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I've heard Blood on the Tracks referred to as the album where Dylan was trying to become the new Dylan in some circles, which sounds like an interesting idea, so i'll have to check it out. But he'll have to bring some pretty gorgeous melodies if he's gonna beat something as pretty as After the Gold Rush or On the Beach. Plus, point me to a line where Bob gets down with something like "Welfare mothers make better lovers."

But I'll be sure to check out some of the stuff you've mentioned, it'd only be fair since i am truly arguing pretty blindly right now. I will have to concede, though, that they are very different artists, especially in terms of subtlety vs. explosiveness, but I think Neil's practical abstraction or even ambience in some of his lyrics, like "Fuckin Up" or Broken Arrow (yeah, again), or even "Don't Cry No Tears Around Me" is just really compelling.

But I say all this because Neil's been my singular jam recently- i even just got a Zuma recreation poster at the Melvins show nearby and tried to talk up the band and their artist about Neil. I'm such a dork.

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