Re: Did Dylan rip off Pynchon?‏

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 14, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Henry Musikar wrote:

> As much as I don't like Paul the person, or Paul the lyricist, he  
> was the best musician in the Beatles.  That's why he played bass  
> behind John and George.
>
> Rilly.

Rilly?

My vote goes to George Martin, that's why he wrote the scores. If  
you're keeping score, you know, of that sorta scene.

As a tunesmith, Paul is up there with Irving Berlin & George M. Cohan,  
has written [admittedly with a lot of help from folks who can actually  
read music, adjust for particular shifts in timbre and other composing  
chores that Sir Paul chooses to assign to others.] a number of  
"classical" pieces. Please do not take these words harshly—the names  
of Paul's collaborators are on the covers of the CDs for all to see.

Sir Paul McCartney is a supremely gifted star and he has my blessings  
on a whole lot of levels, including that whole vegetarian thing, man.

As an agit-prop artist, John is up there with John Lennon. And as a  
composer of Musique Concrete, he's up there with Iannis Xenakis. Not  
all the time, but that one time—Revolution #9— really was quite enough.

For just a moment there, he managed to blow up the machine.