Bob Dylan

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I agree, never understood the adulation, shite voice (unless he was being ironic), and average songs.

lucky most music critics were off their tits on LSD, weed and coke at the time, people thought his quite generic lyrics were poetry and generational.

Shame no one in the music industry at the time took him under their wing and explained to the lad that he's more of a Bernie Taupin than an Elton John and just got him to give his lyrics to some **** that could hold a tune.
Hilarious really that the flower power generation that prided themselves on perceptiveness and social awareness were scammed en mass by a tramp with a drug problem.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

The noise my cat makes when having a shit has more artistic merit than Ian brown.

F.E.A.R... Feline Excretion Audible Racket ?

 

[M16 citeh]

Prefer bob vylan tbh

 

[urban genie]

He's a lot better than most of the Manchester crowd that many on here seem to laud - none of them can sing, Ian Brown especially.

If you look deeper there isn't many Mancunian singers, can think of 3-4

Ian Brown certainly isn't one the wool ****, and yes he is shite and vocally worse than dylan

 

[stonerblue]

 

[At-Swim-Two-Birds]

One of the most covered artists of all time. Ask Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Elvis Presley, George Harrison, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Adele, Bryan Ferry, Chrissie Hynde, Sinead O'Conner, Lou Reed, Willie Nelson, The Clash, The Waterboys to name a few. David Bowie even wrote a song in honour of the man.

Fwiw I like him too.

 

[philiph20]

.....is fucking crap, discuss. I've given him a fair hearing, but as far as I can tell he's a crap singer, pretty shit on the guitar but some of his lyrics are ok.
I reckon if it wasn't for him, his audiences and the folks buying his records all being stoned out their box we'd probably never have heard of him and he'd be a hobo or crack head.
Am I being unfair?

If he's crap where does that leave the derivative, bland, turgid, 'Dad rock' which makes up the overwhelming majority of the 'Madchester' shite?.

 

[heslops barnet]

Shame no one in the music industry at the time took him under their wing and explained to the lad that he's more of a Bernie Taupin than an Elton John and just got him to give his lyrics to some **** that could hold a tune.
Hilarious really that the flower power generation that prided themselves on perceptiveness and social awareness for scammed en mass by a tramp with a drug problem.

Been making music for 65 years and still touring and selling out shows, musical genius

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Been making music for 65 years and still touring and selling out shows, musical genius

You could say the same for Ronald Macdonald but it doesn't mean he's a Michelin stared chef.

 

[mexico1970]

Brilliant!