Bob Dylan

Submitted by rudolf55 on Tue, 09/19/2006 - 02:53

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Bob Dylan (1962)
1. You're No Good: 7.5
2. Talkin' New York: 8.6
3. In My Time Of Dyin': 6.0
4. Man Of Constant Sorrow: 5.8
5. Fixin' To Die: 6.9
6. Pretty Peggy-O: 7.9
7. Highway 51 Blues: 7.2
8. Gospel Plow: 6.3
9. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: 6.0
10. House Of The Risin' Sun: 4.0
11. Freight Train Blues: 7.9
12. Song To Woody: 9.2
13. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: 8.6
Song Average: 7.0
Score: 68%
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
1. Blowin' In the Wind: 10
2. Girl From the North Country: 10
3. Masters of War: 9.7
4. Down the Highway: 9.0
5. Bob Dylan's Blues: 9.2
6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall: 10
7. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: 9.8
8. Bob Dylan's Dream: 9.4
9. Oxford Town: 10
10. Talking World War III Blues: 9.7
11. Corrine, Corrina: 9.3
12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance: 9.2
13. I Shall Be Free: 10
Song Average: 9.6
Score: 96%
The Times They Are A-Changing (1964)
1. The Times They Are A-Changing: 10
2. Ballad Of Hollis Brown: 8.7
3. With God On Our Side: 7.5
4. One Too Many Mornings: 8.5
5. North Country Blues: 8.7
6. Only A Pawn In Their Game: 8.7
7. Boots Of Spanish Leather: 9.4
8. When The Ship Comes In: 9.8
9. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll: 9.3
10. Restless Farewell: 9.0
Song Average: 8.9
Score: 90%
Another Side Of Bob Dylan (1964)
1. All I Really Want to Do: 9.7
2. Black Crow Blues: 9.2
3. Spanish Harlem Incident: 9.6
4. Chimes of Freedom: 10
5. I Shall Be Free No10: 10
6. To Ramona: 9.5
7. Motorpsycho Nitemare: 9.8
8. My Back Pages: 10
9. I Don't Believe You: 10
10. Ballad in Plain D: 9.8
11. It Ain't Me Babe: 9.6
Song Average: 9.7
Score: 96%
Comment: Back in action. Bob Dylan has found his sound again and improved on it, showing antoher side of himself, as the title implies. Another sign of things to come.
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
1. Subterranean Homesick Blues: 10
2. She Belongs To Me: 9.7
3. Maggie's Farm: 9.8
4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit: 9.5
5. Outlaw Blues: 9.0
6. On The Road Again: 8.1
7. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream: 9.1
8. Mr Tambourine Man: 10
9. Gates Of Eden: 9.6
10. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding): 9.0
11. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue: 10
Song Average: 9.4
Score: 95%
Comment: How did he do it? Creating brilliant album after brilliant album must be a tough job, and it certainly raises expectations. Bringing It All Back Home is just a tad worse than the previous ones, but that doesn't matter. It's still better than most band's best album. I'm amazed.
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
1. Like A Rolling Stone: 10
2. Tombstone Blues: 9.6
3. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry: 9.4
4. From A Buick 6: 9.0
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man: 10
6. Queen Jane Approximately: 9.7
7. Highway 61 Revisited: 9.4
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues: 9.8
9. Desolation Row: 10
Song Average: 9.7
Score: 98%
Comment: Like A Rolling Stone is a classic and a brilliant song, and the rest of the album certainly hovers around that level of quality. Few artists manage to make an album this good; for Bob Dylan, this is his fourth in a row.
Blonde On Blonde (1966)
1. Rainy Day Women #12 & #35: 10
2. Pledging My Time: 8.9
3. Visions Of Johanna: 9.3
4. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later): 10
5. I Want You: 9.7
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again: 10
7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat: 9.5
8. Just Like A Woman: 10
9. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): 10
10. Temporary Like Achilles: 9.4
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie: 9.5
12. 4th Time Around: 10
13. Obviously 5 Believers: 9.0
14. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands: 10
Song Average: 9.7
Score: 98%
Comment: Quite possible one of the best double albums ever made. Just beautiful.
John Wesley Harding (1967)
1. John Wesley Harding: 9.5
2. As I Went Out One Morning: 9.7
3. I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine: 9.2
4. All Along The Watchtower: 10
5. The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest: 9.0
6. Drifter's Escape: 8.6
7. Dear Landlord: 9.1
8. I Am A Lonesome Hobo: 8.2
9. I Pity The Poor Immigrant: 9.0
10. The Wicked Messenger: 8.1
11. Down Along The Cove: 9.3
12. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight: 9.6
Song Average: 9.1
Score: 92%
Nashville Skyline (1969)
1. Girl From The North Country: 10
2. Nashville Skyline Rag: 9.0
3. To Be Alone With You: 9.1
4. I Threw It All Away: 10
5. Peggy Day: 9.7
6. Lay Lady Lay: 10
7. One More Night: 9.6
8. Tell Me That It Isn't True: 9.4
9. Country Pie: 9.6
10. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You: 9.3
Song Average: 9.6
Score: 95%
Self Portrait (1970)
1. All The Tired Horses: 2.7
2. Alberta #1: 5.0
3. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know: 3.2
4. Days Of '49: 5.5
5. Early Morning Rain: 5.1
6. In Search Of Little Sadie: 2.5
7. Let It Be Me : 3.0
8. Little Sadie: 4.8
9. Woogie Boogie: 3.9
10. Belle Isle: 5.4
11. Living The Blues: 4.6
12. Like A Rolling Stone (Live): 6.4
13. Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight): 6.5
14. Gotta Travel On: 5.6
15. Blue Moon: 2.6
16. The Boxer: 1.9
17. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (Live): 6.2
18. Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go): 4.1
19. Take A Message To Mary: 5.3
20. It Hurts Me Too: 5.0
21. Minstrel Boy (Live): 6.8
22. She Belongs To Me (Live): 6.3
23. Wigwam: 3.7
24. Alberta #2: 5.0
Song Average: 4.6
Score: 43%
New Morning (1970)
1. If Not For You: 9.2
2. Day Of The Locusts: 9.0
3. Time Passes Slowly: 8.2
4. Went To See The Gypsy: 8.5
5. Winterlude: 9.3
6. If Dogs Run Free: 7.2
7. New Morning: 7.5
8. Sign On The Window: 8.1
9. One More Weekend: 8.7
10. The Man In Me: 10
11. Three Angels: 9.0
12. Father Of Night: 8.9
Song Average: 8.6
Score: 80%
Dylan (1973)
1. Lily Of The West: 6.4
2. Can't Help Falling In Love: 1.2
3. Sarah Jane: 1.5
4. The Ballad Of Ira Hayes: 2.9
5. Mr Bojangles: 4.3
6. Mary Ann: 2.4
7. Big Yellow Taxi: 5.6
8. A Fool Such As I: 4.9
9. Spanish Is The Loving Tongue: 2.1
Song Average: 3.4
Score: 23%
Planet Waves (1974)
1. On A Night Like This: 9.2
2. Going, Going, Gone: 8.3
3. Tough Mama: 8.8
4. Hazel: 10
5. Something There Is About You: 9.6
6. Forever Young: 8.7
7. Forever Young: 8.5
8. Dirge: 9.0
9. You Angel You: 8.2
10. Never Say Goodbye: 8.9
11. Wedding Song: 9.3
Song Average: 8.9
Score: 90%
Blood On The Tracks (1975)
1. Tangled Up In Blue: 10
2. Simple Twist Of Fate: 10
3. You're A Big Girl Now: 10
4. Idiot Wind: 9.6
5. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go: 9.8
6. Meet Me In The Morning: 9.5
7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts: 10
8. If You See Her, Say Hello: 10
9. Shelter From The Storm: 10
10. Buckets Of Rain: 9.7
Song Average: 9.9
Score: 99%
The Basement Tapes (1975)
1. Odds And Ends: 9.5
2. Orange Juice Blues: 8.8
3. Million Dollar Bash: 8.6
4. Yazoo Street Scandal: 9.0
5. Goin' To Acapulco: 9.6
6. Katie's Been Gone: 9.1
7. Lo And Behold: 8.5
8. Bessie Smith: 9.2
9. Clothesline Saga: 9.3
10. Apple Suckling Tree: 9.0
11. Please, Mrs Henry: 7.8
12. Tears Of Rage: 8.4
13. Too Much Of Nothing: 8.0
14. Yea Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread: 9.0
