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Doxa
Those saying that Dylan can't sing is like saying that John Lee Hooker or Keith Richards can't play the guitar or Mick and Keith write music. Surely there are always some bloody Pavarottis, John McLaughins and Mozarts in the world to make a measure, but so what. I ask instead: where the hell do you need those terms 'sing' or 'know to play the guitar' or 'write music' if those dudes don't count? Probably wanking at home with semantics or something in order to create some artificial, elitistic hierarchy in music.
Mick's 'defence' was a spot on.
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John McLaughlin cannot sing.
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MelBelli
Why is a nearly 20-year-old television interview a story now?
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Doxa
Those saying that Dylan can't sing is like saying that John Lee Hooker or Keith Richards can't play the guitar or Mick and Keith write music. Surely there are always some bloody Pavarottis, John McLaughins and Mozarts in the world to make a measure, but so what. I ask instead: where the hell do you need those terms 'sing' or 'know to play the guitar' or 'write music' if those dudes don't count? Probably wanking at home with semantics or something in order to create some artificial, elitistic hierarchy in music.
Mick's 'defence' was a spot on.
- Doxa
John McLaughlin cannot sing.
I don't know, never heard of him singing. Nor Mozart for that matter.
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Stoneage
Well, Dylan can't sing. Or to put it like this - if Dylan can sing everyone else can.
Dylan CAN’T sing. But he’s an awesome, unique, wonderful VOCALIST
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Stoneage
Well, Dylan can't sing. Or to put it like this - if Dylan can sing everyone else can.
Dylan CAN’T sing. But he’s an awesome, unique, wonderful VOCALIST
whoever says Dylan can't sing should listen to 'Shadows in the night' and how he sang that Sintra stuff live. Even if you don't like these songs it's still amazing how Dylan reinvented his voice, singing style, phrasing etc. to sind these songs
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Stoneage
Well, Dylan can't sing. Or to put it like this - if Dylan can sing everyone else can.
Dylan CAN’T sing. But he’s an awesome, unique, wonderful VOCALIST
whoever says Dylan can't sing should listen to 'Shadows in the night' and how he sang that Sintra stuff live. Even if you don't like these songs it's still amazing how Dylan reinvented his voice, singing style, phrasing etc. to sind these songs
Sure, he did his interpretation of these songs. Interesting and daring. I wonder what Frank would have thought of it though?
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GasLightStreet
Whenever someone goes off about how Dylan sucks as a singer, I bring up how he delivers his words, and have they heard him sing "When you think that you've lost everything, you find out you can always lose a little more."
He doesn't go over the top with it, it's just got enough of a poke to get the point across, and even if he didn't Dylan "lose" up, it would still be a phenomenal performance.
There's no need for being Pavarotti perfect when you can hear the ache and pain and life observations in the phrasing of the words which backs up why he says what he does. His delivery is exceptional, and with Dylan, that is a perfection, really, of many that he has as an artist. Sure, Dylan mumbles a lot, but then what singer doesn't do something a bit short-cutty or annoying at times.
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Papo
His phrasing and timing is phenomenal, I think. And he sings in tune, albeit what some people believe. Sometimes there is a certain colour in his voice that makes people think he's not singing in tune, but he is, all the time.
Considering his timing/phrasing and "swing", he's definetely up there with the greats, imo.
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His phrasing and timing is phenomenal, I think. And he sings in tune, albeit what some people believe. Sometimes there is a certain colour in his voice that makes people think he's not singing in tune, but he is, all the time.
Considering his timing/phrasing and "swing", he's definetely up there with the greats, imo.
AMEN Mate!
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MadMax
Raise a glass for his Bobness, 80 today!