I won't see the Dylan film but I still love his music.

Raynine

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Another movie about Bob Dylan is about to be released. I won’t be going to see it. It will be a commercialized, shallow venture. I think he was great, and he was definitely the musical Norman Rockwell of the 1960’s. When I first heard him I didn’t get it. I had a hard time getting past his voice and style that was so different. I was all into Paul Revere and the Raiders and Lovin spoonful. Then the band I was in did some of his songs. They actually said something and had thoughtful themes.

Before Dylan, I only heard the music, after, I listened to the words. I was only 19 and had no brains then so I guess I can forgive myself. Creativity is important and it is in short supply these days. Lucky for us, we had Dylan. He was a real-life antihero. They gave him a Nobel Prize to suck him into the mainstream and I was sad that he accepted it. He probably did it for the money and his family.

In my opinion this was his best song:


 
Another movie about Bob Dylan is about to be released. I won’t be going to see it. It will be a commercialized, shallow venture. I think he was great, and he was definitely the musical Norman Rockwell of the 1960’s. When I first heard him I didn’t get it. I had a hard time getting past his voice and style that was so different. I was all into Paul Revere and the Raiders and Lovin spoonful. Then the band I was in did some of his songs. They actually said something and had thoughtful themes.

Before Dylan, I only heard the music, after, I listened to the words. I was only 19 and had no brains then so I guess I can forgive myself. Creativity is important and it is in short supply these days. Lucky for us, we had Dylan. He was a real-life antihero. They gave him a Nobel Prize to suck him into the mainstream and I was sad that he accepted it. He probably did it for the money and his family.

In my opinion this was his best song:


Dylan was a great composer and lyricist, but a horrible singer. I love his music as long as anyone else is singing it
 
I was a teenage when Dylan was writing and playing his songs.
Back then his music was kinda boring to me.
I was into Rock & Roll like the Stones, Kinks, and the Beatles.
But after the years went by I listened to the words of his music.
He was an amazing poet of his generation.
Although, I'll admit his music is an acquired taste and not appreciated by everybody.
 
I saw Dylan a few years ago. It was interesting. He never said a word. At the end of the show he stood, gave a small nod and walked off. End of show. No one seemed to mind.

I've always liked Dylan. I will probably see the movie once it's on television and I can see it for free. The thing is, I loved The Band. I always hate I never got the see them.
 
He had interesting concepts and ideas, very popular with many singers.

Meh, to each their own. Maybe his story is interesting.
 
I never cared for him one way or the other....His songs seemed more like background music better suited for commercials.
I was doing plays while in the Army back in the mid-sixties. We had a great sound system in our theatre and we 'looped' Bob Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home" album along with Earl Scruggs "Foggy Mountain Banjo" album, also very popular at the time. We played them constantly and never got tired of either. It was background music for us.

Actually, I'm working on his rendition of "Girl from the North Country". I love the guitar part but am struggling with the F# over D7. My fingers won't cooperate.
 
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They gave him a Nobel Prize to suck him into the mainstream and I was sad that he accepted it. He probably did it for the money and his family.

He initially did not accept it. He finally relented.


After months of uncertainty and controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature at a jovial, champagne-laced ceremony on Saturday, the Swedish Academy announced.

The academy, which awards the coveted prize, ended prolonged speculation as to whether the 75-year-old troubadour would use a concert stopover in Stockholm to accept the gold medal and diploma awarded to him back in October.

They were handed to Dylan at a “private ceremony in Stockholm” attended by 12 academy members, Sara Danius, the academy’s permanent secretary, said in a blog post. “Spirits were high. Champagne was had,” she confided.
 
Another movie about Bob Dylan is about to be released. I won’t be going to see it. It will be a commercialized, shallow venture.
I understand.
... When I first heard him I didn’t get it. I had a hard time getting past his voice and style
Me too.
... I was only 19 and had no brains
I'm sure that's not true.
In my opinion this was his best song ......
No.

best Acoustic:
The Times They Are A-Changin'

best Electric: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again



 
I was doing plays while in the Army back in the mid-sixties. We had a great sound system in our theatre and we 'looped' Bob Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home" album along with Earl Scruggs "Foggy Mountain Banjo" album, also very popular at the time. We played them constantly and never got tired of either. It was background music for us.

Actually, I'm working on his rendition of "Girl from the North Country". I love the guitar part but am struggling with the F# over D7. My fingers won't cooperate.
See what I'm talkin' about?

Bob worked out great for this:

 
One of the things I really like about Dylan is that he is never political and he never was. In the 1960's he took a musical picture of what was happening and displayed it for all to see. Unlike Joan Baez who was trying to change the picture, Dylan just told it as it was. I don't think another Dylan could succeed today. The government would probably declare anything like that as subversive.
 
Another movie about Bob Dylan is about to be released. I won’t be going to see it. It will be a commercialized, shallow venture. I think he was great, and he was definitely the musical Norman Rockwell of the 1960’s. When I first heard him I didn’t get it. I had a hard time getting past his voice and style that was so different. I was all into Paul Revere and the Raiders and Lovin spoonful. Then the band I was in did some of his songs. They actually said something and had thoughtful themes.

Before Dylan, I only heard the music, after, I listened to the words. I was only 19 and had no brains then so I guess I can forgive myself. Creativity is important and it is in short supply these days. Lucky for us, we had Dylan. He was a real-life antihero. They gave him a Nobel Prize to suck him into the mainstream and I was sad that he accepted it. He probably did it for the money and his family.

In my opinion this was his best song:


I saw the movie.

It was actually very entertaining.

Fwiw : Monica Barbaro (imho), playing Joan Baez, absolutely stole the show.



(Yeah. Timothy Chalomet was a very good lead, too.)
 

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