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‘A serious intellect at work’ or ‘like watching your granny pole-dancing’? Guardian readers have their say about Dylan’s rapturously reviewed new album
Sometimes, it’s good to sit on the porch with ol’ Bob. He was quite the hurricane back in the day, but now he likes to sip whiskey and tell tales, some of them tall enough. He knew some fine and beautiful women, and he talks tenderly, as if they were still beautiful even now. He’s sailed some stormy seas, been up that creek without a paddle, and he has some old-time wisdom to impart. But he wraps it up in smoke and wind, , though, so you never can tell whether you’ve been tricked or treated. It just annoys the hell out of some people. I can’t take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk. Continue reading...