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Bob Dylan
BeoPuppy:
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Spluff:
He released approximately 73% of all the worlds music.
Thrillho:
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He made it allowed to be literate and intelligent with your music. He made rock slightly harder-rockin'. And he managed to change directions with your music completely and still be called a genius.
StaedlerMars:
You mean his music right?
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 10 Mar 2009, 17:40 ---I saw both live last year.
It's Neil.
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It's Neil covering Dylan songs.
Mr. Young cover All Along the Watchtower was one of the greatest things I have seen/heard
Inlander:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid on 13 Mar 2009, 16:49 ---He made it allowed to be literate and intelligent
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--- Quote from: tender on 13 Mar 2009, 18:51 ---He opened the doors of literacy and intelligence to everyone.
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I'm sorry but that's a completely ridiculous argument that stems from the common belief that popular music started in the 1950s with the creation of rock 'n' roll. Here are some very literate and intelligent songs that were extremely popular in the 1930s. You might recognise them:
"I Get a Kick Out of You", by Cole Porter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtwO2tKZmwQ
"Isn't It a Pity", by George & Ira Gershwin (hey, check out the full lyrics here - Ira Gershwin name-checks Schopenhauer!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMefeMj1s9s
Here's a couple of great ones: "Manhattan" by Rodgers and Hart is from 1925!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMy7q1sQalw
Basically what I'm trying to say is that there was a period in American popular music decades before Bob Dylan came along where every songwriter was trying to out-do the others in the cleverness and wittiness and topicality of their lyrics.
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