1 year ago comment : well, well , well- Bob is just outhandling, amazing, defies categorizing, Outstanding covers it! - From a fan of over 50 years- He defies description and is a true artist. Love him.
Too bad you did not ask him about the Dobro he smashed when Dylan was stuck after many days and did not like anything they had done. Danny finally picked up a Dobro and smashed it. A girl serving drinks ran from the room and started crying, everyone froze. But Dylan came back and finally cut a track he liked! This shows the brilliance of Lanois. He rebooted the session, cleared out the negative energy and showed Dylan he was not intimidated by him. They had no trouble after that!
I wouldn’t say greatest. I mean, highway 61, blonde on blonde, blood on the tracks, all are mammoth epic albums. But I’d easily say it’s his best 21st century album (I think it was 99 but close enough) although Rough and Rowdy Ways has been on NON STOP since it came out, a really phenomenal album
Love the Opening Harp Lick on "Man in the Long Black Coat" it really sets the stage of the dark and foreboding "man" who is so full of "Dust" that is all over the Man in the Long Black Coat. The Dust of Death. He is nocturnal, does his work in the shadows, never leaves "a word of goodbye, not even a note." And the reality is "There are no mistakes in life.....some people say" ..... "And its true sometimes.... You can see it that way." Wow! What a lyric. This is American Calvinism, but how can it be true only "sometimes?" To make sense, doesn't it have to be true all the time? Not if your "a dream twister." That is part of the mystery of this "man." He comes into town, and your woman ends up gone with him. He has a face like a mask. And she gave her heart to the man in the Long Black Coat. She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote.... It doesn't make any sense, but when you understand who this "man" is well then maybe. More analysis on this song at: dougondylan.blogspot.com/2014/05/bob-dylan-was-talkin-theres-sermon-he.html
I'm here, after reading the chapter Bob wrote about making this album, to hear Lanois' viewpoint on it. As Bob called the songs as, a handful of lyrics he'd written awhile ago, I think a few of them tell the tale of emotions written down, but not sorted out yet. I think Bob was better at writing his emotions on paper, than he may have been at expressing them, to the person who caused them. This album was therapy. Bob was more comfortable hiding them behind recording a new album, not sitting with only a "therapist", on the porch, pouring his heart out in the words he brought. Lanois seems a sensitive sort, who found himself with an unwilling "patient". Hats off to you, Mr Lanois, for getting Bob through it. You are a gentleman.
In 1997, when I was 17 I got Dylan's Oh Mercy album and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo 64 for Christmas. To this day I cannot experience either without thinking of both.
I new bob dylan all my life, but it was not until recently that i fall in love with his music. Taste in music tends to change and i am now in the right position to appreciate his music. now i had no idea that Oh Mercy was produced by this legend... So two legends i suppose make legendary albums :P
I never really knew about Daniel Lanois until recently. He's obviously an intelligent guy and a fantastic conduit for musical art, whether it's his own songs or someone else's. Youtubing his name yields a wide ranging assortment of his work from a rootsy performance with Trixie Whitely on the Tiny Desk series to his own song Lotta Love To Give to his work on the U2 album, Achtung.Baby. I'm amazed at how clearly he seems to design, craft and bring out the best of a tune or album.
Lanois produced many of my favorite albums of all time, one of them being Oh Mercy. That time he spent in New Orleans remains some of the most astonishing recording sessions of all time with three classic records coming out of it. I am endlessly fascinated by it.
This is a great interview. The interviewer's questions were well thought out and it was a pleasure to listen to Daniel speak about this excellent album and how it came about . Nice work
Daniel Lanois, in addition to being one of the world's leading producers, is also I think a great "Music Therapist"...he arranges the right city, right building, right equipment, right musicians, right time of day, right approach...in Dylan's case, I think he took Bob deeper into self-reflection than he'd ever gone before....an example? "What Good Am I?" Oh Mercy is one of the greatest Dylan records ever made.
