I find it somewhat amusing in a world where the Kardashians have a TV show, that anyone could even consider Bob Dylan over rated.
Next people will want you to believe John Lennon was a talentless hack.
Oh how the passage of time mistreats those that are truly our betters. Its sad, really.
Now to compare, while I have all the respect in the world for Skrillex/Klaypex/Flux Pavilion and what not I will simply put forth one qualifying factor.
Even if every word Bob Dylan made no sense at all, he placed those words to music that he, himself, wrote, and played...physically, on an instrument.
I don't hate dubstep or any kind of music (except, perhaps, generic contemporary country music, which is effectively propaganda for the weak minded), but lets be fair, even if Bob Dylan was a talentless hack, the man could strum chords while singing...which isn't easy, if you've tried it and don't have a natural gift for it.
Bob Dylan was a bard. Johnny Cash was a bard...there are very few bards left in our culture, we should revere the few that we get, because the rest of what we're getting is regurgitated crap built off pre-licensed music bought from composers that have nothing to do with the end product (i.e. Everything that YMCMB is doing).
Next people will want you to believe John Lennon was a talentless hack.
Oh how the passage of time mistreats those that are truly our betters. Its sad, really.
Now to compare, while I have all the respect in the world for Skrillex/Klaypex/Flux Pavilion and what not I will simply put forth one qualifying factor.
Even if every word Bob Dylan made no sense at all, he placed those words to music that he, himself, wrote, and played...physically, on an instrument.
I don't hate dubstep or any kind of music (except, perhaps, generic contemporary country music, which is effectively propaganda for the weak minded), but lets be fair, even if Bob Dylan was a talentless hack, the man could strum chords while singing...which isn't easy, if you've tried it and don't have a natural gift for it.
Bob Dylan was a bard. Johnny Cash was a bard...there are very few bards left in our culture, we should revere the few that we get, because the rest of what we're getting is regurgitated crap built off pre-licensed music bought from composers that have nothing to do with the end product (i.e. Everything that YMCMB is doing).