tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post8479060023637469107..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Your opinion mattersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-35113849992360034722016-10-15T13:44:34.630-07:002016-10-15T13:44:34.630-07:00Yes, I am sorry to sound dismissive, Wilma. Dylan ...Yes, I am sorry to sound dismissive, Wilma. Dylan formed a big part of my musical youth, and I am very grateful to him for that, as I am for your comment. It's just that I think he does not need or deserve the Nobel Prize for literature, that's all.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2063211940716450772016-10-15T08:02:09.884-07:002016-10-15T08:02:09.884-07:00Dylan's early work was incredibly innovative a...Dylan's early work was incredibly innovative and thought provoking in the repressive climate of the 1960s in the US. His lyrics ranged from ironic to amusing to revolutionary. Pat's post expressed a lot of what I think; I didn't feel the need to echo her.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88571601784974896182016-10-15T04:26:36.835-07:002016-10-15T04:26:36.835-07:00Teasy Weasy had more substance.Teasy Weasy had more substance.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-76522780021384731632016-10-15T04:24:48.896-07:002016-10-15T04:24:48.896-07:00Scientology was started for a bet. It is amazing w...Scientology was started for a bet. It is amazing what people want to believe.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29337015103372430462016-10-15T04:22:37.010-07:002016-10-15T04:22:37.010-07:00How do you feel about his harmonica playing? I als...How do you feel about his harmonica playing? I also heard someone say recently that he is a master of the harmonica! As far as I can tell, if you can breathe - which he still just about can - then you can play the mouth-organ.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74133476127318718742016-10-15T00:05:12.976-07:002016-10-15T00:05:12.976-07:00Tom, I just have to add it: how can you doubt that...Tom, I just have to add it: how can you doubt that the lines "Don't follow leaders/ watch the parkin' meters" by Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, are not immortal lyrics??Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-59512014646112053692016-10-14T18:17:13.043-07:002016-10-14T18:17:13.043-07:00I remember this too what Jackie saw. He said he j...I remember this too what Jackie saw. He said he just copied stuff out of newspapers because his manager said he could make money this way and sing it and then he laughed.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-67204672753086115332016-10-14T14:28:38.801-07:002016-10-14T14:28:38.801-07:00He always had critics but I liked his songs but no...He always had critics but I liked his songs but not his singing. <br />Merle...........Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-5413182322823236542016-10-14T14:19:10.030-07:002016-10-14T14:19:10.030-07:00Fo did not make much of an impact on my life eithe...Fo did not make much of an impact on my life either.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29338270237125675102016-10-14T14:18:35.673-07:002016-10-14T14:18:35.673-07:00No, V.P. eclipsed him.No, V.P. eclipsed him.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84654185479977406282016-10-14T14:18:07.272-07:002016-10-14T14:18:07.272-07:00Well, literature, anyway - what's the differen...Well, literature, anyway - what's the difference?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53035011007437971972016-10-14T14:16:49.729-07:002016-10-14T14:16:49.729-07:00Joan Baez is/was a pain too. Joan Baez is/was a pain too. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86317631154958264262016-10-14T14:16:06.192-07:002016-10-14T14:16:06.192-07:00Loads of people are saying this, I imagine!Loads of people are saying this, I imagine!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64918258355701845732016-10-14T14:15:18.718-07:002016-10-14T14:15:18.718-07:00Well round of applause to you, Wilma. It would be ...Well round of applause to you, Wilma. It would be nice if you qualified it with something other than loyalty, though.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70017813533011232242016-10-14T14:14:08.023-07:002016-10-14T14:14:08.023-07:00Yes, we used to listen to Dylan all the time, didn...Yes, we used to listen to Dylan all the time, didn't we? And why not? We also listened to Van Morrison, but he - as I found out when he moved to Bath - is a complete cunt.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29168754474314313882016-10-14T14:12:45.018-07:002016-10-14T14:12:45.018-07:00He is appealing, but that isn't the point as f...He is appealing, but that isn't the point as far as I am concerned.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87392182754728253672016-10-14T14:12:00.644-07:002016-10-14T14:12:00.644-07:00It is not so much phoney as shallow, is what I thi...It is not so much phoney as shallow, is what I think. It lacks any depth.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26480034343996760882016-10-14T14:11:07.867-07:002016-10-14T14:11:07.867-07:00See The Weaver's post for my opinion on your c...See The Weaver's post for my opinion on your comment.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51494648457939739262016-10-14T13:22:03.914-07:002016-10-14T13:22:03.914-07:00Couldn't agree more. What a ridiculous choice!...Couldn't agree more. What a ridiculous choice! I saw an interesting comment today in which Dylan was accused of being a master of what Yvor Winters called "reference to a non-existent plot", details that imply a plot that isn't quite there; in other words MEANINGLESS. Still, I put on a Dylan song about once a year when I'm feeling nostalgia for my lost youth. Snaps me right back to the beauty of the present.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-71151445503166442342016-10-14T12:06:47.334-07:002016-10-14T12:06:47.334-07:00My first time commenting on your blog because I si...My first time commenting on your blog because I simply must support Pat in her defense of Bob Dylan.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-69677672908694911272016-10-14T10:56:54.001-07:002016-10-14T10:56:54.001-07:00No, he is just as meaningless but he needs the mon...No, he is just as meaningless but he needs the money more than Dylan.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-83088062620050429222016-10-14T06:45:02.468-07:002016-10-14T06:45:02.468-07:00I like Bob Dylan very much. Years ago I went to a ...I like Bob Dylan very much. Years ago I went to a Joan Baez concert -- it was at the time she and Dylan were having an affair and she brought him onto the stage. The crowd initially laughed at him, but within 5 minutes he had them in the palm of his hand -- despite the squeaky voice and the dishevelled appearance. Certainly I find some of he lyrics to be very meaningful and reflective of the times as they were changing. The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74963245790017788682016-10-14T03:52:30.882-07:002016-10-14T03:52:30.882-07:00Couldn't agree more Tom. I can remember a docu...Couldn't agree more Tom. I can remember a documentary years ago where he admitted that his lyrics were all a load of tosh.... have never been much of a fan.<br />We do live in such a phoney world ! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22464753241281799342016-10-14T02:59:53.887-07:002016-10-14T02:59:53.887-07:00And I'm of the same opinion as The Weaver. I&#...And I'm of the same opinion as The Weaver. I've followed him avidly since going to his first concert in 1966, still go to his concerts and consider the Nobel Prize award as long over-due, critics need to look a bit deeper than his Blowing in the Wind lyrics. Hopefully Leonard Cohen will also win it next year.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24993803501755711232016-10-14T02:53:31.310-07:002016-10-14T02:53:31.310-07:00 Correct Tom!
If anybody should get one then Leon... Correct Tom! <br />If anybody should get one then Leonard Cohen is a hundred times better.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.com