Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

**K_D** · October 13th, 2016, 12:01 PM

Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/ar...iterature.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...-in-literature

garthok newo · October 13th, 2016, 01:53 PM

far too many really great songs to pick one, but if I had to "All Along the Watchtower" sums up why he deserves the prize.

**uli12345** · October 13th, 2016, 02:20 PM

Only my opinion:
A Shame for every serious writer!

Uli

**Wendigo** · October 13th, 2016, 04:18 PM

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the votes go

Fair shout, he's written some great lyrics and to be honest a few of his songs will be more familiar to most people than the total collected writings of many winners.

It's about Literature, and that covers a very wide spectrum.

The times they are a-changin.

**footstep** · October 13th, 2016, 06:24 PM

Deserved.
Just my opinion.

lnoreto · October 13th, 2016, 09:32 PM

more books , study about dylan than any living writer. there is probably a reason far more than money. for me he deserved it

**beemerider500** · October 13th, 2016, 11:38 PM

Congratulations Bob!

**theequestrian** · October 13th, 2016, 11:51 PM

THE best lyricist of the last 100 years. He deserves it more than some of the past winners.

**Brecht** · October 14th, 2016, 12:07 AM

Dylan has some good lyrics but his voice and music are awful. I'm not sure he deserves the Nobel Prize in literature but it's not like the Nobel Prize has anything to do with actual contribution except in the fields of science. The Nobel Prize was always politically motivated and was established as self-adulation of the elites and their servants. There are many mediocre writers who won this prize, so why not a songwriter like Dylan?

To illustrate that the awarding of the Nobel Prize is a joke, let me remind you who won the Peace Prize so far:

Barack Obama - for his drone killings and regime change policies. No reason to award a single man as he's just the public face of the US neocon warmongers who may lead to us to another world war.

Henry Kissinger - good ol' Henry, the butcher of Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor etc. His methods of overthrowing democratically elected governments are "exemplary" too.

the European Union - any comment is superfluous.

Al Gore - what was his contribution to world peace again? Probably the discovery of ManBearPig.

Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, and Yitzhak Rabin - for their advancement of peace in Israel/Palestine. Totally understandable if you subscribe to alternative history.

Mother Theresa - people would more likely die in her "clinics" than on the streets of Calcutta.

Lech Walesa - for being a tool of Washington and bringing the Church back in politics.

Elie Wiesel - I believe he really advocated humanist policies except when they were supposed to be adopted by the Israeli government. He supported the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, acting oblivious of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. The Israeli government could count on his support again for their Lebanon operation in 2006. Let's not forget his support for Bush's Iraq invasion in 2003.

As you can see, there is no reason to think of the Nobel Proze as a prestigious award. Its economics and literature sections are enother joke. They might as well award Jamie Oliver for his recipe books.

**otokonomidori** · October 14th, 2016, 02:10 AM

My son saw him live in Glasgow - he said the Bobster's singing was so bad that if it hadn't been His Bobness he'd have got a good kicking from the punters.

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garthok newo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 297 Thanks: 92,470 Thanked 3,812 Times in 276 Posts	excellent choice far too many really great songs to pick one, but if I had to "All Along the Watchtower" sums up why he deserves the prize.

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Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,796 Thanks: 259,910 Thanked 1,139,400 Times in 113,913 Posts	You don't need a weatherman to know which way the votes go Fair shout, he's written some great lyrics and to be honest a few of his songs will be more familiar to most people than the total collected writings of many winners. It's about Literature, and that covers a very wide spectrum. The times they are a-changin. __________________ RIP Doctor Who To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 23 November 1963 to 25 December 2017, sacrificed on the altar of identity politics. The show is dead to me, but my DVD's live on If you can re-up dead links please consider adding this to your signature. It helps when looking at reports of dead posts. Please PM me re any dead images although it is likely if it is outside Celebs I may no longer have the content

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theequestrian Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: A hop, skip & a jump from Daytona Beach, Florida Posts: 1,177 Thanks: 4,807 Thanked 11,707 Times in 1,156 Posts	THE best lyricist of the last 100 years. He deserves it more than some of the past winners. __________________ 'If we could read each others minds, we'd all sleep with loaded guns' -theequestrian

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footstep Lost luggages? Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: France Posts: 7,268 Thanks: 92,097 Thanked 86,765 Times in 7,170 Posts	Deserved. Just my opinion.

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lnoreto Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 8 Thanks: 24 Thanked 25 Times in 4 Posts	more books , study about dylan than any living writer. there is probably a reason far more than money. for me he deserved it

October 13th, 2016, 11:38 PM	#7
beemerider500 Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,123 Thanks: 35,856 Thanked 9,424 Times in 1,040 Posts	Congratulations Bob!

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Brecht Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 10,657 Thanks: 180,485 Thanked 188,138 Times in 10,453 Posts	Dylan has some good lyrics but his voice and music are awful. I'm not sure he deserves the Nobel Prize in literature but it's not like the Nobel Prize has anything to do with actual contribution except in the fields of science. The Nobel Prize was always politically motivated and was established as self-adulation of the elites and their servants. There are many mediocre writers who won this prize, so why not a songwriter like Dylan? To illustrate that the awarding of the Nobel Prize is a joke, let me remind you who won the Peace Prize so far: Barack Obama - for his drone killings and regime change policies. No reason to award a single man as he's just the public face of the US neocon warmongers who may lead to us to another world war. Henry Kissinger - good ol' Henry, the butcher of Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor etc. His methods of overthrowing democratically elected governments are "exemplary" too. the European Union - any comment is superfluous. Al Gore - what was his contribution to world peace again? Probably the discovery of ManBearPig. Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, and Yitzhak Rabin - for their advancement of peace in Israel/Palestine. Totally understandable if you subscribe to alternative history. Mother Theresa - people would more likely die in her "clinics" than on the streets of Calcutta. Lech Walesa - for being a tool of Washington and bringing the Church back in politics. Elie Wiesel - I believe he really advocated humanist policies except when they were supposed to be adopted by the Israeli government. He supported the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, acting oblivious of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. The Israeli government could count on his support again for their Lebanon operation in 2006. Let's not forget his support for Bush's Iraq invasion in 2003. As you can see, there is no reason to think of the Nobel Proze as a prestigious award. Its economics and literature sections are enother joke. They might as well award Jamie Oliver for his recipe books.

October 14th, 2016, 02:10 AM	#10
otokonomidori 緑の男 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jockistan, UK. Posts: 8,316 Thanks: 39,023 Thanked 122,410 Times in 8,316 Posts	My son saw him live in Glasgow - he said the Bobster's singing was so bad that if it hadn't been His Bobness he'd have got a good kicking from the punters.