Actually I've always wondered too why Dylan became so popular. I don't have the answer. The reasons that were given are good but there's one small problem: that is how do you explain his popularity OUTSIDE the U.S.. I mean in countries with no Vietnam war, different social problems altogether and in which the "messages" wouldn't be understood the same way if at all. I know that in France hardly anybody pays any attention to song lyrics in english, yet they love Dylan too. You may say that the rest of the world just follows the US lead but I don't think this is necessarily true. So the mystery remains ????
Laurent
