Bob Dylan
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I love Bob Dylan, but I really don't care if you don't. There is no other artist that I feel such a deep connection to when I listen to his music. His lyrics are very poetic and he is a great story teller. People who don't like him just don't understand.
dylan is neither underrated or overrated. hes bob dylan
I apologise to the forum for my last post. When I see that Black eyed peas and avril Lavigne are rated higher than dylan and the beatles I realise that I have wandered on to the junior school section. Sincere apologies
I think people should state their age when criticising artists. I have read on so many forums:- dylan is overated or the beatles, or hendrix or the Stones. It is easy for a 20 year old to state this. Music is very often of an era and belongs to that era. I am not an elvis fan because he was not of my time. To diss dylan because he has an 'annoying voice' is from someone who dosn't get it and is a very puerile musical criticism. As for comments about catchy songs? dylan was not primarily about catchy songs. he wrote consistently better lyrics and songs than anyone. his output and quality has diminished over the years but the plaudits as the most important artist of the 20th century is richly deserved. And Cynigal - be proud of having the taste to admire pure genius
Ouch! I hate to admit it. I'm a Dylan fan, have been since I was 7 years old and forced to recite Subterranean Homesick Blues for my folks' friends. Well, not forced really. It was more like "Oh how cute, she knows all the words by heart... Okay, that's enough now honey.... Honey? Honey! That's $%%*! enough already!!!!" I still know it by heart too. "Johnny's in the basement mixin' up the medicine, I'm on the pavement thinkin' 'bout the government....etc. etc." see? SEE? Dylan should rate Superstellar, only, he is friggin' everywhere these days! Highly disturbing to those of us who stuck it out through the dark years between "Street Legal" and "Empire Burlesque", who used to pride ourselves in his obscurity, who loved those bizarre songs nobody else could stand. And hell, anybody half as Cynical and grumpy as I am has to send a semi-reverential shout out to Dylan, with his attitude (Capital TUDE) and his dark, often snide lyrics. But this PBS special, Syndicated Radio Show, presidential award mumbo jumbo has got to stop! It just has to. Next thing you know, he'll win the Nobel Peace prize or something, I'm sorry but that is seriously crossing the line. I like my Dylan underappreciated and obscure, thank you.
I agree with ariko
Whilst he remains one of the greatest lyricists ever, his melodies fail too match up. Also his singing voice is dull, flat and boring.
Bob dylan has an annoying voice, i guess he has good lyrics and maybe he's a cool character but its not enough. his melodies are very plane and his voice is a torture device.
While I like some of Bob's songs I have to say that he isn't all of that. His voice is monotone and it seems he is just reading most of the time and he tends to take himself too seriously. Too many 60's folk think he is a prophet... time to move on.
@Mav27
A brief look into Dylan's catalog will provide you with quite a few "catchy songs". Hurricane, Like a Rolling Stone, All along the Watchtower, Knockin' on Heaven's Door and Blowin' in the Wind. And that's just off the top of my head.
Big-time overrated. People act like he was some sort of prophet. How about writing a catchy song?
If you sit down and listen to his music, it begins to sound like beautiful poetry set to fitting music. Bob is great, and in my opinion proved that you didn't have to have a good voice when you're a great artist.
When Woody Guthrie was on death's door, young folk musicians the nation over pilgrimaged to see him and sing with him before his death. Bob Dylan was one of those, and in fact borrowed his unique vocal style from the dying Guthrie. The only problem is that what Dylan took for style was actually the speech slurred side effect of the illness taking Guthrie's life.
He's written some good songs. So have a lot of other people. His voice is contrived. It's nauseating how much is made about him.
The man has the most annoying voice in rock history and his pretentious lyrics and overly long songs are largely unlistenable.
Bob Dylan is very overrated, at least in the US. Because his songs are not very strong on a purely musical level, his music is not particular popular on an international level.
Everyone who has a problem with Dylan needs to give a listen to Nashville Skyline to get even a taste of what a diverse and ridiculous (in a good way) talent Dylan is/was.
To the people who say that dylan is boring and doesnt change genres all I can respond with is 2 albums: Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde
I actually like Bob Dylan (in small amounts). Although his lyrics are good, I think he's overrated.
I agree with boring, but I would have to add mind-numbing, lacking creativity, ugly, uninspiring, outdone by his son (Wallflowers? yikes...), and, well, I just don't get why any one would listen to his music. The one guy would tried to get me to like Dylan was unable to show me any music that I could get the least bit excited about. I think he listened to him only to impress other people, which he wasn't doing.
I think Bob Dylan really sucks. People say he can change his genre of music, but I haven't heard him sing anything but boring folk. I would love to see him belt out some REAL ROCK or some POP. But what he generates is for old, stodgy, naval gazers.
I disagree. He can change the genre and style of music that he plays in ways that few other artists and bands can. He is also a master wordsmith. I also think that his voice is not as bad as people say it is (which is why i put him as underrated).
Most overrated American musician in history.. bores me to tears.
