Dylan wins the Nobel prize for literature

[walrus]

I've seen Dylan about 8 times. Had most of his disks until my car got broken into. Dylan is an American institution. When I grow up I want to be just like him

[walrus]

Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin to be so quiet

[Gandalf]

I don't know what it means to be regarded as the best at something like writing, but I do enjoy several Dylan albums. Tbh, I don't really really pay much attention to a lot of the speed induced lyrics I hear on Highway 61 or Blonde on Blonde. I like them as musical pieces more. The lyric writing was better for me on the earlier folky, protest albums, but I prefer those tunes a lot less. I think where it really meshes well is on Time out of Mind. I enjoy both the lyrics and the music on that one and think they both complement one another well. That and Blood on the Tracks are his best albums.

[Beanz]

Not bad for a 21 year old. It is so cinematic and all enveloping like a journey thru songs from previous generations and yet so new that when Ginsberg heard it he apparently had to sit down and admit that the man bringing him to tears had picked up a guantlet that he had no business wearing. Then factor in the form and the deep knowledge of songs like it that preceded it in folk music for a hundred years + before, and then the ability of a young Dylan to be much more than a Woody lite and the restraint with which he sings words like

'I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'
I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.'

[walrus]

How many musicians have done what Dylan has done. Blowin in the wind then three years later desolation row. Touring damn near non stop since the 80's. When read his lyrics are poetry. Never emptied the well. Still producing great stuff over fifty years into his career. Seriously the GOAT. I bet he would kicks floyds ass in the ring.

[Batman]

Heres a video for all boxing fans, if you like Dylan or not you should take a look at this