As far as I’m concerned, Bob Dylan hasn’t put out a bad album in the last sixteen years. (I would have said nineteen, but, well – sorry, Under the Red Sky, I tried to like you). His original songs have been great lately – funny, pretty, harsh, and intense, all at the same time.
In fact, his music seems to be going so well that he has a surplus of songs. How else to explain the presence of previously unreleased Dylan recordings on countless compilations, tribute albums, and movie soundtracks, including a 2007 movie which I hadn’t heard of before, called Lucky You. Dylan contributed Huck’s Tune, which apparently played over the end credits.
This song is straight up gorgeous. It’s a murky waltz, full of long organ notes and sparse guitar picking. Dylan croaks through what sounds like an ancient melody, singing with what sounds like a genuine melancholy smile. And the lyrics embody what Dylan in his current incarnation does best – gone is the dazzling but showy wordplay, replaced with a more subdued sense of wordplay. “The game’s gotten old, the deck’s gone cold”, he sings at the end, and he sounds sad but not surprised or even disappointed.
Bob Dylan – Huck’s Tune: ★★★★★
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That’s pretty great. I feel bad for kind of writing off late-period Dylan – along with, I guess, pretty much half the planet – when it seems clear he’s actually produced a lot of good stuff.
If you’re looking for a full album, Love and Theft is great. The arrangements on it are really nice, and most of the album seems like it’s set in the 1800s, which I think is a plus.
Yes, this is such a beautiful song. For me it speaks about letting go of any sort of addiction (gambling, romantic attachment and sex, drugs etc..) Dylan always goes straight to the heart of the human condition. In regards to the musical chords, Dylan plays it in C# so put a capo on the first fret of the guitar and play straight C. The progression then goes as follows in triplet time: C C F F C G Am Am… (could be Fmaj7) Peace and Love… Allen in ATL
Yeah I bin letting this new dylan wonder soak into me like a soft girl. Thanks for the chords Allen. keep on bobbing along, I bin doin it for years.
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