Um pouco de contraditório

"Some of the writing here in The Philosophy of Modern Song is mediocre. It is problematic, and repetitive and sermonising, and the art direction is questionable. But each line is charged by the fact that this is Bob Dylan, that voice of sand and glue, dog leg and barbed wire. That in the right moment, to the right ear, these words could sound like thin, wild mercury. One can’t help but wonder how it might come alive when the tape is running"