>>Let me cover my head first, OK......Bob Dylan. Never understood the magic, never will.
In that generation (and this one) a poet has to sing to get an audience. Dylan is one of the greatest poets of his generation, if not the best. Listen to the imagery in Mr. Tambourine Man for example.
I know I’ll get more blowback from this opinion than you will from yours! A lot of FReepers don’t like Dylan.
Well, I'm not one of them. Anyone who lets his less than perfect voice block them from the beauty of his words is really missing out on something special.
And yes, Mr. Tambourine Man is one of his best.
Dylan was a masterfully prolific song writer, penning poety in music. The only other who approached that level was Leonard Cohen. Both of their songs are timeless, which cannot be said of that many songwriters or musicians.