Bob Dylan, no one even comes close, in my amazing opinion. Check out Farewell Angelina if in doubt. Although admittedly if may be difficult to construe old Bob as either rock or pop. The beauty of Dylan, as in all true art, is that it is a vehicle for ones own imagination, and refuses to submit to banal definition.
Originally posted by robbie carrobie Bob Dylan, no one even comes close, in my amazing opinion. Check out Farewell Angelina if in doubt. Although admittedly if may be difficult to construe old Bob as either rock or pop.
I prefer Robert Hunter to Bob Dylan. Kind of contemporaries. And I didn't like the lyrics on Dylan's last 2 or 3 albums at all.
Originally posted by FMF I prefer Robert Hunter to Bob Dylan. Kind of contemporaries. And I didn't like the lyrics on Dylan's last 2 or 3 albums at all.
mm, yes you may have a point, although i get really quite annoyed when the lyricist paints the picture for me.
Originally posted by FMF Dylan's last 3 kind of got anticipated, got clutched, got listened to, got towards the bottom of the pile, got out of mind.
Let's have a Dylan-off.
Dig out his a last few and tell me what to listen to. And I will then berate you or thank you accordingly, in public.
While I'm there I will fess up if I find something that I'd overlooked.
I will put on the headphones and really give your selections a chance. I'm open to persuasion here.
i public flogging, how appealing! actually i am an early Dylan fan before he became a 'Christian?' and although not an aficionado by any manner of means, when viewed in the context of the times, and perhaps even beyond, there is a depth there that i find unsurpassed. That ability to crystallise or bring to the fore some deeply hidden thought that every one feels, and place it as one would a diamond or a ruby in a gem encrusted ring for all to wonder and gaze at. I used to have the vinyl album, Live at Budokan (it may in fact still be at my moms home), which i listened to but did not really like.
Black Francis (don't care much for Frank Black)
Tom Waits
Nick Cave
David Bowie
Morrissey
Michael Gira
John Balance
David Tibet
Rickie Lee Jones
Serge Gainsbourg
Lee Hazlewood
Neil Tennant
Mark E. Smith
Originally posted by FMF Robert Wyatt.
Neil Finn.
Elvis Costello.
Steve Kilbey.
Leonard Cohen.
Andy Partridge.
Mark Kozelek.
David Bowie, come to think of it.
Which I do.
Love Nick Cave, but I must confess (being from the other side of the water) as much as I try to appreciate Canterbury I just can't understand what the hell they are saying!!! I wish I could - I love the music!
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage Black Francis (don't care much for Frank Black)
Tom Waits
Nick Cave
David Bowie
Morrissey
Michael Gira
John Balance
David Tibet
Rickie Lee Jones
Serge Gainsbourg
Lee Hazlewood
Neil Tennant
Mark E. Smith
Favourite lyricists in rock and pop
11 Aug '09 15:23
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