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The difference being, of course, that Bruce can carry a tune. What exactly does "uncontrived" music sound like?

The difference being, of course, that Dylan, or Neil Young for that matter, doesn't march lockstep with the infantile neo-marxist ideology. Oops, I meant theology!

Semantics games? Cool! What does "uncontrived" mean? Not in my dictionaries!

Dylan, or Neil Young for that matter, doesn't march lockstep with the infantile neo-marxist ideology.

Good choices, amigo. Dylan and Neil are probably my two favorite musicians. ....Although I have to admit that I've been a bit disappointed in Young's work the past 5 years or so.

Dylan, in particular, hated to be placed in an ideological box. Many still think he was some sort of leftist, Vietnam protest folkie in the 60's, but the fact of the matter is that ALL of his antiwar material - and it appeared on only 2 or 3 of his 30+ albums - was both written and recorded before our troops were engaged in Vietnam. But perception is everything, so it seems, and Dylan will forever be placed in the same category as Joan Baez and her ilk by the ignorant.

By 1965, Dylan had exorcised almost every ounce of political ideology from his music.

Byb Dylan and Neil Young? Who's next on your list of great talents? Cheryl Crow? Dream Street? Oh I forgot, It's a musician's politics that determine there worth as an artist. Let's put in some Pat Boone and boogie down. Maybe throw in a little Stryper. Isn't John Tesh a bit of a conservative? Crank It!

I guess in your book Cher, Jackson Browne and the dozens of other musicians with obnoxous politics are not to be listened to or enjoyed in any manner, regardless of talent or contribution to music.

I have absolutely no ability to sing whatsoever, I'm also not a marxist. This gives me two things in common with Dylan and Young.