Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bob Dylan says modern recordings
sound “atrocious,” and even the songs on his new album sounded
much better in the studio than on disc.

“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.

Dylan, who released eight studio albums in that time,
returns with his first recording in five years, “Modern Times,”
next Tuesday.

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.”

Dylan said he does his best to fight technology, but it’s a
losing battle.

“Even these songs probably sounded ten times better in the
studio when we recorded ‘em. CDs are small. There’s no stature
to it.”

Reuters