Interesting, but when dealing with Dylan, he does what he does, then moves on. It's hard to explain him when that record, that moment is passed. He's already gone past it. There are 100's of versions of his songs. Some 50 of them, done by him. They happen, get recorded, then he hears it another way and that day, that time, he plays it that way. We are all just glad the stars crossed and he put it down and we get to hear it. Thanks Bob.
In some ways I think that "Oh Mercy " is in some ways a stronger album than "Time out of mind". At that point in Dylan's career "Oh Mercy " was definitely Bob's strongest work in years. When "Time out of mind" was released I was in my late thirties. When Bob recorded that album, he was in his mid fifties. Now that I'm in my late fifties, I understand it in a whole new way. A sence of resignation, world weariness.
I loved the mellow atmosphere of this interview, disciplined but not hyper the way so many American shows are. The Canadian vibe on full display; it makes me want to move there.
Daniel is just such a unique personality...his quirkiness and oddness (for lack of a better word) is just sooo captivating, I find myself studying his every spoken word!
Broken bones introduced me to his wonderful collection of stories poetry . Oh mercy was instantly bought on tape . Played over and over . Van was stolen . Tape gone. Many years later visited new Zealand and picked it up on cd for 10 dollars . Full of great songs . Po boy on another album is just devine .
WOWW!! its so inprecionant of Mr. Daniel. Lanois the admiration for Bob Dylan I love he's recononocimiento for Bob Dylan. god bless you both of you. well and I bet that Mr. Lanouis give to bob my letter thank you Mr. Lanouis. love from California.
Dan brings out the best in getting things done. I think Dan is awake in the moment he is in with insistent ideas he has conjured-up about this moment in the becoming what he feels it should become. That presence is lovely and feels like stepping into ones living room and relaxing into life with a good friend. Hmmmm.
Great album and you had to have brought something to the table because Bob is already so used to being his own producer to turn to you would be quite an honor.
Totally agree regards Series of Dreams... For me, it is outstanding as is the work and musicianship of Daniel Lanois... A fabulous collaboration...as is most collaborations with Lanois...
Imagine Daniel's production magic on such albums as Empire Burlesque and Under The Red Sky - would have almost certainly made those albums more prolific (in a more positive way!)
People that think Dylan had no exceptional albums in the 80’s are outta there mind. Infidels and Oh Mercy are absolutely amazing pieces of music. I think he redeems this decade with this album, yea it was not his best era in my humble opinion but there isn’t really bad Dylan albums (Good As I Been To You I have to admit I never play) but Dylan is the best, he is everything beautiful about music, and art.
oh mercy a solid strong album could have been even stronger if they included SERIES OF DREAMS/DIGNITY/GOD KNOWS/BORN IN TIME only Dylan could leave them off !
TIME OUT OF MIND is far superior . love sick , trying to get to heaven before they close the doors ,cold iros bound , to make you feel my love .. ... i loveOH MERCY too
nothing personal but Daniel Lanois on U2's Joshua Tree was the real masterpiece. Case Closed - Achtung Baby was certainly great but Lanois brought them from a good band to the upper echelon with the work on Joshua..listen again and see if you don't agree.
U2 was an average new wave band on their first two albums but with War they made one of the best albums ever made. They made three other masterpieces and all of those involved Lanois and Eno. They were making interesting music through the 80s and 90s but from ATYCLB on I wouldn't even call them an average rock band, more like an average pop group.
'Oh Mercy' has some great songs and outtakes, and possibly the best album cover in Dylan's career. But it also has a few weak tracks. 'Time Out of Time' has not a single weak track.
I think Dylan's biggest mistake of recent has been that he releases albums too often. Like Together Through Life and Tempest for example. There are tracks on there that should have been cut off and they could've been combined into one GREAT album instead of two "meh" albums. Don't get me wrong, I love Dylan, but I wish he'd rely more on quality over quantity.
zimmermanlive something to that - you are right they would ..if best cuts chosen make 1 suprelative album....but I think...for Dylan ...he needs to get it out.
this is after many years of Dylan awe becoming one of my favorite records by Dylan, and though I could not get behind it when I heard Dylan claim that his new music is his best music, I am coming around to that opinion myself albeit within a very broadminded and inclusive purview
Did Bob not think Daniel Lanois did a crap job as producer? If I remember correctly he dedicated the latter half of his book Chronicals to deconstructing almost every aspect of this album.
