Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature 2016 – live

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

And the winner is...

Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
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Sara Danils, permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, describes Dylan as “A great sampler … and for 54 years he has been at it, reinventing himself.”

Start with Blonde on Blonde, she said... “An extraordinary example of his brilliant way of rhyming. putting together refrains, and his brilliant way of thinking.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/oct/13/nobel-prize-in-literature-2016-liveblog

[msanthrope]

1. How does it feel? nt

[underpants]

4. You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns

[mulsh]

2. I may be one of the few people who think his writing chops keep getting better as he gets

older. Too bad they don't give out Nobel Prizes for rhythm guitar

[AngryAmish]

3. You may be

[Ligyron]

5. Well deserved too.

Even my parents recognized his genius as they listened to Old Blue Eyes.

[Nitram]

6. Dylan deserves the prize. He has been an incredible creative force for decades.

Elitist snobs who can't stand that someone who put real poetry into songs with a beat can take a flying leap.

[spike jones]

15. This has worked for me.

I have always told people who put Dylan down that I wish that they were sophisticated enough to appreciate him too.

[hibbing]

7. One of my heroes

His music has had a profound impact on my life. He refused to perform on Ed Sullivan when the producers asked him to switch the song he was going to sing. He performed at the march in DC with Dr. King, such a long history.

Peace

[Achilleaze]

8. Bravo

[displacedtexan]

9. The pump don't work

'cause the vandals took the handle.

This is kind of amazing! Wow! This sort of validates my youth!

[davekriss]

10. Very cool!!!

[laserhaas]

11. Congrats B.D. hope to shake your hand one day.

I've always been a fan (as my previous thread does note - here)

Well deserved - guy....

[AikenYankee]

12. Long overdue ....

congratulations Mr. Dylan! Well deserved!

[maxrandb]

13. Anyone who can rhyme "stir" with "Murder" deserves this

"They want to put his ass in stir,

They want to pin this triple mur-der on him...he ain't no Gentleman Jim"

From Hurricane

[Aristus]

14. "In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothes,

I bargained for salvation and she gave me a lethal dose..."

[ailsagirl]

16. Wow!!!

“His lyricism is exquisite; his concerns and subjects are demonstrably timeless; and few poets of any era have seen their work bear more influence.”

[Highway61]

17. Finally

Well deserved. Man is amazing

[moondust]

18. Dear GOP obstructionists,

Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'

Bob Dylan, prophet

[ananda]

20. Wow!

I remember putting together a poetry unit based on his songs.

Bob Dylan ... Nobel Laureate.