Everyone is entitled to an opinion.
Dylan is great because of the words he writes, nothing else. That’s literature. People can read the words to his songs without the music and have the same experiences as reading any other comparable short work.
There are also many to read, quantity as well as quality.
I understand the argument that putting the words to music provides an advantage. Perhaps an unfair one assuming certain rules that apparently do not exist. But one can also argue that the music makes the words even more powerful and hence of greater impact which is what I think the Nobel is mostly about.
Its an interesting development for sure. I can understand why traditional writers might not be happy. The game was just upped in a sense.
Dylan is great because of the words he writes, nothing else. That’s literature. People can read the words to his songs without the music and have the same experiences as reading any other comparable short work.
There are also many to read, quantity as well as quality.
I understand the argument that putting the words to music provides an advantage. Perhaps an unfair one assuming certain rules that apparently do not exist. But one can also argue that the music makes the words even more powerful and hence of greater impact which is what I think the Nobel is mostly about.
Its an interesting development for sure. I can understand why traditional writers might not be happy. The game was just upped in a sense.