Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited ALBUM REVIEW
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- Bob Dylan fuses folk and rock on his legendary Highway 61 Revisited.
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FAV TRACKS: LIKE A ROLLING STONE, TOMBSTONE BLUES, BALLAD OF A THING MAN, QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY, HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED, JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES, DESOLATION ROW, IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A LOT TO CRY
LEAST FAV TRACK: FROM A BUICK 6.....if i had to pick....
BOB DYLAN - HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED / 2015 / COLUMBIA RECORDS / FOLK ROCK
classic/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
Fantano is actually Mr. Jones
Lucas Garibaldi this should be the top comment
he a big boy tho
hahahaha
Mr. melon
He does put his eyes in his pocket lol
“There’s nothing more proto punk than influencing velvet underground” is single handily the best quote from fantano ever
I know im commenting in 2018 so no one will see this BUT, I always felt that the appeal of Dylan's vocals came from a NEED to sing what he was singing. It seems that so many vocalists today, even thought they have a cleaner style and/or are more technically talented, they often don't have the passion that he brought to each of his songs. Artists who have writers or sing songs designed to become popular don't have the intensity of someone who has taken the time to write something like Sad eyed lady if the Lowlands. Dylan may not have the vocal ability of most famous singers, but he has the passion of someone who writes as if they need to in order to survive.
8 months later and I just found your comment, and let me tell you it brought a smile to my face. Here in Argentina we have two words for a singer: cantante (literally "singer") and cantor (let's translate that as songster or songstress since there's not a word for it in English). A legendary Argentine folklore singer once said: a singer is someone who can sing, a songster is someone who must sing. And I think Dylan is that. He's not a poet or a popstar, he treads between those worlds and never fully settles on either, the songs simply beckon him to write them down and sing them, and he must comply. Perhaps his voice or his body are not fully up to the task but even with his physical restrictions he is completely commited to singing those words and nothing's going to stop him, not age, not time, not his vocal cords giving out. And I thank him for that.
Thank you for these comments! You both perfectly captured why bob Dylan is such a great artist
@@patriciofernandez2711 very eloquent , and articulate. Good points
Megan made great points too.....heres my two cents
He is a much better singer than he gets credit for at times..people can copy that nasal delivery and get a laugh...but if you have ever tried to cover a dylan song and capture his timbre and delivery , its very very hard. I mean ya ok something like rollin stone , maybe but the early acoustic stuff that seems simple, is deceptive.
And he gets ya , he makes you feel..you believe what hes singing is true
And when others try , myself included , its not always felt , its lost in translation
@@imannonymous7707 Thank you very much! I'm not a native English speaker and being called eloquent and articulate is the ultimate compliment for me.
Dylan's vocals are something you might not get for a long time, but when you do you understand the greatness of them.
His vocals are recognizable, unique, messy and emotional, in my opinion.
I have never understood why people hate on his vocals so much, it’s just his voice everyone is different
@@alexm8859 it's because they sound fucking terrible
@Jonald Grump doesn't matter if they're iconic if they don't sound good
@@theo1862 Bob Dylan is just a lot more than the sound of his voice. His lyrics, melodies, and songwriting are so iconic that i never really cared about his nasal tone. With his limited vocal range he sings with the emotion that many singers today would kill to have
IMHO:
“Desolation Row” is the greatest lyrical achievement in the history of music.
Chris Serpicø absolutely a monster song. Sad eyed Lady of the Lowlands is beautiful too. The Highlands is a song that I can hear for a year straight. Dylan is the Man.
All along the watchtower
Agreed
Have you heard gates of eden?
Simon Melkor it’s absolutely crazy to think about how many “greatest lyrical achievements” you can give to the guy. I still have “it’s alright ‘Ma I’m only bleeding” as my number one Dylan lyrical masterpiece. But I can easily name 7 off the top of my head without batting an eye.
“The sword swallower, he walks up to you and then he kneels. He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels. Without further notice, he asks you how it feels, and he says ‘here is your throat back, thanks for the loan!’. And something is happening here but you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?”
Bars.
Bob Dylan, greatest lyricist the world has ever seen.
David Moore
The Pulitzer and Nobel Prize committees agree with you!
Aesop rock
M.r.b VEVO Aesop is a beast but he's no Dylan. ( yeah I know Aesop has a higher vocabulary etc. but come on, it's Dylan)
@@acurlyboi2944 Aesop is definitely better technically, but Dylan is better in his own style
Elliott Smith?
amazing album. blonde on blonde too.
