A stupid article (summed up in the comments):
Justin Bieber v Bob Dylan: Has the Biebs got what it takes to take out the Master?
ONE is lionised as the songwriter of his generation while the other faces the challenge of keeping a generation of fans after they grow up.
Both the master Bob Dylan and the apprentice Justin Bieber will inspire fanatic devotion among their many admirers when they perform in Sydney this week.
Is News Limited involved in the promotion of Bieber's tour?
By the way, I have been a Dylan fan for years, but there was no way I was going to go to his concert last week. Saw him at Wembley in 1987 and he was rubbish live. Stick to the recordings, kids.
Review of the first Melbourne show:
Posted by: Tony | 27 April 2011 at 11:38
I was sitting on an upstairs veranda in Freo a few weekends ago, in clear earshot of the Dylan concert. It didn't sound too great to me. I mostly wondered "why would he do it?"
Posted by: os | 27 April 2011 at 11:54
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Posted by: Tony | 27 April 2011 at 12:16
"$": brevity = soul of wit
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 27 April 2011 at 18:45
The first thing I ask all Dylan fans (and I include myself in that list and I do often ask myself this question): What do you think of Dylan's harmonica playing?
It's a nicer way of asking "Are you one of those Dylan obsessives/stooges who'd listen to his chainsawing a tree and consider it an artistic triumph?"
Posted by: AS | 28 April 2011 at 16:59
I'm so old I know nothing of Beiber except his image, and I'm so old I saw Dylan at Festival Hall when he and The Band plugged into the amps after interval and all the Folkies stomped out, and I'm so old I bought Blonde On Blonde the day it came out ... but I don't need to see him play live again, and Music From Big Pink is better than any Dylan album.
Beiber fans should listen to it.
I'll pay out on that subbie (as always). X X
Posted by: Ann O'Dyne | 28 April 2011 at 19:11
AS, I have an old friend who, if someone says they do not like Dylan, refuses to talk to the person.
I used to love Dylan (Bringing it all Back Home, Highway 61, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Blood on the Tracks) but hardly listen to him these days and think his modern incarnation since Modern Times is over-rated.
My fave Dylan: the drumming & slide in Down Along The Cove.
Posted by: Tony | 29 April 2011 at 12:53