[more Reader Comments on Dylan book - NYT]
Houdini
New York City
IDK Bob Dylan talking about Sinatra? It doesn't get much better.
Richard
Juneau
That's some kick-ass writing. Dylan the essayist, his latest phase just hitting his stride.
JRO
Pgh
80 plus and still writing relevant music! All the while jammin out on the never-ending tour. Bob Dylan, the man, the myth, THE LEGEND!
East / West
Los Angeles
In no particular order (except alphabetical) you have: Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Van Morrison Neil Young All the other past and contemporary songwriters may be great and even geniuses, but none will ever compare to the above listed four. What a privilege to live in the same period of time as them.
[one comment whined that Bob Dylan is "irrelevant"]
Melanie
Mississippi
@Scott R Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, and his latest album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, was released in 2020 to critical acclaim -- including his first-ever Billboard chart-topping single, "Murder Most Foul." He is currently touring the world, playing sold-out shows. That sounds pretty relevant to me.
Matt0147
Pennsylvania
Once again, my heart stopped. When you put a picture of Bob on the front page, please add in large font "Dylan Alive!" The day he leaves us will be a very sad one. Still the best songwriter ever.
Buckeye
Lakewood, Ohio
Dylan is the Shakespeare of our times -- a once-in-500 years talent. The scope and scale of his music is breathtaking.
Bill Entsminger
Grove City, Ohio
Bob being Bob....if you don't get it then you haven't been paying attention
Jeffrey Waingrow
Sheffield, Massachusetts
Dylan creates a mood, paints a picture, even conjures a new sort of reality.
Malcolm Mackenzie
Naples, New York
I teach sixth grade 47 years deep in the trench. Every year when I mention Bob Dylan, there are a few students who already know his music. Amen.
J D
Patagonia
'Students of Dylan have long known to just listen and not ask why.' -- Ben Sisario Ain't it the truth! Great piece - thanks
John
Oakland
Spectacularly overrated pastiche.
Cate
California Bay Area
Bob Dylan's way with words takes my breath away. Every single time.
Johnl
DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania
Bob Dylan and his music changed all of the popular music that followed.
Herbie
Denver
Thank you Bob Dylan
JCD
Salt Lake City, Utah
Love the Dead, love the Beatles. love the Boss and U2. But Dylan is in a class by himself. I engage with his art and I am so deeply moved. It is beautiful...timeless
Juliet
Paris
@Jorge I love that song too. How did a folksinger create one of the greatest rock songs ever? Two words: creative genius.
Teddy Chesterfield
East Lansing
Not surprising for a Nobel laureate, but boy can Dylan write.
Big Daddy
Phoenix
I have pre-ordered the book. Dylan has always been five steps in front of everyone else. He is a muse for me, and others, I'm sure.
DMW
Yellow Springs, Ohio
When I was 17 in 1973, my Dad sneered at me, "The only philosophy you know is Bob Dylan and the Beatles." He was largely correct and I've since tried to correct that gap in my training. But, looking back, I might have done a lot worse.
CSR
Los Angeles, California
When I was ten, my sister handed me a stack of Dylan albums and said "Here kid, listen to this."
I've never been the same.
I planted myself in front of our stereo and wrote down every line of every song. His writing is just breathtaking.
Even now, sixty years later, when I've experienced something particularly profound or painful, some line from Dylan will play in my head. He is a thread in the fabric of my life. I am forever grateful for his words and music.
And I'm very grateful to my sister.
Craig
Amherst, Massachusetts
...my father handed me an album and said: "This guy is going to be important."
Columbus
Very few artists and writers stand the test of time -- Beethoven, Van Gogh, Whitman. Amazing that we are living with one who will: Dylan.
Annessey
Girl from the North Country
"And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time Far past the frozen leaves The haunted frightened trees Out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow" Looking forward to the read, thanks Bob
Coureur des Bois
Boston
At 77 all I can say is that I feel so blessed to have been together through life with Bob Dylan and I never use the word blessed. He's been saying it true and I am grateful that he will be with us when the deal goes down.
I read a lot of Thoreau and I see Dylan as another man who gets to the heart of the matter.
To me he is really two people. In real life he is Bob Zimmerman like all of us just another flawed individual. In his songs he is Bob Dylan a mythical person in a myth we all share.
Strike another match
Steve
Pacifica California
...No surprise that his writing is interesting. And to the guy who keeps typing okboomer -- 2019 just called, it wants its zinger back. (might want to look up "zinger")
Diamond Joe
New England
"Students of Dylan have long known to just listen and not ask why."
That sums it up so succinctly. Long live Bob.
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