Bob Dylan's new album Together Through Life Dropped Tuesday. How do you review Dylan?His Legacy is so grand from the trifecta of blonde on blonde,bring it all back home and hwy 66, To his syrup country of nashville skyline , The horrible 80's, the latest streak . See I'd been hoping to write this sooner but I couldn't quite wrap my head around the album . Perhaps too big a fan.
By now we all know the story Dylan went in to record a song for the road movie, My Own Love Song, which became "Life is Hard" and walked out with a full album . I couldn't stop thinking about Dylan's character Jack Fate in Masked and Anonymous. This is the album he would make .Post apocalyptic blues. Dylan's band still continues to surprise the guitar line on forgetful heart sounds like its coming out the backroom ,while Dylan plays with the limits of his ravaged voice .He shows great control and versatility with his Old throat, hes got the blues voice hes been wanting since Blind Willie Mctell. Dylan Turns lascivious on shake shake mama, saying "shake baby shake like a ship going out to sea" it sounds absurd but its one of the meanest sings on the record making others look feeble by comparison.Jolene relies to heavily on the twelve bar format hes benn overusing but after repeated listens you notice its Dylan sounding like hes enjoying himself . Playing the music he wants to play . Its the sound of an artist refusing to age and continuing to push his abilities.All in all its another fine album in a canon of classics from a living Legend.
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