Bob Dylan says Modern Music is Worthless
Posted August 22, 2006 — in Music News
Bob Dylan says modern recordings sound “atrocious,” and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc.
Dylan, who returns with his first recording in five years, “Modern Times,” next Tuesday had this to say:
I don’t know anybody who’s made a record that sounds decent in the past twenty years, really,” the 65-year-old rocker said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
Noting the music industry’s complaints that illegal downloading means people are getting their music for free, he said, “Well, why not? It ain’t worth nothing anyway.”
“You listen to these modern records, they’re atrocious, they have sound all over them,” he added. “There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like … static.”
I think the title of this article is a little misleading- it seems to me like he’s talking about production and the actual recordings themselves rather than the music. Not that he doesn’t hate today’s music too.
“Even these songs probably sounded ten times better in the studio when we recorded ‘em. CDs are small. There’s no stature to it.”
CDs are small? Wow. That’s a pretty silly (read: wrong) explanation for why CDs sound different than they did 20 years ago.
Comment by Keith Freund — August 23, 2006 @ 1:21 am
It’s funny because I recall when Metallica’s “St. Anger” was released. Most people knocked it for the way it sounded, however it was one of the very few albums that wasn’t compressed to hell and actually had mids. The main problem is in the compression stages coupled with the 20 layers of guitar tracks with no mids.
Comment by Saverio — August 23, 2006 @ 6:35 pm
just like with tony… this ain’t the sixtys.times have change and so have our ears.
Comment by ditchwater — August 24, 2006 @ 12:50 pm
right on bob it may be worth nothing but i cant wait to hear it.
Comment by steve jodice — September 27, 2006 @ 1:19 pm