I think he stinks. But popular opinion suggests otherwise.
Does he stink? Or am I missing something?
I think he stinks. But popular opinion suggests otherwise.
Does he stink? Or am I missing something?
If you think he stinks, then you are definitely missing something.
Read the lyrics, learn history, listen to what almost every artist has to say about him.
coach wrote:
Read the lyrics, learn history, listen to what almost every artist has to say about him.
I don’t think he stinks, but if I did, then reading the lyrics probably wouldn’t change my mind.
I think he’s vastly overrated. Good song writer. But there are plenty of good writers who aren’t good musicians. That’s where he falls.
Tangled Up in Blue, The Hurricane, and Knocking on Heaven’s Door... yeah, no-talent @$$ clown, Bob Dylan is.
Dylan is the best meaningful song wtiter ever. His pathetic singing is the cherry on top of the stories. It’s a package that makes it surpurb. You are definitely missing a rich culture.
American pop culture always needs an untalented dweeb to be a hero. Hence Dylan.
60's Dylan...great; after that progressively stinky. Now he should only sing in the shower when there is no one else in the house. I say this as a huge fan...I know many of his best songs word for word.
theJeff wrote:
Tangled Up in Blue, The Hurricane, and Knocking on Heaven’s Door... yeah, no-talent @$$ clown, Bob Dylan is.
'The' Hurricane??
In the early 60's Woody Guthrie said he wasn't too sure of Dylan's song writing, but that he had a hell of a voice. (He meant that in a positive way.) Of course his take on Dylan's song writing was in response to his early effort. (First album.)
I've always liked Dylan's voice, but I also like the old Mississippi bluesmen from the 30's & 40's. I like a voice with an edge to it. You can have the Johnny Mathis's & Whitney Houston's, I'll take Dylan, Joe Cocker, Ray Charles. Louis Armstrong, Bukka White, Skip James, Robert Wilkins, Junior Kimbrough, etc.
You may just have different taste. Nothing wrong with that.
qz wrote:
60's Dylan...great; after that progressively stinky. Now he should only sing in the shower when there is no one else in the house. I say this as a huge fan...I know many of his best songs word for word.
Blood On The Tracks - "Stinky"?!? I abhor when posts come up on LetsRun debating the merits of Journey, Jimmy Buffet, et.al. Please, stick to subjects you are at least a bit well versed in - like binge drinking.
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.
old guy 72 wrote:
In the early 60's Woody Guthrie said he wasn't too sure of Dylan's song writing, but that he had a hell of a voice. (He meant that in a positive way.) Of course his take on Dylan's song writing was in response to his early effort. (First album.)
I've always liked Dylan's voice, but I also like the old Mississippi bluesmen from the 30's & 40's. I like a voice with an edge to it. You can have the Johnny Mathis's & Whitney Houston's, I'll take Dylan, Joe Cocker, Ray Charles. Louis Armstrong, Bukka White, Skip James, Robert Wilkins, Junior Kimbrough, etc.
You may just have different taste. Nothing wrong with that.
No, I have the same taste. Good call, brutha!
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.
bob is an acquired taste. I hated him a long long time. Nasally voice, harsh harmonica. Then I started to listen to the words and something inside my brain exploded. There is a fully formed philosophy of life contained in his lyrics and a whole lot of humor. His songs tickle my funny brain.
I understand he is not for everyone. That’s cool, more for me... :)
bob aficionado wrote:
bob is an acquired taste. I hated him a long long time. Nasally voice, harsh harmonica. Then I started to listen to the words and something inside my brain exploded. There is a fully formed philosophy of life contained in his lyrics and a whole lot of humor. His songs tickle my funny brain.
I understand he is not for everyone. That’s cool, more for me... :)
Really now? A fully formed philosophy of life? I always felt his lyrics were a bunch of pretentious garbage. What is this philosophy of life you speak of?
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.
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.
Mostly agree. I guess his lyrics are Ok. Not sure what the hype is. I wouldn’t pay more than $5 to see him in his prime and there’s a long list of artists ahead of him on that list.
Being strange isn’t the same this as being profound.
qz wrote:60's Dylan...great; after that progressively stinky.Thats a fairly common opinion. I disagree. His greatest work is scattered across a long and often uneven career. There are complete albums I can’t listen to from early, middle and late career, but some of his best work is relatively recent. Certainly his most popular and best known work comes from his early career.
The Investigator wrote: I always felt his lyrics were a bunch of pretentious garbage. What is this philosophy of life you spheak of?beauty is in the eye of the beholder...