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Bob Dylan's Voice

Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
edited August 2011 in Other Music
I recently downloaded some Johnny Cash and he does a version of "Girl from the North Country" with Dylan, but it doesn't sound like him at all. Totally different from his Album version. I've heard him sound this way before with "Lay Lady Lay", but was just wondering what's the deal with him sounding this way on some songs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDLM3OTbxA
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,941
    nashville skyline dylan
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,941
    Nashville Skyline was Dylan's 'country' album where he transformed his music yet again. In writing a country album he chose to change his singing style as well. 'Lay, Lady, Lay' is off this album as well. Amazing he could change his voice so effectively that it is at times unrecognizable. Just shows the vocal range he used to have.
  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    Thanks guys, that was sending me crazy trying figure this out.
    I will definitely check out Nashville Skyline.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,489
    Nowhere Man wrote:
    Thanks guys, that was sending me crazy trying figure this out.
    I will definitely check out Nashville Skyline.

    And it won't take long- it's only 27 minutes long lol.

    And it is the only CD I know where 3 songs in a row rhyme:

    I Threw It All Away
    Peggy Day
    Lay Lady Lay


    ...yes, I am a Dylan freak haha.
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  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    Really enjoying Nashville Skyline, never listened to this album before.
    I may just be me but I find Jim James of My Morning Jacket to have a similar voice to Dylan's on this album.
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Supposedly the reason Dylan's voice is different on Nashville Skyline is because he quit smoking for several weeks when he was recording it.
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  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    My favorite Dylan singing was during that particular era (Nashville, New Morning, Planet Waves, Blood On The Tracks).
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    When I first heard Lay Lady Lay, I was wondering if that was him. The man is a genius.

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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Nowhere Man wrote:
    Thanks guys, that was sending me crazy trying figure this out.
    I will definitely check out Nashville Skyline.

    And it won't take long- it's only 27 minutes long lol.

    And it is the only CD I know where 3 songs in a row rhyme:

    I Threw It All Away
    Peggy Day
    Lay Lady Lay


    ...yes, I am a Dylan freak haha.
    Nothing wrong with being a Dylan freak.
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    yeah man. I bought Essential Bob Dylan 11-12 years ago, and never knew he sang "Lay, Lady, Lay or even "Quinn the Eskimo" till I got that album, just didn't sound like him. I'm so used to the raspy monotone Dylan. Even on his first album (the songs I've heard have a different vocal delivery a little bit).
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  • Bushleaguer28Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    I read somewhere that Nashville Skyline Dylan sounds different because the vocal recording was sped up just a tad, and I also read that the same is true for Springsteen's Hungry Heart recording. Not sure if this is a myth or not . . .
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    ....is terrible.
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    ....is awesome.
    Fixed
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,216
    Newch91 wrote:
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    ....ranges from unlistenable to spectacular depending on which part of his career you are talking about.
    Fixed
    Re-fixed :)
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  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    benjs wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    ....ranges from unlistenable to spectacular depending on which part of his career you are talking about.
    Fixed
    Re-fixed :)


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