[Cyman]

Never understood his popularity. He always sounded like an Alfalfa falsetto with a mouthful of peanut butter.

[dragnet2]

Never understood his popularity. He always sounded like an Alfalfa falsetto with a mouthful of peanut butter.

Ya better stick with the, Shoot Dang Boys.

[BrerRabbit]

Never understood his popularity. He always sounded like an Alfalfa falsetto with a mouthful of peanut butter.

Joni Mitchell's assessment was undoubtedly the harshest:

Bob is not authentic at all: He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception.

Definitely derivative. It's so strange to find people at this site, of all places, praising him!

[Gay State Conservative]

Never understood his popularity. He always sounded like an Alfalfa falsetto with a mouthful of peanut butter.

To thos who love 1960's folk music know why he's so popular as a performer.As a songwriter you don't even have to have a love of that genre.

[Gay State Conservative]

Perhaps his finest composition (although it’s tough to choose)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80l4XIPJC4

[upsdriver]

Never understood his popularity. He always sounded like an Alfalfa falsetto with a mouthful of peanut butter.

I'm guessing you've never really listened to him other than a few songs. Dylan's singing was quite varied throughout his recording career.

[norwaypinesavage]

"Never understood his popularity. He always sounded like an Alfalfa falsetto with a mouthful of peanut butter."

You're being too kind. I think it is even worse than that. I'm a contemporary of Dylan. I grew up not far from him. In college, I lived on 5th street, a block north of his "Positively Fourth Street" lyrics. I consider his singing intolerable. Some say his poetry is good, but to me, his singing is so bad that I can't get past it to understand the lyrics.