15. Ain't No More Cane: 9.3
16. Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood): 9.4
17. Ruben Remus: 8.5
18. Tiny Montgomery: 8.2
19. You Ain't Going Nowhere: 9.4
20. Don't Ya Tell Henry: 7.9
21. Nothing Was Delivered: 9.0
22. Open The Door, Homer: 8.6
23. Long Distance Operator: 8.3
24. This Wheel's On Fire: 8.1
Song Average: 8.7
Score: 85%
Desire (1976)
1. Hurricane: 10
2. Isis: 9.4
3. Mozambique: 9.6
4. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below): 9.0
5. Oh, Sister: 8.7
6. Joey: 9.2
7. Romance In Durango: 8.0
8. Black Diamond Bay: 9.3
9. Sara: 9.8
Song Average: 9.2
Score: 91%
Street-Legal (1978)
1. Changing Of The Guards: 9.2
2. New Pony: 7.1
3. No Time To Think: 6.5
4. Baby, Stop Crying: 7.5
5. Is Your Love In Vain?: 6.3
6. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power): 9.0
7. True Love Tends To Forget: 8.5
8. We Better Talk This Over: 7.7
9. Where Are You Tonight (Journey Through Dark Heat): 8.0
Song Average: 7.7
Score: 75%
Slow Train Coming (1979)
1. Gotta Serve Somebody: 5.7
2. Precious Angel: 6.2
3. I Believe In You: 9.0
4. Slow Train: 6.8
5. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking: 6.1
6. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others): 6.9
7. When You Gonna Wake Up: 5.6
8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals: 7.6
9. When He Returns: 8.0
Song Average: 6.8
Score: 66%
Saved (1980)
1. A Satisfied Mind: 2.8
2. Saved: 3.1
3. Covenant Woman: 4.3
4. What Can I Do For You: 2.9
5. Solid Rock: 3.5
6. Pressing On: 3.2
7. In The Garden: 3.9
8. Saving Grace: 4.0
9. Are You Ready?: 2.3
Song Average: 3.3
Score: 28%
Shot Of Love (1981)
1. Shot Of Love: 4.2
2. Heart Of Mine: 3.4
3. Property Of Jesus: 2.9
4. Lenny Bruce: 3.6
5. Watered Down Love: 2.8
6. Dead Man, Dead Man: 2.0
7. In The Summertime: 3.1
8. Trouble: 2.4
9. Every Grain Of Sand: 9.7
Song Average: 3.7
Score: 36%
Infidels (1983)
1. Jokerman: 8.6
2. Sweetheart Like You: 9.0
3. Neighborhood Bully: 7.5
4. License To Kill: 8.2
5. Man Of Peace: 8.8
6. Union Sundown: 8.5
7. I And I: 9.5
8. Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight: 9.2
Song Average: 8.6
Score: 83%
Empire Burlesque (1985)
1. Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love?): 7.2
2. Seeing The Real You At Last: 6.9
3. I'll Remember You: 7.5
4. Clean Cut Kid: 6.5
5. Never Gonna Be The Same Again: 7.8
6. Trust Yourself: 5.9
7. Emotionally Yours: 8.3
8. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky: 9.0
9. Something's Burning, Baby: 8.1
10. Dark Eyes: 9.2
Song Average: 7.6
Score: 75%
Knocked Out Loaded (1986)
1. You Wanna Ramble: 5.2
2. They Killed Him: 3.7
3. Driftin' Too Far From Shore: 4.3
4. Precious Memories: 4.6
5. Maybe Someday: 3.9
6. Brownsville Girl: 7.7
7. Got My Mind Made Up: 5.6
8. Under Your Spell: 5.7
Song Average: 5.0
Score: 49%
Down In The Groove (1988)
1. Let's Stick Together: 6.1
2. When Did You Leave Heaven: 6.0
3. Sally Sue Brown: 4.3
4. Death Is Not The End: 6.8
5. Had A Dream About You, Baby: 5.9
6. Ugliest Girl In The World: 7.1
7. Silvio: 6.3
8. Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street): 7.5
9. Shenandoah: 7.2
10. Rank Strangers To Me: 4.2
Song Average: 6.1
Score: 58%
Oh Mercy (1989)
1. Political World: 8.6
2. Where Teardrops Fall: 7.9
3. Everything Is Broken: 8.2
4. Ring Them Bells: 9.2
5. Man In The Long Black Coat: 9.5
6. Most Of The Time: 8.9
7. What Good Am I?: 9.0
8. Disease Of Conceit: 8.4
9. What Was It You Wanted: 7.5
10. Shooting Star: 8.6
Song Average: 8.5
Score: 82%
Under The Red Sky (1990)
1. Wiggle Wiggle: 6.5
2. Under The Red Sky: 7.2
3. Unbelievable: 4.2
4. Born In Time: 6.1
5. T.V. Talkin' Song: 5.8
6. 10.000 Men: 4.8
7. 2X2: 4.1
8. God Knows: 3.9
9. Handy Dandy: 5.0
10. Cat's In The Well: 4.7
Song Average: 5.2
Score: 50%
Good As I Been To You (1992)
1. Frankie & Albert: 8.2
2. Jim Jones: 7.9
