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Moshe · 03-14-2011, 05:12 AM

I hadn't heard about this before, but it seems a bit OTT.
As far as plagarism, Dylan stole many a tune but so did his hero Woody Guthrie.
To me Dylans' greatest flaw is egoism & this applies most to his "hipster" period in the sixtees when he wrote all those clever but rather mean put down songs
At the time Dylan even dismissed his hero Woody Guthrie claiming to have gone far beyond woody.
I certainly wouldn't dismiss Dylan. He is among the great songwriters of the second half of the 20th century, even if he did steal a tune or two

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Moshe Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: London Posts: 165	I hadn't heard about this before, but it seems a bit OTT. As far as plagarism, Dylan stole many a tune but so did his hero Woody Guthrie. To me Dylans' greatest flaw is egoism & this applies most to his "hipster" period in the sixtees when he wrote all those clever but rather mean put down songs At the time Dylan even dismissed his hero Woody Guthrie claiming to have gone far beyond woody. I certainly wouldn't dismiss Dylan. He is among the great songwriters of the second half of the 20th century, even if he did steal a tune or two