Dylan can’t « comeback » because he only knows how to move forward. As has been shown, over and over, not everyone is able to follow but that never stops him.
Dylan may have "moved on" musically to some degree. And, people might evaluate Oh, Mercy! based on its "excellent musical quality." But, that is completely secondary to who Bob Dylan is and what he is always telling us. That is that we are spiritual creatures first just walking around in skin. What endures is our spirit for eternity. So, as Dylan sings, "you gonna serve somebody. It might be the Devil and it might be the Lord. But, you're going to serve somebody." Like all of us, Bob Dylan is not perfect. However, Bob Dylan made the choice to follow the perfect man-Jesus Christ. He serves Christ and all other wise people also chose Christ as He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through the Son. Chose today whom you will serve.
For me the man in the long black coat is the devil, wonder what Bob was thinking or was it a memory of a traumatic avent Not that I care that much, the song is just so powerfull.
Daniel Lanois should be honoured, maybe he is cajun, maybe he is Acadien, but he is Canadian menshe, should be Order of Canada, or would that not be cool for a modest guy
I think he's a little too kind to Dylan. Reading Chronicles, it sounds like it was war between Lanois and Dylan, with Dylan being unwilling or unable to trust Lanois's judgement.
Robert Coates yeah in the book it seemed like Dylan felt Lanois didn't really care about each take and thought most takes were fine, but Bob refused to just accept the sound coming out and practiced versions nonstop to get what he visioned.I think Lanois got annoyed with Bob taking a while trying to find the sound he was looking for
What the hell is the wrong with this interview?? This is 3rd I’ve seen of him speaking to DL young and U2 were others and he’s really rude in all of them and I don’t get why DL stays there and puts up with it? If I was speaking to someone and after I’d said something they look down to read what to say to me and just mumble ‘yeah yeah right ‘ after I answer they would be being extra polite for the rest of there lives!.... coz they’d have to be or no one would push them around in there chair!
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Oh Mercy and Time Out Of Mind are 2 of the greatest Dylan albums. Outstanding work.
1 year ago comment : well, well , well- Bob is just outhandling, amazing, defies categorizing, Outstanding covers it! - From a fan of over 50 years- He defies description and is a true artist. Love him.
...agreed, within an oeuvre of outstanding work, Oh Mercy and Time Out of Mind, stand tall....
MOST OF THE TIME ... alone ... is all you need to know about Dylan or Lanois. Pure magic.
Too bad you did not ask him about the Dobro he smashed when Dylan was stuck after many days and did not like anything they had done. Danny finally picked up a Dobro and smashed it. A girl serving drinks ran from the room and started crying, everyone froze. But Dylan came back and finally cut a track he liked! This shows the brilliance of Lanois. He rebooted the session, cleared out the negative energy and showed Dylan he was not intimidated by him. They had no trouble after that!
so glad to hear Lanois laud "Most of the Time", the crown jewel of Oh Mercy
Time out of Mind is also mind blowing. What a mood.
dylan's greatest album
I wouldn’t say greatest. I mean, highway 61, blonde on blonde, blood on the tracks, all are mammoth epic albums. But I’d easily say it’s his best 21st century album (I think it was 99 but close enough) although Rough and Rowdy Ways has been on NON STOP since it came out, a really phenomenal album
You forgot Desire, Infidels, Another Side of, Blood on the Tracks...I could go on....ALL masterpieces....
Oh Mercy is certainly a nocturnal record, he nailed that sense of intimacy and pregnant mystery and emotion that only exists at night.
