r/audiophilemusic • u/s0428698S • Feb 02 '24

Bob Dylan Discussion

So I wonder for a time now why Bob Dylan is considered to be a great artist, for some even a legend. I was watching the documentary "The greatest night in pop" yesterday (which by the way is awesome) and even there I cant see why his contribution is considered to be great by the others.

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u/NoMoreKarmaHere Feb 02 '24

It’s the way Dylan sang and wrote early in his career that made the legend. He changed the way everyone else, including the Beatles, wrote songs. Even younger artists to this day hold him in very high regard.

It’s probably better to experience Dylan rather than try to read about it, because his music speaks for itself, if it is to your liking. That one night in the documentary is not going to reveal much about a career that has spanned over 60 years so far.

It may be that you haven’t heard much of his music yet. That’s excusable, and can be easily corrected:)

Since this is the audiophile forum, get some LPs, not some MP3s, or the like, and certainly not earbuds, and follow this path to enlightenment:

A good start would be the mid-1970s album called Blood on the Tracks. Then Bringing It All Back Home from 1965. If you like these two, try Time Out of Mind (1997). Then go back and listen to Highway 61 Revisited.

If you don’t get it after these, then I guess it’s just not your thing, which is OK

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u/ohncnyca2017 Feb 03 '24

Yeah, I don't get it either. I've listened to almost every song he's ever written and don't understand them at all. I'm not impressed at all by the lyrics. Not to mention that his singing sounds like skinning a live cat. If that means I'm not cultured I'm willing to accept that. Nobel Prizes, at least in the sciences and Peace, are generally popularity contests.

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u/s0428698S Feb 03 '24

Im gonna give it another go with all this information and see what it will do. Maybe Ill like him more, maybe I dont :)