3. Blackjack Davey: 9.1
4. Canadee-i-o: 8.0
5. Sittin' On Top Of The World: 7.7
6. Little Maggie: 7.4
7. Hard Times: 9.0
8. Step It Up And Go: 7.5
9. Tommorow Night: 7.2
10. Arthur McBride: 7.9
11. You're Gonna Quit Me: 8.1
12. Diamond Joe: 8.4
13. Froggie Went A Courtin: 8.8
Song Average: 8.0
Score: 79%
World Gone Wrong (1993)
1. World Gone Wrong: 6.8
2. Love Henry: 8.5
3. Ragged & Dirty: 8.7
4. Blood In My Eyes: 8.0
5. Broke Down Engine: 7.8
6. Delia: 9.0
7. Stack A Lee: 8.1
8. Two Soldiers: 8.7
9. Jack-A-Roe: 7.5
10. Lone Pilgrim: 8.4
Song Average: 8.2
Score: 81%
Time Out Of Mind (1997)
1. Love Sick: 8.5
2. Dirt Road Blues: 8.7
3. Standing In The Doorway: 9.2
4. Million Miles: 8.0
5. Tryin' To Get To Heaven: 8.4
6. 'Til I Fell In Love With You: 8.6
7. Not Dark Yet: 9.5
8. Cold Irons Bound: 7.9
9. Make You Feel My Love: 9.3
10. Can't Wait: 8.9
11. Highlands: 9.0
Song Average: 8.7
Score: 89%
"Love And Theft" (2001)
1. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum: 8.6
2. Mississippi: 8.5
3. Summer Days: 7.9
4. Bye And Bye: 8.0
5. Lonesome Day Blues: 8.4
6. Floater (Too Much To Ask): 8.9
7. High Water (For Charlie Patton): 8.2
8. Moonlight: 7.8
9. Honest With Me: 7.5
10. Po'Boy: 8.1
11. Cry For A While: 7.7
12. Sugar: 9.0
Song Average: 8.2
Score: 77%
Modern Times (2006)
1. Thunder On The Mountain: 9.5
2. Spirit On The Water: 9.4
3. Rollin' And Tumblin': 9.2
4. When The Deal Goes Down: 9.6
5. Someday Baby: 9.3
6. Workingman's Blues #2: 10
7. Beyond The Horizon: 9.0
8. Nettie Moore: 10
9. The Levee's Gonna Break: 8.8
10. Ain't Talkin: 9.4
Song Average: 9.4
Score: 94%
Together Through Life (2009)
1. Beyond Here Lies Nothin: 7.6
2. Life is Hard: 8.0
3. My Wife's Home Town: 7.5
4. If You Ever Go to Houston: 7.1
5. Forgetful Heart: 7.0
6. Jolene: 7.4
7. This Dream of You: 6.8
8. Shake Shake Mama: 7.1
9. I Feel A Change Comin on: 6.9
10. It's All Good: 7.6
Song Average: 7.3
Score: 71%
Songs on other media (B-sides, EP's, live performances,...)
Abandoned Love: 9.5
Angelina: 10
Baby, I'm In The Mood For You: 9.6
Blind Willie McTell: 10
Call Letter Blues: 8.5
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window: 9.6
Caribbean Wind: 9.7
Catfish: 7.9
Dignity: 9.0
Down In The Flood: 9.8
Eternal Circle: 9.1
Farewell, Angelina: 9.5
Foot Of Pride: 8.2
George Jackson: 10
Golden Loom: 8.5
The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar: 7.9
Hard Times In New York Town: 9.0
He Was A Friend Of Mine: 8.7
House Carpenter: 9.3
I'll Keep It With Mine: 10
If You Gotta Go, Go Now: 9.2
I Shall Be Released: 10
I Wanna Be Your Lover: 8.6
Jet Pilot: 9.1
John Brown: 9.3
Kingsport Town: 9.5
Knockin' On Heaven's Door: 10
Lay Down Your Weary Tune: 9.7
Let Me Die In My Footsteps: 10
Lord Protect My Child: 7.7
Mama, You Been On My Mind: 9.3
Man On The Street: 9.1
The Mighty Quinn: 8.1
Mixed-Up Confusion: 9.0
Moonshiner: 9.5
Need A Woman: 8.8
No More Auction Block: 9.0
Nobody 'Cept You: 9.2
Only A Hobo: 8.4
Paths Of Victory: 9.1
Percy's Song: 10
Positively 4th Street: 10
Quit Your Low Down Ways: 6.9
Rambling, Gambling Willie: 8.9
Rita May: 9.1
Sally Gal: 9.2
Santa-Fe: 7.5
Series Of Dreams: 8.8
Seven Curses: 9.4
Seven Days: 8.1
She's Your Lover Now: 8.6
Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence: 6.8
Sure (The Cough Song): 5.9
Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues: 8.5
Talkin' Nava Negeilah Blues: 8.0
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues: 9.0
Tell Me: 8.4
Things Have Changed: 9.5
Tomorrow Is A Long Time: 9.4
Trouble In Mind: 8.4
Up To Me: 10
Walkin' Down The Line: 9.6
Wallflower: 9.1
Walls Of Red Wing: 9.0
Watching The River Flow: 9.0
The Water Is Wide: 8.6
When I Paint My Masterpiece: 9.3
Who Killed Davey Moore?: 8.3
Worried Blues: 9.3
Ye Shall Be Changed: 8.9
You Ain't Going Nowhere: 10
You Changed My Life: 10

