And to Eddie's point about the Beatles and Springsteen, let me go back to Robert Zimmerman again for a moment.

If he had not gone out there with his nasal voice and mediocre guitar skills, there would be no:

Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty
Neil Young
Joni Mitchell
Robbie Robertson
Rickie Lee Jones
........ x 1,000,000

The list is staggering. Feel free to add it it. Without him all we would have had is Beatles clones and Elvis clones.

My favorite moment in radio hands down is when the album "Infidels" came out during the heyday of Duran Duran and Boy George.

The announcer said:

"Well, Bob Dylan has a new album out, and it's pretty obvious that he has been totally oblivious to what's been happening in music the past 10 years. But that's why I love him."

And he dropped the needle:

Standing on the water
casting your bread
while the eyes of the idol
with the iron head
are glowing
Distant ships sailing
into the mist
you were born with a snake in both of your fists
while a hurricane was blowing.."


Yeah that's why I love him too.

smile

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