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Review of Bob Dylan's "Down In The Groove" album (1988) 

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@trudyw4262
@trudyw4262 Год назад
Recently I have been playing this album again and again, because it really rocks! I love Bob’s 80s stuff. So this video just randomly showed up as a RU-vid suggestion, and I’m so glad I found your review! I really look forward to listening to your other Dylan album videos. Awesome!
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver Год назад
Hi Trudy. Thanks for your comment. And it is nice to meet another person who actually enjoys this album. Cheers! Jeff
@shane.b.
@shane.b. Год назад
I’ve been deep diving into Dylan for the last 3 or so years, I’ve heard every album a handful of times at this point but it’s so much fun revisiting and finding gems in these lesser appreciated albums (90 MPH is just awesome.) your series reviewing all of these records has been extremely valuable to me, I love watching while drinking coffee & I always learn something new. love your videos on Lou & Beefheart as well. also cool that you mention you’re from NC! I live in the Winston area.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver Год назад
Hello fellow NC guy Shane. I was born in Raleigh and grew up there and in Wilson. Living in the western NC mountains now. I've always loved NC and it is great to be back here. Thanks for your kind comments about my humble videos. I am happy that people enjoy them. Cheers! Jeff
@whitleybayman123
@whitleybayman123 Год назад
I like the way if you give a negative about a song or album, you try and give a positive also. So pleased I found your channel. I always knew when did you leave heaven from Big Bill Broonzy which is a great version. There is a great live version of Bill doing that on youtube in a smoky nightclub
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver Год назад
I do love that song, indeed. Thanks for the Broonzy heads-up. I've never heard that version before.
@whitleybayman123
@whitleybayman123 Год назад
Steve Jones was on that album.....wow, another day and another gem of new info. Love it
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver Год назад
Thanks!
@kurt8matthew
@kurt8matthew 5 лет назад
WOW Jeff, What an education you gave me on this album, I will hear it in a new light. I DO like Dylan's cover recordings always have. I look forward to the next!
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 5 лет назад
Thanks, Kurt! You know, years ago I used to dislike this album like most people, until I took the time to try to understand what Dylan was doing (i.e., I stopped listening to, and reading, what everyone else was saying about it.....it blows my mind that even the long-time music journalism "experts" never seem to get Dylan......at least it sure seems that way to me.....no wonder he wrote "Ballad of a Thin Man"! haha!). Thanks again, Kurt. Your continued nice comments are very appreciated.
@svenknutsen8937
@svenknutsen8937 3 года назад
Maybe some of you are interested in this playlist, "Knocked Out Groove Roots": open.spotify.com/playlist/4e61hwRuO819XQmTP8narU?si=L5EuiWZJQiOE48HeDoSEtA&dl_branch=1
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 года назад
Thanks, Sven. I'll definitely check this out.
@svenknutsen8937
@svenknutsen8937 3 года назад
@@CalicoSilver I've made a " Self Portrait Roots" as well!
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 года назад
@@svenknutsen8937 Great - if you have a link to it, feel free to share it with us.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
Sidewalks fences and walls is 1 of Bob's best performances..
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
For the heart was covered by The Judds and became a big hit in the 90s..
@TomCwimpRock
@TomCwimpRock 5 лет назад
Great review Jeff, that 33 minutes went by quick...I’ve always liked “Down In The Groove and agree that it’s an improvement over the eighties-isms of the previous two albums. I think that it’s a fun record, and I tend to play it more than a lot of Bob’s albums - interesting parallel that you made with “Self Portrait”, which I also tend to play fairly often when I’m in a Dylan mood.. “Shenandoah”, “Silvio”, and Death Is Not The End” are some of my favorite Dylan tracks, and “Rank Strangers” (especially as done by The Stanley Brothers), in my opinion, is one of the greatest songs ever... And I like “When Did You Leave Heaven” - you’re right, it’s not a brilliant recording, but I just find it to be sort of affecting for some reason... It’s weird, I was just listening to Elvis’ “For The Heart” a few days ago in my car - I like the album that it’s on, “From Elvis Presley” Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee” - a maudlin classic...
