Bob Dylan?
 

What do you guys think about his lyrics? My opinion is that they are possibly the greatest ballads and protest songs ever but people that i hang out with hate them and think they're weird.

MY opinion is that this doesn't belong in this part of MusicBanter. But hey, I'm no mod. Take it away, Urban!

dude, there not as good as u say they are, but there alright. John lennon has some of the strongest protest song out there.

BD doesn't do it for me. Great songwriter. Terrible singer.

He sure sucked live.

im not talking about how he played or his singing im talking about his lyrics

I can't believe there's not another Bob Dylan thread on all of MB :rolleyes:.

At least now we have one in the songwriting forum. :rolleyes:

Pawned.

Bob Dylan is especially great with lyrics.
His voice, on the other hand, is a different matter.

Since we're discussing this, a penny for my thoughts.

Bob is one of my favorite artists of all time. I think his lyrics are poetry. And call my crazy, but I do like the man's voice. It's raw, honest. Fits his lyrics.

^^ same here as weird as it sounds

Great. Now I have something in common with Folkie.

BD is one of my favorite vocalists ever.
And if my thought-dreams could be seen/they'd probably put my head in a guillotine/but it's alright ma/it's life and life only-Bobby D

i dont get it (probably a generational thing)
hes a great lyricist
not a great songwriter
you gotta write more than a few acoustic chords and some trad blues to qualify as a great songwriter for me.

plus the dude doesnt sing he mumbles...

^ On the contrary, I never misunderstand what Bob's saying in his songs. It's not mumbling, that's just his regular, shaky voice. I dig it.

He's done much more than that, I'm not sure where people get this argument...

cause thats all singersongwriters ever seem to do...
and hes the archetype
i dotn know enough of his discography to argue
but from what ive heard
overrated to the max

Do the homework before you hand-in the paper ;)

im not saying i havent heard a lot
just not his entire discography...

What have you heard? Christ, he's nothing if not eclectic. He's hardly an archetypical singer-songwriter.

I agree that Dylan's great, but you've got to admit he's a bit corny and when that mixes with Country and the small amount of Techno he's brought to his music it does sound a bit weird... but don't get me wrong I love Dylan. My older brother and my dad played him for me like three years ago, strangely enough though I havnt bought a CD of his yet.

He does have a strange singing voice, but I think he does it well. His lyrics are great, too. One of my favorites.

Dylan brought a small amount of techno to music?

How is he corny? Where are you getting this? No, Lay Lady, Lay doesn't count.

the times, they are achangin'

yeh i like what he says, not just words and he has a different sound. his voice is unique better than some of those nice voices we here all the time that are comerically viable and sing about the same old stuff. it gives hope to us less vocally challenged, if only i could wright like him. others that come to mind like guthrie and cohen also have lyrics that say something.

^^ ya i cant sing worth crap so i really loom up to him 0_o