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August 23, 2006
Overreactions to Bob Dylan
A seemingly cantankerous Bob Dylan lashed out at modern music and drew all the witty net-tards* to do what they do best, react disproportionately to a headline. The amusing, drolling comments on some blogs makes me wonder if people do more than just scan headlines these days rather than reading articles.
Reuters Headline:
Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless
Most sites took this to mean that Bob Dylan is just an old man complaining about the state of contemporary music while reminiscing about the alleged "good ol days." I'm not sure why the conventional wisdom was such when the first line of this article (taken from a longer Rolling Stone interview) began as such, "Bob Dylan says modern recordings sound "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc." Then again, by definition conventional wisdom pertains to "ideas that are familiar, predictable, and therefore accepted by the general public." I'll splurge two cents to pay for a finishing thought including, but not necessarily true.
Sundog gets it:
"If you read Bob Dylan's rant about modern music today, he sounds unhinged. He isn't; he just isn't describing what he means very well, or it went over the reporter's head and didn't get on paper." (link via TPMCafe)
File Under: Everyone else misses the point.
-Brooklyn Vegan: Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless
-Stereogum: Bob Dylan Hates Modern Times
-Surly's Soap Box: Modern Music Declares Bob Dylan "Obsolete"
Ouch.
* I don't mean to disparage fellow bloggers as net-tards, its mostly reserved for the reactionary flocks in the comment sections.
Yours always,
-Merry Swankster
Tags: Bob Dylan, Music Recording
Posted by Merry Swankster at August 23, 2006 03:30 PM
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