[Dixielandjazz] Bob Dylan-- Nobel Prize for Literature

[Norman Vickers]

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From: Norman Vickers

 

OK.  So Bob Dylan, in an unusual nomination, receives Nobel Prize for
literature!

Now that's a first-one who's  known primarily for his music ( such as it is)
gets a literary prize as THE best!

 

What's next?  Donald Trump gets the prize for chastity?

 

I must say that, as a member of the older generation, I didn't venerate any
of the musical  or lyrical compositions of his.

 

Sometime approx. '78 or '79, Dylan put on a one-man show locally at the
University of West Florida's field-house.  My (then) young son and I went.
He sang, played guitar and at one point played guitar and had a neck-piece
to hold his diatonic harmonica.  I must say that I was unimpressed and we
left about halfway through his show.  I confess that I didn't listen to
enough of the rest of his material to be able to evaluate his lyrics.

 

Note that I  still like  Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Burl Ives so it's not
the genre that I 

am unappreciative, it's that what little I've heard of Dylan has failed to
generate interest for me.

 

Any thoughts?  What have I missed that the Nobel committee was enthralled
with?

 

Norman

 

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