You're right, but I really feel that way about him. It was annoying to see him receive a Nobel prize for poetry when, in my opinion, Joni Mitchell would have been far more deserving. I think overrated is an understatement when it comes to Dylan.
I couldn't disagree more. Yeah, Joni Mitchell is a fine lyricist. She is able to express human emotions with clarity and power. But at their best, Dylan's lyrics absolutely ring. They explore both the edges of the universe and the edges of the human mind. Even when they don't make sense, they make perfect sense.
I am certainly "of his time" being 67 years old, and I love good lyrics, but I guess that he and I are just from different tribes, because I just never heard what you and many others hear in his lyrics. I understand that others do.
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