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Nashville Skyline (1969)
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Album Info
A new collection of songs featuring the voice and guitar of Bob Dylan with Kenny Buttrey, Charles McCoy, Pete Drake, Norman Blake, Charlie Daniels and Bob Wilson and guest artist, Johnny Cash
Produced By Bob Johnston Engineered by Charlie Bragg, Neil Wilburn
"Of Bob Dylan"
There are those who do not imitate,
Who cannot imitate
But then there are those who emulate
At times, to expand further the light
Of an original glow.
Knowing that to imitate the living
Is mockery
And to imitate the dead
Is robbery
There are those
Who are beings complete unto themselves
Whole, undaunted,-a source
As leaves of grass, as stars
As mountains, alike, alike, alike,
Yet unalike
Each is complete and contained
And as each unalike star shines
Each ray of light is forever gone
To leave way for a new ray
And a new ray, as from a fountain
Complete unto itself, full, flowing
So are some souls like stars
And their words, works and songs
Like strong, quick flashes of light
From a brilliant, erupting cone.
So where are your mountains
To match some men?
This man can rhyme the tick of time
The edge of pain, the what of sane
And comprehend the good in men, the bad in men
Can feel the hate of fight, the love of right
And the creep of blight at the speed of light
The pain of dawn, the gone of gone
The end of friend, the end of end
By math of trend
What grip to hold what he is told
How long to hold, how strong to hold
How much to hold of what is told.
And Know
The yield of rend; the break of bend
The scar of mend
I'm proud to say that I know it,
Here-in is a hell of a poet.
And lots of other things
And lots of other things.
-- Johnny Cash
Comments
RAG
That's the genius of bob dylan also this album stands the time !!!!!! I was one of the view who loved this album in the early days!! I wasn't wrong!!
love that country pie
I've always liked this album because it seemed as if Bob was truly enjoying himself. The Lay Lady Lay, tell me that it isn't true and tonight i'll be staying here are my favorites. But overall a pleasant and fun album.
whoa nelly
mmmmhmm i wanna make love to this album it has got be my favorite dylan album i own. but i do not own them all so that might change. country pie is my favorite song. that song makes me want to bake a pie for a handsome man named bob and watch him eat it lickin my lips and then kissin him and tastin it in his mouth. nashville skyline rag is tight too. lay lady lay is beautiful sounds like the kind of passion that god meant for two lucky people to have. to be alone with you is everything that i wish i could have with bob. tonight i will be staying here with you sounds like a the best thing that could ever happen to me.
Nashville Skyline (1969)
My favourite songs on the album are:
1. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
2. Lay, Lady, Lay
3. Country Pie
The January 2007 issue of 'Mojo' rated this album Dylan's 15th best album - I also consider it to be his 15th best album. I think it's great!
Not my fave style
Its only okish as country was never gonna be what I looked for in Bob, but in saying that he still managed to pull out a couple of obvious gems with LLL and the JC duet of GFTNC (although original arrangement is far more superior). I don't really like his smooth vox treatment on this either. Nice to dig out every now and again I suppose but meh, whatever.
NASHVILLE SKYLINE
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JUST GUITAR AND A BARKING BOX WRITING ON A MAILTRAIN WITH NO FAME
SOMETIMES I GET TIRED, YES TIRED, SO TIRED, OF THIS RUSTED STEEL AND ROSEWOOD GAME. WHERE'S THE BEAR MOUNTAIN PICNIC?
NASHVILLE SKYLINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST A
DOUBLE ALBUM. MY FAVORITES ARE LADY LAY LAY
I THREW IT ALL AWAY, SAY IT ISNT TRUE.
NASHVILLE SKYLINE REVISITED
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"NASHVILLE SKYLINE REVISITED" Here's an idea for
sony and columbia as well as Mr Dylan. re issue this
as an expanded set. a 2 or 3 cd set. I mean this was a
good lp. i liked almost all the songs. The sound put on vinyl
is great. The idea being 1-remixed original 2-alternate takes
or versions. Idea 2 being 1-remixed original with 2- sessions
with johnny cash. The second being more commercially viable
for sony and columbia. I realize copyright details may be a
an obstacle, but it would be worth looking into. I also realize
this was a difficult period for Mr Dylan. I could not comment
as to the way he feel's about it...But i always wondered why
it was so short and with such a great musical sound to it.
It almost sounds like some songs like "Sante fe" or similar
types could have been on it. well...from such small idea's
emerge artifacts of creation.
Nashville Skyline
JoshuaJamesMilton .What is time?It is a shame what has happened to the Nashville skyline.Always remember that the Lords are in control of our American Idols. and its a Hard Road
Less Travelled
One of my favorite Dylan album
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This album is really awsome and cool. It's another Dylan with good and efficient folk/country songs.
I covered two of its great songs:
- I Threw It All Away
- One More Night
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In "I'm Not There"...
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In the movie I'm Not There you can hear clips of # 2 on this album (Nashville Skyline Rag). It is when "Woody" is talking to the hobos on the boxcar, and then when "Jude" is goofing around with the Beatles. It was kind of subtle how the director used that in the movie, from this album, it's not a well-known Dylan song, esp because it is instrumental. I'm not a big fan of the album but that song is fun.
weird
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It is kind of weird, the songs, his voice, everything. I don't know. I know Lay Lady Lay was a hit back in the day on the pop charts and it is a good song in itself but personally I like the version on "Hard Rain" better. I don't think country is right for him! The one thing I love on the album however is the great poem about Dylan on the inside of the jacket (see the beginning of this blog).
