And the Nobel prize for literature goes to ...

[Flying_Monkey]

Don't get me wrong - I love the songs, but they're really not a lot more than mawkish doggerel. Great mawkish doggerel, but, still and all..........

I invite you to recite 'Lay Lady Lay' without having to curl your toes.

Exactly. They work as songs. And I love 'Lay Lady Lay' as a song, but I wouldn't call the lyrics great (or even good) literature.

 

[Markymark]

The answer to this thread is blowin in the wind.

 

[Markymark]

There's certainly a lot of hot air from some...

How can we argue against this genius...

"Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe"

 

[jefmcg]

The non- scientific Nobel prizes lost all credibility when Obama won the Peace prize.....

1973

 

[swee'pea99]

I prefer the other Dylan ...... the Welsh one.

"When you say 'Dylan', he thinks you're talkin' 'bout Dylan Thomas...whoever he was. The man ain't got no culture."

 

[swee'pea99]

His voice changes like a Chameleon

"He's chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature..."

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

"He's chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature..."

The Bewley Brothers

 

[gavroche]

He must be running short of cash though because he is still touring at 75!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

This'll do fine.
Particularly good when singing with Iris DeMent.

Iris Dement is worse than Joan bloody Baez, screecher!!!

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Iris Dement is worse than Joan bloody Baez, screecher!!!

I must like a Southern Drawl.
I think the two of them are good together is all .

 

[raleighnut]

Personally... i just don't 'get' Dylan. I've tried but he's a terrible singer (IMO), a very average guitar player (but a million times better than me) and his poetry doesn't do it for me either (I prefer Roy Harper, Ian Anderson, Hal David, Paul Simon, Ian Dury, Jarvis Cocker and many more songsmiths). I like a handful of Dylan songs but generally consider him to be highly over-rated. BUT... i love lyrics more than i do poetry, fiction or non-fiction, so I'm very happy that the Nobel prize for literature has gone to a lyricist

For a fantastic lyricist (and stunning guitar player) check this guy out. Often described as Scotlands 'Bob Dylan' It's a shame he's not still with us.


View: https://youtu.be/Ykw8ldA_1k4

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I must like a Southern Drawl.
I think the two of them are good together is all .

Lord knows I like a southern drawl y'all...

 

[Cycleops]

"He's chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature..."

Blimey, you should have won that prize.

 

[Lee_M]

Seriously though do you not at least acknowledge that he might have strung a few words together into something remotely resembling a half decent lyric?

lyric? probably. Literature never.

and the only decent dylan songs as many have mentioned are those that have been interpreted by others.

if he'd won the mercury prize or even the MOBO it would have had more credibility, but the Nobel prize for literature?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

lyric? probably. Literature never.

and the only decent dylan songs as many have mentioned are those that have been interpreted by others.

if he'd won the mercury prize or even the MOBO it would have had more credibility, but the Nobel prize for literature?

Oh well, I'm pleased for him, but I'm more pleased you're not on their committee.