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I'm a HUGE Dylan fan (i gots bootlegs out the ass), but I'm tired of people using him as an excuse to be a poor vocalist. Plus, his voice, at least on his best material, matches the ragged-but-right musicianship of his bands. And he had a magical gift for rythmic phrasing (At the height of his powers as a singer, circa the Rolling Thunder tour, he was an undisputably GREAT singer by any sane standard), but this is all a dodge, really - I'm talking specifically about this dude from the Arcade Fire - do the vocals match the music? IMO, they don't. They sound out of place, or worse, like guide vocals for the REAL singer to follow. The band is incredible, but the singer's range is pathetic and he has none of the unique gifts Dylan possessed to offset that limitation.
AGain, this is my O.
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