Search - Bob Dylan :: Highway 61 Revisited/Blonde on Blonde

Just Amazing Music, Simply Amazing

Sara Hackett | from the Darkside | 06/02/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just love the lead guitar work on "Desolation Row." That lead guitar punches up Dylan's voice and those surreal lyrics to make this song like no other. I shudder for the whole eleven minutes every time my husband plays this song and he plays it a lot. You can never get tired of this. Mr. Dylan really raised the bar with this one. "Like a Rolling Stone" is a rocker extrodinaire and it goes on for six minutes, which was a big deal when it came out, because most hit records never when over something like three minutes, ten seconds. Dylan really broke the mold with "Stone", opened up the scene for others to record long songs. Listening to "Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 36" one almost gets the sense of Bob Dylan rolling on the floor laughing as he's singing. You really get the sense that Dylan is feeling pretty good about himself, even though there were many of his fans who were upset with the fact that he'd gone all electric on them. From "Rainy Day Woman" Dylan seques right into the rockin' bluesy "Pledging My Time," which is one of my favorite songs, though I really like rollickin', rockin' "Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat" as well. Oh heck, I like everything in this set. What's not to like?"