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"Tight Connection". Cool lyrics, good melody, good arrangement. Much superior to the often touted demo on The Bootleg Series.
Love this album. It's in my Bob Dylan top five list! Voted for "I'll Remember You", but I like the entire album.
"Dark Eyes" but I really think "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" is a great song, I just much prefer the arrangement as recorded with the E Street Band guys on the Bootleg Series issue.
Empire Burlesque took a lot of criticism when it came out, but I really liked it. My favorite tracks are When the Night Comes Falling, Something's Burning Baby, and the solo acoustic Dark Eyes.
I like both versions of Tight / Someone. There's also a version I heard directly at Hammersmith, 1990, at a Dylan gig. I also like Emotionally Yours by the OJays: that track is a precursor of To Make You Feel My Love. However, both versions of When The Night are fantastic.
The O Jays version of Emotionally Yours at Bobfest is fantasticm they really do justice to the song. Bob's version is nice though, except the synth,
Ive always been a fan of this album. At one time it would have been Dark Eyes (which is still the best song on the album by far). However, I now prefer Tight Connection. I love the surrealistic lyrics that go into the dark and seedy streets. There's just a hot-blooded singer Singing "Memphis in June, " While they're beatin' the devil out of a guy Who's wearing a powder-blue wig. Later he'll be shot For resisting arrest, I can still hear his voice crying In the wilderness. What looks large from a distance, Close up ain't never that big.
Dark Eyes easily. Not a great album imo - production issues whew boy, a long way from _____________ (whatever the last Dylan album you loved) but the last 3 songs are pretty damn good and the opening track is solid.
Miami Bob Oh my goodness, I made to the end of that; but I wish I hadnt when I saw Dylan doing Temptation motions with the singers..lol
Well, well, well..."Dark Eyes" appears to be the early leader. What a surprise. I voted for Clean Cut Kid. Nothing special musically (like most of this album), but some damn good lines, including an allusion to one of my favorite movies of that era, The Stunt Man: Everybody wants to know why he couldn’t adjust Adjust to what, a dream that bust? He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him That’s what they did They said what’s up is down, they said what isn’t is They put ideas in his head he thought were his He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him That’s what they did He was on the baseball team, he was in the marching band When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him That’s what they did He went to church on Sunday, he was a Boy Scout For his friends he would turn his pockets inside out He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him That’s what they did They said, “Listen boy, you’re just a pup” They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills A jeep to drive, blood to spill They said “Congratulations, you got what it takes” They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes He was a clean-cut kid But they made a killer out of him That’s what they did He bought the American dream but it put him in debt The only game he could play was Russian roulette He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread Ate Burger Kings, he was well fed He went to Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole He stole a Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him That’s what they did He could’ve sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar Could’ve been an accountant or a tennis star He was wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay His mama walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans They gotta sleep together in a home they don’t own They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him That’s what they did Well, everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust All he ever wanted was somebody to trust They took his head and turned it inside out He never did know what it was all about He had a steady job, he joined the choir He never did plan to walk the high wire They took a clean-cut kid And they made a killer out of him That’s what they did
Request noted. I'm spacing these out more at the request of the moderators, but – yes – it will be next.
I love Empire Burlesque in the same way I do Nashville Skyline: they may not be considered top tier Dylan by the critics, but always make me feel great listening to them. Perhaps my expectations had been lowered by all the negative stuff I'd read over the years, but when I finally heard EB just a few years ago, I was suprised by how much I enjoyed it, and it continues to grow in my affections. I chose I'll Remember You, mostly because of Dylan's wonderful Farm Aid performance of it:
this record proves that EVERY Dylan album has at least ONE masterpiece. in this case...................DARK EYES
There is more good here than people usually give it credit for. I went with "Never Gonna Be The Same Again" but I really like several songs. I almost wish he would recut this entire album and get rid of the cheesy 80's production they threw on.
"Dark Eyes" is undoubtedly the best track, but my favorite track is "Never Gonna Be The Same Again" - because it's so darn weird. Those little glockenspiel accents never fail to crack me up.
Emotionally Yours. I certainly would go with When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky if it would be the Bootleg Series version.