Re: Dylan's set at Live Aid is misunderstood

 > 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.
 

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