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Posted on 08/22/2006 8:43:55 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Dylan says the quality of modern recordings is "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc.
"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
Dylan, who released eight studio albums in the past two decades, returns with his first recording in five years, "Modern Times," next Tuesday.
Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."
"You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have sound all over them," he added. "There's no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like ... static."
Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it's a losing battle.
"Even these songs probably sounded ten times better in the studio when we recorded 'em. CDs are small. There's no stature to it."
McIntosh power amp / pre-amp, Linn Sondek turntable, Nakamichi cassette deck, B&W speakers. ....it doesn't get much better than that.
I guess he doesn't like his son's work then?
The band sounds kick as*. Susanna is a walking fantasy girl. Very hot.
His "Blood on the Tracks" album is still one of my all time favorites. I wore out two casette versions.
The Stones SACDs are incredibly GREAT.
The first five Moody Blues albums have recently been given the same treatment, four of them in 5.1, taken from the Quad mixes done in the early 70s ... they're beautiful.
I like vinyl.
I like digital.
I like music that's good to my ears, don't matter the source.
The problem with today's music is lack of vision, passion and inspiration.
Everyone copies Madonna, the Moonwalking pederast, or Nirvana.
I'll stick to the oldies, thank you.
Guess not - sad part is, Jakob is a lot better than his dad. For starters, you can actually UNDERSTAND what Jakob is singing.
Typical Bob Dylan song: "blah blah bheh bhlah bleh BLAHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
name one.
You *really* need to check out modern electronica. Start with Everything But The Girl - Wrong.
Real music (not the crap that the US record companies over promote) has *long* since moved on from what you describe.
The RHCP album may SOUND good but I'm not interested until they do something original...like not re-issuing syrupy Tom Petty odes.
I liked the "Real Men Don't Kill Coyotes" stuff.
Boingo - Boingo Alive.
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You could understand him in the early days before the booze and drugs though.
I've heard old stuff and it is not as bad at all.
Yikes, it's becoming a libertarian thread!
When the heck was that? 1950?
I listened to my Dad's Dylan records from the late 60s/early 70s and found Dylan incomprehensible. I figured it was just old vinyl. Then I bought some of Dylan's remasters on CD; still incomprehensible. I took the CDs back and got a refund.
Just for grins, I checked out some of his stuff on iTunes. Yup, still incomprehensible, but now no longer so much of a ripoff. Rainy Day Women is *horrible*.
Personally, one of my favorites on vinyl is Alberta Hunter's "Amtrak Blues". It was recorded in 1978.
Oingo Boingo?
Hey, it's Just Another Day. ;)
Of course. There is no other. Danny Elfman rules.
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