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BRYAN
FERRY
–
Dylanesque
They
may
seem
poles
apart
–
Bob
Dylan,
a folk-rock
legend
from
the
‘60s
and
Bryan
Ferry,
former
glammy
Roxy
Music
frontman
of the
‘70s
gone
solo
playboy
pop-crooner.
Similarly
their
different
vocal
styles
and
sound
are
their
individual
trademarks
and
instantly
recognizable.
So,
how
would
a collection
of Dylan
songs
done
by Ferry
turn
out?
Very
affective
I’d
say.
Songs
like
Knockin’
On Heaven’s
Door
has
seen
many
covers,
including
one
from
Guns
‘n
Roses,
and
Jimi
Hendrix’
version
of All
Along
The
Watchtower
is even
better
known
than
Dylan’s
original.
Ferry
does
both.
Other
classics
revisited
here
include
The
Times
They
Are
A Changing,
Just
Like
Tom
Thumb’s
Blues,
Make
You
Feel
My Love,
Positively
4th
Street,
If Not
For
You,
and
Gates
Of Eden.
We know
these
songs
in the
nasal
gravel
tone
of Dylan,
and
here
the
essence
get
extracted
in the
smoother,
quavering
tone
of Ferry,
further
illustrating
the
timeless
effect
of the
music.
And
that’s
what
it’s
about,
the
music.
That’s
why
even
if Ferry
should
have
left
the
art
direction
of the
sleeve
to someone
more
proficient
than
himself,
a bad
CD cover
cannot
take
anything
away
from
the
music
trapped
within.
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