I realize my opinion on Dylan is both unpopular and likely wrong. I just never got it. Not for me.

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Critics. What does Robert Christgau do in bed, you know? Is he a toefucker? Man! Anal-retentive! The Consumer’s Guide to Rock? What a moron! A Consumer’s Guide to Rock, man! I object to the fucking liner notes! Starts studying rock and roll? I can't believe it! Baroque Rock: A Study by Robert Christgau. And Christgau is like an anal-retentive. Nice little box: B+. Can you imagine working for a fucking year and you get a B+ from some asshole in the Village Voice?

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Agree on invention of Rock n Roll, I could name 30 Dylan songs with better lyrics..Chuck Berry is known for the electric guitar and RnB blending for Rock n Roll .not his lyrics..I don't give a shit what some critic said. I understand that not everybody like Dylan's voice but he's the MJ of lyrics, I happen to be a huge Dylan fan n like his unique voice.

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and woodie guthrie.

Game over

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

If you're a fan, here's a pretty good summary of his "15 Essential Hits"...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/arts ... .html?_r=0

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

How could you not be a fan of Chuck Berry?

Dylan is a whiny bitch.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

This but Dylan was really smart.

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Elections have consequences.

I know JORR is, let's say a rock-and-roll minimalist, but "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and "Like a Rolling Stone" are both every bit as much a landmark in rock as "Johnny B. Goode."

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Agree with the first part; you really aren't listening if you think that about the second part.

I like Chuck, his contributions to music are immense, I just don't like him as much as Dylan, Johnny Cash and 60 other guys.

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JORR recognizes that "nevermind the bollocks" is the greatest punk album of all time. that's inarguable.

i don't agree; those songs are a part of a movement that had already started. there was nothing like "johnny b. goode" when berry unleashed it.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I wanna nail a whiny bitch every now and again

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Lol, whoa, I've got Bob Marley, Prince and James Brown in that 60.

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White guys love Prince because he was from Minnesota so he's like white by osmosis to them. THAT TRAIN'S NEVER LATE!

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Not fair. Prince had 3-4 good songs.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Alright, I gotta ask..who's your top 5 artusts~bands all time?

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Carl Perkins
Beatles
Stones
Chuck Berry
Elvis

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Beatles
Stones
Elvis
JB
Beach Boys
Dylan

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I'm a huge fan of Dylan so in no way was I disparaging him. I was simply taking issue with 312player's contention that Berry was some trifle as a songwriter/lyricist.

If I had to pick the most important Dylan song, I'd go with "The Times They Are A-Changin'" or "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)". In fact, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" owes a whole lot to Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business".

In comparison to Dylan's sprawling body of work, Berry comes off as a one-trick pony. But it was one hell of a motherfuckin' trick.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

That's inneresting.


That's one too many.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Brian Wilson whatever you want to call it

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Particularly considering he was the first RnR singer/songwriter.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Not suggesting this is a harbinger of things to come...awesome B&G thread. Musical debate, WWF talk and Penn State blather 'all in one' (said in the tone of the ghey commercials they used to have late night on the U).

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Dan was positively giddy at the convictions of Spanier et al, but he kept saying these were FELONY convictions. Everything I've read say they were misdemeanors.

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Regardless of his talent I have to say I am surprised regular reader has not yet show up here. After all he would say it was Reagan's fault Berry was a criminal and not appropriately loved.

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Elections have consequences.

How much of a dumbass do you intend on being tonight?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George