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...A panty-pandering prostitute! I always thought the guy was a phony--a bargain-basement Woody Guthrie imitator. I think it's obvious, since he made that stupid ad for Victoria's Secret, and authorized the Bank of Montreal to use "Times are a-Changin'", that this sour clown will SELL ANYTHING as long as he gets paid enough...ya know, the guy who groused about propaganda and commercialization. Thank heavens for musicians like Tom Waits, who not only refuses his songs to be used for commercials, but is a genuinely decent human being...Is anyone sick of people wondering what was at the heart of Dylan's (and incidentally, Ronald Reagan's!) "beautiful soul"? Answer: NOTHING!! Just because someone sings, writes or orates in supposedly deep platitudes doesn't mean there's anything substantial at all at the heart of it. Sometimes it's just blather.
Certainly many will disagree with me--but be warned; anyone who tells me about the revelational meaningfulness of Mr. Zimmerman will get one response--
"PANTIES! PANTIES PANTIES!"
