The greatest singer/songwriter of all time, spokesperson for many of my generation ….but I just can’t get out of my mind listening to Joni Mitchell go on as to how bad his breath was
The greatest singer/songwriter of all time, spokesperson for many of my generation ….but I just can’t get out of my mind listening to Joni Mitchell go on as to how bad his breath was
To those of you who have never heard many of his songs and continue to claim his voice "flat out sucks," I challenge you to listen to any of the following songs and come back and say, "I still think his voice "flat out sucks."
Google any one of them.
"Moonlight"
"Ain't Talkin' "
"I Threw It All Away."
"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know."
He's got a great voice. You may not appreciate the voice he uses at times, and he's used a lot of very different voices over the last six decades. From a deep beautiful voice to old Delta Bluesmen. What you've been exposed to is probably really limited.
I know...you'll continue to denigrate his voice without ever really listening to it. You're missing out.
I also think there's something to be said about the emotion associated with unusual voices, especially when they are the original writers of a song (B. Dylan, N. Young, T. Waits, etc, etc). I'd add the following tune to your list...
Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love (Official Audio)
I just stumbled upon about 20 recent videos of young rap artists and hip hop fans listening to "Like a Rolling Stone" for the first time. They knew Dylan's name, but had never heard him (kind of hard to believe) and their reactions were priceless. Some of them just dropped their jaws. Every one of them was blown away. Some were guessing the song was recorded in the 80's or 90's, that's how young they were. The song was recorded in '65 I think. It's almost 60 years old!
God...I can't stand that whiny little beak nosed left winger...He can't sing, his voice sounds like a pre pubescent boy with his nuts in a vice and he sings about ethereal nonsense...
