<p>Jake Bugg is an exciting new talent who has the potential to last long like Bob Dylan. Barely 20, he has been compared to Bob Dylan, and for good reason. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Jake has an impressive talent, a melodic sense and poetic lyrics, something that made Dylan, then 21, famous when he released his self-titled debut album in 1962.<br /><br /> Jake appeals to all ages — the young ones for his good looks, and the older ones for his astounding songwriting and a sound that takes them to the 1960s. <br /><br />Jake renders 14 songs in about 40 minutes. Even the longest song Broken is just over four minutes. The fast songs are bluesy, folksy, rock ‘n’ roll and the slow ones have a country tinge. He attempts a genre unfamiliar to today’s teenagers, who are fed on hip-hop, rap, trance and electronic dance music. <br /><br />The opening track Lightning Bolt is an upbeat song with its Dylanesque vocal delivery and guitar riff (Morning, it’s another pure grey morning/ Don’t know what the day is holding/ When I get uptight/ And I walk right into the path of a lightning bolt). Two Fingers has some cheeky lyrics, (I drink to remember, I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret.) In Seen it All, Jake sings, (I’ve seen it all, I’ve seen it all/ Nothing shocks me anymore.). He is rather too young for such lyrics. But in most songs, the lyrics are ponderous. <br /><br />For instance, in Simple As This (Travelled to each oceans’ ends/ Saw all seven wonders, trying to make some sense/ Memorise the mantra, Confucius says/ But it only let me down). Country song is sweet melancholy, while in Broken, Jake expresses his romantic side. Trouble Town is arguably the most Dylanesque track (In this trouble town/ Troubles are found/ In this trouble town/ Words do get ’round).<br /></p>
<p>Jake Bugg is an exciting new talent who has the potential to last long like Bob Dylan. Barely 20, he has been compared to Bob Dylan, and for good reason. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Jake has an impressive talent, a melodic sense and poetic lyrics, something that made Dylan, then 21, famous when he released his self-titled debut album in 1962.<br /><br /> Jake appeals to all ages — the young ones for his good looks, and the older ones for his astounding songwriting and a sound that takes them to the 1960s. <br /><br />Jake renders 14 songs in about 40 minutes. Even the longest song Broken is just over four minutes. The fast songs are bluesy, folksy, rock ‘n’ roll and the slow ones have a country tinge. He attempts a genre unfamiliar to today’s teenagers, who are fed on hip-hop, rap, trance and electronic dance music. <br /><br />The opening track Lightning Bolt is an upbeat song with its Dylanesque vocal delivery and guitar riff (Morning, it’s another pure grey morning/ Don’t know what the day is holding/ When I get uptight/ And I walk right into the path of a lightning bolt). Two Fingers has some cheeky lyrics, (I drink to remember, I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret.) In Seen it All, Jake sings, (I’ve seen it all, I’ve seen it all/ Nothing shocks me anymore.). He is rather too young for such lyrics. But in most songs, the lyrics are ponderous. <br /><br />For instance, in Simple As This (Travelled to each oceans’ ends/ Saw all seven wonders, trying to make some sense/ Memorise the mantra, Confucius says/ But it only let me down). Country song is sweet melancholy, while in Broken, Jake expresses his romantic side. Trouble Town is arguably the most Dylanesque track (In this trouble town/ Troubles are found/ In this trouble town/ Words do get ’round).<br /></p>
