Posted on 09/25/2005 3:47:51 AM PDT by dennisw
Edited on 09/25/2005 10:11:40 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
Bob Dylan = Joan Baez = Martin Scorcese = all the other subverted and, ultimately, wasted talent of my g-g-generation. Nobody but aging boomers will recall this man in the not too distant future.
How do you see Dylan as wasted talent? Whether or not future generations recognize it (and they probably won't because poetry and music has to be taken in context), I think he is one of the greatest poets ever. I'm thinking particularly of songs like Tambourine Man.
the "Blood on the Tracks" alblum was his best.
mark
Wrong.
About Dylan, anyway.
Baez had no talent to waste in the first place.
My favorite Dylan joke was from a sitcom about 80s kids with 60s parents.
One of them puts a Dylan record on, and as a monotone wailing grinds out, the son says:
"Hey that's a real pick-me-up Dad! Are you sure you've got it on the right speed?"
It's all opinion, but if I were you guys I wouldn't invest my children's college money in Dylan LP's. I hate to break the news but the boomer g-g-generation is important to itself alone.
Bob Dylan who is a born again Christan and made a beautiful album about his faith is hardly Joan Biaz. As a matter of fact when he had the Band become a permanent part of his tours and music, Biaz was his most vocal critic. They never made up.
"Bob Dylan who is a born again Christan and made a beautiful album about his faith..."
Unless you know this personally, the claim means nothing. Even then, it means nothing. Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are born again Christians. Jane Fonda was born again. Brittany Spears is a born again, too. Seems like everybody is born again for some reason or another. Except when they die - then everybody is usually found to have been gay.
She was with Big Jim/But she was leaning to the Jack of Hearts.
This was on PBS last week, wasn't it? Unfortunately, I was on travel and missed it. How was it?
"Nobody but aging boomers will recall this man in the not too distant future."
LoL
I believe it's Mon & Tues nite, you didn't miss it
Thanks -- I'll set the VCR.
And Idiot Wind the best song...
"Everytime I hear Dylan, I always start thinking they're talking about former Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. What's wrong with me?
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