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Originally Posted by Nico
They have a sortaMOR sound, but his lyrics, songwriting, delivery are really captivating to me...
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Nico, now I am trying my best to get into Jakob Dylan, but not really being a Bob Dylan fan...well, that may be a stumbling block. The similarities & comparisons are inevitable, but I do agree that you have to look at his own body of work and ignore his heritage
From what I have heard, Wallflowers vs. solo stuff, I think the man needs a BAND! His lyrics in the Wallflowers were still dark, mysterious, err...depressing(?).. BUT his band was really good at developing some snappy sounds around all those melancholy words. Now we just have the depressing lyrics and no snappy sounds
SO Jakob, you DID the "Yeah-I'm-Springsteen-but-I-can-be-a-real-drag-if-I-wanna-be" thing ("Nebraska","The Ghost of Tom Joad")...now, take a couple Xanax, get back on that whorse and make something we can DANCE to!
PS...even that "Man-I-could-use-some-sleep-GODIMDEPRESSED-hey-pass-that-joint-this-way-MANIMACREEP!" Thom Yorke Radiohead dude manages to get out there and DANCE!!!
