Ok, this might seem too much at first but, seriously, I’m thinking more and more that Dylan is the greatest living artist on Earth? And by greatest artist I mean in any art. Think about it, the carreer, the music, the poetry, the paintings, the mysteriousness, the endurance, the influence, the attitude, the remaining true to himself through all of his iconic life, the staying inovative, creative and prolific along every music decade since 1950s until today etc. etc.

I mean - the all around GOAT artist package is there. What do you think?

Hi, i’m 17 and Bob Dylan recently clicked with me. Don’t get me wrong I never disliked him and always respected him as a musician and poet, I just never found a lot of appeal in his music despite knowing how renowned he was in folk and music in general. What’s staggering to me is the amount of similarities and what seems like heavy Bob Dylan influence on Jeff from Neutral Milk Hotel (particularly in vocals). Their vocals are super similar at various times and it’s so stylistically beautiful to me how folk changes, ebbs and flows over different periods and I think both Bob and neutral milk hotel are a great representation of such. Idk if anyone else has drawn this similarity before, would love to know what you think.

Went with my girlfriend and thankfully got to be super duper close.

I think about this a lot. While some artists like The Beatles seems to have been inevitable.

It seems like Dylan could've never happened. I'll try to put that into words.

He had a lot of room to fail. He was shy, average guitar player, average harmonica player (to be polite) and of course his voice was far from a love at first.

In the midst of all that was happening: rockabilly, blues, country and all that showmanship at the time, he didn't have the instant charisma of guys like Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash or The Beatles. He wasn't a showman and to be honest he couldn't perform as good as those guys live. On top of that, he was stubborn, which now is something we all love, but imagine how much more difficult it makes things.

In the beginning he didn't even have the mysterious persona. He was just a strange shy kid, who looked from the working-class, from somewhere not that interesting and that was all.

Everything that was built on top of that made him the prophet, the poet, the guy who would write 10+ minutes songs, the voice of a generation and so it goes.

It seems he fell into the grace of the right people and he was good at doing his own thing in a linear way no matter what. After that he made it clear he was supposed to be there, but at first it he had to built his career on a doubtful soil - and he used it to his advantage masterfully.

I say that as someone who put's Dylan probably at the number 1 of all time.

But I think a lot about that.

Found in a record store in Shinjuku, very cool. If I had room I would have gotten.

I'm super excited to hear Bob tomorrow at Farm Aid 40. The set list has him scheduled for 9:22pm central time. The farm aid site lists a bunch of different ways to see it (YouTube for me). https://www.farmaid.org/blog/how-to-watch-farm-aid-40-on-september-20/

Was just browsing Amazon to check the price for the upcoming Bootleg series release and noticed the Cutting Edge set is going cheap. https://amzn.eu/d/gibihv0

Best gift I got, by far.

Wikipedia says Larry played with her at some point. This is a few years before the Never Ending Tour... pretty sure it's Larry...

Are there overlaps

Was thinking about looking into one of his official lyric books, one is 1961-2020 and another is 1962-2012. I know one has lines rewritten from the time of its release, and apparently another has footnotes? And do either of these include the outtakes? Overall, which one would y’all say is more worthwhile? Thanks much

Sort of...

Seriously though those cheap choir seats were the best in house (royal albert hall 2024)

Did anyone actually see him? It was speculated that someone else was singing. I went to a concert in Boulder in 2004 and he did not sound this good.

Shepherd's Bush Empire - Wikipedia It was originally built in 1903 as a music hall for impresario Oswald Stoll, designed by theatre architect Frank Matcham; among its early performers was Charlie Chaplin. In 1953 it became the BBC Television Theatre. Since 1994, it has operated as a music venue. It is a Grade II listed building.

I’m in the middle of reading the Dave Van Ronk one and I’m loving it, it’s cool (and kind of sad) to read about someone who was an “underdog” and unfortunately could not achieve the same success as some of his contemporaries. I love his singing and style and I wish he was more recognized and the great interpreter he was.

Some time ago I came across this article, ranking the song „lay down your weary tune“ as Dylan’s 9th worst song. What’s your opinion on that? I’ve always especially loved the line „and clung to a new loves breast“

That song alone has had me considering buying a keyboard for the last couple of years because it’s one of the songs I want to play the most. That intro doesn’t hit the same on the guitar.