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said this:
"... And I don't think any of his songs will survive the generation that idolizes him..."
but you betrayed your utter stupidity by actually committing that nonsensical piece of crap to print. Think: Bob Dylan wrote songs nearly 50 years ago that are still loved, listened to, analyzed and argued over. I think we've made it past more than just ONE generation who idolize him.
Dylan DID change songwriting. No one before him created songs with the inscrutable layers of meaning he did. As great as many songwriters were, songs pre-Dylan were rarely open to much in the way of interpretation. If you'll bother to take the time to read the lyrics to songs like "Chimes of Freedom," "Lay Down Your Weary Tune," the aforementioned "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" or "Love Minus Zero/No Limit," "Subterranean Homesick Blues"... hell, even "Mr. Tambourine Man" for chrissakes, I can't believe even someone as dim as you knuckleheads could miss the brilliant poetry in those and countless other songs.
Hell, read the opening lines of "Like a Rolling Stone" out loud - don't sing them, say them - and tell me Dylan had no impact on future rap composers.
I don't particularly care if someone doesn't like the music I like - it makes it all the more special to me. But it galls me to no end to hear people slam something that they obviously haven't taken the time to understand.
One last thing: Masked and Anonymous is brilliant, not dreadful or whatever the insult was, though I know that Stephanie and I may well be the only people in the world to feel that way. Stephanie, if you actually read these letters, you won my heart the day I read your review of that movie.
