[Huskrrrr]

Let me cover my head first, OK......Bob Dylan. Never understood the magic, never will.

[fatnotlazy]

I agree. I have a friend who travels all over to see Dylan. He leaves me cold.

[razorback-bert]

I never owned a Dylan record or album, I never understood him or his popularity.

[Secret Agent Man]

yup, there with ya.

[expat1000]

>>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.

[Conservative4Ever]

I concure. :-)

[dmz]

Let me cover my head first, OK......Bob Dylan. Never understood the magic, never will.

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As others have mentioned, if you focus on his voice, yea, it can be offputting (to some, not me, though).

Do you like bluegrassy music by any chance? Have iTunes? Check out a guy named Tim OBrien (please don’t vet his politics first) and a record called Red on Blonde - a joke only a Dylan fan would appreciate. Anyway, it’s an entire record of him covering Dylan tunes. Just about entirely acoustic, great singing and fine playing. So much so that if you don’t know Dylan’s catalog, you’d have no earthly idea he wrote the songs.

And yes, I have a similar answer for those who will put the Grateful Dead in the top 5.