Stick a fork in Dylan, he's done.

Csontos, you, of course, are entitled to your opinion, as am I. My small issue with your post is you don't make it seem as if its your opinion; rather it comes across as a matter of fact.

Why do people that dislike him so much bother to post about him?

You're clearly at the other extreme. I believe a forum is a means of discussion rather than a fan club. You seem to be confused as to whether my statement is an opinion or a declaration. I suppose a little of both based on observation of this thread. Bottom line is Dylan fans are typically diehards as I am. You either love him or you hate him right from when he came on the scene. I'm getting old and he's not God or a god so shouldn't he? Shouldn't you? Life only sucks at the beginning and at the end.

Mr. Jburidan - you are kidding ...right ????

even half-assed Dylan is better than most...

Csontos....I think you are wrong and I find your stance strange especially when you state you are really not all that up on the whole Dylan back catalogue...UTRS is a very very strange choice of Dylan album from either diehard or casual fan.

I actually think Dylan's latter output from TOOM onwards has been overrated by the critics -I think because of his health scare back at the release of TOOM and the fact that they eventually woke up to Dylan's actual worth they've been in a rush to overstate the quality of later albums.

The new one is imho his best record in a decade-it's not perfect you'd be stretching things to say it's up there with his classics but it it has an inherent quality you shouldn't really expect from a man of his age I don't think any of his peers have came close to his overall output..........

Here's something I posted on another site for Dylan's 70 birthday.....