writing a song with a single line turn around is hard. because its easy for the song to sit stagnant, go on too long or sound campy. dylan somehow twists them so everytime the turn around comes around there is a different spin on it, though the lyrics and melody remain the same. the brilliance is in the set up.
the problem with the album love & theft is that mississippi is such a good song that the album couldn't possibly stand up to it. its like drops of jupiter on that train album* - one song almost sours the whole disc because it goes somewhere that the rest of the album can't keep up with. i'm not comparing drops of jupiter to mississippi as songs, just as what they did to their respective albums. dylan v. monahan? krinsky will probably say monahan because of his melodies, but seriously, thats like your highschool gym team teacher trying to keep pace with jordan in a 1 on 1 basketball game.
anyways, this is mississippi. if you don't love it on first listen, keep listening.
* it was really chuck levell playing on that song that made all the difference.
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