Is Bob Dylan overrated?

The Philosophy of Modern Song is hot bullshit.

Compare all the things that could be said about “Blue Suede Shoes” with what Dylan has to say about it

and weep

There's a funny story about "Blue Suede Shoes" in John Fogerty's autobiography, from when they were gigging around Bay Area bars before their first Fantasy record came out. In particular at a place called the Monkey Inn in Berkeley:

There was a lot of beer drinking at the Monkey Inn. In the back of the bar there was a partial wall, and over the top of it you could see the people playing shuffleboard. And whenever we played "Blue Suede Shoes", a fight would break out. You'd see the light over the shuffleboard swinging back and forth. Then the bartender would have to run back there and get everybody calmed down. Until we played "Blue Suede Shoes" again. We did it for our own amusement.

That’s much a more interesting take on the topic than Dylan’s incoherent noodling.

one for songs that weren't a bands biggest hit, but have gone on to be their legacy song and biggest iTunes seller but what a terrible #1 Knockin' on Heaven's Door is, such a mediocre song and vocal delivery no fun at all

it's not even the best track on Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid!

wonder if it's the (even worse) Guns n' Roses cover...

Another side of Bob Dylan there.

Just came across this olde saga recently, looking for background on Robertson's guitar contributions to Blonde On Blonde, which I didn't recall at all, though they were mentioned in several obits. He's briefly noted here, though mainly Daryl Sanders talks to "all but one" of the Nashville Cats who survived those sizzlin' sessions, and everything else up to 2011: https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/looking-back-on-bob-dylans-i-blonde-on-blonde-i-the-record-that-changed-nashville/article_c17cc27e-b6e4-5794-901c-e2e7ce4c5cb9.html

Don’t know about overrated but definitely over priced.

£120! https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/bob-dylan-the-complete-budokan-1978/#comments-193466

One way to avoid becoming a footnote is to outlive your critics.

I think I'll pay nothing and not spend four agonizing hours listening to that monstrous lump of turd. I love Dylan but I fucking hate that era, which mercifully lasted only a year or two. (Not really a fan of the evangelical era that followed, but at least it's tolerable in small doses and occasionally even great.)

the 3cd bootlegs 8 used to be insanely expensive, does contain this absolute gem (which for some reason is not on the new complete TooM sessions thing?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U0_eQqmqzY
Can't Wait (Outtake from 'Time Out Of Mind' Sessions, Version 2)

I have Fragments and double-checked - it's definitely on there.

my bad!

indeed it's track 10 on disc 5 (deluxe edition)

sublime

https://pitchfork.com/news/bob-dylan-plays-surprise-farm-aid-set-with-tom-pettys-heartbreakers-watch/ Maybe more via Rolling Stone link

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Nope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zu0tf8hp4

funny dylan bit here