Why is Bob Dylan good?
 

He wrote great songs. duh. There's not a single song of his that you like? Or you like the songs, but don't like the way he sings them or the way he plays them?

He's a great poet. I don't know why that makes him a good musician, but many people think it does.

tip: this is a cue for you guys to post some of his greatest lyrics in this thread. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif. maybe you can convince me he's good

Originally posted by Dis
I don't get it. What am I missing? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

Taken from All Music:

Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-conscious narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notions that in order to perform, a singer had to have a conventionally good voice, thereby redefining the role of vocalist in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several subsequent generations. Many of his songs became popular standards, and his best albums were undisputed classics of the rock & roll canon. Dylan's influence throughout folk music was equally powerful, and he marks a pivotal turning point in its 20th century evolution, signifying when the genre moved away from traditional songs and toward personal songwriting. Even when his sales declined in the '80s and '90s, Dylan's presence was calculable.

All Music and Artist Direct are sister sites. The only difference is navigational. Both good.

This makes me like Dylan better...

In Rolling Stone last month, Bob Dylan said, "I'm in awe of McCartney. He's about the only one I'm in awe of."

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/63171/2

Smart man. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

I'll take Bob Marley over Bob Dylan. I would say it's an era thing, but I do like some other music from way back then. It's just a musical style I don't care for.

Originally posted by LordShiva


The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

The Freewheeling Bob Dylan, and his first album 9though mostly covers) are pretty awesome too.

Originally posted by SlowwHand
If he has a "role model", it's Woody Guthrie.
How can one criticize that influence in music? Commie lover. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

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He wasn't even the best songwriter of the '60s. Paul McCartney was...

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
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He wasn't even the best songwriter of the '60s. Paul McCartney was... McCartney is certainly one of the best songwriters of '60s. But the best? He has strong competition from John Lennon. Anyway, most of my favorite Beatles songs are from Lennon.

Jaguar just regained my love. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/heart.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Maybe I'm Amazed > Imagine

Live and Let Die > whatever else Lennon wrote after 1970

Like a rolling stone is a masterpiece http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif and the times are a changing.

No, it's pretty well correct.

And far better than Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, voted the worst song ever, and primarily written by McCartney.

The Spice Girls had some hits too. so?

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