The switch from acoustic to electric was a natural progression that seemed inevitable to me. What I couldn't and can't abide is what he did, in white face, on the Never-Ending Tour, turning his classic songs inside out. He changed their tempos, lyrics, and arrangements, making songs I knew by heart all but unrecognizable. Dylan has always been an "imp of the perverse," but this time, I think, he went too far and fell into perversion.
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