Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (w/ guest Renee Maskin)

The Great Albums

Bill Lambusta

Music, Music Commentary

4.3 • 760 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2016

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Singer, songwriter, and musician Renee Maskin (lowlightnj.bandcamp.com) joins Bill and Brian to discuss Bob Dylan's country-tinged Nashville Skyline (1969, Columbia). After becoming a historical icon in the progressive folk movement of the 60s, Dylan broke huge after "going electric" and embracing rock and other popular music. Tired of the spotlight, Dylan took some time off after a motorcycle accident sidelined him a while. He took that opportunity to revamp his sound too, culminating in this classic that eschews his usual rambling lyrics and froggy voice in favor of simple melodies and a lilting vocal tone. Renee, Brian, and Bill discuss Dylan's arrangements, his role as a historical figure, the sound of contentment on this record, arranging in the studio, George Harrison's influence and vice versa, the cult of personality around Dylan and how he interacts with fans, how Dylan maintained his fame without radio hits, and (as always) a track by track review!

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0:00.0	Is it rolling, Bob?
0:12.0	To be alone with you, just you and me. Now won't you tell me true
0:22.6	Ain't that the way it ought to be
0:26.6	To hold each other's time
0:30.6	The whole night through
0:34.6	Everything is always right
0:38.4	when I'm alone with you
0:42.2	to be alone with you
0:45.9	Hello and welcome to the great album's podcast.
0:49.1	I'm Bill.
0:49.5	And I'm Brian.
0:50.1	And today, as you just heard right there,
0:52.2	we're going to be talking about Bob Dylan.
0:54.6	Welcome to the podcast, Bob Dylan.
0:57.3	Yeah, it took a long enough.
0:58.8	Jeez.
0:59.8	So what album were we talking about today, Brian?
1:01.7	Talking about 1969's Nashville Skyline.
1:06.3	And we're not going to do it alone.
1:07.9	Well, sorry.
1:09.3	Second time I did that.
1:10.4	Two weeks in a row that I've
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