My point, RobertK, is that Dylan never was under the "peace love and understanding" umbrella.

Some peole move him into that classification..but these are the same people that thinbk everyone wore beads and chanted in the 60s...the same people who thinbk everyone wore blue jeans and had grease in their hair in the 50s..danced disco and wore polyester in the 70s..etc. etc.

Whatever test you apply to prove greatness in an Andrew Lloyd Webber could certainly be applied to Dylan.

He may not be your cup of tea..and I must accept that in the same sense that you must accept my feelings about Mr Webber..that seems fair...
But history cannot be denied, and Mr Dylan seems to have a pretty good lock on a place in history..in my opinion, at least, and apparently in the opinion of many others.

But...we could ALL be wrong.

Indeed, the people at the Nobel committee might just be a bunch of tired old hippies as well.

Bob Young