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 5 лет назад
Thanks, Thomas. I also listen to this album quite often (but then again, you are I are among the few who like Self Portrait too, so there must be something "wrong" with us, haha!). And yes, these old songs - gospel, country, show tunes, etc. - are just flat-out great songs to begin with, so with Dylan added to the mix, they become even better IMO. Hey, thanks again for the encouraging words, Thomas - it is nice to know others who enjoy these underappreciated Dylan albums. Jeff
@thetrevorosborne
@thetrevorosborne 3 года назад
Jeff its me again !!! like the review as always . I agree with much of what you say.While not saying its one of his best, its no way as bad as some would have you believe. Its got some really good cover versions ( "Rank Strangers," "Shenandoah" amongst others) I also like the originals "Silvio" & Death Is Not the End".Down In The Groove is no masterpiece but its alright and Dylans in pretty good voice throughout & the production is good..
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 года назад
You nailed it, Trevor. It is not a masterpiece, but it is an enjoyable album with some fine moments. That just about describes 90% of all the albums in my entire CD collection, so it can't be a bad thing. I wish many more people would hear likewise in this album and not act as if it was one of the worst things ever recorded. ;-)
@thetrevorosborne
@thetrevorosborne 3 года назад
@@CalicoSilver i think the negative reaction was also due to the 2 album releases before it .The critics were looking for a major statement of all original songs .
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 года назад
@@thetrevorosborne Yeah, I think you are right. I was on my "break from Dylan" phase at the time and was not buying, or even knowing about, Dylan albums during the '80s. But yes, I can imagine that after Empire and Knocked, fans might have started to become a bit frustrated.... Good point. However, we've all had 35 years to "get over it" by now, haha, and to approach these albums afresh. ;-)
@Mythologos
@Mythologos 3 года назад
Love this album. DITG + KOL were culled from sessions for a double album that was rejected by the studio. Love both albums.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 года назад
I'd love to see a future bootleg series devoted to this period of time also. I think '80s Dylan was great.
@Mythologos
@Mythologos 3 года назад
@@CalicoSilver He was sooooo close to getting "there", a very rich period.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
@@Mythologos Knocked out in the groove...
@harrylazard805
@harrylazard805 Год назад
I stopped buying every Dylan album at Desire so I haven't been keeping up with what's in them. Loved Self Portrait and look forward to listening to these interpretations of classics like Shenandoah and Rank Strangers. a Bluegrass classic by the Stanleys. There was a local musician who had a Bluegrass band he called "Rank Strangers", I thought that was pretty cool....
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver Год назад
Yeah, I stopped buying Dylan albums after the Budokan release in 1979, and didn't start buying them again until 1997, almost 20 years later. This is an enjoyable album, IMO. Thanks for your comment.
@jnagarya519
@jnagarya519 3 года назад
"The Beatles" also recorded the Arthur Alexander song "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)," which was only released long after they broke up.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 года назад
Love those old Alexander tunes.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
It was going to be a Beatles single in 1981
@dansavik7137
@dansavik7137 3 месяца назад
This is the Dylan album with most negative reviews, but I like it and Silvio was actually played a lot on radio here in Sweden. Thanks for a good review.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 месяца назад
Indeed. I never understood the degree of hatred expressed for this particular album. I happen to enjoy it as well. Thanks for your comment.
@dansavik7137
@dansavik7137 3 месяца назад
Thank you, I just want to recommend my album Dan Savik Heading West on Spotify and RU-vid. I hope you like it. It would be great to have some American listeners. Greetings.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
I always liked kol..good production and vocals. Bob loves rock and roll too
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Underrated, for sure.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
@@CalicoSilver do you like Tom petty..
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 2 года назад
@@knockedoutloaded279 Yes I think Tom Petty was a very good musician and songwriter. I've never heard a song by Petty that wasn't a good or very good song. But I've never had any drive to buy anything by him because I doubt I'd listen to it much - perhaps because I have heard so much of it on the radio for decades. Same with Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and many others like that. All very good music but I never have a desire to own any of it.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
Your reviews are great. Have you reviewed all his 80s albums..
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Thanks, Jason. Yeah, I've done all the 60s, 70s, 80s, and am up to 97's Time Out of Mind, which I just posted today.
