Showing posts with label Bob Dylan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bob Dylan. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2026

Music Review: Adele at the Royal Albert Music Hall (2011)

 The set I have has a CD and a DVD of the concert at the Royal Albert Music Hall.  I llike the DVD a bit better because for many of the songs Adele gives an inroduction, where she was when she wrote the song etc.  She also explains why she covers the songs she covers such as Bob Dylans song "Make you Fell my Love" which she sings every concert.  

Adele has such a unique voice.  I have heard others describe it an angelic and it is that, but her ability to sing lower makes her voice more than that.  Then at time she sings low intermingled with her head voice which is very effective.  Much of her music deals with her love life, break ups and disappointments.  This C.D. includes "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep" as her encore songs, and they really do bring down the house.  Both songs the audience sings along.  "Set Fire to the Rain" is another very special song.  

Adele is very much a treasure, in fact a British treasure where she is considered a national treasure and a beacon of cultural pride.  



Friday, February 13, 2026

Music Review: Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Columbia Records, 1967.

Bob Dylan is most known for his writing the iconic song, "Blowin' in the Wind."  That is the feature song of this C.C.  However there are only ten songs on the C.D.  The other on that s pretty popular as an anti-war movement song is "The Times, They Are a-Changin'."  Who knew that Bob Dylan wrote the song, "It Aint Me Babe" which Johnny Cash and June Carter recorded.  Another song in the same category is "Mr. Tambourine Man."  Dylan recorded this several times but the Byrd's version reached Number one.  The other song that is quite popular is "Like a Rolling Stone."

Dylan sings with a raspy kind of voice.  Some of the songs have a blue grass feel.  However the song that makes this C.D. enjoyable is "Blowin' in the Wind."  I sand this song with the Jr. High choir many moons ago.  

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Joan Baez - [sings dylan] full album


This is again Joan Baez with her mellow soprano voice.  In this set of songs she covers several Bob Dylan songs, and sings in a much different style than Bob Dylan.  Of particular note are the song, "It AIn't Me Babe" and "Love is a Four Letter Word."  I like her singing.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Music Review: Bob Dylan: Together Through Life

Bob Dylan Together Through Life 2009.
 
I guess I just don’t dig Bob Dylan, at least none of his songs really turn me on.  The closest I came to really enjoying one of the songs on this C.D. was “Shake Shake Mama>”  This song has a very nice blues beat and is fun to listen to.  There were a couple of other songs which approached being enjoyable, “It’s All Good” and “Have You Ever Been to Houston.”  However, I don’t think I have really gotten into Bob Dylan.

Friday, July 11, 2014

Music Review: Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline, 1969



This album presents the country side of Bob Dylan.  It was one of Dylan’s most successful albums, helped by an appearance on the Johnny Cash Show.  It starts with a duet with Johnny Cash, “Girl From the North Country.”  Some of the lyrics are similar to “Scarburough Fair” but this works with two men not afraid to use their bass voices.  The most popular song from this album is probably “Lay Lady Lay.”  This has a very catchy melody.  “To Be Alone with You” is a very nice song, and with nice lyrics.  It tells about a man who can put up with his day because he will be with his love tonight.  A couple verses: