Posted on 04/29/2010 9:19:06 AM PDT by EveningStar
“Bob [Dylan] is not authentic at all. He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I.” — Joni Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2010
Caterwauling Canuck “folk singer” Joni Mitchell got just about everybody riled up with that sweet morsel of self-serving insight, but the real shock is not that Mitchell is absolutely correct but that someone finally came out and said it. After decades of carefully manicured deification by Columbia Records, brain-dead rock critics and the slimy elite institution that elevated such barely able snake-oil salesmen as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger to celestial heights, it’s high time to flout indoctrination and examine Dylan’s track record as a Grade-A phony.
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Dylan’s a huge phony
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The article is blocked. I am at work. Love Joni and enjoyed Dylan. How much slicing did Joni do in this article?
He admits it.
All honest musicians admit they borrow from what came before.
The dishonest ones pretend like their music was immaculately conceived.
His voice always got on my nerves. He can’t sing worth a $hit. “The answer my friend is blowing out your butt, the answer is blowing out your butt.” Great going Joanie!
One barely-there talent attacking another barely-there talent.
Whatever.
Dylan may be a “phony”, but Joni Mitchell is simply a drug addled hack herself.
I didn’t read the article, but it says Bob Dylan is a homo, huh?
I’d be more surprised if I knew anything about him.
If I wrote this article, I would have written it about Eric Clapton instead.
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He's certainly not an authentic "folky" ....which is a major compliment. Bob has a lot of fiscal (and even some social) conservative views that rile many in the folk crowd.
But Dylan's songwriting and lyric talents are of the highest caliber.
Although I was always curious who the first person was who told Dylan he was a singer.
Eric CLAPNER......according to that dumbass Surgeon General of Clinton’s!
Sounds like Joni is a bit jealous to be coming out and attacking him like that.
LOL.
The mere mention of Bob Dylan’s name will cause haters to spring forth from the ground much like the waters of the great flood.
And Joni Mitchell accusing others of sleeping around? That’s the funniest thing of all. The phrase “go ahead and [sleep with]* her, I did” was coined for her. It’s a good thing Crosby Still Nash and Young were only 4 guys, and not a marching band.
*replace with 4 letter word
That being said, I still like her music (kind of - her latest cd has some pretty good stuff on it), but there are very few Dylan cds NOT on my iPod (thank God for 120 gig iPod classics).
Spare me the histrionics!
Here is the original LA Times article.
His tone might not be pleasant, but as far as delivery and making his voice fit the mood of the song he is among the best. And he has also done an excellent job of rearranging his older material to fit his voice as it now is and using a fully band.
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