Dylan Or Springsteen

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Poll question: Dylan Or Springsteen

After much deliberation I must go with the former.

[graywarrior]

1. There'd be no Springsteen if not for Dylan.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. As Odd As It Might Seem There Might Be No Dylan If Not For Elvis

I believe Dylan famously said nothing in rock is new since Elvis.

But folk music has a long history.

Dylan, Elvis, Springsteen, The Beatles were all great artists. It's almost a crime to ask who is the best?

[graywarrior]

3. Theyre each the best of their generation

[tigereye]

4. then you have to go back to Bessie Smith and various Southern bluesmen...

as well as gospel shouters... and then, back to African chants, and then... ;)

[grannylib]

5. Yes, please, one of each.

[Bennyboy]

6. Bruce does the LIVE thing........

And still writes and plays great music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWxrw4PHmPg

[Bennyboy]

7. Prove It All Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3vUKBOJ5sU

[mvd]

8. Vocals - edge to Springsteen

Music - it's hard to beat Dylan's music

Can't go against Dylan very often.

[JitterbugPerfume]

9. a hard choice

but I have to go with Dylan . He was (is)

IMHO one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.

[Bake]

10. Why should I be forced into your false dichotomy?

I refuse to choose.

Bake

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. It Was A Fun Poll . That's All

I wasn't asking folks to choose between their children. It wasn't "Sophie's Choice".

[Bake]

26. I know. I was just being snarky.

I shoulda used a smilie.

:hi:

Bake

[cemaphonic]

11. As long as we are on the topic...

What's up with that Traveling Wilburys song, "Tweeter and the Monkey Man?" Is it a friendly homage to Springsteen, or is Dylan dissing him? One would think that he wouldn't go to the trouble to work in all those references if it wasn't friendly, but there is a sarcastic edge to the song, and this *is* Dylan we're talking about after all.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. Got to go with Dylan.

[JVS]

13. Washed up and past it is much better than always shitty but still going strong.

[jobycom]

16. Man. You really hate Dylan?

[SteppingRazor]

14. While you're at it, why not make me choose between oxygen and food?

:P

[jobycom]

17. Weird, but it depends on my mood, and I'm never in the mood for both at once.

Springsteen is more real, Dylan is more transcendental.

[Sebastian Doyle]

18. Love them both as songwriters

But I don't know if I could listen to Bob sing for 3 hours, so I gotta vote for The Boss.

[Lucian]

19. Springsteen, hands down.

God, I can't stand listening to Dylan for more than a second without my ears starting to bleed.

[harmonicon]

20. how is this a contest?

History will laugh at you who vote Springsteen. This is like asking: The Beatles, or the Blues Magoos. It's not that I have a problem with the Blues Magoos, but.... huh? WTF?!!?!?!?!?!?!?

Or, here's another one: Mozart, or that asshole kid who played his own shitty compositions on the piano at this coffee shop where I used to hang out.

The two aren't even comparable.

[Guava Jelly]

21. Dylan.

A few years ago I would have said Bruce.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_onAxdGTY
Worried Blues - Bob Dylan (Bootlegs 9 July 1962)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DDaX4r--kI
Idiot Wind Bob Dylan (take 2)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. "Tweeter & The Monkey Man"

Bob's own response to the "who came first, the chicken or the egg" Springsteen debate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ik45Ncvv1c

[SKKY]

23. Bruce by a country mile....

I don't, never have, and never will understand the obsession with Bob Dylan.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Maybe Because Of Work Like This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSXbdZAeF9E


Or this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht-CJTvVGmo&feature=related



Or this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF6hCRhy5hA&feature=related


Or this:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhFIsS1zJY&feature=related




Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLygQpSiyU

[SKKY]

27. Meh. Still don't see it...

...but then again, I personally think Billy Joel is THE best American songwriter EVAH, and Prince is probably the most talent musician of my generation, so what do I know.

[mitchum]

30. Or this absolutely riveting performance...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvBkbPEoeAI

When I was a teenage punk, I dismissed Dylan as just "king of the hippies"
How wrong I was

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. I always saw Springsteen as something of a continuation of Dylan.

Even though they're more or less contemporaries. Both great though.

[Zavulon]

28. Neither.

I just stopped by to see how the vote was going. I can't stand either one, myself.

[mitchum]

29. Bob Dylan is the most important figure in rock music...

he is not my favorite artist, but that fact is undeniable