Paul wrote : "Dylan broke the doors
> down. He changed the way songs were written and what
> they were written about."
And, much as I'm not too much of a Dylan fan, I have
to agree with Paul on this. Much as the statement in
the Times article SEEMS outrageous to us on one level,
because of our devotion to Joni, one must give credit
where credit is due. Furthermore, Joni herself credits
Dylan - citing a shift in writing style coinciding
with his 'going electric' - as suddenly making it
acceptable to write about anything, paving the way for
a whole new wave of interpersonal discourse in
songwriting. She's said it a million times.
-Chris
