Bob Dylan stinks. Right?

coach wrote:

Blahhhhhhhh wrote:

I don't think anyone is arguing that he's not a great lyricist/poet/word-rhymer. I think he's a great lyricist, but I'm just not interested in what he's singing about. Couple that with repetitive guitar and harmonica and you've got a long song ahead of you about stuff.

Actually a few people stated that he wasn't a good poet and one wrote of his banal lyrics.

Good point, but they can be dismissed when balanced against all the contemporary great songwriters, and poets, and the Nobel Prize people who all think he's wonderful...and very talented.

Blahhhhhhhh wrote:

I don't think anyone is arguing that he's not a great lyricist/poet/word-rhymer. I think he's a great lyricist, but I'm just not interested in what he's singing about. Couple that with repetitive guitar and harmonica and you've got a long song ahead of you about stuff.

Stuff??

Yeah, there's stuff in there.

......It's OK to like Dylan AND like AC/DC , you know.

Blahhhhhhhh wrote:

BobtheDog wrote:

So you're throwing Smoke on the Water, Stairway, and your dog in the mix?

Did your dog write those two "songs"?

I do believe your dog probably could have written Smoke on the Water.

Stairway?? Doubt if the roadies from Zep would have let such an innocent creature survive that scene after hearing what they did with a red snapper and groupies.

I'm sure your dog can give Dylan some competition in the singing department, but your dog, nor you, nor practically anybody is writing lyrics like It's Alright Ma these days, or ever.

I don't think anyone is arguing that he's not a great lyricist/poet/word-rhymer. I think he's a great lyricist, but I'm just not interested in what he's singing about. Couple that with repetitive guitar and harmonica and you've got a long song ahead of you about stuff.

Enlighten us, please! What does Bob "sing about"?

What doesn't he sing about?

old guy 72 wrote:

What doesn't he sing about?

B$tches, hoes, and respect.