems to be on the outside. His other songs were more about the message to me. In Lay, Lady, Lay I appreciate the music, the lyrics, and his delivery.
Acquired taste? He is a great guy, he had a pulse on what was wrong with the world, in all our bullshit fighting, but do this. Mentally take his voice, and take any holiday song and sing it in his voice to yourself.
"Shhuuooood ooolddd aaaaa quantance beeee foor got, annddd neeeeever bought toooooo minnnned."
