You Never Did

[Joe Allonby]

I heard an interview once when he claimed that he took a lot of his
ideas of phrasing from hearing Ferlinghetti reading poetry as opposed
to folk singers.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
> The Hibbings Kid
>
> "[Dylan] piled the words in the verses of "Rolling Stone" into the front
> half of each measure, then allowed for a pregnant pause before dropping the
> last few words in behind the beat at the end of the musical phrase. It's as
> if he was going through that old enunciation exercise where you repeat a
> sentence multiple times, putting the accent on a different word with each
> repetition to see how it changes the emphasis in meaning."
>
> From the LA Times review of Dylan's first of three shows at the Hollywood
> Palladium this week.
>
> In the second show, last night, Dylan was using his voice like I've never
> seen. Incredible nuance, range, melodicism, brilliant improvisation. No
> evidence of the repetitive riffing that made every song sound the same. And
> grinning from ear to ear in interaction with the audience. The old boy is
> having a grand time. If your a fan, now's a good time to check him out
> again. And, Charlie Sexton's back on lead guitar.
>