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Thread #74153 Message #1780016
Posted By: Little Hawk
10-Jul-06 - 12:15 AM
Thread Name: Review: Dylan's Chronicles Vol 1
Subject: RE: Review: Dylan's Chronicles Vol 1
Fred Miller's comments about "On The Road" are interesting to me...didn't see them when they were originally posted back in '04. I've never read "On The Road", but I wouldn't be surprised if I had a similar reaction to the main characters in it. ;-) I think, Fred, that it's quite possible that as you say Bob never grew up, in a certain sense, or that in certain aspects he has remained like an adolescent. That could happen when you have as unusual a life as he has had. He's never had to do anything since age 20 but step out on a stage and play music in order to be set for life. That's unusual. (It's also a tough life, in some respects.) Combined with outrageous fame and becoming the icon of a generation, it could have an odd effect on a person, I'd imagine.
Sharyn - I can't really help you with the arpeggios and triplets thing. I did notice the structure of Bob's songs and vocal phrasings became far more complex from about '75 on...but I'm not sure how it all works, technically speaking.