@slumdogjay
@slumdogjay 4 года назад
It’s probably my favourite of his covers albums up to that point. Rank Strangers is outstanding.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Such an underrated album, Jay. Thanks for commenting. Jeff
@paulgalligan1916
@paulgalligan1916 4 года назад
Jeff your brilliant man .. big thanks from Ireland..🍀
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Thank you, Pól! I appreciate your comment very much. Cheers! Jeff
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
Just ordered "down in the dumps" from amazon, good fun album needs remastering...
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Compare the info on the CD you bought to the info listed on the Wikipedia entry for the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One to see if the box set version was remastered since your CD.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
Is the big Bob Dylan boxset worth buying? I'd love to hear the remasters?
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Jason, that box set was THE best CD purchase I ever made. Other than Quadrophenia, I'd keep that box set if I had to give away every other CD in my collection. As for the remaster info, you can get that by going to Wikipedia and looking up the box set there, and it will give you all the dates of each of the CD's remastering info. I think they all sound great.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 3 года назад
@@CalicoSilver I'll buy it 1 day..
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
is the remaster in the boxset better..?
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Again, I don't have my old original CDs to compare the box set to, but yeah, they all sound great to my ears, and some of them VERY great. The remastering info is on the Wikipedia entry for the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One.
@williamdewhurst3205
@williamdewhurst3205 8 месяцев назад
This is one of my favorite Dylan albums. Almost everyone seems to hate it. I consider Dylan up through Blonde On Blonde to be mostly severely overrated - a lot of songs with a couple killer lines and a lot of meaningless filler, aside from maybe "Seven Curses". My favorite Dylan albums are The Basement Tapes, John Wesley Harding, Self Portrait, Planet Waves, Blood On The Tracks, Saved, Infidels, Down In The Groove, World Gone Wrong, "Love And Theft", & Modern Times. I don't think that he learned how to write songs properly until about 1967.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 8 месяцев назад
This is an EXCELLENT comment - thanks, William! This is so excellent that I might even consider making a video about these great points you make. I agree with much if not most of what you've said here. You also have great taste in Dylan albums - most of the ones you chose are among my favorites as well. Thanks again.
@Alex-so9vn
@Alex-so9vn 5 лет назад
Fellow North Carolinian Dylan fan here! Been watching your reviews for a couple weeks now. Love your insight on the albums. You do do a great job 👍
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 5 лет назад
Thanks, Alex! Nice to hear from you. I was born in Raleigh and grew up there and in Wilson. I go back a few times each year for that great eastern NC barbecue I grew up on, haha! (Parker's BBQ in Wilson). Thanks for your kind comments on my videos, I really appreciate it!
@Alex-so9vn
@Alex-so9vn 5 лет назад
Oh cool! I’m in Wilmington. By the beach. You might have checked them out already. But there’s a huge compilation of outtakes from DITG sessions on RU-vid. On mr tambourines channel. Along with infidels and empire sessions. Great stuff. Worth a listen!
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 5 лет назад
@@Alex-so9vn Thanks for the heads-up on the DITG outtakes, Alex. I do subscribe to mr tambourine's channel, and yeah it is great. I'll check it out. Thanks again. Jeff
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 5 лет назад
@@Alex-so9vn Wilmington is a nice place. I've been there (and to Southport/OakIsland) many times over the years, including just last May. Thanks again for commenting, Alex.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
Nice jumper..........I'm seeing Bob on 26th October....
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 2 года назад
Great! I hope you enjoy the concert, Jason.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
Love this album...
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
So glad to know that others also appreciate this underrated album!
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
Had a dream about you baby was inspired by Elvis for the heart..
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Yeah, I've heard that.....I can kinda hear it....kinda....
@harryzlotzlottos5715
@harryzlotzlottos5715 5 лет назад
How would it go down if bob did a zydeco version of Let’s stick together...in open e tuning.. It could be played at an outdoor marriage ceremony 🤦‍♂️
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 5 лет назад
It would be one of the few weddings I'd enjoy attending, Harry. Haha! (and believe me, I've attended a ton of weddings.....as the musician-for-hire....)
