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~music Listening Club 7 - Highway 61 Revisited
Hi folks, sorry for the late post. @Whom is sick and wasn't able to post this today so she asked me to do it.
Hello all you good people, here we are in week number 7! It's time for another classic record discussion: Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited!
Here's the place to discuss your thoughts on the record, your history with it or the artist, and basically talk about whatever you want to that goes along with Highway 61 Revisited. Remember that this is intended to be a slow moving thing, feel free to take your time and comment at any point in the week!
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I'd like to nominate Exuma - Exuma (1970),
I think it's probably one of the most legendary spiritual albums recorded, a look into some Junkanoo, Carnival, and Calypso music with a raw, ecstatic energy behind each song. His music is truly unique and nothing has quite reached it.
The story of Exuma's music is really captivating and later on in his career he toured with some big names.
I'll second this nomination -- this is really one of the most unique albums / artists of all time. I went on a serious Calpyso bender a few months ago and found some really, amazing, tracks, but nothing quite as wild as Exuma.
You might enjoy Palm Wine music, it's pretty much Calypso's roots from africa: here's a comp from one of my favourite youtube music channels: https://youtu.be/BrvgT1UjAZs
oh and S. E. Rogie did a lot of english-language stuff: https://youtu.be/tDRo0_sxs3M
Nice, thanks for the link!
Really like this album, paints some really nice images with the lyrics and all of the instrumentation is absolutely on point. Ballad of a Thin Man does drag a bit imo though, From a Buick is my favourite.
I saw this video a while back of a luthier inspecting the guitar used on the album and thought it was interesting:
https://youtu.be/W5oCY-1dnso
I've been doing this thing where I listen to every Bob Dylan album in order and write tiny little reviews on each one of them, and I admit that I leaned a little toward picking this album this week so I had an excuse to sit with this one a while longer. Despite being the Dylan album I'm most familiar with, I feel like it has so many little details that I haven't fully explored yet and I don't know if I ever will.
I feel like I'll spend the rest of my life unpacking Tombstone Blues and Ballad of a Thin Man, the latter of which being one of my favorite songs ever. I think getting back into Highway 61 Revisited and Bob Dylan in general has been really beneficial to me. I really enjoy music that's lyrically dense but also not too stripped down or simple instrumentally, and I recently hit a wall with hip hop where I feel like I've heard most everything that satisfies those requirements...but going back to this is so refreshing. I hang on every word the man says, and to me that's Dylan's strongest power. So many great lyricists only really shine when you go out of your way to listen closely, but on this record you're made to listen closely.
I just love this shit.