NP:Dylan vs. Pynchon

[Joe Allonby]

Just because it's not as good as Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61, or Blood on
the Tracks, or even Desire doesn't mean it's not good.

On 8/30/06, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> "Either way, it's hard to hear Modern Times' music over the inevitable
> standing ovation and the thuds of middle-aged critics swooning in awe. When
> you do, you find something not unlike its predecessor, Love and Theft. It
> again eschews the straightforward rock approach and sonic embellishments
> that producer Daniel Lanois brought to 1997's Time Out of Mind in favour of
> muted rockabilly shuffles and polite, country-inflected pre-rock'n'roll pop.
> Here are the kind of jazzy songs that would count as mild-mannered crooning
> if they were performed by Bing Crosby, but which invariably take on a
> slightly unsettling air when subjected to Dylan's catarrhal death rattle."
>
> http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1857199,00.html
>
> This atypical review makes the point that Dylan enjoys a teflon
> coating.  The most average of tunes is greeted with ecstatic praise from the
> critics.  TRP doesn't have similar immunity from his critics.  One shudders
> to think how a Modern-Times caliber ATD will be greeted by the reviewers.
>
> Laura
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