Modern Times - Dylan, Bob (CD)

This is much in the same vein as Loss and Theft, his last release, although not as many uptempo songs. It still sounds better than 99% of the older songwriters still out there. I love the Western Swing he has adopted.

Bob enjoying the craft more in the last 10 years than in the 20 before. We are all lucky to still have him around. His live show is better than ever.

I am a long time Dylan fan with recordings ranging with 45's in the early 60's to 33 1/3 LP's to cassettes to CD's, to MP3's. This past decade of his work is as highly charged and true as that of his first decade.

"Modern Times" is true evidence the bard extraordinaire is still at the forefront of his art and substance as an entertainer. "Modern Times" is a must have production providing a look at Dylan today and a glimpse of future and continued brilliant work.

Bruce Hohenstein

Bob is always nice to listen to. ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

I was looking for cd when I saw a signed copy of the cd I decided to bid as his influence on me in the 60's and his willingnes to change for the times is the mmessage I feel is the legacy of the baby boom generation.I hope it is an original that is the gamble of "E" bay. However for me it is what it represents.

Ok, it's Dylan. So the yardstick that measures his songs is set higher still, after all these years, he is producing some great material. He is truly an evolving artist and part of his mystique is his ability to change. He changes arrangements on his old material constantly. I really liked this album, he does sound a little like Redbone and there's nothing wrong with that. His voice has mellowed. I have tickets for his upcoming show at the Nassau Coliseum and can't wait to see him in the flesh...!

It's Dylan. His first release in 5 years. What more do I need to say about why I bought it? I love it, though it's slightly more "country" sounding than what I normally like.

Nice songs. Good lyric and music. Voice is rough. Sounds like a cross between Leon Redbone and Jimmy Durante.

I've always known that Dylan was singing & writing in the Santa Monica area. I just thought that he had become a marble statue from the folk-rock era. I grew up on this man, with my all time favorite album hiway 61. When I first put CD in player, I went crazy. This guy has a hit - a little bit from all his albums, but unique in it's own way. God bless bob dylan - I thought that he had left us, but what a suprise. He made my day happy in a era of bad thoughts & actions. I lean to classical muscians, but he's starting to outdue Mozart & Beethovan if he can keep it up. What a genuis if he can be re-born, and start giving us his thoughts. God Bless. Mark McFee

I am a long time fan of Bob Dylan and have most of his CDs,had them on records and replaced with CDs. The Modern Times CD is a mature sound of Dylan as well as a continuation of great lyrics and like his delivery as well his voice has matured and is reminisant of Warren Zevon's Last CD. I'm seventy and my ears still perk up on the hotter tracks. So far I've listened only seventeen times, just can't get enough. I think its the best new CD I've listened to in some time. Since it was Dylan I had to have it.
Dick Foltz

To Me this is his most enjoyable album he has made in 41 years. The blues predominates, his gravelly voice is exactly what the lyrics and music demand,Bob Dylan singing for everybody. And just as well, those who've stuck with Dylan over the years and listened with awe to Time Out of Mind are going to keep Modern Times out next to the CD player for quite awhile.

Bob Dylan is making a comeback to his grassroots.
The music is sincere in his taste but lacks the feelings of outreach to others.
The music is good but room for improvement.

On a scale of 5, I give Modern Times a 10. It's not just Dylan's voice. It's not just his never-ending tour. It's the fact that for nearly 50 years he has given all of humanity his dedication and his wisdom, so generously shared by the brain of the most prolific songwriter of all time. In his lifetime, he has lived a thousand lives. If you don't believe that, listen to any 10 of his albums: it's like listening to 10 different artists. Dylan is THE genius of all the songwriting geniuses; just read his lyrics without listening to the music (which you can do at bobdylan.com) and you'll read the most entertaining and insightful poet in history. Then add that phenomenal music--bearing in mind that Dylan alone wrote the words AND the music for all those hundreds of songs. He's written rock, country, gospel, folk, pop, and swing music songs. What other songwriter (or songwriting team) can even come close to claiming a catalog like his? Modern Times is just another precious music jewel along the way. Dylan's music will be recorded and remembered for centuries.