Who is more of an icon (fan, beatles, American, French)

stakeraiser · 09-19-2007, 11:34 AM

By Stephen Colbert logic, Lennon sells more T-shirts, so the market has spoken

TroubleBunch · 09-21-2007, 05:12 PM

I think the nod has got to go to Lennon here. He's commonly held as much more of a revolutionary and visionary.

And of course an early, "before his time", death lends itself very well to icon status. He was never able to get around to doing anything to tarnish his image, like making a CD for Victoria's Secret, Bob!

Frances · 09-21-2007, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

Obviously Lennon because he was killed.

Exactly.

anticipation · 09-22-2007, 10:18 AM

Vladimir Lenin gets my vote.

MURDER JUNKIE · 09-22-2007, 10:51 AM

Dylan Fo' Sho!!!

He was huge in the 80's

Kevorkian Logic · 09-22-2007, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Bane of your existence

Obviously Lennon because he was killed.

agreed

~~Deeleea2000~~ · 09-23-2007, 01:29 AM

Lennon - because listening to Dylan for any extended period makes you suicidal...

Music_fanatic · 09-23-2007, 07:56 AM

Yeah id have 2 go Lennon. Its a close call though.

sleepy jack · 09-23-2007, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CityLightsLikeRain

In defense of my seemingly personal pick with my first post, these are exactly my thoughts on Dylan.

ignorance ftw.

Son of JayJamJah · 09-23-2007, 09:16 PM

Dylan wins the goggle fight, I give him the nod because of his social impact; Lennon was big because of the Beatles and didn't start making deeply thoughtful music with the band around 1966. His solo career was that of a renegade, but many of his fans at the time we're simply longing for the Beatles, he did little to mobilize thought, in fact his death sort of elevated his social impact status. Dylan's music was always driven by it's ability to relate to a generation without a voice. To me Dylan is THEE Folk Music Icon (right or wrong) for American culture. He is the first person you associate with the music Woodstock and the 1960's in general.

Also in The Who's "The Seeker" the title character in his quest for knowledge and music first asks Bobby Dylan then the Beatles...so take that "For What it's Worth" (a song inspired by Bob Dylan by the way)

Also he claims to have made a deal with "the devil", pure Icon shit!

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TroubleBunch Groupie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tempe AZ, by way of Boston Posts: 26	I think the nod has got to go to Lennon here. He's commonly held as much more of a revolutionary and visionary. And of course an early, "before his time", death lends itself very well to icon status. He was never able to get around to doing anything to tarnish his image, like making a CD for Victoria's Secret, Bob! __________________ Uh oh... here comes the Trouble Bunch.

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anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	Vladimir Lenin gets my vote.

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MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	Dylan Fo' Sho!!! He was huge in the 80's

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~~Deeleea2000~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 13	Lennon - because listening to Dylan for any extended period makes you suicidal...

09-23-2007, 07:56 AM	#18 (permalink)
Music_fanatic Groupie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	Yeah id have 2 go Lennon. Its a close call though.

09-23-2007, 09:16 PM	#20 (permalink)
Son of JayJamJah Occams Razor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: End of the Earth Posts: 2,472	Dylan wins the goggle fight, I give him the nod because of his social impact; Lennon was big because of the Beatles and didn't start making deeply thoughtful music with the band around 1966. His solo career was that of a renegade, but many of his fans at the time we're simply longing for the Beatles, he did little to mobilize thought, in fact his death sort of elevated his social impact status. Dylan's music was always driven by it's ability to relate to a generation without a voice. To me Dylan is THEE Folk Music Icon (right or wrong) for American culture. He is the first person you associate with the music Woodstock and the 1960's in general. Also in The Who's "The Seeker" the title character in his quest for knowledge and music first asks Bobby Dylan then the Beatles...so take that "For What it's Worth" (a song inspired by Bob Dylan by the way) Also he claims to have made a deal with "the devil", pure Icon shit!