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Bob Dylan captivates fans in Japan at Fuji Rock

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Who ?; Never mind.

"Southern man don't need him AROUND, anyhow".

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Ha, grumpy old Bob. Reminds me of when I saw his mate, grumpy Van at a gig back in the 80s. Iirc, he was in a bad mood because Elvis Costello had covered Gloria earlier in the day.

Much as I love Dylan (up to an including Desire) I'd rather see NERD these days.

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I grew up with my old man playing Bob Dylan in the car and bashing out tunes on a guitar. My dad passed away last year, so I was tempted when I heard Dylan was at Fuji Rock. However, I checked his average setlist online and it wasn't very inspiring. Not that Bob Dylan's ever been a crowd pleaser.

I wonder what Japanese get out of Bob Dylan. I'll listen to rhythmical folk music that's not in English, like bossa nova, or simple folk when the singer is exceptional, but folk music to me is about the lyrics and stories.

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Most of the numbers Dylan plays nowadays are not folk songs. I actually love his recent stuff. I prefer to hear him sing something like Long And Wasted Years or some of the old standards than Blowing In The Wind. That said, last time I saw him live, he did an amazing version of Hard Rain.

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Not really a concert performer.  Fuji Rock was fun though.

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I wonder what Japanese get out of Bob Dylan. I'll listen to rhythmical folk music that's not in English, like bossa nova, or simple folk when the singer is exceptional, but folk music to me is about the lyrics and stories

I partly agree. I’d say Dylan was also capable of writing/arranging very beautiful melodies. Love minus zero/no limit, I threw it all away, Girl from the north country, If not for you etc. As A kid, I heard Love Minus Zero/No Limit and asked my dad to teach me how to play it without knowing what the lyrics were about. Come to of it, I still don’t know what the lyrics are about.

Dylan is one of the greats.

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@WA4TKG,

Who ?; Never mind.

"Southern man don't need him AROUND, anyhow".

LOL. Right era, wrong person.

Appreciate the lyrics from "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

However, as you may remember, those lyrics were in relation to Neil Young, not Bob Dylan!

:-)

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Safe to say Bob will be plated and appreciated long after NERD has been relegated to the caregiry of fake nobodies and forgotten.

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People who understand Dylan and his career get that he is a vessel. Watch him play boots of Spanish leather when he was in his 20s. He actually is a hard guitar player to copy and it’s beautiful. That muse has came and went. Neil Young may be a muse himself. Seen them both many times. Neil is the end all be all in that equation.

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Woops; I stand CORRECTED.

That's what happens when you work 12 hours a day; 7 days a week.

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Safe to say Bob will be plated and appreciated long after NERD has been relegated to the caregiry of fake nobodies and forgotten.

Musical snobbery is so passé. There's room for both NERD and Dylan, or anyone else in the musical pantheon.

As I said, I love Bob but he just doesn't cut the mustard anymore, imho. Plus, those allegations (which I hope are just allegations) are going to become mainstream after he passes. Which will have repercussions on his legacy. Then again, it seems every talent out there has something to hide. Sad.

NERD/The Neptunes have made some of the most exciting hip hop/pop/rock tunes over the last 2 decades. Hardly nobodies.

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Not musical snobbery. Just the reality that NERD doesnt measure up to Bob Dylan.

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What allegations, btw?

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What allegations, btw?

No idea what he's talking about, unless it's plagiarism. Bob Dylan was a prolific thief along with Johnny Cash and most of the greats. It wasn't even considered plagiarism until lawyers got into the music business. Just artists building off of, and sometimes just stealing as is, other's ideas.

So far as his personality, hard to know what that level of fame from a young age does to a person. To be honest, I can't imagine how insufferable I would be if I had his life. It's the few who manage to stay grounded who deserve real praise.

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A lot of people have tried to load him down with their own political baggage, especially with songs like "blowin in the wind" and "hurricane," when he just wanted to play music. His songs were supposed to be snapshots of Americana rather than political statements. It's mostly for this that he doesn't talk much and stayed away from the Nobel prize thingy.

"That ain't me, babe" is basically his autobiography.

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Not musical snobbery. Just the reality that NERD doesnt measure up to Bob Dylan.

Not even Dylan manages to measure up to Dylan these days. Barring 1989's Oh Mercy, he's not been at his best for a long, long time. I still listen to the newer stuff - even the Christian inspired early 80s output. But it's not up to the standards of earlier classics.

As for the allegations, I don't think this is the correct platform for such talk.

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@WA4TKG and others on the Neil Young/Lynyrd Skynnerd lyrics spat: the amazing coincidence is that to launch their career, LS signed to a new record label called Songs of the South run by Al Cooper, who was a great session guitarist/organist/singer responsible for one of the most memorable organ riffs ever, the one he made up on the spot for Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone." Once into rock's elite circles, LS made up with Neil Young, who gave them three unrecorded original songs, and they reciprocated by wearing a Neil Young shirt on one of their later album covers.

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I think spelling should be Al Kooper--his solo albums would be a good listen for Dylan/Young/Skynnrd fans.

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If you like Dylan so much so does Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music. He's covered Dylan songs before and his 2007 album 'Dylanesque' is totally Bob Dylan covers done in Bryan Ferry's way. If you like Bryan's crooning style and his glamorous post-Roxy Music solo career or even Roxy Music itself you should check this out. Saw Bryan in concert last year, he is great!

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