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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
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Re: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
#12Am I the only one who said "Bob Dylan‽"
Re: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
#13Fantastic! Anyone know if it's the first Literature Nobel given to a pure singer-songwriter? Here are three Dylan songs with big literary value: * "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts": an amazing example of musical story-telling * "The Ballad of a Thin Man": Some of the most post-modern lyrics ever put to music... * "Like a Rolling Stone": One of the most influential songs of all time
'Hurricane' always gives me chills. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_(Bob_Dylan_song) Here's a great video on 'All Along The Watchtower'. I'm rewatching this today to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In6gCrGeZfA
+ 1 for 'Hurricane' - great song!
Re: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
#14Am I the only one who said "Bob Dylan‽"
No. No, you were not.
Re: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
#15Fantastic! Anyone know if it's the first Literature Nobel given to a pure singer-songwriter? Here are three Dylan songs with big literary value: * "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts": an amazing example of musical story-telling * "The Ballad of a Thin Man": Some of the most post-modern lyrics ever put to music... * "Like a Rolling Stone": One of the most influential songs of all time
Rhyming "imagination" with "tax-deductible charity organizations" is worthy of a Nobel any day.
Re: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
#16Re: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
#17Fantastic! Anyone know if it's the first Literature Nobel given to a pure singer-songwriter? Here are three Dylan songs with big literary value: * "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts": an amazing example of musical story-telling * "The Ballad of a Thin Man": Some of the most post-modern lyrics ever put to music... * "Like a Rolling Stone": One of the most influential songs of all time
Technically, Dylan has written a number of novels, short stories and Poems and as such would not really qualify as a "pure singer-songwriter", even though the Nobel Prize comittee's reasoning references his work as a singer-songwriter...
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#18I'm blowing in the wind...for I have no job...
Re: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
#19Fantastic! Anyone know if it's the first Literature Nobel given to a pure singer-songwriter? Here are three Dylan songs with big literary value: * "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts": an amazing example of musical story-telling * "The Ballad of a Thin Man": Some of the most post-modern lyrics ever put to music... * "Like a Rolling Stone": One of the most influential songs of all time
To me it's "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"
"He not busy being born is busy dying" must be one of greatest lines ever.