Bob Dylan stinks. Right?

Revisionist music history is a harsh school marm.

It's amazing how many - obviously "younger" - people can not see the total picture. He changed lyrics forever. And, as a previous poster said, he is one of the most admired artists - by his peers - in the history of rock.

And, again, he can sing very well...or used to be able to. For example, his version of "The House of the Rising Sun" from his first album is amazing, and highlights The Animals' vocalist's lack of subtlety .

"But I mean no harm nor put fault

On anyone living in a vault

But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him"

-Bob Dylan, "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"

many 60's era anti-War and Civil Rights heros gave their lives to create the America we have today. thanks to out American heros like Robert Zimmerman!

He had the first commercially successful rap song.

As far as bluesmen go, I'll take me s'more that R L Burnside

ChadBrad wrote:

theJeff wrote:

Tangled Up in Blue, The Hurricane, and Knocking on Heaven’s Door... yeah, no-talent @$$ clown, Bob Dylan is.

Registered username Jeff with a hot take. Registered name means it must be good.

Your reading comprehension is just good enough to get you into trouble. Re-read the other thread, and pay really close attention.

Rob Smylan wrote:

I think he stinks. But popular opinion suggests otherwise.

Does he stink? Or am I missing something?

Imagine Dragons your cup of tea?

Another gem from the Tide Pod generation...bravo!

Everyting Gon' Be Alright wrote:

Another gem from the Tide Pod generation...bravo!

"gem"?? More like an all time classic that will not soon be outdone!! Archive this one.

For younger people, younger than 35, a complete evaluation of Dylan isn't helped by the fact that the original "album" versions of his songs are generally not available on Youtube and elsewhere on the 'Net. They're left to make their judgments based on outtakes and bootlegs and poor video copies of live performances. They're getting a small and distorted sense of what he's done.

bob sucks. wrote:

I heard him in 2003 at Big Sky. Most overrated piece of crap of all-time. I heard Willy Nelson a few wks later-- now he was fantastic.

Which Dylan song(s) did Willy cover during his show? He almost always does at least one.

I have seen him live a few times. He's rail thin. I always wondered if he would have been a good runner on some hard miles.

Yello wrote:

bob sucks. wrote:

I heard him in 2003 at Big Sky. Most overrated piece of crap of all-time. I heard Willy Nelson a few wks later-- now he was fantastic.

Which Dylan song(s) did Willy cover during his show? He almost always does at least one.

None. Willy was definitely the better singer and performer. Bob was awful and underwhelming. It was a real bummer. It probably sounds cool to say you like listening to Bob, but he sucks, period.

theJeff wrote:

ChadBrad wrote:

Registered username Jeff with a hot take. Registered name means it must be good.

Your reading comprehension is just good enough to get you into trouble. Re-read the other thread, and pay really close attention.

Your post here was a list of three of Dylan's most popular songs and a limp sarcastic comment. But hey, you registered!

PS

Interesting how you always mention clowns.

bob sucks. wrote:

Yello wrote:

Which Dylan song(s) did Willy cover during his show? He almost always does at least one.

None. Willy was definitely the better singer and performer. Bob was awful and underwhelming. It was a real bummer. It probably sounds cool to say you like listening to Bob, but he sucks, period.

I'm guessing Neil similarly sucks???

"From the fool's mouthpiece

The hollow horn plays wasted words

Proves to warn

That he not busy being born

Is busy dying."

"Disillusioned words like bullets bark

As human gods aim for their mark

Made everything from toy guns that spark

To flesh colored Christs that glow in the dark

It's easy to see without looking too far

That not much

Is really sacred."

"Advertising signs that con you

Into thinking you're the one

That can do what's never been done

That can win what's never been won

Meantime life outside goes on

All around you."

Lines from "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

For Younger People wrote:

For younger people, younger than 35, a complete evaluation of Dylan isn't helped by the fact that the original "album" versions of his songs are generally not available on Youtube and elsewhere on the 'Net. They're left to make their judgments based on outtakes and bootlegs and poor video copies of live performances. They're getting a small and distorted sense of what he's done.

And whose fault is that? Greed destroying his own legacy, serves him right.

No he doesn’t stink. Love his music but do not ever go to see him in concert. Brutal. He has more than stood the the test of time. I am always amazed when people say they hate him. Surely with his catalogue of music there has to be something they like.

He also always had great musicians play with him like Mike Bloomfield.

Bad Wigins wrote:

If it weren't for the notoriety Dylan accidentally got by controversially using an electric guitar in folk music, nobody would ever have heard of him. And if his recordings somehow existed anyway, and people heard them, they would say they were crap.

This is an uneducated statement. Dylan was very well known before his electric coming out at Newport. Why do you think he was playing that festival to begin with?