Those wishing for references to his straightforward Slow Train Coming era faith proclamations will find an occasional tantalizing hint such as this brief nugget from “False Prophet:”Įlsewhere Dylan slyly leaves the listener wondering. Lyrically, Rough And Rowdy Ways finds Dylan at his multilayered best, surface interpretations available but inevitably inviting deeper dives. Yet despite its limitations Dylan’s voice remains approachable without being inviting. It isn’t pretty Dylan’s nasally projection has never been pretty. In lesser hands such an approach could easily lead to tedium, but Dylan and company make it compelling.ĭylan’s voice has been reduced over the years to a lower register growl befitting a lion in winter. There is an occasional bluesy snarl, but the vast majority is carefully assembled quiet layers, all instrumentation well blended and deliberately indistinct. Musically, Rough And Rowdy Ways is anything but. Such was the case with Rough And Rowdy Ways, his 2020 album that in its release came both as an utter surprise and as a surprise in and of itself. He has proved immune to all fashions and trends, doing whatever strikes his fancy at the moment and letting his audience decide for itself whether it wishes to follow.
His lyrics are credited with being a moving force in the ‘60s cultural revolution. Scores of scholars have cashed in on penning a thousand words pouring over each one he has sung or, very occasionally, said. Bob Dylan is that rarity among artists: a living myth.
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