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Posted: 10/22/2016 2:38:54 PM EDT
Singer-songwriter’s failure to respond to phone calls from the Swedish Academy after being awarded the Nobel literature prize ‘unprecedented’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/22/bob-dylan-criticised-as-impolite-and-arrogant-by-nobel-academy-member |
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So fk'n what?
Obongo got the Peace Prize, and proceeded to kill thousands. |
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Who cares what Bob Dylan thinks or does.
The guy can't carry a tune in a bucket. Hes a 60's Leftist. |
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If someone awarded me something I didn't ask for and couldn't have cared less about what duty is it of mine to respond? I understand it's in good taste to do so and something I personally would respond to, but if Dylan wants to remain silent then so be it.
If the prize is associated in some way to the judges that vote for the peace prize maybe he's doing the right thing... |
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So one group of pretentious jerk offs is offended by the haughtiness of another pretentious jerk off? Good.
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Some fans have suggested Dylan should refuse the title of Nobel laureate – though the Nobel committee does not acknowledge refusals, and continues to list its winners whether or not they want the prize – because the Nobel prize’s founder, Alfred Nobel, was an armaments manufacturer. “My only caveat about the award is that it cheapens Dylan to be associated at all with a prize founded on an explosives and armaments fortune,
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I know another Nobel Prize recipient who is a lot more impolite and arrogant...
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Who cares about that arrogant Marxist asshole? I have chainsaws that sound better than he did/does.
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in simple terms, he could give a shit less about the prize and doesn't want it or want to even talk to the committee, which pissed off that guy so he comes up with the silly notion "impolite and arrogant" because he's all pissed that dylan chose not to even talk to him.
aside from singing protest songs, dylan never participated or came to any huge protests. which pissed a lot of left winger singers, guthrie, baez etc... and others for him not showing up. a lot of people on the left also thought that he was a "sell out" when he was more interested in making money for his songs then "being his songs" and of course the right hating him for his songs and him when you can piss people off on both sides of the political divide, then you are doing good |
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Is that one of the academy members who was sucking Hussein's cock a few years ago?
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Dylan has always given the impression that he really doesn't give a fuck what anyone thinks about him. This seems pretty much in character for him.
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in simple terms, he could give a shit less about the prize and doesn't want it or want to even talk to the committee, which pissed off that guy so he comes up with the silly notion "impolite and arrogant" because he's all pissed that dylan chose not to even talk to him. aside from singing protest songs, dylan never participated or came to any huge protests. which pissed a lot of left winger singers, guthrie, baez etc... and others for him not showing up. a lot of people on the left also thought that he was a "sell out" when he was more interested in making money for his songs then "being his songs" and of course the right hating him for his songs and him when you can piss people off on both sides of the political divide, then you are doing good View Quote May wanna rethink that one. But I dig where your coming from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom |
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Some fans have suggested Dylan should refuse the title of Nobel laureate – though the Nobel committee does not acknowledge refusals, and continues to list its winners whether or not they want the prize – because the Nobel prize’s founder, Alfred Nobel, was an armaments manufacturer. “My only caveat about the award is that it cheapens Dylan to be associated at all with a prize founded on an explosives and armaments fortune, View Quote Nevermind the fact that it was created because Nobel was horrified after seeing himself called "The Merchant of Death", leading him to decide to establish the prize to honor people who did the opposite. |
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The Academy is getting exactly what they deserve.
They chose a guy who writes clever song lyrics instead of a true poet. |
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I recall reading something a while back about Dylan to the effect of he wasn't a big a lefty as I always kind of assumed he was.
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Some fans have suggested Dylan should refuse the title of Nobel laureate – though the Nobel committee does not acknowledge refusals, and continues to list its winners whether or not they want the prize – because the Nobel prize’s founder, Alfred Nobel, was an armaments manufacturer. “My only caveat about the award is that it cheapens Dylan to be associated at all with a prize founded on an explosives and armaments fortune, View Quote Because TNT has no other applications besides killing folks. Nobody has ever used it in excavating for building tunnels and roadways and mining. |
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So a lefty with no relevance other than being a dick since the 60's is being a dick to a group of people that have no relevance....what's the problem? Trump needs to go in Dylan's place accept the award for him and grab each one of them by pu**y on stage.
