Why did the Nobel people give a prize to Shabtai Zisl ben Avraham, more commonly known as Bob Dylan? Are his trash cliche corny obvious unsubtle limpwristed lyrics really that good?
>>24113044dylan should've won a nobel in something, but not literature. his lyrics aren't THAT good and Dylan wasn't THAT influential on global literature. (not to say dylan isn't a good lyricist; obviously he's a genius)
>>24113044Dylan is simply what would happen if Billy Joel got drunk and fucked up his vocal chords.
well ..... if you were being charitable..... you could argue that Dylan did an awful lot in regards to getting 60's/70's kids to read actual literature (name-dropping elliott, pound and writing in a half-assed modernist way etc). He mad literature cool again.As a dylan fan (my first gig was a dylan gig in the late 90's. tickets £15($18)!!) I saw it as a cynical attempt by the Nobel Committee to gain cultural relevance and appear "cool," but ultimately fail.Dylan didn;t give a fuck about it.Patti smith perfomed "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall" and forgot the lyrics. bunch of shite really. Should've given it to McCarthy before he died or William T Vollman before he gets arrested for some kind of career destroying degenerate act. There were plenty more deserving authors.
hey mr awards man give me recognitionim sleepy and there is no way im going to remembered by posterityhey mr awards man give me applausein the jingle jangle morning ill be chasing clout
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>>24113052>obviously he's a geniusPoptards have such low standards.
>>24113079Holy fucking shit.
>>24113079in the jew's mind he is the messiah
>>24113079Fucking kek. BTW, the Nobel prize is almost exclusively given to Zionist Jews if it goes to Americans. Really should be one of those prizes authors denounce as Zionist.
>>24113044the prize isn't awarded by the global literature community or anything. It's a bunch of old ESL swedes
>>24113044Your own post answers your question. Because it creates headlines, and gets people talking.The purpose of awards ceremonies is to generate publicity for the organisers.
>>24113079White cis males.
>>24114488You're """""cis""""" too.
>>24113052He should have won it in Physics, for Slow Train Coming.
>>24113044To tell authors to step the fuck up and write good books.I'm glad he got the award, fuck authors.
Very very good by the standards of what passes for poetry today
>>24113044Well he is definitely a far better poet than he is a musician.
I will NEVER forgive the Nobel committee for giving him a nobel before Pynchon. After that I completely stopped caring about the Nobel Prize.
>>24114899Pynch has some opinions about the Nobel in GR...
>>24113044Clue: who were Epstein and Maxwell and who did they work for
>>24114899>Implying this random homeless fag is actually PynchonNice try losers but you'll never find me
>>24113044Nobel prize is a joke. The Ig Nobel prize is where it’s at.
>>24116512he's like 90 anon
>>24113079They simply can't resist, can they? Oy---
>>24113044He deserves it more than corncob
>>24113072>William T Vollman before he gets arrested for some kind of career destroying degenerate act.Never thought about this before. Do you think it's possible? What would said act be? I don't think he's a degenerate at all. I think he's one of the best humans out there.
