1. The conversation about Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize would be more productive if more people read Christopher Ricks' "Dylan's Visions of Sin"
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my issue is that, while certainly deserving, this effectively ensures no American will win for 20 yrs. So no award for Roth.
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if lyrics were read as poetry Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize about 20 years ago!
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criteria of judgment music vs literature are disjunction; lyricism related to literature but subordinate to musical considerations
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exactly, and more as well a writer of American song, which has had a gigantic impact on the world we live in.
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Doesn't matter. If you just put his lyrics on a page in front of you, he is a poet. The man is brilliant.
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also, when the muse withered the aura developed. He is sometimes more satisfying to read about than to listen to in the old way
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at least someone is seeing sense.
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Dylan manages to write great songs in several different styles.
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lyric writing is certainly literature, the music and lyrics can be separated. See: any theatrical musical.
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He developed the style most closely associated with him on songs like STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN.
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