Bob Dylan Says Modern Music Is Worthless

estranged4life · #1 08-22-2006, 10:42 PM

Bob Dylan Says Modern Music Is Worthless
Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Aug. 22) - Bob Dylan says the quality of modern recordings is "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc.

"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Dylan, who released eight studio albums in the past two decades, returns with his first recording in five years, "Modern Times," next Tuesday.

Noting the music industry's complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, "Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."

"You listen to these modern records, they're atrocious, they have sound all over them," he added. "There's no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like ... static."

Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it's a losing battle.

"Even these songs probably sounded ten times better in the studio when we recorded 'em. CDs are small. There's no stature to it."

irishgrl · #2 08-22-2006, 10:45 PM

and I agree.

ryan8472 · #3 08-22-2006, 10:47 PM

Oh plz.

Sounds to me like Bob has been listening to the wrong records for the past 20 years. Because arguments like that? Are bull****.

Für Elise · #4 08-22-2006, 10:57 PM

That's complete nonsense

irishgrl · #5 08-22-2006, 11:07 PM

other artists agree with him, fyi. protest all you want to but the fact remains, rock music is NOTHING like it used to be.

Für Elise · #6 08-22-2006, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by irishgrl

other artists agree with him, fyi. protest all you want to but the fact remains, rock music is NOTHING like it used to be.

that's not what he said though and its still an opinion

goldustsongbird · #7 08-22-2006, 10:52 PM

Thank you for the newsflash, Baaaaahhb.

xxxmx · #8 08-23-2006, 05:13 AM

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..."Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway."

as an english teacher, i just died a thousand deaths. ain't... worth nothing...

as for the message... eh. i think he's referring more to the quality of and effort put into albums. i'm sure that he's very right about 95% of the albums that have slid off the shelves. a lot of popular music is manufactured to SELL and everything else suffers because of that.

mikeschmike · #9 08-23-2006, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

"I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really,"

I wonder how Jakob feels about that?

AliceLover · #10 08-23-2006, 07:52 AM

Sounds like Bob is talking out of his ass to me...Sounds like a real jerk too.

strandinthewind · #11 08-23-2006, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeschmike

I wonder how Jakob feels about that?

He laughs his way to the bank that holds his trust fund and his own millions

ryan8472 · #12 08-23-2006, 08:06 AM

Well if we're talking about sound quality, then I must also disagree with Bob. My remastered CD's sound WAY clearer than the vinyls.

Mari · #13 08-23-2006, 08:11 AM

Mwah, Grumpy Old Man

oh but PLEASE don't do that "rap isn't music" ... you don't have to like it, but that simply means it's not your taste.
Rap, hiphop in general, it has changed and contributed a lot to the music of today, there's no getting around that.

trackaghost · #14 08-23-2006, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mari

Mwah, Grumpy Old Man

oh but PLEASE don't do that "rap isn't music" ... you don't have to like it, but that simply means it's not your taste.
Rap, hiphop in general, it has changed and contributed a lot to the music of today, there's no getting around that.

Right on Mari. Also I don't get the sampling = lack of originality argument. The way some rap and hip hop artists use samples to create new pieces of music can be pretty amazing.
Also music is as varied and interesting as it ever was. No one should judge the music scene on what's played on mainstream radio either, that's a pretty small sample of what's going on at the moment. That said there are plenty of current pop tunes I love too.

Back to the point, music has not gone downhill, just Mr Dylan's hearing it seems. There's nothing wrong with the sound quality to my ears. Maybe he needs to invest in a better sound system.
Also if he dislikes CDs so much, I'm here to tell him that a lot of artists still put albums out on vinyl. The White Stripes even send all their review copies out on vinyl only.

JazmenFlowers · #15 08-23-2006, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

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why you gotta pick on my girl?

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Originally Posted by mikeschmike

I wonder how Jakob feels about that?

that's funny.

personally, I would say that I agree that music has totally changed in it's intentions and the amount of quality music/artists is next to nilch, but that doesn't mean he can make a blanket statement like that. there have been numerous albums/artists with immense quality over the past 20 years. maybe not as many or as much as Bob would like, but that doesn't make it any less true. maybe he was just in a bad mood.