What do you think of Bob Dylan

[BigMoaner]

vote now.

One of the greatest artists of the 20th Century, I have no doubt.

Will be talked about in 5000 years' time.

 

[BigMoaner]

I am also with the academics who class him as a major poet. But I think he more uses language and song together in a unique way. It's in his phrasing and timing as much as the words.

 

[blossie33]

Think there's been a thread like this before?
He's written some great songs but I often prefer some other artists version of them - more for the backing music I think as I'm more a tunes person.

 

[Orang Utan]

Sounds like a wasp trapped in a jam jar. Horrible.
His best songs are other people's covers or ones where he doesn't sing.

 

[Glitter]

His songs are great.....

.....when other people do them.

 

[Bonfirelight]

I like him, and absolutely love a few of his songs, but all that said, he's not so remarkable that he's in a league of his own, and he xhurned out plenty of crap too. 7/10

 

[rutabowa]

He can still pull out the odd amazing live show even now. While I dont want to listen to him often he is definitely a totally committed artist for life.

 

[weltweit]

I think Dylan was at the height of his fame before I was born, that didn't stop me liking some of his stuff when I was a teenager but honestly it couldn't compete with the likes of Hendrix!

 

[rekil]

Judas.

 

[tommers]

Blood on the Tracks is one of the greatest albums ever made.

 

[chilango]

One of the worst gigs I've ever been to. Didn't give a shit. Performed "masters of war" in a pisstakey "Vic Reeves club style" manner. Generally just left his backing band to jam blandly whilst he stood around waiting for the gig to end.

 

[JimW]

I even quite liked one of his albums when he got Jesus and he's done a few things of utter genius. More than enough to make a true great.

 

[belboid]

Why are Dylan fans always such fucking tedious arses?

 

[weltweit]

I know there was a fan revolt when he started playing electric guitar.

How fickle can fans be eh?

 

[Voley]

I've bought this as a prezzie for my Mum this Xmas. Outtakes from Bringing It All Back Home, Blonde On Blonde and Highway 61. Only a couple of years but his best period, for me. Gave it a quick spin 'for evaluation purposes' and there are some gems on it. Only had time to listen to half of the first CD but the John Lee Hooker style version of Outlaw Blues is ace.

 

[Knotted]

His best work was with the Travelling Wilburys.

 

[nino_savatte]

He was good up to the point he discovered Xtianity.

 

[Voley]

One of the worst gigs I've ever been to. Didn't give a shit. Performed "masters of war" in a pisstakey "Vic Reeves club style" manner. Generally just left his backing band to jam blandly whilst he stood around waiting for the gig to end.

That wasn't Glastonbury was it? Because that was my experience of seeing him live, too, sadly. Right down to Masters Of War being terrible. I didn't recognise it at all until about halfway through.

 

[peterkro]

Always thought the mid sixties stuff was best.Also seen him do a crap concert along with Van Morrison who was pissed,waste of fucking money.

 

[Knotted]

One thing you can say about Bob Dylan. He was better than Van Morrison.

 

[Orang Utan]

One thing you can say about Bob Dylan. He was better than Van Morrison.

Nah, at least Morrison had some tunes you could whistle

 

[belboid]

He was good up to the point he discovered Xtianity.

he's made lots of great albums in the two-thirds of his career since then

 

[goldenecitrone]

His best work was with the Travelling Wilburys.

As was George Harrison's, Roy Orbison's, Tom Petty's and Jeff Lyne's.

 

[Knotted]

As was George Harrison's, Roy Orbison's, Tom Petty's and Jeff Lyne's.

Yes, NO, yes, yes

 

[SpookyFrank]

I always liked the fact that they let token non-famous person Jeff Lynne join the Travelling Wilburys.

 

[goldenecitrone]

I always liked the fact that they let token non-famous person Jeff Lynne join the Travelling Wilburys.

He produced it all.

 

[Espresso]

As a singer, he should stick to songwriting. Other people sing his songs far better than he can. He's written some sterling stuff.

I saw him live a few years ago and as a performer he should certainly stick to songwriting. He had all the stage presence of a dead duck.
Maybe he was a better performer when he was a young man, but as an old man he was rotten. He's in the same age bracket as Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Dolly Parton and they are charisma on legs on stage.

 

[Orang Utan]

I always liked the fact that they let token non-famous person Jeff Lynne join the Travelling Wilburys.

He was singer in ELO.

 

[goldenecitrone]

He was singer in ELO.

I thought he was the waiter in Allo Allo.

 

[belboid]

As a singer, he should stick to songwriting. Other people sing his songs far better than he can. He's written some sterling stuff.

I saw him live a few years ago and as a performer he should certainly stick to songwriting. He had all the stage presence of a dead duck.
Maybe he was a better performer when he was a young man, but as an old man he was rotten. He's in the same age bracket as Tom Jones and Dolly Parton and they are charisma on legs on stage.

He just hates his fans. Seriously. The people who are always in the front couple of rows, are overwhelmingly the same time after time, and he hates them, is sick of the sight of them, the tedious bores. So her resolutely ignores them, and plays weird versions of his songs to alleviate his boredom.