+HumbleFishStix i aint gonna work on maggies farm no more.
+thrashish that album as well
+HumbleFishStix Freewheelin Bob Dylan is still my favorite Bob Dylan album.
+Logan Wendt I like his protest/acoustic stuff too but I heard highway 61 first so the electric stuff will always be my favorite
+HumbleFishStix I heard Blood on the Tracks first so that's my favorite
Can I just say; All of Dylan’s cover art for his albums are great representations for the music within the album especially with ‘Bringing It All Back Home’, ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ and ‘Blonde On Blonde’. Very underrated talent of Dylan’s.
ok
It’s just picture of himself and most them are boring and bad lmao
Look harder
Ok
@@tommyvercetti5945No he’s got a point
Do the Shrek 2 soundtrack next Anthony
I NEED A HERO
+SEAN IS THE DEVIL I thought that shit was 🔥 when I heard it as a kid. Saw Shrek 2 over Christmas again and wanted to pull my fuggin' ears off.
HEY NOW, YOURE AN ALL STAR
+Nick Masini Hallejuuuuuuulah
Saw Bob Dylan in a live concert this year. I was impressed, the man's still got it! He had 15 min break halfway through which is understandable given his age, his voice coarser than in his younger days, but the performance was energetic! It wasn't the folky sound of the beginnings, nor the more electric sound of Highway 61 Revisited. It was Bob Dylan and a full orchestra! Very beautiful.
Mans didn't even mention Queen Jane Approximately, wack
won't youuu, come see meee, Queen Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaneee
Absolutely ridiculous!
Love the song though the guitar is way out of tune on the studio track.
amatuer then.
One of the best records in existence..
Nah
+Dan Guinto if I could listen for more than 25 minutes... too much of a drag
+Dan Guinto My favorite
Freewheelin' and times are better
Blood on the Tracks is better
It should be noted that Like A Rolling Stone is more specifically about Edie Sedgwick. Dylan was dating her at the time, and this song was his warning that she's end up in a gutter if she stuck with Warhol and the Factory superstars. He was right.
If I'm not mistaken, the man who carried a Siamese cat is an allusion to Warhol himself, but I may be wrong.
the closing hermonica solo over the instrumentation on desolation row gets me choked up, the song grabs me so hard that i didnt even realize it was 11 minutes until watching this review
Yeah there's something magical about that ending that just gets you. Great song
It’s the first harmonica break that separates the last verse from the others that absolutely floors me!! When he comes back into sing,”I received your letter yesterday...” just kills me.
Mike Bloomfield's guitar in this album really perfected that amazing chaotic proto punk sound. Without him i don't think those songs would've had the same drive.
Such an underrated guitarist
"ballad of a thin man" was actually about a writer/critic who dylan didn't like and saw at a party once where he got the imagery of him he used in the song....don't piss off bob.
I've heard that but don't think it's that specific, even if that's the inspiration I think it's about every critic. Mr Jones is like the name for the everyday man, like the Smiths band name in UK
PJ watch don’t look back, it actually features a scene with him arguing with a critic I believe was called mr jones
same with Positively 4th Street. Dylan is a gangsta rapper before it even exists lol
This guy is right on a lot of points. However (yes, I was there, then), it's the second rock album from Dylan. Maybe Bringing It All Back Home wasn't quite as electric, but it was definitely not singer with acoustic guitar folk music. Now, the thing with the folk music people was, they looked down on rock and roll as being airhead (a word that wasn't used then), goofy pop music. Their music was "intellectual", they sat quietly and respectfully at concerts, etc. What Bob did, however, was single handedly kill off the folk revival. He also single handedly injected serious, intellectually-oriented, poetic lyrics into pop/rock music. Like he told the Beatles, sort of, Your songs are great, but your lyrics are shit, you don't sing about anything. Next thing you know, Revolver comes out, and the rest is history.
Richie B g
@Shaheen Ayaz Lennon's Tomorrow Never Knows would like to have a word with you
@@marcospaulreal5922 He didn't really write them though did he? Still good though, and deep. There are lots of good lyrics elsewhere on Revolver: I'm Only Sleeping, Love You To, Taxman, She Said She Said, Dr. Robert, I Want To Tell You, And Your Bird Can Sing and Got to Get You Into My Life all have much more insightful and countercultural lyrics than anything they'd done previously (Rain too). Then there's Eleanor Rigby, which is just masterful in every way.
