For him I think it was right time right place. How many bands/musicians could be transplanted to another time and still have success with the same music? Very few.

He was important for the time when songs were political statements, not just money grabs like today. Don’t wait for a Taylor Swift “Fuck ICE” song anytime soon.

Bob Dylans entire thing is that he can’t sing and he knows it.

Hes talked many times about how ridiculous it felt for him to be grouped with some of the greatest singers of all time when he was at award shows or other music stuff.

Just look at his expression in the We Are The World music video:

Ah. The Steve Miller effect.

Bob Dylan was loved for his song writing. People didn’t love his voice or his playing, but they loved hearing him in spite of his voice because his songs meant so much.

The most popular versions of his songs were often recorded by other folk groups.

You should dislike Bob Dylan he is super annoying

ok. story time. Had this friend of friend in highschool. Super stoner idiot type which was kinda funny because he hung out with our nerd group regularly (burnout/nerd crossover was surprisingly not uncommon). We are at a pizza hut with a jute box. Guy goes and puts some money in and is like. Oh man I saw this sound that sounds so cool. Hey Dude. He was very disapointed.

I always sing Hey Dude by Beatallica instead. Love that version lol

No no, keep that one. They wrote it about us bombing the living hell out of their stuff. It would be better if it mentioned the arson.

Mamma mia…mamma mia…

Yeah, it’s very contrived. I’ve lost friends for sharing this opinion as well.

Platypus: Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Queen fans: Bismillah! No, we will not let you go

i feel like lovefool from the cardigans should have been on that list

A little bit of Monica in my life…

The devo cover is something else though.

No Stairway. Denied!

Wait why the ss reference with Crosby & co?

I always interpreted Ohio as an anti fascist protest song.

I mean, when I saw them the singer had a strap-on flamethrower and later spanked the keyboardist’s bare ass with a jizzing dildo. I don’t think they’re unaware they have a gooner theme.

Guilty. The song did age horrendously, though

Saying this would go so hard in elementary school

It’s pretty metal though:

“There’s a world outside your window
And it’s a world of dreaded fear
Where the only water flowing
Is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
Are the clanging chimes of doom”

Is it overrated? Everyone outside America hates it.