The last one's spot on. Great writer, awful singer. Covers of his songs are almost always better than the originals. There's not many artists you can say that about. It's no surprise his biggest 'hit' was Mr Tambourine Man, as covered by The Byrds.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
I kinda wonder if they'd only played Bob's good stuff -"Blood on the Tracks," "Highway 61 Revisited", "Good as I Been to You," "The Basement Tapes," etc.- the results would have been different?
Probably not. People like what they like, and probably his being portrayed as some sort of songwriting god all these years doesn't actually help his case.
Instead of leaning punctuation and spelling in 10th grade English my teacher taught the worship of Dylan. So I also hate him. Thank you Miss Speedwell.
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.
His parents. Only 39.
I just felt my mortality kick me in the face.
I felt the same tinge of wounded mortality (sprinkled liberally with suspended immaturity) upon reading that, but just chose to ignore it.
Anyway, gotta go play with my cat!
Still, it's interesting. They should follow up on this experiment with the same people in 10 years and see the result.
I kinda wonder if they'd only played Bob's good stuff -"Blood on the Tracks," "Highway 61 Revisited", "Good as I Been to You," "The Basement Tapes," etc.- the results would have been different?
Probably not. People like what they like, and probably his being portrayed as some sort of songwriting god all these years doesn't actually help his case.