12-20-2020, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mc1
However, sometimes when people talk about Dylan or Cohen or whomever, I think they give them way too much credit. They aren't really in the same ballpark as Shakespeare or Yeats, but from some of the statements I read, it would appear that some think they are.
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Hi mc1
I could not DISAGREE more.
You need to cover a writer's catalog (song or literature) in it's entirety, and in context to be able to measure why they are considered relevant, or poignant.
Dylan is not considered 'profound' or 'relevant' because he was popular. He has remained 'profound' and 'relevant' through many phases of society. His lyrics are amazing.
And we won't know for at least 404 years after he dies (that's where we are marking time with William Shakespeare's place in history in 2020)
I don't think lyricists are overrated at all.
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