dylanprophet.com » Donovan http://dylanprophet.com BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:02:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Vatican Disses Dylan http://dylanprophet.com/2010/02/16/the-vatican-disses-dylan/ http://dylanprophet.com/2010/02/16/the-vatican-disses-dylan/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:44:05 +0000 srogovoy http://dylanprophet.com/?p=420 According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the Vatican disses Bob Dylan because “despite his ‘great poetic vein’ … he paved the way for generations of unprofessional singer-songwriters who have ‘harshly tested the ears and patience of listeners’ with their tormented stories.”

Honestly, there is more than a grain of truth to that, although it’s hard to see how Dylan is to blame for all the cut-rate wannabes that followed in his wake.

And I don’t just mean Donovan.

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