Re: Louis Armstrong and Bob ...


heronb wrote:
Last night I heard Sheryl Crow's version of Mississippi for the first time
and couldn't believe how little it moved me compared with the L&T version .
I realised how much of this song was in the performance . the same applies
to all of L&T . Its the world weary voice ( and the great band ) which makes
the record what it is .

JH

I heard Sheryl Crow's version well before L&T was out and even bought a
copy of the album since no one had any idea if Bob would ever release
Mississippi. It sounded fine until his album came out. Then it just
sounded flat and unexpressive.

Delia




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"Mr Jinx" <vernon__briscoe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was listening to Louis Armstrong singing 'What A Wonderful World' the
other day and it suddenly struck me that if his voice on the recording
had been smooth rather than grainy and cracked the feeling conveyed by
the song would have been diminished.

Dylan's current voice is cracked and grainy, too. He is now an elder
statesman like Louis was when he recorded 'Wonderful World'.

Dylan's voice seems to me the perfect vehicle with which to deliver the
worldly-wise messages of songs like Mississippi and Not Dark Yet,
Lovesick and Blind Willie McTell. A smooth, youthful voice just could
not hope to carry the gravity of those songs. It might have more range
at its desposal but woudn't really have the hard-won authority to cut
it.

If we see value in Louis Armstrong's voice - or Johnny Cash's voice on
American Recordings for that matter - should we not also celebrate Bob
Dylan's grainy, battle-worn voice too?

In many cultures (more enlightened than our own youth-obsessed Western
ones) elders in a community are revered. People gather and listen to
them closely because they figure they have had a lifetime of experience
and might just know something they don't. What a wonderful world it
might be if Western culture felt the same.

Mr Jinx

You know for me it's not just the old wise message spoken but the
incredible
feel I get when I listen to L&T, it's like I'm back in time. I love Fats
Waller and the old bluesy sounds of his day. L&T has brought that old time
feel to this time of life and if you don't like it, as Bob has said and
probably stolen the phrase, but I like it too, so I shall just say, you
might as well just shove off.





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