...and in new orleans ;)
Love the Opening Harp Lick on "Man in the Long Black Coat" it really sets the stage of the dark and foreboding "man" who is so full of "Dust" that is all over the Man in the Long Black Coat. The Dust of Death. He is nocturnal, does his work in the shadows, never leaves "a word of goodbye, not even a note." And the reality is "There are no mistakes in life.....some people say" ..... "And its true sometimes.... You can see it that way." Wow! What a lyric. This is American Calvinism, but how can it be true only "sometimes?" To make sense, doesn't it have to be true all the time? Not if your "a dream twister." That is part of the mystery of this "man." He comes into town, and your woman ends up gone with him. He has a face like a mask. And she gave her heart to the man in the Long Black Coat. She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote.... It doesn't make any sense, but when you understand who this "man" is well then maybe. More analysis on this song at: dougondylan.blogspot.com/2014/05/bob-dylan-was-talkin-theres-sermon-he.html
Lanois in a dark basement where alot happens
Yep, one of my favorite Bob albums.
Most Of The Time is a MASTERPIECE!!!!
Had the lyrics in my head for many years. "Saw a shooting star tonight and I thought of you" 🎶
It is
Absolutely. Shooting star is my personal fav. Such a great beautiful album.
Couldn't agree more. I like the solo version best.
I'm here, after reading the chapter Bob wrote about making this album, to hear Lanois' viewpoint on it.
As Bob called the songs as, a handful of lyrics he'd written awhile ago, I think a few of them tell the tale of emotions written down, but not sorted out yet.
I think Bob was better at writing his emotions on paper, than he may have been at expressing them, to the person who caused them.
This album was therapy. Bob was more comfortable hiding them behind recording a new album, not sitting with only a "therapist", on the porch, pouring his heart out in the words he brought.
Lanois seems a sensitive sort, who found himself with an unwilling "patient".
Hats off to you, Mr Lanois, for getting Bob through it.
You are a gentleman.
"Man In The Long Black Coat" is haunting. It's awesome live too. Lanois also did "Time Out of Mind."
In 1997, when I was 17 I got Dylan's Oh Mercy album and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo 64 for Christmas. To this day I cannot experience either without thinking of both.
I new bob dylan all my life, but it was not until recently that i fall in love with his music. Taste in music tends to change and i am now in the right position to appreciate his music. now i had no idea that Oh Mercy was produced by this legend... So two legends i suppose make legendary albums :P
Daniel needs to be recognized in the hall of fame!
I never really knew about Daniel Lanois until recently. He's obviously an intelligent guy and a fantastic conduit for musical art, whether it's his own songs or someone else's. Youtubing his name yields a wide ranging assortment of his work from a rootsy performance with Trixie Whitely on the Tiny Desk series to his own song Lotta Love To Give to his work on the U2 album, Achtung.Baby. I'm amazed at how clearly he seems to design, craft and bring out the best of a tune or album.
Lanois produced many of my favorite albums of all time, one of them being Oh Mercy. That time he spent in New Orleans remains some of the most astonishing recording sessions of all time with three classic records coming out of it. I am endlessly fascinated by it.
For an any musician, the 'capture the center first' advice is essential. Thank you for it, Mr. Lanois.
This is a great interview. The interviewer's questions were well thought out and it was a pleasure to listen to Daniel speak about this excellent album and how it came about . Nice work
Daniel Lanois, in addition to being one of the world's leading producers, is also I think a great "Music Therapist"...he arranges the right city, right building, right equipment, right musicians, right time of day, right approach...in Dylan's case, I think he took Bob deeper into self-reflection than he'd ever gone before....an example? "What Good Am I?" Oh Mercy is one of the greatest Dylan records ever made.
Bob Dylan has never made a come back album in his life, except for all of them.
he sucks dude
Captain Sunday that’s just like your opinion man
@@ryanperron8309 Why don't you go to sleep before you get Covid.
Captain Sunday you’ve ever seen the big lebowski?
@@ryanperron8309 Weird question. There was a big guy on our high school hockey team named Lebowski, so yeah I guess so.
What a great interview by interviewer. Fantastic job. Rare quality.
