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Happy Hoosier

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4. Meh.

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:47 AM

Jul 2025

Lots of Boomers love him. Whatevs. This place is happy to jump all over more contemporary artists who disappoint us in one way or another.

Dylan isn't a good guy. Never was, IMO. I personally never liked his music. It's not that I don't like folks music. I just don't like HIS music. I realize that's almost heresy among people a little older than me.

For a lot of folks who romanticize the protest culture 60's and early 70's, the idea that someone that was an icon of the music of that era might actually be a BAD guy is hard to swallow. I get it. It's easy for me since his nasally voice if fingernails on chalkboard.

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Bob Dylan, Politics, Folk Music, and DU Opinions [View all] MineralMan Jul 2025 OP

And from rumors. Dylan never, ever supported TACO. marble falls Jul 2025 #1

Its also dumb politics that won't help us win. nt BootinUp Jul 2025 #2

If folks didn't learn to separate the artist from the art... FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #3

Yes, indeed. MineralMan Jul 2025 #6

Yep. FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #7

I don't have a problem with that. If Hitler were a great painter, jrthin Jul 2025 #9

Obviously, this is a generalization. FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #11

"Artists are not responsible to fullfill your aspiration for them," is correct. jrthin Jul 2025 #23

Congratulations on your moral rectitude. FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #29

Thank you. jrthin Jul 2025 #35

and a fairly thorough deconstruction of the vapid stopdiggin Jul 2025 #66

That's a bodacious straw man Hekate Jul 2025 #71

It's a shame that so many great artists were shifty people, then Orrex Jul 2025 #30

Which art would burn? FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #32

Why must that be the next step, exactly? Please be specific. Orrex Jul 2025 #39

Because we have Nazi's in power now in America. FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #41

You're mixing apples and orange. One is a government crackdown. The jrthin Jul 2025 #45

I'm reminded of something I read not so long ago Orrex Jul 2025 #52

Okay. Let's take art out of it. FalloutShelter Jul 2025 #55

Hmm Orrex Jul 2025 #78

Yes, Orrex! Yes! jrthin Jul 2025 #38

Meh. Happy Hoosier Jul 2025 #4

OK. Thanks for your opinion. MineralMan Jul 2025 #5

I never liked his whiny style either... Trueblue Texan Jul 2025 #8

Somebody with the following track record seems like a pretty good guy to me: Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #15

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm stealing this (will credit you)... Hekate Jul 2025 #73

No problem! Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #88

We don't romanticize the culture of the 60's cksmithy Jul 2025 #93

He definitely got into my spirit Beringia Jul 2025 #10

Yes. For a few years, he was a strong voice in music. MineralMan Jul 2025 #12

Purposefully an iconoclast. He sought new views. cachukis Jul 2025 #13

Yes. Fitting in wasn't in his playbook. MineralMan Jul 2025 #14

Hating Dylan's music can be more difficult than you might think... Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #16

Yes. The thing is that he doesn't really push to MineralMan Jul 2025 #18

Yes. It is a staggering, jaw-dropping number. Tarzanrock Jul 2025 #21

Thanks for that information. MineralMan Jul 2025 #25

I have a CD of songs Dylan wrote but never recorded Retrograde Jul 2025 #64

Well Said ProfessorGAC Jul 2025 #82

Thank you for this post Just_Vote_Dem Jul 2025 #17

While it doesn't approach the vile hatred of racist GOPers, Democrats hate too. Not admirable IMO. Silent Type Jul 2025 #19

Yes, it's true. MineralMan Jul 2025 #27

It's the uber radical Left who "hates" in the Democratic Party. Tarzanrock Jul 2025 #20

Have a feeling what the "Where's so-and-so?" posts are about, failing the purity test. betsuni Jul 2025 #56

I think it's really one DUer who is highly conflicted muriel_volestrangler Jul 2025 #22

+1. this really nails it. stopdiggin Jul 2025 #69

We... littlemissmartypants Jul 2025 #24

And then there's this from a handful of days ago darkstar Jul 2025 #26

I'm pretty sure his personal political views are more complex that we know. MineralMan Jul 2025 #28

Thank you for your sane and rational post Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #31

Expectations by the public have ruined many careers for artists. MineralMan Jul 2025 #34

"Saving democracy is our job, all of us" -- amen Hekate Jul 2025 #81

Bob Dylan is 84, not 82. Croney Jul 2025 #33

Thanks for the correction. And yes, quite a life! MineralMan Jul 2025 #37

Born May 24, 1941. madaboutharry Jul 2025 #49

IDEAS are at the core of all ART Martin Eden Jul 2025 #36

Thanks, yes! MineralMan Jul 2025 #43

Great insight MM. bluesbassman Jul 2025 #40

I'm envious of your concert plans. MineralMan Jul 2025 #46

I never cared for Bob Dylan's music. Sogo Jul 2025 #42

OK... MineralMan Jul 2025 #47

Thanks MineralMan. I've always been a fan of Bob Dylan, and always will be. patphil Jul 2025 #44

Well, I always enjoyed his earliest stuff the best. MineralMan Jul 2025 #51

"Checking Out" Big Pink maddiemom Jul 2025 #48

I have loved Bob Dylan since I first became cksmithy Jul 2025 #50

Thanks for sharing your story. MineralMan Jul 2025 #53

Thank you, Mineral Man. rubbersole Jul 2025 #54

I think you're right about that. MineralMan Jul 2025 #61

I suppose that it's a similar issue to another famous Minnesotan... keep_left Jul 2025 #57

It reminds me BootinUp Jul 2025 #58

The women he was involved with sure learned Dylan wasn't who they wanted him to be early on. pandr32 Jul 2025 #59

His personal relationships are not that interesting to me. MineralMan Jul 2025 #62

During the Cheney/Rumsfeld occupation DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #60

The answer my friend... Cirsium Jul 2025 #63

Thanks for the kick, eh? MineralMan Jul 2025 #65

OK, you win DU for today (n/t) Retrograde Jul 2025 #67

Hundreds of participants in those threads, MM, dripping with ignorance & bile... Hekate Jul 2025 #68

Thanks, Hekate. MineralMan Jul 2025 #70

So did I, so did I... Hekate Jul 2025 #72

Dripping with ignorance and bile, agree. betsuni Jul 2025 #77

I appreciate the Dylan bashing posts FrankBooth Jul 2025 #74

Seems like this is a right brain versus left brain dilemma Beringia Jul 2025 #75

Regarding his character, post #15 in this thread will cheer anyone up.. Hekate Jul 2025 #76

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2025 #79

Welcome to DU Hekate Jul 2025 #85

I like his music, PatSeg Jul 2025 #80

Well, I've never met him, so I don't know him as a person. MineralMan Jul 2025 #84

I suppose it is presumptuous PatSeg Jul 2025 #92

I never saw these GD posts about Dylan maxsolomon Jul 2025 #83

Great response to the lefty kids: The "default setting" for over-80s Americans... Hekate Jul 2025 #86

My 36 year old lefty child who's massively opposed to Israel's actions in Gaza maxsolomon Jul 2025 #87

Tell her I said Hi Hekate Jul 2025 #90

Don't know much about him & don't have much of an opinion but it's interesting Joni Mitchell had quite a few criticisms Quixote1818 Jul 2025 #89

Doesn't take away from his music -- or Joni's Hekate Jul 2025 #91