Bob Dylan --

[celedhring]

Cinnamon Girl.

[celedhring]

And I really like hugely emotional songs being performed by people that aren't great technical singers or just don't have a booming voice, makes them sound more sincere in my book. Early Springsteen was a mess, for example, and seeing clips from that time as he struggles to hit the high notes of Thunder Road chills my spine.

[Caliga]

Cinnamon Girl.

The Type O Negative cover of Cinnamon Girl is way better than the original.

[Caliga]

And I really like hugely emotional songs being performed by people that aren't great technical singers or just don't have a booming voice, makes them sound more sincere in my book. Early Springsteen was a mess, for example, and seeing clips from that time as he struggles to hit the high notes of Thunder Road chills my spine.

Thunder Road. 

[Malthus]

Cortez the Killer > all

My inner historian makes me want to kill *him* when I hear that one. 

[Malthus]

I've not heard much Neil Young, but when I hear it I generally like it.

IMO his best songs are "After the Goldrush", "Southern Man", "Ohio", and "Old Man".

All great.

I would have thought this crowd would like "A Man Needs a Maid". 

[mongers]

I've not heard much Neil Young, but when I hear it I generally like it.

IMO his best songs are "After the Goldrush", "Southern Man", "Ohio", and "Old Man".

All great.

I would have thought this crowd would like "A Man Needs a Maid". 

Yeah, interesting lyrics. The songs of his I listened too recently have made me think, I'll have to check out those lyrics more carefully, read them like the poetry the best of them can be; which I guess is what he and Dylan are also, poets.

[DontSayBanana]

Ed is either trolling, or has been smoking some purple haze. 

It's Ed.  Do you really have to ask?

In general I agree with your post except for your comment on Neil Young, who I think has (had?) a beautiful voice.

He's got a great voice for some things.  I love CSNY, but I hate most of his solo work (some exceptions).  In fact, I'll go ahead and take that back.  Neil Young's problem isn't his voice, it's his scattershot songwriting.  When he's on, he's on, but when he's off, he's off-key and painful to listen to (see: Neil's cover of John Lennon's "Imagine."  It's the worst cover I've heard, bar none, and that's including the Cardigans' "Iron Man").

[CountDeMoney]

Rage Against The Machine does a much better Maggie's Farm than anybody else.

[DontSayBanana]

Rage Against The Machine does a much better Maggie's Farm than anybody else.

Yuck.  Zack de la Rocha- now there's a voice I can't stand.  Which is a shame, because I love Tom Morello's work.

[CountDeMoney]

Rage Against The Machine does a much better Maggie's Farm than anybody else.

Yuck.  Zack de la Rocha- now there's a voice I can't stand.  Which is a shame, because I love Tom Morello's work.

I like his voice.

But yeah, Tom Morello is probably the best guitarist I've seen live even though Adam Jones is more technically proficient, but T00L's structure doesn't give him the room to improvise as much.   And Angus Young just does what Angus does.

[DontSayBanana]

I like his voice.

But yeah, Tom Morello is probably the best guitarist I've seen live even though Adam Jones is more technically proficient, but T00L's structure doesn't give him the room to improvise as much.   And Angus Young just does what Angus does.

Believe it or not, guitarists usually consider the opposite to be true.  Adam Jones isn't that technically proficient; he just picks stuff up really quickly.  He used to be pretty terrible about telling guitarists just getting started not to take lessons, because he didn't, so that clearly meant guitar lessons weren't worth it.  Morello's bag of tricks is a little smaller, but he's got a really clearly-defined style, while I'd argue that more often than not, Jones tends to follow Danny Carey's lead.

[Ed Anger]

Seedy is more of a Dragonforce fan.

[Ideologue]

And I really like hugely emotional songs being performed by people that aren't great technical singers or just don't have a booming voice, makes them sound more sincere in my book. Early Springsteen was a mess, for example, and seeing clips from that time as he struggles to hit the high notes of Thunder Road chills my spine.

The River is one of my favorite songs that I never listen to, because it makes me want to go play real-life Frogger at the nearest available highway.

[Ed Anger]

Springsteen sucks.

But I do like the River.