Oh, Mercy is my favorite Dylan album for driving down the road or sitting around the house with. Such excellent songs. So we'll done.
Oh Mercy is my favorite Dylan album.
Interesting, but when dealing with Dylan, he does what he does, then moves on. It's hard to explain him when that record, that moment is passed. He's already gone past it. There are 100's of versions of his songs. Some 50 of them, done by him. They happen, get recorded, then he hears it another way and that day, that time, he plays it that way. We are all just glad the stars crossed and he put it down and we get to hear it. Thanks Bob.
Exactly correct.
daniel lanois thank you for this album. It's the one bob dylan album that I can listen to forever
In some ways I think that "Oh Mercy " is in some ways a stronger album than "Time out of mind". At that point in Dylan's career "Oh Mercy " was definitely Bob's strongest work in years. When "Time out of mind" was released I was in my late thirties. When Bob recorded that album, he was in his mid fifties. Now that I'm in my late fifties, I understand it in a whole new way. A sence of resignation, world weariness.
'Oh Mercy' id one of my few favourite records. Both, Dylan and Lanois, are amazing artists and seem to be genuine good man.
Arbre Résistance mk
I loved the mellow atmosphere of this interview, disciplined but not hyper the way so many American shows are. The Canadian vibe on full display; it makes me want to move there.
Try moving there. It’s not like moving to the US. They don’t even want me retiring up there!
Daniel is just such a unique personality...his quirkiness and oddness (for lack of a better word) is just sooo captivating, I find myself studying his every spoken word!
I love hearing interviews and then being able to track the tunes on TH-cam.
Broken bones introduced me to his wonderful collection of stories poetry . Oh mercy was instantly bought on tape . Played over and over . Van was stolen . Tape gone. Many years later visited new Zealand and picked it up on cd for 10 dollars . Full of great songs . Po boy on another album is just devine .
Daniel is one of the top 5 record producers of all time! Time out of Mind is Dylan’s best album, I believe.
YES SENOR SURFING ART WORK..........I SURF WITH THE SP-IRIT OF DYLAN AS A SURFER........BOB IS STILL HERE.........MORE SOON......BLESS BOBBY!
WOWW!! its so inprecionant of Mr. Daniel. Lanois the admiration for Bob Dylan I love he's recononocimiento for Bob Dylan. god bless you both of you. well and I bet that Mr. Lanouis give to bob my letter thank you Mr. Lanouis. love from California.
Lanois is an all too often overlooked genius.
+Jim Lind I totally agree!
Jim Lind feel the same way about Bruce Cockburn
Love the way Dan gets his point across about the albums recording process !
One of my Favorite Albums !!!
I truely love Bob Dylan's songs about Jesus. God bless him.
My favorite album of all time.
I love it when they get technical this is where is matters. Good interview.
Stunning album , just about my favourite Dylan album....
A great record for the ages. Audiophile quality.
Oh Mercy is easily one of Bob’s finest records
It's a great record--a true masterpiece.
+Michael Dodd Yes it is as is Time Out Of Mind. Bob and Lanois work very well together.
hearing him talk about recording the nevilles in new orleans makes me wish i had been in that studio on st. charles.
Dan brings out the best in getting things done. I think Dan is awake in the moment he is in with insistent ideas he has conjured-up about this moment in the becoming what he feels it should become. That presence is lovely and feels like stepping into ones living room and relaxing into life with a good friend. Hmmmm.
Always liked this album vm
perhaps as fine an interview as I've experienced .. thank you
What a great man Mr. Lanois is.
NICE!! THANKS FOR THIS.
What an awesome interview by an awesome interviewer.
Oh Mercy is one of the best Dylans albums.
One of my favorites!
we would go out into the woods at night and put OH MERCY in the tape deck and get spooked!!! Masterpiece captured in time
Wonderful album. Best work since Infidels and most atmospheric since Street Legal in my opinion.
Seems like a very nice man, and a tremendous musician and guitar player
Daniel is a musical genius~
I like this interviewer-- interesting relevant questions and comments
Lanois work Emmy Lou Harris produced Wrecking Ball one of the greatest albums every made.
