i’m working on writing songs for a solo album and so far every song is either love songs or about romantic relationships except i have one song i wrote about the time i had a near death experience on the freeway in a snowstorm while listening to bob dylan
In this comic and art museum I was in yesterday, I saw this cool comic/collage to Bob Dylans "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Lorenzo Mattotti. I think it's even a series with multiple of his songs. Pretty cool, I think. In the museum, seeing the comic and hearing the song at the same time was epicc. I really suggest taking a look at that
The truest measure of a singer is how they sing the word "rain" in "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall"
Bob Dylan's is the original, and it makes me respect him even though I'm not a huge fan.
Anais Mitchell puts all of her force and beauty into the "hard"s that lead up to it. I respect that. I first became aware of her through her version of Tam Lin, which takes a lot of liberties to make something recognizable yet unique, and I think a similar thing is going on here, just less.
Laura Marling has a lovely voice, but seems to have very little confidence, burying it in production. Her version of the song is nice to listen to, but "nice to listen to" is not what A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall is about.
The way Joan Baez does it gives me shivers. It reminds me why I love Joan Baez so much. It makes me feel things. It makes me want to listen to more Joan Baez.
(sits down) (pats the couch next to me) Come on bud, you're not in trouble, I just need to talk to you for a second.
Dealing with a lot of rain, huh? It's scary! I'm scared too. The roads aren't built for this kind of rain, drainage is terrible, there's going to be flooding. And you're not used to it, and that makes it scarier.
That means you're going slower! No, that's good, that's not what I wanted to talk to you about. Make sure faster drivers can pass you, you're going to add to make people angry if you're going slow in the fast lane, but I think you know that already, you did a good job today with that. You should go as fast as you feel comfortable, and it's good that it's slower than normal, since you're going to be reacting to circumstances that are new.
Now...here's the important thing...*that doesn't mean you should turn your hazard lights on*. I know, you want to be more visible, and you don't want people to ram into you from behind. But if you have your headlights on, your taillights already do a good job of that. Turning on your hazard lights and leaving them on make it harder to see a couple things. Me and other drivers have a harder time knowing that you're breaking, and it's harder to know when you're changing lanes. That makes it *more likely* that I run into you. And neither of us want that.
This is a lot, and I hope you can get off the road and safe soon. It's better to wait out the storm inside.
But please, while you're out there, don't use your hazards all the time while driving in the rain.