Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Awesome. Best news I've read in a while.

mapman10-13-2016 1:48pm

mapman OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,605 posts 10-14-2016 at 03:45pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete When I am asked if on a desert island and I had to listen to just one musical act, My answer is Johnny Cash. He is the only other American musician that I think can match Dylan in scope and impact. I can relate to both a lot, but I think Johnny just a tad more.
mapman OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,605 posts 10-14-2016 at 03:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My biggest hope is that teh accolades Dylan receives while still with us leads to a revival of content in American popular music. Pendulums do swing you know.
mapman OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,605 posts 10-14-2016 at 04:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dylan Ellington Davis Cash Springsteen Billie Holiday Robert Johnson Mahalia Jackson Michael Jackson Based on total influence and impact, these are the contenders in my mind for greatest American individual musical artists of the last 100 years.
mapman OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,605 posts 10-14-2016 at 05:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Whoops, how did I forget Elvis? Presley, not Costello.
frogman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,493 posts 10-14-2016 at 05:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Great comments, Mapman.