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Wengy posted:Just wanted to say that I've finally given "Saved" a chance after being put off for years by the insane Christian thing and I'm kinda blown away. I mean, some of the lyrics are horribly silly and as a smug atheist a lot of the emotion (which is undoubtedly there) is lost on me, and some stuff definitely borders on televangelist kitsch, but... I think the songwriting is very, very strong here. If Dylan had left out the gospel choir and written secular lyrics to these tunes, we'd consider the album a classic (something I already do for the slightly more subtle "Slow train coming", which I love). Shot of Love is a better album (and, ironically, less preachy) than Infidels. I do think Jokerman is one of his best lyrics, though. Favourite live versions, anyone? I love the Hard Rain version of Shelter from the Storm, with honourable mentions for Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You from Bootleg 5 and It Ain't Me Babe from Before the Flood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpA7tM2jnT0 and of course, the Biograph Visions of Johanna and Bootleg 4 Like a Rolling Stone Barry Shitpeas fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Apr 22, 2015 |
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Wengy posted:Interesting, I'd always preferred Infidels, maybe I'll have to give Shot of Love another chance. Out of all the Christian albums I guess I still like Slow Train Coming the best, so awesome. It and Infidels are of course both helped by Knopfler on guitar... I guess what I'm getting at is that Infidels is overrated in the same way the gospel albums are underrated, due to being perceived as the end of his "Christian period", although the Christian influence is very much still there
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