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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">But, Robert, you are the guy who says that those artists who have been "lionized" by critics, by awards, and by fans are above dispute as to their greatness.</font>


It depends upon who's doing the lionizin'...

(and nice ad hominem, by the way... thanks for following my past posts with such a keen eye.)

There's great... then there's great.

Also, for the past forty years or so, too many circles of critics have made the political stands of the individual as important (perhaps even more important) than the art itself.

A long time ago, Salieri was in with the in crowd during his times and considered Mozart's superior.

Rolling Stone, had it existed, would undoubtedly have had him grace the cover far more times.

If you guys think Dylan's a Nobel laureate for literature and he's a "great" songwriter, God bless.

I think most who admire him fall under the category of being more enamoured with the sound of words rather than their actual meaning.

And speaking from a strict music/composition standpoint, he's third-tier, a league off.

The political/artistic climate being what it is, he could very well win a Nobel Prize...

I'll just chalk that one up to being the literary equivalent of giving a "peace" prize to laureates like Marshall, Duc Tho, Arafat, and Begin.


[This message has been edited by RobertK (edited 10-18-2004).]