[lbo-talk] Why are we still turning to Dylan for the soundtrackto our demonstrations?

[joanna]

Well, you know, some people speak of Dylan as if he were the kind of 
musician that Johnson was -- the sort that you could listen to a million 
times and still feel like you could hear it a million times more, like 
you could never get to the bottom of it. And Dylan, evokes that 
greatness but doesn't fulfill it -- that's why words like "poseur" and 
"simulation" come up for me when I think of Dylan. He most certainly did 
brilliantly encapsulate a great deal of fabulous sixties angst. True.

Joanna

Mark Bennett wrote:


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>But, you know, play some Robert Johnson; play some Dylan. Tell me about
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>I'm by no means a Dylan enthusiast, but this comparison is a bit unfair,
>is it not?  Sure, Dylan can scarcely hold his own in a stand-off with
>Robert Johnson; but damn few can, black, brown, or beige.  There was
>reason everyone thought Johnson sold his soul to the devil . . . 
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