Hundreds of artists have covered Bob Dylan’s songs, but only Bob Dylan can sing his songs a hundred different ways. It’s not just that Dylan changes up his phrasing, or that his voice sounds completely different depending on which decade you happen to be hearing him. Dylan’s singular talent as a vocalist is his ability to convey two or three or even four different emotions at the same time. Listen to Dylan sing “Just Like a Woman,” and you’ll hear cruelty, tenderness, anger, and sorrow. That mess of feelings inside your chest when somebody breaks your heart, which you can’t articulate because
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