Neil is great, but he just is not in the same league as Dylan.
To put his career into perspective, you have to realise that in 1965 or thereabouts, at the (then) peak of his career as a folk singer, he turned his back on his core audience.
Dylan didn`t "sell out"-work such as "Like a rolling stone" or "It`s alright Ma" were totally uncommercial.
It was like nothing else which had gone before-to this day, I consider lyrics like-
"Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Make everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It’s easy to see without looking too far
That not much is really sacred"
- to be both relevant and ground breaking.
(From the same song-"He not busy being born is busy dying"!)
It`s not a fair comparison-Neil is a brilliant singer/songwriter.
Dylan is a genius.
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