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Bob Dylan - Desire Audio CD

A fair review of the Bob Dylan "Desire" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bob Dylan reviews here, or go back to the Bob Dylan tabs.

Bob Dylan Band: Bob Dylan
Title: Desire
Rating:
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hurricane 2: Isis 3: Mozambique 4: One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) 5: Oh, Sister 6: Joey 7: Romance in Durango 8: Black Diamond Bay 9: Sara

My Favorite Dylan recording of all time
Have it in LP, 8 Track, Cassette, MP3, and CD. Been a Dylan fan forever and this is by far my favorite recording. and never tire of listening to it.


A Masterpiece
Dylan is a genius for sure. I listen to this CD over and over on the CD changer and never get tired of it. Don't hesitate; just buy it. You'll be a Dylan fan for life.


The Master Story-Teller Does It Again
This album goes beyond just great music. When it comes to powerful songs few if any can match Bob Dylan. Each song is a tale woven by a man who possesses storytelling skills on par with many top flight poets and novelists. You can't go wrong with this one. When this album was done playing, I was in awe. And few albums have had that effect on me. Desire is a certified classic.


EarthShatteringDylan!REMASTERED?HelpAnOldTimer!AnyDifferent?
First line: "Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall. HITS YOU LIKE A HURRICANE REUBEN CARTER PUNCH TO THE FACE RIGHT AT THE TOP as the "movie" called "Hurricane" Approaches! One of those great Dylan songs that is an entire movie within a song. " That is a stage direction! "Desire" continues with each song to punch you in the gut and beat your Soul with Yearning, Regret, and, as always, both Dismissal and the Need for, and Celebration of, Love. No one besides Dylan has ever put such imagery, philosophy, religion, sin, faith, and just so much damn Human Condition, into popular music, and no one else probably ever will.

We are alive to watch Mozart play and conduct!

But, PLEASE, ADD A COMMENT AND HELP a BROTHER OUT, Does the REMASTERED CD sound any different and/or better (or worse) than the original CD? Are all these new, sometimes more than one, "Remastered" CD versions REAL; if you hear a difference, are they committing the ultimate sin of changing the art that Dylan chose to paint? Is it a record company seizing control and just reselling and reselling these Masterpieces?

I have four (!) editions of "Blonde and Blonde"(One of the Masterworks). I compared the sound of (i) my original vinyl album; (ii) the original CD; (iii) a "Remastered" CD that came out at some point; and (iv) a special "Gold" expensive super sound quality (for some reason, supposedly) CD; and, on my quite good stereo, I could not tell a lick of difference! They had not made any great changes, such as making the bass much louder, etc. And, I said "Thank God!" How DARE they change the album just as Dylan chose to publish it! Would they add highlights to Picasso's paintings? If a Dylan album is rough, it's because he liked it that way! "Like a Rolling Stone" was recorded LIVE on the FIRST TAKE! Would you change even one note? Spontaneous Hard Rain music! Flashes of Mercury and Lightning!

We lost a lot when album covers and liner notes hit the dust. On the back cover of Desire, Allen Ginsburg writes a Ginsberg-esque / Dylan-esque description of what he called these "Songs of Redemption. " Ginsburg noted that, for the first time in popular music history, Dylan sings, on "One More Cup of Coffee", in a Rabbinical / Cantor-esque style.

Just FYI, in case you never heard this one, Professor Ricks, of Boston University (a world renowned expert on Milton, Yeats, and a bunch of the big guns. ) said in an NPR interview when his book (about Dylan's "poetry") "Visions of Sin" came out, that he thought that Dylan demanded to be considered in "the Great Pantheon" of poets. A world's top poetry scholar said Dylan is just as good as Blake!

Like Dylan, I never consider him a poet. His music is too vast and deep and too grounded, and united with, the lyrics! The lyrics are not meant to exist without the music - either the original music of the song, or one of the many later (and very much, current) different, and each genius, Musical Punches to out Gut and Soul versions of the song.

If you are new to Dylan, or you heard a third of the albums, how I envy you! Every album will surprise you; not one will EVER match your expectations or what "you" "want"; and, then, it will capture your very Soul and become part of you Forever. "Confusion Boats . . . Mutiny From Stern to Bow; Ah, but I was so much older than; I'm younger than that now. " -- "My Back Pages". Yes We Can! .


Great album- underrated.
Each has a different feel, themes, etc. Every Dylan album is like a world unto itself. Its tough to compare them because its not apples to apples. That said, some will naturally appeal more or less to certain people depending on whether they "get it" or not. Expectations play a big part too- you can't listen to a Dylan album and say to yourself "gee I hope its as good as (insert earlier Dylan album here). " I think its best to take each one on its own terms.

So this one has a strange kind of energy. Its dark and beautiful. Poetic. Stories are told that linger in the mind long after the music stops. It's a journey. Some of the best musical backing IMHO (esp. the violin and drums) of ANY dylan album. Check out the lyrics to one more cup of coffee- this is as good, again IMHO, as any Dylan song ever.

One more note: the song Isis, for me at least, is the ultimate Dylan song. The singing is raw and powerful. Dylan brings it and utilizes his unique phrasing and tone to its fullest. The lyrics: epic, cryptic, and gripping. Otherworldly. The music is simple, but again, extremely powerful and perfectly fitting for the song. The rhyme scheme is unusual and the way dylan works it is amazing. .


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