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Glamrock

(11,787 posts) Sat May 11, 2019, 02:51 PM May 2019

Who's my favorite poet? Dylan of course! No! Not Thomas.... Bob!

Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Who's my favorite poet? Dylan of course! No! Not Thomas.... Bob! (Original Post) Glamrock May 2019 OP

Perfect choice world wide wally May 2019 #1

Ginsberg (off to Dylan's right) wasn't bad either Bradshaw3 May 2019 #2

Can't argue that.... Glamrock May 2019 #3

Dylan's my favorite too Bradshaw3 May 2019 #4

Dylan, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Bowie, William Burroughs, CousinIT May 2019 #5

fave line from fave tune - youd know what a drag it is to see you nt msongs May 2019 #6

Simon and Lightfoot stand the test of time. Sneederbunk May 2019 #7

Same here FiveGoodMen May 2019 #8

Even records that are not held in high regard The Polack MSgt May 2019 #9

world wide wally

(21,739 posts)

1. Perfect choice

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Sat May 11, 2019, 03:01 PM

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Bradshaw3

(7,488 posts)

2. Ginsberg (off to Dylan's right) wasn't bad either

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Sat May 11, 2019, 03:12 PM

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Glamrock

(11,787 posts)

3. Can't argue that....

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Sat May 11, 2019, 03:13 PM

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Bradshaw3

(7,488 posts)

4. Dylan's my favorite too

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #3)

Sat May 11, 2019, 03:34 PM

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Got to see him many times over the last 40 years. Even though he would hate the description, he is the voice of a generation.

CousinIT

(9,225 posts)

5. Dylan, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Bowie, William Burroughs,

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Sat May 11, 2019, 04:46 PM

May 2019

Laurie Anderson.

Dylan's biggest strength is his poetry/writing. Some of the best ever written.

msongs

(67,367 posts)

6. fave line from fave tune - youd know what a drag it is to see you nt

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Sat May 11, 2019, 04:46 PM

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Sneederbunk

(14,279 posts)

7. Simon and Lightfoot stand the test of time.

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Sat May 11, 2019, 05:52 PM

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FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

8. Same here

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Sat May 11, 2019, 06:37 PM

May 2019

If you consider both quality and sheer volume of work, I don't think there's a close second in song lyrics.

The Polack MSgt

(13,182 posts)

9. Even records that are not held in high regard

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Sat May 11, 2019, 07:14 PM

May 2019

Like Street Legal, have flashes of pure genius.

The English language is Bob Dylan's tool kit

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