2006-08-31 05:23:49 · 10 answers · asked by bob 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Can you see any beauty in the name Zimmerman?
2006-08-31 05:25:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Dylan considers himself to be foremost, a poet so he chose the name Dylan after Dylan Thomas. Anyway, who would take someone called Zimmerman seriously.
2006-08-31 08:51:32 · answer #2 · answered by greebo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the poet Dylan Thomas
2006-08-31 05:26:11 · answer #3 · answered by shamrock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dylan Thomas, for sure.
In fact, it was part of the hype and buzz (forgive the pun) when Bob Dylan began hitting it big. In an odd way, it legitimatized what he was casting himself as.
He had to separate himself from the "beatnik poet" that was so popular in the 50's and on Dobie Gillis (hehe).
He needed to set himself apart from easy classification, "oh, he's just a beatnik" or "oh, he's just a folk singer". So, he became the "poet for our generation" and protest singer and a rocker.
Connecting himself to a legit poet like Dylan Thomas added shadings and mystery to his character. Kinda like "implied depth".
2006-08-31 05:34:35 · answer #4 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bit obvious I'm afraid - after Dylan Thomas. (Let's see how many people answer after Dylan from the Magic Roundabout)
2006-08-31 05:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by mistral23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well don't you think dylan sounds better than Zimmerman?
2006-08-31 05:26:03 · answer #6 · answered by Cj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from the welsh poet Dylan Thomas
2006-08-31 06:11:13 · answer #7 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zimmerman didn't fit on the record label very well on the old 45rpm.
2006-08-31 05:32:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz it was shorter
2006-09-04 05:16:46 · answer #9 · answered by ianjohnpaul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know
2006-08-31 05:25:52 · answer #10 · answered by basheeralmorshed1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