Love minus zero

DavidMn · #1 06-08-2005, 04:30 PM

I was just curious if anyone has heard Bob Dylans original version of this song? I can't imagine it's much better thaN Lindsey's Version. that song should have been on SYW!!!!!! the only reason I think it might not have been is because it was a cover.

chiliD · #2 06-08-2005, 05:06 PM

Oh, yeah...Dylan's is fantastic...after all, it IS the original version, right? "Better" is just personal taste. Actually, Lindsey's version is very similar to the Byrds' version.

Another really good version of the song is Eric Clapton's from the live 30th Anniversary Tribute to Bob Dylan.

darklinensuit · #3 06-08-2005, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

Oh, yeah...Dylan's is fantastic...after all, it IS the original version, right? "Better" is just personal taste. Actually, Lindsey's version is very similar to the Byrds' version.

I agree.
And I like Lindsey's version, though I wish his vocal were not so tame.
BTW, I think Lindsey & Stevie songs should be on Mac albums only when you can hear both their vocals in the song.

JMO

- Jake

SteveMacD · #4 06-08-2005, 05:50 PM

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Oh, yeah...Dylan's is fantastic...after all, it IS the original version, right? "Better" is just personal taste. Actually, Lindsey's version is very similar to the Byrds' version.

On what album did the Byrds do "Love Minus Zero"? I have all of their albums, and didn't see it listed.

chiliD · #5 06-08-2005, 06:50 PM

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On what album did the Byrds do "Love Minus Zero"? I have all of their albums, and didn't see it listed.

Yeah...I just went through their catalog at CD Universe and couldn't find it...but, I definitely have seen/heard Roger McGuinn singing the song. Maybe I have it on a bootleg...I'll check when I get home.

Did Roger take the lead vocal on it during Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour, maybe?

Jyqm · #6 06-08-2005, 07:02 PM

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Did Roger take the lead vocal on it during Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour, maybe?

I believe Dylan did "Love Minus Zero" solo and acoustic on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour. Beautiful performance of the song on the Bootleg Series Vol. 5.

dissention · #7 06-08-2005, 07:12 PM

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I believe Dylan did "Love Minus Zero" solo and acoustic on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour. Beautiful performance of the song on the Bootleg Series Vol. 5.

Vol. 5 is a beautiful performance altogether. That one's my personal favorite out of all the selections in the Bootleg Series. The clip of Isis from Renaldo and Clara on the bonus DVD that came with it is utterly fabulous, too.

macfan 57 · #8 06-09-2005, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Jyqm

I believe Dylan did "Love Minus Zero" solo and acoustic on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour. Beautiful performance of the song on the Bootleg Series Vol. 5.

I LOVE that live version. It's even better than the studio version on Bringing It All Back Home, in my opinion. There's another live version on his MTV Unplugged DVD. It's very good too, but not as good as the version on the Rolling Thunder Revue CD set.

chiliD · #9 06-09-2005, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

Yeah...I just went through their catalog at CD Universe and couldn't find it...but, I definitely have seen/heard Roger McGuinn singing the song. Maybe I have it on a bootleg...I'll check when I get home.

Did Roger take the lead vocal on it during Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour, maybe?

Ok, checked at home, didn't find it. Ya know what though...I'm beginning to think that Roger McGuinn played it when he opened for Fleetwood Mac in 1994. I KNOW I've heard McGuinn singing it...and I'm pretty sure I SAW him sing it as well...since that's the only time I've seen McGuinn live.

SteveMacD · #10 06-17-2005, 04:14 PM

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Ok, checked at home, didn't find it. Ya know what though...I'm beginning to think that Roger McGuinn played it when he opened for Fleetwood Mac in 1994. I KNOW I've heard McGuinn singing it...and I'm pretty sure I SAW him sing it as well...since that's the only time I've seen McGuinn live.

Geez I wish I could have seen that show. The Mac is my favorite band, with the Byrds a close second. Add to that Dave Mason and Bonnie Bramlett, and I could have died a happy man that night. Oh well. I got to see that version of Fleetwood Mac twice and I've seen McGuinn once. But man, to have seen THAT show...And didn't Fleetwood Mac do a full set? When I saw them, they were either an opening act or part of a packaged tour. Lucky bastard!

Jyqm · #11 06-08-2005, 06:40 PM

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Another really good version of the song is Eric Clapton's from the live 30th Anniversary Tribute to Bob Dylan.

And Clapton's "Don't Think Twice" from the same show is just mind-blowing.

Jyqm · #12 06-08-2005, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

I was just curious if anyone has heard Bob Dylans original version of this song?

Oh my. I'm curious if very many people haven't heard Dylan's original. If you haven't, for shame! What you've been doing all these years, living your life without a copy of Bringing It All Back Home, sure is beyond me.

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I can't imagine it's much better thaN Lindsey's Version.

For someone as fond of risk-taking (at least in the studio) as Lindsey, I was really surprised by how tame, predictable and almost boring his cover of "Love Minus Zero" is. His arrangement is awfully MOR (especially at the end, coming back to the first verse with just the guitar strumming), and he doesn't really sing the lyrics with much feeling. That said, his performance of the song at the AFI show (dedicated to George Harrison), is a bit more moving. But overall I think his Rolling Stones covers - "Gotta Get Away," "She Smiled Sweetly," "The Singer Not The Song" - are a whole lot better.