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Crowe · 05-12-2007, 11:43 PM

ROFL that doesn't make Bob Dylan unoriginal. Is that your back up!? Because he was influenced (albeit majorly) by Guthrie? Are you saying that Dylan didn't develop his own voice? I'm not talking about voice as in the sound that came out of him - I'm talking about his own way of seeing the world, speaking out for the things he believed in? His lyrics are the standards in which other lyricists are compared to. Do you think that happened because he was unoriginal? Dylan goes from a political album to an introspective album and then he goes electric when it was almost certain suicide for him to do so? His constant reinvention and his timelessness certainly take care of the Non-Recycling category. He even won the Kennedy Center Honors award as a rock star (the FIRST to do so) in 1997... this award, if you don't know about it, is considered the nation's highest award for artistic excellence. There is so much more to say - but I am lazy. But I guess you could go read one of the many books about Dylan and his work. I guess if you can make it into Harvard or Stanford you can take the class about Dylan that they currently offer. I guess if you do a quick search on google and maybe learn about something before you make an off the cuff statement that compromises the ability for people who know about music to take you seriously.

Listen to Woodie Guthrie? That was it?

Give me a break.

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Crowe Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 699	ROFL that doesn't make Bob Dylan unoriginal. Is that your back up!? Because he was influenced (albeit majorly) by Guthrie? Are you saying that Dylan didn't develop his own voice? I'm not talking about voice as in the sound that came out of him - I'm talking about his own way of seeing the world, speaking out for the things he believed in? His lyrics are the standards in which other lyricists are compared to. Do you think that happened because he was unoriginal? Dylan goes from a political album to an introspective album and then he goes electric when it was almost certain suicide for him to do so? His constant reinvention and his timelessness certainly take care of the Non-Recycling category. He even won the Kennedy Center Honors award as a rock star (the FIRST to do so) in 1997... this award, if you don't know about it, is considered the nation's highest award for artistic excellence. There is so much more to say - but I am lazy. But I guess you could go read one of the many books about Dylan and his work. I guess if you can make it into Harvard or Stanford you can take the class about Dylan that they currently offer. I guess if you do a quick search on google and maybe learn about something before you make an off the cuff statement that compromises the ability for people who know about music to take you seriously. Listen to Woodie Guthrie? That was it? Give me a break. __________________ Last edited by Crowe; 05-12-2007 at 11:50 PM.