Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless

August 23rd, 2006 11:09 am by BlackWhite

I think the title of this Reuters report is quite misleading. What I noticed was that he was complaining about the record. Anywayz my take on modern music is that it’s all a bunch of cr@p. All we hear is bubblegum music and some guys comin’ over with lyrics that ends with the word “f@ck”, and are they’re not even singing, they’re talking. But i guess everyone thinks that the music in their generation was the best. *gives a big grin*
I just think that Dylan is over hyped. What did he do to music that everyone needs his “expert” opinion!

“You listen to these modern records, they’re atrocious, they have sound all over them,” he added. “There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like … static.”
Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it’s a losing battle.

I love this part:

Noting the music industry’s complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, “Well, why not? It ain’t worth nothing anyway.

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31 Responses to “Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless”

  1. 1
    C0dy Says:

    I agree with the great man….

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    BlackWhite Says:

    I don’t find him “great”. He’s an egomaniac. My opinion actually!

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    Maimawm Says:

    “I just think that Dylan is over hyped. What did he do to music that everyone needs his ‘expert’ opinion!” – I agree with these lines!

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    SiLent_Man Says:

    What Dylan did was bring music to a new age and inspire a new generation of artists… Judas Priest to GnR, Norah Jones to Sheryl Crow… A to Z.

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    SiLent_Man Says:

    Just that you do not listen to the GREAT man and his music does not mean he is not Great. I don’t listen much but know enough to realise that without this GREAT man there would be a huuuuge gap in the music culture, history or whatever.

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    BlackWhite Says:

    Silent-man, I just find him a good songwriter…that’s all. I DO listen to his music.
    But what did he do to music? Did he change music more than say Mozart, Segovia, Coltrane, Miles Davis, or say Hendrix, ?

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    SiLent_Man Says:

    from Stevie Ray Vaughn to Eric Johnson… name it and they were most likely a Dylan fan

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    SiLent_Man Says:

    I’d refrain from comparisions… that’s not the point anyway.

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    SiLent_Man Says:

    What he is actually complaining about seems to be the recording company’s method of treating music. The music that we get in the market are highly compressed… it is a rule in the industry to deliver as much dB as possible. this surely is a deviation from the method of the older days where ‘space’ was an important part of the music and mixing process. take for example the song Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen where you can distinctly find 3 ‘level’… it starts out softly and graudually builds up the levels.

    In the scene today, they would just compress the whole song and make it into a loud and punchy song.

    Arrgggg… ka soi peih tohlo

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    BlackWhite Says:

    My take is that he’s talking about the audio quality of this mp3/ipod generation, where everything is digitized. It seems that analog recording had a much better quality (beng fing tan chuan!)

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    HJ Says:

    Tunlai chu Dylan hi stadium te deuh ah a concert kual nasa reuh lutuk..

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    Goldmember Says:

    a tar a tawh niang =)

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    Maimawm Says:

    BW, we agree for once! I like his writing skills, I don’t find anything earth-shattering about his music though!

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    Anonymous Says:

    hehe .. just went thru it …..if bob says its worthless, then he has a point…. :) and for those that cant see the purity of life and love and anythin that bob or those of his kinds jingle about….then its their loss….. and its a great loss…… anyways, you can`t except everyone to love bob and his music, coz its only for people with good healthy taste :)… for people who are still looking for purity in a song :) …… no offence ( Kick me if ya want :D) cheers !!!!

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    SiLent_Man Says:

    He said the songs sounded better in the studio… which most likely means the record company made changes in the mastering stage, over which the artists usually have no control. Although analog audio is theoritically of better quality than digital (coz digital recording will always be in terms of bits and bytes, so never a true replication, just as a digital picture will always have pixels if you zoom) the technology is so advanced today that it would take superman to know the difference.

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    C0dy Says:

    I think this is not the right place to discuss Bob Dylan or his greatness or whatever..I like many of his songs…I even send some of his songs to Virgochass and I think she was impressed ……

    Opinion differs…but I d rather not be influenced by people who may not even know 10 of his songs….

    Here are some of my favorites Bob Dylan song…Listen to them if you like:

    1. With God on our Side
    2. Master of War.
    3. License to kill
    4. Desolation Row
    5. I shall be released

    A hla mi sak kan hriat zawk mah te:

    1. To make you feel my love
    2. Blowing in the Wind
    3. Knocking on Heaven’s door

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    C0dy Says:

    If any artist is to comment on the quality of songs these days…audio,lyrics or whatever, then Bob Dylan is the man…even if he is old…cos Old is Gold…

    Jazz 4 an example..compare these two lyrics if you have time.. then you will know what I mean…both are likeable in their own way..But….

    EMINEM LYRICS
    “My Name Is”
    http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics.....ameis.html

    With God on our Side
    http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/withgod.html

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    C0dy Says:

    You may also include…..George Harrison..Tom Petty..Joan Boaz..Van Morrison..The beatles..Elvis Presley…the list goes on…

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    Maimawm Says:

    Bob is okay, it’s his fans who are pains-in-the ass!

