Recently, my 18 year old son posed a simple question to me for which I
really didn't have an answer, but it did set me to thinking. We were on a
long car trip during the holidays, and I put on a Dylan tape - Greatest Hits
I. My son has very good taste in pop music ("Neil Young is the MAN") and he
appreciates Dylan. But he brought up an interesting point, at least to me.
He asked me why Dylan became "like, so famous". My erudite response...Well,
just listen to it. Doh!
I guess to a young person Dylan looks like a very unlikely rock star - not
particularly attractive, strange vocal style, little to no personality. Was
it right time, right place, right person? Or is there more to it? During
Dylan's early career I was just a pre-adolescent wee thing totally consumed
by Beatlemania, so I really don't rememer what impact he made back then.
I know that we have many thoughtful, sagacious, and eloquent list members,
not to mention at least one Bob-o-phile, who must be able to come up with a
better response. I'm sure there have been many scholarly papers written on
this very subject, but I'm interested in your ideas.
Sybil
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