Obviously I only count the UK version as canon.
Shaheen Ayaz bs. Here, there, and everywhere. ELEANOR RIGBY, TAXMAN. And your bird can sing. What did you listen to? This is when they really started writing their best songs and building enthralling atmospheres. TOMORROW NEVER COMES. Get outta here
Robert Becker Becker *Tomorrow Never Knows
People who don't like Dylan's voice buy all of their clothes from Topman.
Review Pet Sounds next.
+HAHA HAHA There's no point, it's already an objective 10/10.
+Justin Letcavage tru
+Squadala9001 maybe, but in my opinion, smile wasn't nearly as good as pet sounds. also I think it might be redundant to review pet sounds because what is there to say that hasn't already been said about that masterpiece
+Squadala9001 He will eventually do it. It's one of those groundbreaking albums you simply can't ignore. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is another one.
+Squadala9001 I have a feeling that he's a Pet Sounds fan.
"Queen Jane Approximately" had a huge effect on me, notably as a man going through a horrible break up, I'm just a little surprised it wasn't mentioned here. Very important record though, no doubt about it.
Me too
I remember in 1981 my mother frisbeeing all of my older brother's Bob Dylan LPs out his bedroom window into the back garden. Dylan had triggered something deep and strange in her.
He's your dad😂😂
Review all of the Kidz Bop albums. ALL OF THEM.
One my all-time favorite albums. My dad used to play "from a Buick 6" everyday on the way to school when I was really young, it was always funny hearing Bob Dylan's lyric in a thick Liberian accent.
"Just Life Tom Thumb's Blues" is my personal fav. Such a beautiful story, and the instrumentation really hits the melancholy, worn out feel that perfetly fits the end of the album. GOAT fr shure
agree
11 minutes in and still no mention of Mike Bloomfield
'increasingly irate'
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Underated guitarist.
Do Thick as a Brick next Jethrony Tulltano
This please. It's my all time favorite album!
He's already picked, announced and filmed his classic reviews
+TheScottish MusicNerd He could use the suggestions that people make for next year's classic reviews, though. I suggest "Doolittle" by the Pixies, "Dummy" by Portishead and "5 leaves left" by Nick Drake.
+ShapedSilver Five Leaves Left is certainly a classic...good call.
+ShapedSilver Great choices. But come on "Pink Moon" is a bit better than "Five Leaves Left". Anyways, both are absolute masterpieces. Would love to hear a review on a Nick Drake album. Hopefully that happens some time soon.
I feel like you won't do another Bob Dylan review, but would love to hear your take on the album Blood on the Tracks by him!
cant believe the cover was taken over 50 years ago , it looks so recent
*hits blunt... "just trains man... trains"
This is the first album to listen to after you have been nearly destroyed.
I love Dylan's vocal delivery.
Bob Dylan’s voice is amazing and full of passion. I will die on that hill.
The greatest trilogy of electric albums, Jimi Hendrix's trilogy's a close second.
Great vids man!
Cheers!
Hendrix was a better guitar player and singer but Dylan was better at songwriting
For me Dylan's the best solo artist and Jimi's my favourite guitarist.
No. Jimi has it. But this record is better than all of his. probably Blonde on blond too. But no way Jimi's tribology is inferior to Bob's. That's probably the best triologi of everything really.
BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME.
Id love to hear you talk about The Beatles
One of their albums or just about them as a band
He should do like a Beatles special overviewing their musical discog, legacy & impact.
+Itay Rechtman * Insert Beatles/Scaruffi copy pasta here *
The fact that
I’ll do a review of The Beatles:
They are the greatest thing that has ever happened in the history of artistic expression.
They have the greatest collection of albums, the greatest collection of songs, more influence, more innovation, and more aesthetic value than any other artist in history.
John Lennon is the single greatest “artist” in the history of music. Paul McCartney is the single greatest “Musician”, and they were both the greatest songwriters ever (Lennon was better at innovation and emotions and McCartney was better with melody) ... George Harrison was also an absolute genius as a songwriter/lyricist & guitarist, and Ringo was the most tasteful and melodic drummer in pop music.
They are a million miles ahead of any other artist.
But, Bob Dylan is still a god and he is definitely #2 on the list of “Greatest Artists”, and he is by far the greatest lyricist ever, and except for Lennon and McCartney - the greatest songwriter ever.