It is a great album. Sae them in concert a few times when the album came out
Great album and you had to have brought something to the table because Bob is already so used to being his own producer to turn to you would be quite an honor.
Great observation!
Awesome interview ❤️
Gert-Damn! That record sill sounds good.
Love that album
When I think of the album "Oh Mercy" I think what a good album, but how could they not have put "Series of Dreams" on the album, one of my Dylan songs
Agree, still agree. And, Oh Yes: AGREE!! His best since DESOLATION ROW. But, it was Dylan's decision to leave this masterpiece on its own until 1994.
Totally agree regards Series of Dreams... For me, it is outstanding as is the work and musicianship of Daniel Lanois... A fabulous collaboration...as is most collaborations with Lanois...
@@alexhamilton9758 I'm assuming this Alex Hamilton is not from Northampton?
awesome. i was literally just reading up about the Oh, Mercy sessions on wikipedia.
Please,understand something...Daniel is a genius !!!
Imagine Daniel's production magic on such albums as Empire Burlesque and Under The Red Sky - would have almost certainly made those albums more prolific (in a more positive way!)
Ahhh, St. Charles in NOLA. There’s a million little “locals only know about it” places up and down on both sides of the tracks. I miss the Big Easy.
he's right about getting the 'center picture' in focus and then 'framing' it later. SO right
I second this question!
Daniel glad you stuck to your guns with Dylan.. Your are a dedicated Artist.
Now I must hear Man in the long black coat
Lanois produced one of Emmylou Harris strongest albums,which includes one of Hendrix most psychedelic interpretations 'Let This Be Love'.
Great questions Buck!
Lanois is a good guitarist. Listen to his Waterfall solo on Emmylou Harris album Wrecking Ball.
People that think Dylan had no exceptional albums in the 80’s are outta there mind. Infidels and Oh Mercy are absolutely amazing pieces of music. I think he redeems this decade with this album, yea it was not his best era in my humble opinion but there isn’t really bad Dylan albums (Good As I Been To You I have to admit I never play) but Dylan is the best, he is everything beautiful about music, and art.
"their" minds
oh mercy a solid strong album could have been even stronger if they included SERIES OF DREAMS/DIGNITY/GOD KNOWS/BORN IN TIME only Dylan could leave them off !
To me, it's amazing how much lesser an album is Oh Mercy than the later teamup of Time Out of Mind. The one I can do without; the other I cannot.
Interesting. I prefer OH MERCY to TIME OUT OF MIND, by a long shot.
TIME OUT OF MIND is far superior
. love sick
, trying to get to heaven before they close the doors
,cold iros bound ,
to make you feel my love .. ...
i loveOH MERCY too
Agreed TOOM is a much better album for me too and one of Bob's best. Most of the Time though is a great song.
i can't get enough of Oh Mercy!
Oh Mercy >> Time Out of Mind.
Both are good, only 2 Dylan lp's I own in full. I like the latter, I love the former, One of my favorite albums.
I wish he'd been asked why Series of Dreams wasn't included.
nothing personal but Daniel Lanois on U2's Joshua Tree was the real masterpiece. Case Closed - Achtung Baby was certainly great but Lanois brought them from a good band to the upper echelon with the work on Joshua..listen again and see if you don't agree.
Totally correct. U2 is an average rock band till Danny.
U2 was an average new wave band on their first two albums but with War they made one of the best albums ever made. They made three other masterpieces and all of those involved Lanois and Eno. They were making interesting music through the 80s and 90s but from ATYCLB on I wouldn't even call them an average rock band, more like an average pop group.
Totally agree. Joshua Tree is an amazing album, and much of the credit should go to Lanois.
4 dislikes? Wow. Really...?
Dylan calls up Daniel Lanois one time. Lanois says, "Where are you?" Bob says, "I'm drifting."
'Oh Mercy' has some great songs and outtakes, and possibly the best album cover in Dylan's career. But it also has a few weak tracks. 'Time Out of Time' has not a single weak track.
