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Bob Dylan - Nobel Prize

stonemuse
stonemuse Posts: 34,021
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Very appropriate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37643621?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,251
    Great news and well deserved.

    Even if his later stuff has not be great (and he was terrible at the Hop Farm live) his body of work is staggeringly good.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,853
    Well done, Bobby, and richly deserved. A genius and one of my heroes.

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,251
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,021


    https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/786523529101451264
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Just saying, I can't believe he is still alive.

    Well done Bob, even though none of your songs rhyme
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Great news, been a very big fan for well over 50 years, well done Bobby
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,369
    can't think of another 'songwriter' who's won the nobel ..
    still Dylan was always as much poet and on the money social commentator as he was a songsmith .. well deserved accolade for a genius of our generation
  • Nadou
    Nadou Posts: 1,725
    What next for the Bobster, Sports Writers' Footballer of the Year?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,853
    Lincsaddick said:

    can't think of another 'songwriter' who's won the nobel ..
    still Dylan was always as much poet and on the money social commentator as he was a songsmith .. well deserved accolade for a genius of our generation

    Rabindranath Tagore

    I'll get me coat.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,369
    bobmunro said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    can't think of another 'songwriter' who's won the nobel ..
    still Dylan was always as much poet and on the money social commentator as he was a songsmith .. well deserved accolade for a genius of our generation

    Rabindranath Tagore

    I'll get me coat.
    easy for you to say ((:>)

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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,342
    He'll have to go some to react to his win in a better way than Doris Lessing did.

  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    edited October 2016
    A very welcome surprise, can only echo what those above say, very appropriate and well deserved.

    Probably my favourite artist if I had to pick only one.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,042
    I couldn't believe the whince on my face when I read that. He's a decent songwriter, but Nobel Prize, WTF? They really should sort themselves out that lot. Everyone with a Nobel, your work has just been downgraded. And as for poor souls like Lise Meitner, their little sub-atomic particles must be spinning in their graves.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,251
    Stig said:

    I couldn't believe the whince on my face when I read that. He's a decent songwriter, but Nobel Prize, WTF? They really should sort themselves out that lot. Everyone with a Nobel, your work has just been downgraded. And as for poor souls like Lise Meitner, their little sub-atomic particles must be spinning in their graves.

    You can't compare a Nobel prize in literature to one in science. On that basis no literature winner would be worthy.

    As a living writer (you have to be alive to win) he has influence millions and at its best his work is fantastic poetry and other poets have won the Nobel prize.

    That his songs are so often covered shows that he is more than a "decent" songwriter. His lyrics are so poignant, use such a wide variety of references and are very evocative, to me and many others.

    I know Insufferable Addick is a big fan of Dylan and that obviously must make anyone question him but Dylan is so good he can even rise above that.

  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,021
    Stig said:

    I couldn't believe the whince on my face when I read that. He's a decent songwriter, but Nobel Prize, WTF? They really should sort themselves out that lot. Everyone with a Nobel, your work has just been downgraded. And as for poor souls like Lise Meitner, their little sub-atomic particles must be spinning in their graves.

    I've heard that Keith Richards is getting the Nobel Prize for Chemistry :wink:
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,930
    His body of work is incredible. Well deserved.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,369
    Stig said:

    I couldn't believe the whince on my face when I read that. He's a decent songwriter, but Nobel Prize, WTF? They really should sort themselves out that lot. Everyone with a Nobel, your work has just been downgraded. And as for poor souls like Lise Meitner, their little sub-atomic particles must be spinning in their graves.

    all a matter of opinion .. years ago I saw that Saul Bellow had won the nobel lit gong .. so .. went to the library and took out two of his 'best' .. Just NOT to my taste ..
    now Philip Roth ? .. would be a well deserved winner in my opinion .. BUT .. he's upset a lot of people and the brilliant 'Portnoy's Complaint' is regarded by many 'critics' as obscene and pornographic ...
    the most neglected literary genius of the 20/21st century is Stephen King .. if Bellow is worth one, he's worth ten
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,021
    Lincsaddick said:

    Stig said:

    I couldn't believe the whince on my face when I read that. He's a decent songwriter, but Nobel Prize, WTF? They really should sort themselves out that lot. Everyone with a Nobel, your work has just been downgraded. And as for poor souls like Lise Meitner, their little sub-atomic particles must be spinning in their graves.

    all a matter of opinion .. years ago I saw that Saul Bellow had won the nobel lit gong .. so .. went to the library and took out two of his 'best' .. Just NOT to my taste ..
    now Philip Roth ? .. would be a well deserved winner in my opinion .. BUT .. he's upset a lot of people and the brilliant 'Portnoy's Complaint' is regarded by many 'critics' as obscene and pornographic ...
    the most neglected literary genius of the 20/21st century is Stephen King .. if Bellow is worth one, he's worth ten
    Couldn't agree more about King
  • danny777
    danny777 Posts: 222
    Well deserved for his poetry/songwriting.

    Apparently, he's been promised the Peace Prize if he stops playing the harmonica.
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,780
    stonemuse said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    Stig said:

    I couldn't believe the whince on my face when I read that. He's a decent songwriter, but Nobel Prize, WTF? They really should sort themselves out that lot. Everyone with a Nobel, your work has just been downgraded. And as for poor souls like Lise Meitner, their little sub-atomic particles must be spinning in their graves.

    all a matter of opinion .. years ago I saw that Saul Bellow had won the nobel lit gong .. so .. went to the library and took out two of his 'best' .. Just NOT to my taste ..
    now Philip Roth ? .. would be a well deserved winner in my opinion .. BUT .. he's upset a lot of people and the brilliant 'Portnoy's Complaint' is regarded by many 'critics' as obscene and pornographic ...
    the most neglected literary genius of the 20/21st century is Stephen King .. if Bellow is worth one, he's worth ten
    Couldn't agree more about King
    Couldn't agree less about King. Saul Bellow is a fantastic writer - Herzog, Humboldt's Gift etc.

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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Was it mainly for this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,251
    seth plum said:

    Was it mainly for this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus

    Unlikely as it's a cover of an old song.

    Best thing he's done since Desire though.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Playing live in Luxembourg on Saturday night.
    Shall I go ?
    Never been a fan of his music, but as a music icon, its almost a case of saying 'I saw Bob Dylan live' ?
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,023
    The_President said:

    Playing live in Luxembourg on Saturday night.
    Shall I go ?
    Never been a fan of his music, but as a music icon, its almost a case of saying 'I saw Bob Dylan live' ?

    He's got some nice Sinatra covers in his set at the moment.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    EveshamAddick said:

    The_President said:

    Playing live in Luxembourg on Saturday night.
    Shall I go ?
    Never been a fan of his music, but as a music icon, its almost a case of saying 'I saw Bob Dylan live' ?

    He's got some nice Sinatra covers in his set at the moment.
    Ah, maybe that's why there's still some tickets left !

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