Chris Serpicø Ginger Baker didn't like them. Cream all the way. Definitely underated to the listener
Wow, this has to be one of his best reviews. I was really taken aback with his interpretation of the lyrics of Tombstone Blues. I never really thought about that track that way.
+kem ozish check out his very first classic review for Lift Yr Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven by Godspeed. That one was really passionate and in depth and I wish more of his reviews were like that.
I wish I knew where Dylan got the shirt he was wearing on the cover art.
the internet did not exist back then, so I would wager that his mum bought it for him.
Bob Dylan is the greatest musical artist of all time, and this is the greatest album of all time.
I tend to agree with the second part and I absolutely agree with the first part.
Beatles, Beatles, Beatles
Chris Serpicø HAHAHAHAHA no
I agree. But would say more for me personally. Music is subjective after all. But this album is perfect
Let’s say greatest writer; and as for music I’ll say instead
The Beatles and Pink Floyd ,
Because they did new things and experiments in every album ....
Then let’s go with
Génesis
Led zeppelin
Queen
Yes
Among other greats .
review Blonde on Blonde, to me his best album lyrically together with Blood on The Tracks
thank you for getting his name out to the newer generation anthony
PLEASE review Grateful Dead's American Beauty
Woah, didn't expect one of my all time favourites to be reviewed here. I'd love to hear what you think about Blonde on Blonde or probably Nashville Skyline.
This isn't my favorite "Robert Allen Zimmerman" album, but he really puts everything together here. Johnson and Dylan really pulled off some fine arrangements on this.
I can't choose between bringing it all back home, highway 61 revisited and blonde on blonde. I think all three of them together make up the core of Bob Dylan's discography.
And Another Side of Bob Dylan.
all
I love it. As opposed to Blonde on Blonde, I liked this album instantly and didn't have any trouble listening to it over and over. Everytime I drive to and from Nashville, I drive on a stretch of Hwy 61 and always feel the urge to listen to this album.
Jef Buckley - Grace would be a great classic album to do. the vocals and songwriting is soo good on that record
Disreali Gears.
Doolittle / Surfa Rosa.
When we're talking about Bob's earliest recordings with rock instrumentation, even though it's not prominent, Corrine, Corrine from Freewheelin is the first I'm aware of. My personal opinion, and with Bob it changes all the time, is that this is the best track on the album BECAUSE of its instrumentation and bluesiness.
The Cutting Edge 18 disc box is freaking amazing. The 9 minute solo She's Your Lover Now is worth the price of admission. Just incredible.
PLEASE REVIEW COLLEGE DROPOUT KANYETHONY WESTANO
that would be so fuckin dope
LATE REGISTRATION!!!
+jesse mathieu That's my personal fav but I don't think he considers it a classic like he does College Dropout
he should do Be by Common but he'd prolly do like water for chocolate
fr, great album
Ballad of a thin man is one of my favorite songs ever. I have an original vinyl copy of this album (originally my dads) and it's just so fucking good.
Desolation Row is such a beautiful song, and I lived there. A place I lived in Montana is so perfectly described by this song, the characters and their lives. We were all just trying to get by, and sometimes things got messy. One of my favorite Dylan songs. It's so personal for me.
that region was similar to hibbing were dylan grew up
What a minute if he put bob Dylan blonde on blonde is his favorite and put this record 10 than I wonder what score is blonde on blonde is
Bob Dylan. The single most influential, most important, artist in the history of recorded music. While I love "Highway 61 Revisited", for some reason I've always liked the albums before & after it even more -- "Bringing It All Back Home", & "Blonde On Blonde". But they are all masterpieces.....
"I like Fidel Castro, and his beard!"
-Bob Dylan
Dylan as a song writer and singer reminds me of the difference between a technical good actor and an inspired great actor. The first one you are drawn to the actor who is playing the part...the second you are transported to the part the actor is playing. The same can be said of great song writers and singers, Dylan is the second one!
Drop the crackpipe, dopehead!
(Ballad of a) Thintony Mantano
This is my favorite Dylan album, and maybe my all-time favorite album period. It was the very first Dylan album I'd ever bought back in 1978, and immediately loved it. Still sounds great, there isn't a weak track on the entire album.
Do Blonde on Blonde next and talk about that wild mercury sound.
CLASSICS THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
The Who - Who's Next
Nirvana - Nevermind
Diana Ross - Diana Ross
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
AC/DC - Back In Black
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
Speeding Bullet To Heaven >> Bob Dylan
+Hank Hill thank you! Finally someone else can appreciate the genius of Lord Kudi's craft
top keks
no u
+CleanestApparel ayyye whoisjacov
Fuck that lol
Review Pink Floyd -Animals
I know it's your favorite from them
Animals was a GOOD album but it's just not something I would go crazy over.