Author Comments:

Rankings

1. Blood On The Tracks *****/*****
2. Blonde On Blonde *****/*****
3. Highway 61 Revisited *****/*****
4. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan *****/*****
5. Another Side Of Bob Dylan *****/*****
6. Bringing It All Back Home *****/*****
7. Nashville Skyline *****/*****
8. Modern Times ****1/2/*****
9. John Wesley Harding ****1/2/*****
10. Desire ****1/2/*****
11. The Times They Are A-Changin' ****1/2/*****
12. Planet Waves ****1/2/*****
13. Time Out Of Mind ****/*****
14. The Basement Tracks ****/*****
15. Infidels ****/*****
16. Oh Mercy ****/*****
17. World Gone Wrong ****/*****
18. New Morning ****/*****
19. Good As I Been To You ***1/2/*****
20. "Love and Theft" ***1/2/*****
21. Empire Burlesque ***1/2/*****
22. Street-Legal ***1/2/*****
23. Together Through Life ***1/2/*****
24. Bob Dylan ***/*****
25. Slow Train Coming ***/*****
26. Down In The Groove **1/2/*****
27. Under The Red Sky **1/2/*****
28. Knocked Out Loaded **/*****
29. Self Portrai **/*****
30. Shot Of Love *1/2/*****
31. Saved */*****
32. Dylan */*****

Wezzo09/19/2006

Straight 10s for Highway 61 Revisited.. hm. I wouldn't go that far personally, but I'm sure many would.

AfterHours09/19/2006

So then, not only are From A Buick 6 and Queen Jane Approximately equal to Like A Rolling Stone and Desolation Row, they're 2 of the greatest musical works in the history of rock, jazz or any genre?

It's totally fine if this is what you think. You are you, your tastes are your tastes and I'm not recommending that you change them for anyone or anything. I love H61 and I adore Dylan. He's among the greatest rock artists of all time. But I'm just making doubly sure here, because it seems to me your definition of a perfect masterpiece is a bit loose. I think your ratings would seem a little easier to digest and take seriously if you were a bit stricter in your assessments between ultimate greatness and greatness and very good and merely good, and so on down the scale. I mean, I've never seen or met anyone who felt those songs truly existed in the same sentence. Do you agree?