I think Dylan's biggest mistake of recent has been that he releases albums too often. Like Together Through Life and Tempest for example. There are tracks on there that should have been cut off and they could've been combined into one GREAT album instead of two "meh" albums.
Don't get me wrong, I love Dylan, but I wish he'd rely more on quality over quantity.
zimmermanlive
something to that - you are right they would ..if best cuts chosen make 1 suprelative album....but I think...for Dylan ...he needs to get it out.
and he should have stayed with Daniel Lanois as producer for all of his albums
this is after many years of Dylan awe becoming one of my favorite records by Dylan, and though I could not get behind it when I heard Dylan claim that his new music is his best music, I am coming around to that opinion myself albeit within a very broadminded and inclusive purview
jungastein
I had a Dylan blues dancing band in nor cal and we mostly did later numbers. I concur with the BoB that his later music is his best.
hey buck, do you ask him about time out of mind in another video??
I agree that O Mercy is better than Time Out if Mind. Atmospherically it’s as good as it gets.
Did Bob not think Daniel Lanois did a crap job as producer? If I remember correctly he dedicated the latter half of his book Chronicals to deconstructing almost every aspect of this album.
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Dylan can’t « comeback » because he only knows how to move forward. As has been shown, over and over, not everyone is able to follow but that never stops him.
Dylan may have "moved on" musically to some degree. And, people might evaluate Oh, Mercy! based on its "excellent musical quality." But, that is completely secondary to who Bob Dylan is and what he is always telling us. That is that we are spiritual creatures first just walking around in skin. What endures is our spirit for eternity. So, as Dylan sings, "you gonna serve somebody. It might be the Devil and it might be the Lord. But, you're going to serve somebody." Like all of us, Bob Dylan is not perfect. However, Bob Dylan made the choice to follow the perfect man-Jesus Christ. He serves Christ and all other wise people also chose Christ as He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through the Son. Chose today whom you will serve.
Good album, but I have no idea why they didn't include "Most of the Time" or "Dignity" on the record.
Love the Bob Anti-Media of TH-cam and DylanTube!
Whaddaya say? Johnny Lee Miller and Paul Giamatti as Eno and Lanois?
Putting the vocal down before the drums is a hard thing to do , because everything usually follows the drum beat
It's a great album. I wish every album that followed was produced by Lanois. L&T is the only other good one he put out since.
kerpital Time Out Of Mind? Was also produced by Lanois, tempest is amazing too
For me the man in the long black coat is the devil, wonder what Bob was thinking or was it a memory of a traumatic avent
Not that I care that much, the song is just so powerfull.
And what about the outtakes, didn’t were they worth enough to ask about?
Daniel Lanois should be honoured, maybe he is cajun, maybe he is Acadien, but he is Canadian menshe, should be Order of Canada, or would that not be cool for a modest guy
I think he's a little too kind to Dylan. Reading Chronicles, it sounds like it was war between Lanois and Dylan, with Dylan being unwilling or unable to trust Lanois's judgement.
Robert Coates yeah in the book it seemed like Dylan felt Lanois didn't really care about each take and thought most takes were fine, but Bob refused to just accept the sound coming out and practiced versions nonstop to get what he visioned.I think Lanois got annoyed with Bob taking a while trying to find the sound he was looking for
Oh Mercy is good... but certainly not better than 1983's Infidels , imo. Bob likes playing with people.. not just tape recorders.
infidels is an outstanding record the outtakes are better than some of the songs on it
What the hell is the wrong with this interview?? This is 3rd I’ve seen of him speaking to DL young and U2 were others and he’s really rude in all of them and I don’t get why DL stays there and puts up with it? If I was speaking to someone and after I’d said something they look down to read what to say to me and just mumble ‘yeah yeah right ‘ after I answer they would be being extra polite for the rest of there lives!.... coz they’d have to be or no one would push them around in there chair!
Was it more a mess than SELF PORTRAIT ? Yes it was .