Thread for lauding Bob Dylan

[janas19]

Greatest folk artist of our time.

 

[shortylickens]

Isnt he the one that got Edie Sedgewick killed?

 

[FoBoT]

the only really good thing he did was inspire this weird al parody

 

[CallMeJoe]

Bobby Zimmerman is good, but Leonard Cohen is The Man.

edit: apologies to OP for what may be seen as thread-crap. Bobby Z is awesome, even if I find Leonard somewhat more so. I shall never willingly part with Highway 61, Blonde on Blonde or Blood on the Tracks.

 

[Baked]

Adele covering Make You Feel My Love

 

[sandorski]

Slow Train Coming was the first Dylan album I ever heard, I was a big fan immediately. Most Dylan fans consider that album as trash, although it certainly wasn't his worst, in retrospect I suppose I see what they mean, although I still disagree with that opinion.

The reasons I loved that album are many, but I think the reason I'm still a Dylan fan basically has to do with the man himself. It is undeniable that he has a crappy singing voice, like really crappy. Yet he pulls it off. That's part of the mystique that surrounds him, most people would have listened to themselves sing, hear how crappy it was, then just kind of pretend it didn't happen. Dylan, OTOH, just sang more and didn't even attempt to improve on it. It seems to me that he simply has to Sing, he's compelled to and that's what he was born to do, so he did/does it.

Then there are the lyrics. Pure poetry, sometimes profound, sometimes telling a story, sometimes only seemingly profound, other times who knows WTF he was trying to say, but always well crafted, interesting and from the heart.

His musical style also stands out. When you hear a Dylan song, you pretty much know it's a Dylan song from the Music alone. That's primarily speaking of his Rock stuff, it was only a few years back that I finally listened to his Folk songs and I just became I bigger fan. Suddenly the whole Folk vs Rock controversy made a lot of sense. Still love his Rock stuff, but his Folk music is just a few notches better IMO.

 

[zinfamous]

Ever the Greatest ever.

 

[dennilfloss]

A great poet.

 

[janas19]

the only really good thing he did was inspire this weird al parody

Sad.

Slow Train Coming was the first Dylan album I ever heard, I was a big fan immediately. Most Dylan fans consider that album as trash, although it certainly wasn't his worst, in retrospect I suppose I see what they mean, although I still disagree with that opinion.

The reasons I loved that album are many, but I think the reason I'm still a Dylan fan basically has to do with the man himself. It is undeniable that he has a crappy singing voice, like really crappy. Yet he pulls it off. That's part of the mystique that surrounds him, most people would have listened to themselves sing, hear how crappy it was, then just kind of pretend it didn't happen. Dylan, OTOH, just sang more and didn't even attempt to improve on it. It seems to me that he simply has to Sing, he's compelled to and that's what he was born to do, so he did/does it.

Then there are the lyrics. Pure poetry, sometimes profound, sometimes telling a story, sometimes only seemingly profound, other times who knows WTF he was trying to say, but always well crafted, interesting and from the heart.

His musical style also stands out. When you hear a Dylan song, you pretty much know it's a Dylan song from the Music alone. That's primarily speaking of his Rock stuff, it was only a few years back that I finally listened to his Folk songs and I just became I bigger fan. Suddenly the whole Folk vs Rock controversy made a lot of sense. Still love his Rock stuff, but his Folk music is just a few notches better IMO.

What the fuck, this isn't "The Voice." A true talent and legend like Bob Dylan is more than just a pitch and voice, imo. It's kind of his entire persona. The lyrics, the spirit, the folk song tradition, the amazing song writing AND singing (lots of pop artists don't write their own songs nowadays). Basically there's so much there to cultivate, you just have to look a little harder.

But yeah, I otherwise agree.

 

[janas19]

Isnt he the one that got Edie Sedgewick killed?

I don't know about that.