Bob Dylan-Hurricane

[ynnafymmi]

One of Bob Dylans best surely.Partner played the album Desire right now,i remember it from about 1974.Surely one of Dylans best?Did i just mention that?Both Desire and Hurricane.

[Buenchico]

I'd forgotten that he used a solo violinist to accompany him on that track. (It certainly wouldn't have been the first instrument of choice for many pop/rock artists at that time!)

[ynnafymmi]

The solo violinist and the cymbal crashes and Dylans croaky vocals all come together to make a protest song of the strongest dimensions,Bueno....

[Mozz71]

Long been one of my favourite Dylan songs. That run of mid-70s records Dylan had: Planet Waves/Blood On The Tracks/Desire, was as good as anything in his 60s prime.

TYI Ynna, Desire came out in '76, not '74. :-)

[1ozzy]

One of my favourite Dylan songs

[Ken4155]

Dylan, like Cohen, is a master of prose. The fact he can't really sing only adds weight to his prose, imho. His 'croaky' voice is now even croakier, yet 'Murder Most foul' wouldn't sound the same were it done by anyone else.

Here's the song, with the lyrics;

[Mozz71]

There's a few like that Ken. I'd definitely add both Tom Waits and Shane MacGowan to the amazing writer/lousy singer list.

[ynnafymmi]

Jimi Hendrix another Mozz.Hendrix said the only reason he started singing was because of Dylan.If Dylan could do it,so could he.

[ynnafymmi]

Another song-"one more cup of coffee",i never realised this song was by Dylan.I thought it was Johnny Cash or Neil Young.It was covered by Tom Jones at one time.Mr Zimmerman was certainly a prodigious songwriter wasnt he?