In a uncommon interview, Bob Dylan has revealed that he’s a fan of Eminem and Wu-Tang Clan, praising the 2 rap acts alongside a number of different musicians.
The Wall Avenue Journal interview was printed yesterday (December 19), and options the singer-songwriter discussing a spread of matters from the rise of know-how and streaming to his favorite tv reveals. When questioned about how he discovers new music, Dylan stated it arrives “principally accidentally”, earlier than itemizing greater than 20 musicians who he’s been listening to of late.
Among the many cohort was Eminem and Wu-Tang Clan, each of whom Dylan stated he’s “a fan of”. The singer-songwriter praised each for his or her “feeling for phrases and language”, saying he enjoys “anyone whose imaginative and prescient parallels mine.” Additionally included in that reward have been Royal Blood, Celeste, Leonard Cohen, Rag N’ Bone Man and Nick Cave.
Dylan beforehand talked about Eminem in a 2001 interview with Time. Dylan revealed that he hadn’t listened to a lot of Eminem’s music, however stated that the rapper was “doing one thing proper.” He continued: “I virtually really feel like if something is controversial, the man’s gotta be doing one thing proper.”
Other than the aforementioned musicians, Dylan additionally talked about a spread of what he known as extra “obscure artists”, saying he’s been listening to the likes of bandleader Tiny Hill, saxophonist Teddy Edwards and guitarist Teddy Bunn, all of whom have been most lively through the Forties to Nineteen Sixties. Dylan additionally referenced musicians like Ella Fitzgerald, Brenda Lee and Janice Martin, the final of whom he described as “the feminine Elvis.”
Of the artists who he has seen stay, Dylan recalled attending two Metallica performances, along with concert events by Oasis and Klaxons. The singer went on to disclose that he’s “made particular efforts” to see Jack White and Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner. Later within the interview, Dylan stated The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is “not a foul singer, and he’s an important musician”, and referred to composers like Hans Zimmer as “a brand new sort of famous person”.
Accounting for this broad vary of musicians, Dylan went on to debate his favorite genres, saying he listens to “an abundance of them.” The singer cited nation blues, western swing, hillbilly, and bluegrass among the many genres he listens to. “Music historians would say whenever you combine all of it up it’s known as Rock and Roll”, he stated. “I assume that may be my favourite style.”
Dylan additionally mentioned the influence of streaming and social media on at present’s music panorama, saying the benefit of entry to music means “there’s a sameness to the whole lot these days.” He continued: “Every part’s too simple. Only one stroke of the ring finger, center finger, one little click on, that’s all it takes, and we’re there… It’s all too simple, too democratic.”
Dylan’s interview served as promotion for his latest ebook, The Philosophy of Fashionable Track, which hit cabinets final month. The ebook courted controversy after it was revealed that Dylan had used an autopen to inscribe his signature on choose copies which had been marketed as hand-signed. Each the singer and the ebook’s writer, Simon & Schuster, apologised for the error, which Dylan described as an “error in judgment”.