[lbo-talk] A sample from Bob Dylan's memoir

[Louis Kontos]

Carl,
Did Dylan do something bad to your sister or something else we should all
know about, that would help make sense of your recent posts? It doesn't seem
that you know much about Dylan or music or writing. You do seem, though, to
have strong opinions on these subjects.
Dylan, I say again, is a serious artist -- which sets him apart from almost
the entirety of our cultural wasteland (no small achievement). The story of
Dylan's decline, demise, selling-out, etc. was written a long time ago. The
only problem with this story, whatever purpose it serves, is that Dylan
still creates powerful music, non-stop. I could list a few dozen recent
Dylan songs that are pure genius, unparalleled in every way. But what's the
point? All I see on this list is a bunch of people that stopped listening to
Dylan in 66, or whenever, and who figure that their opinion on something
they know nothing about (by their own account) is worth something.
What makes 'Pawn in their Game' or 'Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll' more
political than 'Political World' or 'Dark Eyes'? Anybody? Are these 'early'
songs better artistically than 'I and I' or 'Jokerman'? Do explain.
Frankly, I'd like to remind Carl and few others, there's an onus on people
who contribute opinions in a public forum to know about the subject on which
they opine.
Louis  


>> From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>> 
>> I was born in the spring of 1941. The Second World War was already
>> raging in Europe, and America would soon be in it. The world was being
>> blown apart and chaos was already driving its fist into the face of all
>> new visitors...
> 
> <Snore>  He can't write either.
> 
> Carl
> 
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