An example of my own tastes would be as follows:

Highway 61 Revisited:

1. Like A Rolling Stone: 9.8
2. Tombstone Blues: 9.4
3. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry: 8.7
4. From A Buick 6: 8.3
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man: 9.6
6. Queen Jane Approximately: 8.2
7. Highway 61 Revisited: 9.4
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues: 8.6
9. Desolation Row: 9.8

Songs Overall: approximately 91.6% (I weigh each song by it's length, the percentage of the album running time it takes up. Here I did an approximation of each, as I didn't have the running times at hand)

I also use some other categories, which help determine the overall depth of the album.

For H61, they are as follows:

Track Continuity: 9.6
Ingenuity: 9.5 (multiplied by 2) 19
Breadth of Content: 9.7 (by 3) 29.1
Profundity: 9.6 (by 4) 38.4

Depth Total: 96.1

91.6 + 96.1 divided by 2 = 93.85/100

To me, it's just short of a masterpiece, which would be a 95+

rudolf5509/20/2006

Yeah, I'm just crazy when it comes to music ratings. I give high scores very easily. Just liking the song is almost an instant 10 to me.

As I said, I'm crazy.

But I'm new to this whole music thing and I've hardly listened to anything. My opinion can still change. But right now, I can't see the difference between ultimate greatness and greatness. When it's great, it's a 10 for me. Sure, Like A Rolling Stone is better than Queen Jane Approximately, but I love the latter one enough to give it the highest score. Maybe I should be stricter, but that's just a switch in my mind I haven't turned yet.

And I don't know how to rate continuity or ingenuity and those things, simply because I don't know what that means in music. Maybe that'll come too when I've listened to more music.

rudolf5509/20/2006

Yeah, I'm just crazy when it comes to music ratings. I give high scores very easily. Just liking the song is almost an instant 10 to me.

As I said, I'm crazy.

And I don't know how to rate continuity or ingenuity and those things, simply because I don't know what that means in music. Maybe that'll come too when I've listened to more music.

AfterHours09/20/2006

I hear ya. Been there, done that.

To me, there's a degree of importance to getting correct ratings, if you're involved in promoting your album picks, or making recommendations to others or what-have-you.

That's why I do it the way I do it.

The way I originally made the switch was to simply start at the top: what's the greatest, most amazing song ever written. That's a 10. And I worked my way down from there, assigning lower and lower ratings to songs that were below that.

It's not something you have to do. It just depends on whether or not you want to precisely decipher masterpieces from very good albums and songs. If you want to do that, I've found it's a successful way to go.

rudolf5509/21/2006

I'll try that, though I'll probably still be giving high scores like this for a while. But I'll try that as soon as I've listened to more music. It'll probably be a bit easier then.

AfterHours10/27/2006

Oh, so are just now starting to get into music then?

rudolf5510/27/2006

Indeed. Just a year ago, I didn't listen to music at all.

0dysseus10/27/2006

What in the world did you do to it?

rudolf5510/27/2006

What do you mean?

0dysseus10/27/2006

A little humour. Very little, evidently.

Music is essential. If you "didn't listen to" it, what did you do to it? You must have done something. Dance to it? Drink to it. Talk to it, hop to it, give it a massage... play shuffleboard with it?

From Plato to Xún Z?... Nietzsche, Tolstoy and Einstein... to Ellington, life is impossible without music.

I also sometimes have trouble expressing myself in English.

rudolf5510/27/2006

Oh, sorry, I didn't see the humour. I've been pretty nervous today. Sorry :P

And as a matter of fact, I did manage to live without music then. I didn't dance. I don't drink. I didn't talk or do anything to music.

Everybody thought it was weird.

And that article...they do make it sound like quite a bad show.

0dysseus10/27/2006

The NYTimes has a horrifying article on Dylan on Broadway...

And now for the latest heart-rending episode in Broadway’s own reality soap opera, “When Bad Shows Happen to Great Songwriters.”

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Mr. Dylan’s songs have been entrusted to the great choreographer Twyla Tharp, the woman who gloriously redeemed the jukebox genre with “Movin’ Out,” a narrative ballet set to songs by Billy Joel. Ms. Tharp is one of the bona fide, boundary-stretching geniuses of modern dance. And when a genius goes down in flames, everybody feels the burn. Bob Dylan must be spinning in his grave.

I'm now looking forward to the Ice Capades production of Dustbowl on Ice: The Woody Guthrie Story featuring Sasha Cohen... a (very) little more humour.

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