Friday, May 1, 2009

Together through life

Odd, no, how Bob Dylan has survived. In the 1980's he put out a bunch of truly mediocre music,then suddenly[methinks he either put the plug in the jug and/or stopped getting high] he puts out 4 excellent albums.Together through life is hilariously dark[the swine flu scenarios are all abound with the tex-mex flavor on this record] raucous ,hell bouncy recording. Dylan is one truly strange and unusual man, very very few people get to live life on their own terms, and have talent besides. His music is the voice of America, the truest voice since Whitman's[though his lyrics, especially the earlier ones, are more Lorca}rumbled and yawped across the rooftops. If it is not poetry per se`, it's pretty damn close. So here's to Bob Dylan, still kicking some serious ass at age 67.

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