Bob Dylan's "Street Legal" - Classic or Dud?

Great record! LEGAL HASSLE!!

― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 7:46 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha Legal Hassle: The Tribute Band That Only Plays Songs off Street Legal and Street Hassle needs to happen. Tyler, all you need to do is relocate your family and life Minneapolis, let us know the timeframe on that.

We can also do a mash-up of "Junior Dad" & "Tempest" for the encore

LULU & the Legal Hassles: A Tribue To Street Legal, Street Hassle, and LULU

"a tribute band so specific only the people actually in the band would want to see it - 4 1/2 stars" - Rolling Stone Magazine

"The greatest disappointment. 10.0" - The ghost of Lou Reed.

can my yoko ono tribute band (Three Virgins) open

As long as you have a draw of 6 people or less, then yes

why do dylan records from mid-late 70s through 90s /sound/ so awful? like, who was producing/mastering his records? some of the worst-sounding major-label records of all time, IMO.

― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Tuesday, May 12, 2015 12:19 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agree w/ this except for 'slow train coming' i think that album sounds amazing

― marcos, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:45 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well, jerry wexler produced that one, and yeah, it sounds pretty good. but the rest of 'em from the late 70s/80s... ugh.

Infidels sounds great! No complaints about its sound, which is crisp, shaped, and considered. It's the songs that suck.

Yeah. I certainly don't have an audiophile record player (even when it's working), but the last time I heard Empire Burlesque, most of it sounded still sounded good fine (Arthur Bell produced; "Disco Dylan," some snarked---ha, if only). Also Under A Red Sky, the two solo covers albums, and most everything since (though I haven't heard Oh Mercy or the Sinatra album).

"most of it still sounded good," that is.

I'm a fan of Empire Burlesque -- it's his best eighties album -- but the combo of synth chimes and gospel overtones on stuff like "Never Gonna Be the Same Again" makes my skin crawl.

maybe i've only heard shitty CD masters of some of the albums, but they always sounded muddy to me, like the various instruments are unhelpfully invading one another's timbres.

Dylan's voice unhelpfully invades its own timbres.

yeah he does a lot of /yelling/ on those albums. ugh, just count me as someone who thinks his discography after "new morning" is mostly disposable.

/mostly/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B436avtEXzs

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^^The backing vox on "Changing of The Guard" are hi-larious.

woah funny I was listening to this just a few hours ago. the clunkiest lyrics are really some of dylan's worst but I still love the vibe/sound of the thing. it's not draggy, except maybe "señor."

I just became acquainted with the whole record finally, after many years of changing of the guard being in my top 10 dylans and knowing senor from biograph.

I dig its vibe a whole lot. The nick cave reveal upthread is perfect. Similarly to desire, a lot of the details do not repay closer scrutiny but it has this great addled rambler feeling. I do wish changing of the guard could have been a whole side long though, fucking love it unreasonably

HOW MUCH
HOW MUCH LONGAH

without "new pony" and "changing of the guard" I would never have gotten into this record at all. still prefer to hear it as "I had a pony; her name was Lucy-Poo" tho.

i'm ready when you are.......

....senor

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCe6JyBUAAAHWF8.jpg

Doctor Casino otm, "New Pony" and "Changing of the Guard" are aces

I even love "Señor" now.

GENTLEMEN, he said, I DON'T NEED YOUR ORGANIZATION!!

THEY SHAVED HER HEAD (shaved her head!!!)

http://images.entertainment.ie/images_content/rectangle/620x372/LeaveBritneyAlone.jpg

I see Robbie Fulks is touring his cover of this album (& putting it out as a 2lp). Only know him vaguely through Bloodshot, has anyone seen this? Love Street Legal and like Fulks cover of Is Your Love in Vain that's up on youtube.

I love the way he channels bo diddley on “new pony”

she could feel my despair
as i climbed up her hair

It's amazing how "Baby Stop Cryin'" was the hit...in Europe.

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