Bob Dylan writes amazing songs, but they are not literature.

[Jochen Stremmel]

Chronicles is great ...

2016-10-18 16:08 GMT+02:00 rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>:

> though a good number of Dylan's lyrics stand the test of being read and
> not heard ('Shelter from the Storm' is hardly dead fish on the page) many
> others benefit from hearing him sing it (e.g. 'Fourth Time Around' or 'One
> of Us Must Know'--the way he phrases lines and emphasizes would be lost if
> just read on the page; Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts just isnt the
> same when you just read the lyrics)
> to put a positive spin on things, everyone even the deaf can appreciate
> Dylan though not some of his best work
>
> rich
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> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:43 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> POETRY, APPROXIMATELY
>>
>> Bob Dylan writes amazing songs, but they are not literature.
>>
>> BY JOHN COTTER
>> http://thesmartset.com/poetry-approximately/
>> -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>
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