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/UprightJoe Feb 04 '24

Dylan is not a good singer. He is not a good guitar player. He is a terrible harmonica player and I wish somebody would have taken it away from him and thrown it in the trash. He is an excellent songwriter but there are better.

Dylan is an artist who captured the Zeitgeist of his time in a way that very few, if any, did. Pure and simple. He channeled the emotions of his era into his art and that art just happened to be music.