Rolling Stone magazine did, do you agree with them?
2007-11-02 10:43:22 · 18 answers · asked by b n r 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
no and no. neither musically or artistically.
2007-11-02 10:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not greatest or most talented artist, singer, or writer.
If it could be groups or individuals, then I would rank Elvis and the Beatles in the top two. I would still rank Alabama, Huey Lewis and The News, the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, Ray Charles, George Strait, the Beach Boys, Hank Williams, the Eagles, Willie Nelson, Journey, Chicago, and Cher above Bob Dylan, but not necessarily in that order. I could go on because Bob Dylan would not even wind up in my top 30.
Elvis not only put out more hits than Bob Dylan, he had to do it against the grain using new styles and new things in music, in person, and in the recording studio and trying to do black songs in a segregated world. Also, I think the editors of Rolling Stone are too biased toward rock and roll. They may as well have called their list the best rock and roll artists and just left out the few token names they threw in there. There are lots of artists that put out more #1 hits in their genre with better overall singing, songwriting, and instruments than Bob Dylan.
2007-11-02 11:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by Frank 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hahahahaha. That guy that reckons Huey Lewis & the News, Chicago. Journey, Cher and all them are better than Dylan cracks me up. Fair enough if he just prefers their music, he's entitled to his own taste, but come on, saying Cher is better than Dylan is like saying Britney Spears is better than the Rolling Stones.
Anyway, i think he'd definitely be in the top 5. There was a certain amount of being in the right place at the right time, but then the same applies to all the greats, i.e. Beatles, Sex Pistols etc.
2007-11-02 12:48:36 · answer #3 · answered by mrgrieves7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Music is very subjective. You can't really rank artists as a result. It's all a matter of personal preference. Personally, I like the Beatles music better than Dylan's. However, I think Dylan writes great stories.
2007-11-02 11:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by osumt99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who reads Rolling Stone anymore these days. They've been considered passe since 1972. Comparing Bob Dylan and The Beatles is irrelative. It's apples and oranges.
2007-11-02 10:51:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
my top songwriter / lyricists would be:
1/ Lennon/Mccartney
2/ Bob Dylan
3/Roger Waters (pref with dave Gilmour)
4/Neil Young
5/Paul Simon
Particularly lyrically, these guys are streets ahead. McCartney a little weaker lyrically but the best composer of melody ever.
Artists though different story.
1/Neil Young
2/ Roger Waters
3/Paul McCartney
4/John Lennon
5/David Bowie
(sorry Bob- loved your concert 2 months ago though)
2007-11-02 12:41:40 · answer #6 · answered by toddytoad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. He wasn't the greatest. I don't think he compares with some other more talented artists. What was so 'grwat' about him was the revolutionary following he had, and the people who insisted he was great. Now look at him.
2007-11-02 11:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sorry to all the bob dylan fans out there but i just can't stand his music or his voice. I have friends that think he's great and i usually just leave the subject alone. it's kind of nice to be able to say it on here. I CAN"T STAND BOB DYLAN!!!
2007-11-02 11:42:32 · answer #8 · answered by Morning Star 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Song writer he surpasses them, as a performing artist he probably wouldn't rank amongst the best.
2007-11-02 10:49:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No
Dylan came along at a very "opportunistic" time.
He was a poet and a storyteller who fooled almost an entire generation.
He got lucky. He admitted this himself.
2007-11-02 12:16:33 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no... bcuz lord knows that zeppelin would be b4 him and the beatles where an amazing band i admit and influenced so many other bands but where in the long run sortta pop. rockish then also i would put in my opinion pink floyd, deep purple, and lynyrd skynyrd, and patsy cline(yeah she wasn't rock but was one of the greatest of all time), hendrix bcuz of his gtr. revolution and of course bb king ahead of him and probily then him so if i was them i would rank him 7th
2007-11-02 13:25:02 · answer #11 · answered by I am the Walrus, Lestat! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