Posted on 08/20/2016 12:03:08 PM PDT by mdittmar
I realized Dylan had a whiny, off key voice the 1st time I heard How Does It Feel-but I liked his lyrics, so I ignored it...
Back in the 90s. Too bad we didn’t have cellphone video-cams back then.
Two nights in a row in Berkeley.
Dylan came out on stage, alone, cracked a grin, and then just did it.
Since then he’s done various electric versions of Watchtower with full band, and even a jam with Springsteen.
Those are similar, incorporating a few Hendrix-esque licks—and many of those are on youtube—but not the same by a long shot.
What I saw live was Dylan doing a perfect cover of the Hendrix version.
The audience went berserk.
““Long Distance Runaround””
1972
What I’ve learned from this thread is how great 1971 was. I keep finding all the great songs that I thought were from 1970 were actually from ‘71.
1972 was the best year, for Prog anyway.
Hard to disagree, Foxtrot and Close to the Edge.
“What I saw live was Dylan doing a perfect cover of the Hendrix version. The audience went berserk.”
Good for Bob. As a guitarist myself, I can tell you that it took him years of dedicated work to reach that level of proficiency.
“I realized Dylan had a whiny, off key voice the 1st time I heard How Does It Feel-but I liked his lyrics, so I ignored it...”
Hendrix hated his own singing voice. He once remarked that Dylan gave him the courage to approach the mic. He figured if his hero could get away with it, so could he ;-)
That sounds great-I wish it been recorded in a video so we all could see it...
I am writing a novel-I type bits and pieces here and there-it is to be mostly a series of verbal vignettes/flashbacks of events that were memorable to me-good or bad-each chapter is headed by a line from a rock song fitting the time and subject matter of that vignette-maybe one day soon I’ll find someone interested in publishing the thing...
The relationship with that guy-I call him Nemesis-did not end in marriage then, nor after our reunion almost 20 years later-he wanted a WASP woman-he had low Hispanic tolerance-obviously a loosing strategy with me-he made another run at it after MrT5 died, but he still has low Hispanic tolerance, just wants to hook up with me, and is self absorbed-a sanctimonious prick...
A year after I married my 1st husband, he was with his wife and brother at the same restaurant out here that we were-they had a female singer with a guitar for entertainment-he had her sing “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” for me, which pissed off my husband-and his wife-so I had the singer do “Diamonds and Rust” for him-they paid their check and left-didn’t hear from him for 19 years...
He has bought me dinner and paid me in my professional capacity-as a counselor/case manager-for an hour of therapy a few times recently, but he never takes my advice, and I’ve said ay, no papacito to involvement, but he texts and calls now and then-he still lives in a world I left a long time ago-like I said-Nemesis...
That is a backhanded compliment for sure!
Fragile, Trilogy, Aqualung,
Now I have Jethro Tull’s Locomotive Breath in my head-out of curiosity, do you consider that tune rock-or jazz? I think it is both-but more jazz-opinions from people I know are about equally divided...
I consider LB to be it’s own genre. Along with most of the rest of Tull. Guy was way ahead of his time and a lunatic genius.
I think the intro is jazz-all the flute work-but that hard bass is rock for sure-that is one tune I crank up to the max-Aqualung, too.
I did some digging online. The version I heard was by Queen.
This thread has taught me a few things. But...I’m thinking the ‘70s were but moderately tuneful and less than that lyrically.
I was only 3 for most of 1970, so don’t remember much of it, but IMO it’s the best year for popular music in my lifetime. I couldn’t pick one or even 10 favorites — I’ve got a Spotify playlist of almost 200 songs from that year. Here are a handful of my perhaps lesser-known faves from that year:
“Tighter, Tighter,” Alive and Kicking
“Out in the Country,” Three Dog Night
“Yellow River,” Christie
“Somebody’s Been Sleeping (in My Bed),” 100 Proof Aged Soul
“Are You Ready?” Pacific Gas and Electric
“Love Land,” Charles Wright
“After the Goldrush,” Neil Young (silly lyrics, but great tune)
“Look What They Done to My Song, Ma,” New Seekers
“Love or Let Me Be Lonely,” Friends of Distinction
“Little Green Bag,” George Baker Selection
“It’s a Shame,” Spinners
“O-o-h Child,” Five Stairsteps
“Timothy,” Buoys
“Mr. Skin,” Spirit
“Reflections of My Life,” Marmalade
And of course there were so many great songs by the big groups — “Let it Be,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Lola,” “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” etc., and the emergence of Chicago, Carpenters and the Jackson 5 (whose first FOUR singles went to #1 in a year jammed with great stuff), the continued excellence of Three Dog Night, the Guess Who and CCR, and on and on.
Casey Kasem’s first American Top 40 broadcast was on Independence Day, 1970. That very first session included:
No. 39, “Silver Bird,” Mark Lindsay
No. 38, “Spill the Wine,” Eric Burdon and War
No. 36, “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” B.J. Thomas
No. 31, “Save the Country,” the 5th Dimension”
No. 30, “Ohio,” Crosby, Stills Nash & Young
No. 29, “Everything Is Beautiful,” Ray Stevens
No. 27, “Question,” the Moody Blues
No. 26, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” Stevie Wonder
No. 24, “Teach Your Children,” Crosby, Stills Nash & Young
No. 23, “Which Way You Goin’ Billy?,” the Poppy Family
No. 20, “Make It With You,” Bread
No. 19, “Are You Ready?,” Pacific Gas and Electric
No. 18, “Love Land,” Charles Wright
No. 17, “Tighter, Tighter,” Alive & Kicking
No. 16, “My Baby Loves Lovin’,” White Plains
No. 14, “United We Stand,” the Brotherhood of Man
No. 13, “Get Ready,” Rare Earth
No. 12, “O-o-h Child,” the 5 Stairsteps
No. 11, “Gimme Dat Ding,” the Pipkins”
No. 10, “Hitchin’ a Ride,” Vanity Fare
No. 9, “The Wonder of You,” Elvis Presley
No. 8, “The Long and Winding Road,” the Beatles
No. 7, “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” Carpenters
No. 5, “Band of Gold,” Freda Payne
No. 4, “Ride Captain Ride,” Blues Image
No. 3, “Ball of Confusion,” the Temptations
No. 2, “The Love You Save,” Jackson 5
No. 1, “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” Three Dog Night
Those are some pretty good songs to be on the chart the SAME WEEK. 1970 was a strong year.
“That is a backhanded compliment for sure!”
I’m sorry. I meant it as an honest compliment. My apologies.
Locomotive Breath is a pretty rockin’ tune.
Bob doesn’t play guitar in concert any more, just electric piano. Even then it’s mostly just posturing and hitting a few keys here and there.
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