I think Shine on you Crazy Diamond is better and more interesting
The album is Wish You Were Here. Cant be that interesting to you if you cant even get the title right.
Animals is by far the best PF album. If you don’t think that you don’t get them period.
Why you didn't do classic review for Are you Experienced yet????
Is it really a classic if it came out in 2015, Anthony?
(Check the description for the joke)
Dylan, to me, is the greatest English wordsmith. He surpasses even Shakespeare imho.
I think Dylan himself would disagree. But he's Fantastic even without that comparison 🙂
Not really hard to beat Shakespeare he was pretty shit
The world needs to hear what you said at the end there about Dylan's vocal delivery and sound. Thank you. Great review x
This album is music porn. Blonde On Blonde has a slight edge over Times They Are A Changin' for me. I am very much lookin forward to the In Utero review. It's Nirvana's best album and sadly overshadowed by Never mind
Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is
blonde on blonde is up there too but this has desolation row, ballad of a thin man, from a Buick 6 and of course like a rolling stone masterpiece
Flinchey Kevin yes I always consider highway 61 as Dylan’s best work. Again that’s just my opinion. Although I like Blonde on Blonde, it’s not in my top 5 favorite Dylan albums. Definitely great, but I don’t rate it as high as most do.
I typically rate From a Buick 6 at the bottom of the track listing.
Blonde on blonde is really great....
You can’t just give this album a 0 just because you think his song “Ballad of a Thin Man“ was a diss track about you. You weren’t even alive when that song was released
Seminal album, obviously, but I always preferred Bringing It All Back Home, for its variety, and the strength of the acoustic side in particular.
I flipped Ballad of a Thin Man into a hip hop beat. love Dylan love that song
Like A Rolling Stone is one of my favorite songs ever ♥️
First time viewer , i wear my love of dylan like a badge.and i have to tip my hat to anyone with enough sense to respect this amazing artist. Sooo ,heres to you bro .... liked
Bob dylan is the Best rapper ever.
"trains man trains"
one of the best albums ever
More Dylan reviews please! Blonde on Blonde, Bringing it all back Home, The Freewheelin' and The Times they are a-changin'
What are your thoughts on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band ?
news from the onion: dylan goes techno and fans revolt against judas
Review of Neil Young's Harvest pls
Why is everyones favorite always Blonde on Blonde?! I feel like I'm missing something there cause I've never really loved it. Bringing it All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited were always my favorites, prolly love BIABH just a teeny bit more.
I like his phrasing more, and the longer tracks like Visions... and Sad Eyed. Think it's more concise as an album in a way.
Highway 61 4 lyf
Visions of Johanna is so beautiful.
Just Like a Woman, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35
Could you review some more British Punk bands, like Great Cynics, Bangers, Gnarwolves etc? UK PUNKS are killing it at the moment!
*Manthony Fandango*: _"2/10, not rap, just a ripoff of lil b, unimpressive, would listen again"_
Mike Bloomfield.
Amazingly underrated guitarist. Not by people who really get into the guts of music in the 60s, but in general he's not the kind of guy you hear about. He made this album special, and he made Paul Butterfield better too.
Based
Feel so suicidal, just like Dylan’s Mr Jones
I always say that there would be no punk music without Bob Dylan. I'm glad you mentioned that.
Music history with Anthony Fantano. Thanks for all your insight :)
how is ballad of a thin man heart-wrenching? it's a ruthless character assassination
Wow bob must be so glad that you finally got around to reviewing him.
*Why so salty?*
Desolation Row is such a nice relaxing song, my favourite Dylan song!
Man, terrific job with that review, one of your best to date. Can see myself giving this a view many many times over the years. Forever (even).
I appreciate needle drop dropping gems of musical knowledge on each video. I've found so many different artists though this channel.
Top 20 album in the history of albums for me.
I love the classic reviews, man. Keep it up. :)
I think you did an excellent job explaining the sound in Ballad of Thin Man. Such an "accusatory" track. Lyrically he is constantly throwing assumptions about the state of the protagonist but with SUCH confidence. Those lead guitar licks and his melody really help drive that sound.
I really gained a lot from your review of this great album. I appreciate the way you set the album within the historical boundaries of it's time and place. Great job well done