# Dylan's Modern Times Recommendation?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 20, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dylans-modern-times-recommendation/384980 "2006-12-20T22:34:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dylans-modern-times-recommendation/384980/1 "2006-12-20T22:34:07Z")

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Dylan’s best stuff, according to me:

_The Times They Are A’Changin’_ : Accoustic

_Highway 61 Revisited_ : Electric

_Nashville Skyline_: Country

_Blood On The Tracks_ : A Mix of the above for want of a better term.

Based on what I have just posted, am I likely to like _Modern Times_?

And yes, I _have_ heard some of the other, newer stuff, but nothing I like better than what I have listed.

Thanks for your opinions.

Quasi

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dylans-modern-times-recommendation/384980/2 "2006-12-20T22:46:38Z")

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Modern Times sounds more…honky tonk(?) than the stuff you have listed. Almost like JJ Cale had a hand in the songs. There is some classic Dylan lyrical things, but based on what you listed, I would say that if you like those AND like honky-tonk-type stuff, you’ll be fine…

it is a very good CD.

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**Author:** ![Ammonius\_Saccus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Ammonius\_Saccus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ammonius_Saccus)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dylans-modern-times-recommendation/384980/3 "2006-12-20T22:56:45Z")

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[QUOTE=WordMan]  
Modern Times sounds more…honky tonk(?) than the stuff you have listed. Almost like JJ Cale had a hand in the songs. There is some classic Dylan lyrical things, but based on what you listed, I would say that if you like those AND like honky-tonk-type stuff, you’ll be fine…

it is a very good CD.  
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I think it fits in pretty well with Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft, but with a dirter sound. I think it is the same band on all three.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dylans-modern-times-recommendation/384980/4 "2006-12-20T23:48:33Z")

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I understand from an NPR report that _Modern Times_ went to number one on the Billboard charts?

For someone who started out 40 years ago, this is quite an accomplishment, IMHO.

I have not listened to any of the tunes on the cd, but on the strength of my respect and his longevity, I do not believe I will be disappointed when I buy it.

Thanks

Quasi