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Friday, May 13, 2011

Mr Zimmerman digs the hole deeper

http://www.bobdylan.com/news/my-fans-and-followers

So, the Chinese are liars.  And then none of them know who he is or what he's sung - but he sells out concerts there, regardless.  Right...  And he just happens to randomly play songs from place-filler albums, rather than the tunes that made hims a superstar - just by accident, eh?  How....convenient......
Nope, I'll stand by my original assessment.  In fact I think this vapid non-reply to the critics backs it up.  Mr. Zimmerman is a genius.  No doubt about it.  But he's also a self-promoting song and dance man who will do whatever he thinks is necessary to make a buck.  Even lie.  Even to kowtow to authoritarians for more millions to pile onto the stack he already possesses. 
Depending how you count it, this is either the third or the fourth "Dylan has sold out" episode that I've lived through.  It's time people figured it out - he's never sold out, because he never bought in.  He just can write like he did - and do so perfectly.  People can't believe he doesn't believe.  Grow up.  Just enjoy the tunes and the poetry, leave the needless hero worship behind.

1 Comments:

  • I agree he’s a genius; but then I like his reply! It seems to me the Chinese are finally catching on - someone promoted a phony concert to make a quick buck and then blamed the government when it was revealed that the concert wouldn’t happen. Sounds like he might have some amerikan capitalist blood in him, whoever he is.

    As Bob clearly points out in his piece, he could play whatever he wanted because most of the young people at the concert wouldn’t know his songs anyway. (And I love the ‘60’s icon’ promotion!) It’s pretty cool that they responded favorably to what he played - whether it was because they really enjoyed it, because they actually understood it, or perhaps because it was American pop culture and they’ll like it no matter what. McDonald’s for everyone!!

    Bob has survived, evolved, sometimes devolved, and continued to be his own man. If he can make money doing it, then more power to him. And I’m with you, Blau, “Just enjoy the tunes and the poetry….” I’ll leave you with a link to a Dylan tribute from AARP (!) magazine for Bobby’s 70th birthday on the 24th.

    http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/arts-music/info-03-2011/bob-dylan-birthday-tributes.html

    enjoy,
    carol

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:19 PM  

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