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
After the empire bootleg has great unreleased bob songs from 86...rolling stone mag said kol sessions sounded great..
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 2 года назад
Dylan's unreleased stuff from this period is great, yes.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
Damn-straight!
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
@@CalicoSilver hi. I put my Titanic poem on Amazon
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 2 года назад
@@knockedoutloaded279 Thanks Jason. I will check it out if I can find it.
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 2 года назад
Cool underrated album..
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 2 года назад
I really enjoy this album, yes. Not a GREAT album but enjoyable. As I am sure it was meant to be.
@zapple1003
@zapple1003 4 года назад
Good album but I think the production let it down. Too much of the 80's production. Like to see it remastered and reproduced.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
It was remastered in 2013 for the Complete Album Collection (red box) CD set and sounds good.
@jnagarya519
@jnagarya519 3 года назад
During the 1980s Dylan was mostly off his head.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 3 года назад
Yeah seems like a lot of folks were off the rails a bit in the ‘80s. I still enjoyed most of Dylan’s output (not all but most) during that weird decade. Thanks for your comment. Cheers. Jeff
@user-ys3qq6rf6z
@user-ys3qq6rf6z 2 года назад
try polish jazz masterpiece WINOBRANIE by NAMYSLOWSKI
@ILLUNGOADDIO
@ILLUNGOADDIO 6 месяцев назад
I love down in the groove but... :)
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 6 месяцев назад
I know what you mean. I love it too, but….. 😉😂
@ILLUNGOADDIO
@ILLUNGOADDIO 6 месяцев назад
@@CalicoSilver anyway my favorites are Silvio, Death is not the end and the cover of When Did You Leave Heaven?
@igorpraselj2820
@igorpraselj2820 4 года назад
Bil sem njegov velik fen in imam precej njegovih LP vynilk . Ker se mi je avdio ojačevalec pokvaril , sem hotel njegove albume poslušati preko Youtuba a na žalost ugotovil , da je bob največji egoist med glasbeniki na svetu . Nisem več njegov fen . Gospod zimerman ali nimaš še dovolj denarja ? Capitalist !
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Hvala za komentar. The beauty of capitalism is.....if you want to buy something, you can buy it.....if not, don't buy it. At least you have the OPTION. But yeah, I will agree with you 100% about not being able to listen to Bob Dylan's albums on RU-vid. I think that decision was made by Sony/Columbia/whoever.....and yeah, they are capitalists, so......there is always good and bad about any kind of economic system. Anyway, thanks again for your comment!! Jeff
@igorpraselj2820
@igorpraselj2820 4 года назад
@@CalicoSilver Hvala za korekten in iskren odgovor . Moj ego je pač mnenja , da so vse note tega univerzuma naša skupna last , tako kot vse dobrine tega planeta . Vsi smo otroci istega očeta . Bratje , kateri ropajo ta planet , ga istočasno ubijajo s smetmi , nezavedajoč se , da ubijajo vse okrog sebe in sami sebe . Mir , ljubezen in sreča...
@knockedoutloaded279
@knockedoutloaded279 4 года назад
1983 infidels album..
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 4 года назад
Yeah, I caught that too, haha!
@desbrowne1900
@desbrowne1900 10 месяцев назад
This is a crap album..have a jam session by all means but these songs are performed Terribly. Awful playing, thrown together. 'Had a Dream about you, Baby' is rubbish. There might be some 'names' guesting on this recording but so what, they bring nothing interesting to the table. A ragbag of this, that and the other from different sessions. It might be a better album than previous 80s albums but that's saying nothing. Jeff, sounds to me like you're trying really hard to find positives with this record. The more musicians on a Dylan album, the worse it is..re Empire B., Knocked out L. Under the Red Sky etc etc. The less, the better. More coherent, more focused and better sounding.
@CalicoSilver
@CalicoSilver 10 месяцев назад
Thank you for clearing this up for me. I truly thought that I enjoyed this album, but thanks to you I now know that I was merely "really trying to find positives" with it. You're right, it's a "crap album". Hahaha!! But seriously, I agree with you 100% about "the more musicians on a Dylan album, the worse it is". Less is better with Dylan, I agree. Cheers! Jeff
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