Love it.
SLUMDOG
Great album. And as for his voice, I think the aging growl of recent years is my favourite Bob voice. Though I do like all his voices.
dylan
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People that say they don't like Dylan because of his voice....just don't get it! He is an incredible poet/composer and I LOVE his voice - it's so raw and so real.
You should check out the old movie, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - the soundtrack on it is cool too. Dylan's part in the movie is small - but entertaining!
Dude
Why do I like this album? I don't know. Its awesome. I wish a had a cool explanation like the rest of you well spoken lads but I don't.
My buddy was a dude that never liked Dylan solely because of his voice(What!?) but I played this album for him and he was amazed it was the same guy. It didn't change his opinion but i thought it was cool.
I'd just like to say that his voice is incredible, not because its better or worse but because he can do it.
Dylan's 2nd Metamorphous
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From Folk to Rock and now to Country. Wow.
Nashville Skyline is not one of my favorite Dylan albums, but it has its gems:
Lay, Lady Lay
I Threw It All Away
One More Night
It should have been longer. There's certain to be some outtakes on the Bootleg Series in the future. TheyDylan/Cash sessions and other sessions that were compiled to make this album. I'm looking forward to that.
johnny & bob mis idolos
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esta grabacion me fascina ya que une dos de mis idolos johnny cash y bob dylan, ademas cada cancion tiene un gran aporte por los dos. la gran voz y personalidad de johnny y el talento para hacer canciones de bob.
Curiouser and Curiouser...
The five stars are for the album itself, not the fact that when I select "One More Night" from the album playlist, I am treated to "Peggy Day" instead. I love "Peggy Day," but would like to be able to play "One More Night," too. That said, I think the website overall is great! I'm inspired to spend entirely too much time here, spinning virtual vinyl. Thanks!
buen rollo
es un disco agradable
bien grabado
y lo bueno, si breve ...
y mira que no me gusta el country
The gentle voice...
I'm going to have to go ahead and give this the full five stars of "awesome." I admit I have always been a sucker for "Lay, Lady, Lay;" long before I knew who Bob Dylan was and that Nashville Skyline was an album. But after discovering the man and the album I can with credibility say that I'm not just a sucker...you really can have your cake and eat too.
First of all I don't think of this as a "country album." I just think of it as a "Bob Dylan album."
To me it is one of the more "fun" albums. Songs like "Nashville Skyline Rag" and "Country Pie" seem like a good ole' time.
"Girl of the North Country" is only a hint of gold that lies with the mixture of Dylan/Cash. Their voices play off of one another beautifully.
I love "Peggy Day." To be in love before you even know her name. To recognize the differences in the night and day of Peggy. One of my personal favorites.
"I Threw It All Away," a great contrast to staying all night...throwing away love and what could have been. It's not angry, but calm in the reassurance that one should hang on to what one has.
I won't provide my opinion for each song, but I would just like to say that personally I think this an excellent album and would highly recommend it.
You can find the hat (on the album cover) in London's Hard Rock Cafe...and if you are nice they will let you put it on your own head.
In most cases, I like the
In most cases, I like the versions of songs that appear on this album better after he re-worked them into different styles during various live phases of his touring career. Many of them have had some staying power.
Dave
Country?
Aside from the title and Johnny Cash's presence, it doesn't sound too country to my ears. Maybe not as country as say, Sweetheart of the Rodeo. We are introduced to Dylan's Nashville "croon" which will throw many listeners off balance. Maybe not as essential as previous work, but good stuff.
I don't like country
It has never been an interesting album to me, but it might be because it's a country album and I've been never interested in country (by the way: why so many times I've found all Dylan albums in the country section of the shops if it's the only country album he's made?). I think the songs are poor, except Lay, lady, lay and a good version of Girl of the north country with Johnny Cash that doesnt' match the album. The rest is prescindible to me. Surpring change in his voice.
Nashville Skyline
Apparently Bob’s balladeering, acoustic trio phase only lasted the one album, John Wesley Harding, and once again it’s off to something new. “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” wasn’t a fluke, it was an omen. Here Dylan’s trying his hand at making music as a business. Even though at this point he’s a happily married family man, Bob’s songs celebrating love found (“Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You”, “To Be Alone With You”, “Peggy Day”) sound no more intimate and personal than the songs lamenting love lost (“I Threw It All Away”, “Tell Me That It Isn’t True”). He’s trying to emulate the Tin Pan Alley, Brill Building, and Nashville’s Music Row School of songwriting. Detached, popular, mechanical. The thing that makes the album work is how bad he is at being this kind of songwriting hack. His earnestness at trying to write a good, commercial, popular song is almost enduring. Musically – well, I really don’t like country music, but I don’t mind it so much here. Sure, the duet with Johnny Cash (“Girl From North Country”) takes one of my favorite Dylan tunes and drains most of its beauty. Dylan also showcases his first instrumental, “Nashville Skyline Rag”. While normally I would laud such a move, this ditty is little more than a jam – which since it’s being performed almost entirely by session musicians, shows off little originality or insight. The tune “Country Pie” is so off its attempts to describe domestic bliss that it almost seems like one of Bob’s weirder Blonde On Blonde kind of moments. It’s my favorite on the album. The other real classic is “Lay Lady Lay” with it’s unusual cowbell/bongo percussion, subverts the otherwise stereotypical country sound, helping make it stand out all the more. I’ve got to say that it’s sub-30 minute running time also makes this trip into the actual Nashville sound that much more endurable.