Radioactive ABQ wrote:
Call me psychotic if you like--as so many rec.music.Dylanologists
have in
the past, that I quit posting here half a decade ago--but I happen
to consider
two-thirds of the Live Aid set to have lived up to the word
Nicholson used
while introducing Dylan that Saturday in Philadelphia:
"transcendant".
("Ballad of Hollis Brown" was terrific, followed by an
utterly remarkable "When
the Ship Comes In", but "Blowin' in the
Wind"...well, yeah, that one "blows"
alright.)
But yes, I recognize that this is not merely a minority view,
but I may be
(with Paul Loeber) in a minority of two regarding this opinion.
Indeed, it's
such a contrarian view that I'm devoting an entire chapter of my
forthcoming
book on Dylan's body of work to defending it to all you young'ins
who can't
seem to see the Dylan forest for the trees.
And yes, I'm fully aware that Dylan himself doesn't defend his
Live Aid
work. But over the last nearly five decades, he's seldom been the
best arbiter
of his work.
Sincerely,
BRYAN STYBLE/Albuquerque
"Radioactive Albuquerque w/ Bryan Styble"
KKNS Talk Radio 1310 kHz Mon-Fri 4-6pm
Well put.
This is a response to the post seen at:
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=675217070#675217070
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