Dylan
Oct 13, 2016 08:21:58 #
Best news in a very long time. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you read his music as poetry, it is sheer poetry. Been a fan since the early 60's. Don't think twice, it's all right.
Oct 13, 2016 08:30:24 #
I just saw that. He's getting old so I'm glad they recognized him now. Always a great fan of his.
Oct 13, 2016 08:36:49 #
I to am a fan since the 60's, but my wife doesn't like his singing so I don't play him often. I have noticed that on the last couple of CD's that I purchased by him his style has changed.
boberic wrote:
Best news in a very long time. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you read his music as poetry, it is sheer poetry. Been a fan since the early 60's. Don't think twice, it's all right.
Oct 13, 2016 08:39:40 #
Oct 13, 2016 08:42:37 #
Great recognition for a great poet! It was a slim year for jaymatts... 
Oct 13, 2016 09:08:33 #
Brucej67 wrote:
I to am a fan since the 60's, but my wife doesn't like his singing so I don't play him often. I have noticed that on the last couple of CD's that I purchased by him his style has changed.
Dylan was constantly morphing in his life and his work. One of the reasons the Nobel Prize Committee awarded the Nobel Prize to him.
Oct 13, 2016 09:36:15 #
WayneT wrote:
I just saw that. He's getting old so I'm glad they recognized him now. Always a great fan of his.
AND how fabulous to be recognized for his "poetry" and by such an august body ! ! !
Oct 13, 2016 11:13:39 #
An interesting choice, considering all the great writers who never received the Nobel prize. Surely they recognized his writing skills, not his singing!
The scientists I know consider the Nobel prizes in physics, medicine and chemistry the least 'political' of the prizes (but not entirely divorced from politics.) The Nobel prize in Economics has largely been a liberal trope. The Nobel Peace prize has too often been something of a political farce. Obama? Really?? (As one commentator put it, he got the prize for 'not being George W. Bush'.)
As recently as a year or two ago, one of the Nobel committee members was quoted as saying that 'Americans are too insular in their writing' to be considered for the Nobel prize in Literature. I guess they got 'used to it'.
The scientists I know consider the Nobel prizes in physics, medicine and chemistry the least 'political' of the prizes (but not entirely divorced from politics.) The Nobel prize in Economics has largely been a liberal trope. The Nobel Peace prize has too often been something of a political farce. Obama? Really?? (As one commentator put it, he got the prize for 'not being George W. Bush'.)
As recently as a year or two ago, one of the Nobel committee members was quoted as saying that 'Americans are too insular in their writing' to be considered for the Nobel prize in Literature. I guess they got 'used to it'.
Oct 13, 2016 11:33:58 #
Look at the CD "Fallen Angel" this is way different than his other works.
jsenear wrote:
Dylan was constantly morphing in his life and his work. One of the reasons the Nobel Prize Committee awarded the Nobel Prize to him.
Oct 13, 2016 14:13:18 #
Oct 13, 2016 19:41:12 #
What a great choice! Boberic, you beat me to it - didn't see your post when I posted later (I guess I was too excited). I know this may seem a strange choice to some, but he was the poet of our age - always reinventing himself, always relevant. I heard him first in the early 60s, and while I was surprised at first by his voice, his lyrics spoke to me (and still do) in so many different ways. I've seen him live many times, and he's coming to DPAC in Durham, NC on November 4th, and I intend to be there. I've already specified that Like a Rolling Stone be played at my funeral when I'm gone (along with some Baez, PP&M, and Judy Collins)
Oct 14, 2016 06:38:06 #
TriX wrote:
What a great choice! Boberic, you beat me to it - ... (show quote)
I have a friend who wants I Shall Be Released played at his funeral, although the Band's recording rather than Bob's.
Oct 14, 2016 07:02:19 #
boberic wrote:
Best news in a very long time. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you read his music as poetry, it is sheer poetry. Been a fan since the early 60's. Don't think twice, it's all right.
Yes, I was glad to see that in the news.
Oct 14, 2016 07:12:10 #
boberic wrote:
Best news in a very long time. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you read his music as poetry, it is sheer poetry. Been a fan since the early 60's. Don't think twice, it's all right.
The documentary done about him and the Pink house some time ago was fantastic. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/30/us/bob-dylan-big-pink-house-for-rent/
This award to him I think was well deserved.
Oct 14, 2016 12:05:23 #
boberic wrote:
Best news in a very long time. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. If you read his music as poetry, it is sheer poetry. Been a fan since the early 60's. Don't think twice, it's all right.
I like Dylan's songs....sung by somebody else. Usually Joan Baez.
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