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Sorry to upset you couch but to the best of my knowledge the Best Buy In Kalamazoo never had the CD, I asked for it several times.
And no I don't understand how songs chart.
How does a song DEBUT at number one. How does that happen? Doesn't the public have to listen to it or buy it before they know its chart position? The charts are manipulated by the labels for sales position. It has nothing to do with how good they are. You cannot request songs being played on the radio so who determines the radio chart position? If the listeners don't, who does?
How does a Movie the Public has not seen get nominated for an Oscar?

They release a Million copies for sale and call it Platinum. Never mind that 700,000 of them never make it out of the store room. But they shipped a Million.

I admit that Dylan wrote some very good songs but this is too much. The guy couldn't walk on water and I really did not care for the way he sings.
I saw him perform on Television once and he was so stoned or drunk he could barely talk much less sing.

He learned from copying Guthrie and then surpassed Guthrie.

And I don't think I said they never play his old songs on the oldies stations. What I said was I cannot recall hearing any of the songs from is new album on the Radio. Maybe I just listen to the wrong sations.
Most of the people I know do not even know he made a new one.

No one, especially me, is denying his role in history or his influence on music. He wrote some amazing songs but he wasn't the best there ever was and I am sure someone will come along and write some more amazing songs.
I thought Stephen Foster and George M Cohan ranked pretty high. Johnny Cash was right up there also. Three different types of music. All fantastic. Was Dylan better. In his style, probably.