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    chabetkaia Says:

    “You listen to these modern records, they’re atrocious, they have sound all over them,” he added. “There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like … static.”
    Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it’s a losing battle.”

    it really is a losing battle, but what can i/we say. they so call it modernazation or whateva.. even in our very own MIZO music world, lets forget abt the Music(zo rimawi insturment ri remkhawm etc). talk abt Lyric flow, poetry word we r losing. make me sad cuz losing the things that i’m being very proud of is falling. Using sound track kill or next step . this is the way i see.

    So sadddddddddd

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    C0dy Says:

    Personally..I feel Dan Seals and Country music fans are more pain in the ass…they dunno anything…accept commentating on others…

    One day you get up on the wrong side of the bed..and you feel this way..and the next day…the other way…But Bob and his fans..we hardly change…only the Time they are a changing…

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    Maimawm Says:

    No doubt about that, we too are royal pains in the ass! But at least we don’t go around shooting everyone down because they don’t like the kind of music we do, or act so high and mighty because we think we have a “deeper understanding” of music. We don’t pretend our music transforms us to a ‘higher-level of consciousness’ and the rest of the music lover, “don’t know anything” quote unquote!
    Give us some slack..people are wired differently, if they don’t share the same tastes/likes/dislikes, that doesn’t mean they are lesser human beings or know less than you do!

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    C0dy Says:

    No one says that Our kind of music is always better..What Dylan have said is that the quality of music these days are decreasing…And believe me it does….

    Kan tleirawl chuah chuan thla eng hnuai ah lungleng tawkin guitar nen kan zai thin a..tunlai ah chuan an rap daih toh thla eng hnuai pawh ni se….lunglen na te pawh a in ang tawh lo….

    Kan music hi a tha ber pawh kan ti thei lova..hmanlai music kha a tha ber pawh a tih theih loh…Mihring kan in ang lova….Bob Dylan hi hla 400 chuang phuah tawh a nia..America university threnkhat ah chuan Bob Dylan a hla ringawt hian degree a neih theih a …chuvangin a hre ve tawk turah chuan ngai ila…Bob Dylan an a quality a decrease a ti hi kei chuan ka pawm pui khawp mai…

    Chuan bakah..keini ho pawn kan duh duh he web site a kan comment ang hian Bob Dylana hla 400 vel phuah tawh tan chuan..a comment thei lo bik dawn em ni…kum hei leh chen a dam tawh a …America ramah nuamsa takin pawisa tam tawk nen..hla duh duh ngaithla theiin a nunga..a fapa pawh Wallflowers band singer a nia .so if anyone is to comment on this kind of topic..he is the man….It may sucks if you or I say too much…

    All I say is..I just agree with the great man……and I dont care whether you think he is great or not…

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    Maimawm Says:

    “and I dont care whether you think he is great or not…” – straying from the topic! Thought we were talking about his fans :DD
    Anyway, if we’re going to talk about the man, I’ve already commented YESTERDAY – he is a man I admire.
    Jacob Dylan chu hman a hman atrang in ka it tawh hehehe!

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    C0dy Says:

    Eh ok…

    BlackWhite wrote:

    I don’t find him “great”. He’s an egomaniac. My opinion actually!

    Ka chhang peih chiah lova..ka rawn chhang tlai khawhnu a nih kha…Bob Dylan hi chu ka dah sang khawp mai hla phuah zingah chuan…If I am going to choose the top three songs writer, then I ll choose…

    1. Bob Dylan
    2. Roger Waters
    3. Paul McCartnery

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    C0dy Says:

    Paul McCartney ka tihna …..sorry..typos…

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    C0dy Says:

    Yeah true…What Bob actually comment seems to be the recording company’s method of treating music…

    But Bob Dylan likes double meaning sentence or words..and knowing the guy..Its easy to bend your thoughts…that way..

    When Bob Dylan was asked about smoking grass or doping, his answer was:

    “Its sometimes good to bend your thoughts..Infact..everybody must bend their thoughts…”

    So bend it anyway you like……but not like beckham…for he only knows how to bend his balls not his thoughts..

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    Goldmember Says:

    Le Bob was/is known to be more of good poet/songwriter and nowadays no one hardly pays any attention to lyrics (me included….) a zai thiam em em ka ti lova.. but hla chu a phuahthiam .. hemi vang hiang min in an ngaisang ni ta ber in ka hria!
    im not a “poetry” fan so maybe thats why i dont ‘get’ Robert Zimmerman

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    Anonymous Says:

    To make you feel mt love … is one of my fav too.

    Shooting star, love/minus zero, Oh sister, Joey, Jokerman and yes like a rolling stone and many more, and when it comes to love songs.. VAn Morrison is the man!!

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    Anonymous Says:

    When it comes to songwritting my fav three:

    1 bob dylan
    2 Van morrison
    3 Jim Morrison

    and yeah, joni Mitchell is excellent too!!

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    virgochhas Says:

    Maimawm leh Cody chuh!

    ka soi ve lo mai ang….min beng ngam tur ve ve an ni tlatz…ka lau :P

    kei chu Jacob Dylan hi ka *eat* ale ale…

    chuan in tunge dang ka *eat* leh oooo…..

    :D

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