Obama won a "peace prize" (for no tangible reason whatsoever). Bob won the literature prize. Since most Nobel literature prizes go to some obscure author who wrote a piece of PC drek that no one outside of the Nobel literary committee ever heard of, I would argue that Bob's Nobel prize is more deserved than *many* of the past prizes. After all, many millions of people actually do listen to his music.
Hello and good morning. Yes, I do like Bob and have listened, laughed and cried to his music for over 40 years. And many times I was just as loaded as he was.
I like to read, I do not own a tv (have not for over 25 yrs), I do not spend money or time on movies, music or sports.
On average, I read over 250 books a year of all kinds. I am not bragging here I actually feel that sometimes it is not good.
(Over 400 books in 1 yr is my record/I was incarcerated).
I also try to keep copies of as much of everything I read (sometimes things on the INTERNET are hard to keep, duh. It also mean I have lost thousands of books over the years)
Just as a note to my fanaticism with reading and research, there are times when I have re-read old material from different translators; for example an old translation of ‘Plato’s Republic’ and a modern day translation. (Wish I could read more languages better). The differences are often quite notable. Also, I read 2 different copies of Koran/Quran, let me tell u some weird stuff there) but I also observed this weirdness in most theological, religious or meta-physically oriented material I read.
Anyway point is from the ancients (Homer, Aeneid etc to many modern fictional & non-fictional writers of the present day-this includes many versions of the bible, etc) I try to stay informed. (For example I may never have seen an entire Clooney movie, but I know who the idiot is- I do not have a good opinion of most of Hollywood- I mean really ‘hedonism central’ giving out advice, lol)
Not picking on Bob, and of course it is just my opinion, but Bob was probably not the most Nobel worthy, and obscurity is often refreshing, but also, often not.
Well in closing let me say, I will agree, Bob deserved his Noble way more then Obama or Krugman deserved theirs.