[Dixielandjazz] Bob Dylan-- Nobel Prize for Literature

[Robert Ringwald]

Dear Norman,

Regarding Bob Dylan, you wrote:

“What’s next?  Donald Trump gets the prize for chastity?”


Naw, I think Bill Clinton already got that prize.

-Bob Ringwald





From: Norman Vickers 
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 9:53 AM
To: Bob Ringwald 
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List 
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Bob Dylan-- Nobel Prize for Literature

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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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