[Gay State Conservative]

Some of his performances,particularly the early ones,were good...but not great.His style was certainly an "acquired taste".But as a songwriter...in his early days...he was a genius,an absolute genius.

Tambourine Man,done by both the Byrds *and* Judy Collins,are classics.My Back Pages by the Byrds...ditto.And of course there were others.

I read once that in writing Tambourine Man he was influenced by a film called La Strada...which is my favorite film of all time.All the more reason to see it as my favorite song of all time!

[GOPJ]

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/la-strada-1994

from link:

When Fellini died, the critic Stanley Kauffmann wrote: ... “During his lifetime, many fine filmmakers blessed us with their art, but he was the only one who made us feel that each of his films, whatever its merits, was a present from a friend.”

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I’ve often wondered if La Strada wasn’t the true beginning of the women’s movement...