And the Nobel prize for literature goes to ...

[Flying_Monkey]

Dylan described himself way back as "a song and dance man." It heartens me that he's so far rebuffed the Nobel prize committee's misguided attempt to be cool.

 

[Cycleops]

Cool? Maybe. Who knows what goes through the minds of the committee. Perhaps they want to be seen as more relevant to society today.

 

[Dayvo]

Nobel Committe starting to regret their decision....

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...impolite-and-arrogant-by-nobel-academy-member

Blimey! If a Swede thinks someone has acted impolitely, then it must have been bad!

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

The whole thing is a farce from start to finish .
He should never have got it in the first place.
A minimal talent who wants to be the awkward constant rebel by refusing.Did we not see it coming ?
I give up.

 

[swee'pea99]

C'mon Irvine, spare us the mealy-mouth evasions...give it to us straight

 

[Shortandcrisp]

Not sure how to interpret this. Is a nominee asked if he/she wants to be considered for the prize before they're added to the list.
Dylan had no truck with those who called him a protest singer or a poet. When asked he said, "I'm just a song and dance man."
Might be how he feels now, who knows.

Having said which, someone who comes up with the following thoroughly deserves the honour imo:

"Gonna fall in love with the first woman I meet,
Put her in a wheelbarrow and wheel her down the street."

 

[Cycleops]

Bobby Vee passed away today aged 73. Vee helped give Dylan a start. Dylan briefly played with his band and it was he who suggested he change his name to Vee from Velline.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Did Mr Zimmerman ever rebel against Capitalism?

 

[Levo-Lon]

He is getting on a bit...but he still dont care what anyone thinks...move along ...


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LhpSL0xaTlY

 

[User169]

Did Mr Zimmerman ever rebel against Capitalism?

Cool comment, bro.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Cool comment, bro.

Thanks ,rebellling against everything has made him a very rich man.
Nice work if you can get it.

 

[Tin Pot]

Nobel Committe starting to regret their decision....

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...impolite-and-arrogant-by-nobel-academy-member

He's accepted it now, and will try to make the award ceremony.

 

[swee'pea99]

Thanks ,rebellling against everything has made him a very rich man.
Nice work if you can get it.

At the risk of stating the bleedin' obvious, he doesn't get paid for rebelling; he gets paid for his music. Rebelling, per se, is not well paid.

 

[srw]

At the risk of stating the bleedin' obvious, he doesn't get paid for rebelling; he gets paid for his music. Rebelling, per se, is not well paid.

It's not the music that's brought his wealth, it's the whole package of music, show, attitude and pseudo-rebellious positioning. Being a rebel is not well paid. Being a carefully calibrated showman, backed by a publicity machine playing up a rebellious image has worked well for him. As it has for many commercial musicians.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Yawn. Come on he's hardly gone down the carefully managed pop star route. And if you do think that then you'd have to say his management is pretty rubbish because he's had his fair share of stinkers.