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The Nobel Prize has been cheapened a lot in the past few years with the Peace Prize going to people who have contributed little or even negatively towards world peace. The thing is, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded very differently than the other Prizes in mathematics, biology, economics, etc. The Peace Prize is pretty much a popularity contest where the other Prize selections is more like a scientific peer review. Those prizes can only be awarded based on something that has been discovered and published. The Peace Prize is more about "teh feelz".
As it is, I couldn't give a shit about who's won the Peace Prize lately but I still have some respect for the other Prize winners. |
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I saw him a few years ago in Memphis and the guy did a good job.
His band was tight. There was nothing phoned in. I will admire him if he does not respond to them. |
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How do they revoke the prize, cause the past 8 years have been nasty as hell here, gonna have to #WHATPEACE if I were on Twitter.
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Self-important lot those Nobel academy members. Dylan is a druggie (or was one- a very serious one). Just don't give a fuck.
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Singer-songwriter’s failure to respond to phone calls from the Swedish Academy after being awarded the Nobel literature prize ‘unprecedented’ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/22/bob-dylan-criticised-as-impolite-and-arrogant-by-nobel-academy-member View Quote Pretty amusing. They think they matter and their prize appeals to Zimmerman. Yep, they "listened" to the music, they just missed the "message." |
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Who cares what Bob Dylan thinks or does. The guy can't carry a tune in a bucket. Hes a 60's Leftist. +1. Never new why he was so popular. His music sucks as bad as his voice. His music is actually quite good : https://youtu.be/M6r3qej9RjI Ramona, come closer Shut softly your watery eyes The pangs of your sadness Will pass as your senses will rise The flowers of the city Though breathlike, get deathlike some times And there's no use in trying To deal with the dying Though I cannot explain that in lines. Your cracked country lips I still wish to kiss As to be by the strength of your skin Your magnetic movements Still capture the minutes I'm in But it grieves my heart, love To see you trying to be a part of A world that just don't exist It's all just a dream, babe A vacuum, a scheme, babe That sucks you into feeling like this. I can see that your head Has been twisted and fed With worthless foam from the mouth I can tell you are torn Between staying and returning Back to the south You've been fooled into thinking That the finishing end is at hand Yet there's no one to beat you No one to defeat you Accept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad I've heard you say many times That you're better than no one And no one is better than you If you really believe that You know you have Nothing to win and nothing to lose From fixtures and forces and friends Your sorrow does stem That hype you and type you And making you feel That you gotta be just like them. I'd forever talk to you But soon my words Would turn into a meaningless ring And deep in my heart I know there's no help I can bring Everything passes Everything changes Just do what you think you should do And someday, maybe Who knows, baby I'll come and be cryin' to you. |
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+1. Never new why he was so popular. His music sucks as bad as his voice. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Who cares what Bob Dylan thinks or does. The guy can't carry a tune in a bucket. Hes a 60's Leftist. +1. Never new why he was so popular. His music sucks as bad as his voice. His musicianship may be poor. You can not fault his songwriting. He has been covered by every important singer of the last half century. Wagon Wheel is a Bob Dylan tune that he forgot he wrote. It was a bootleg of him just messing around. |
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Dylan considers himself for an old style song and dance man. I've never found him arrogant, but he is aloof regarding his fans and celebrity. I get the impression he finds the whole cult of personality kind of absurd. Slightly less so than this Nobel bullshit. The guy's a fairly intelligent fan of lit who cribbed his stage name from Dylan Thomas and references James Joyce. He knows it's bullshit.
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True dat. He once played at the Val Air in des Moines. I know a guy that went. He and his wife and a lot of others left eary in the show due to his arrogant attitude and obvious dis like of Iowa and Iowans. He's a real Dick View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Nobel person ain't wrong... He once played at the Val Air in des Moines. I know a guy that went. He and his wife and a lot of others left eary in the show due to his arrogant attitude and obvious dis like of Iowa and Iowans. He's a real Dick And the son of a furniture salesman in Hibbing...where Bobbie wasn't man enough to work in the mines as a real minor.... He was a neighbor to a friend of mine's grandmother. He's an atheist,he's a Jew,he's a born again Chirstian,he's a Bahai, he's another Obama |
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Who cares what Bob Dylan thinks or does. The guy can't carry a tune in a bucket. Hes a 60's Leftist. He's actually pretty conservative. Shhh... Don't piss on their parade. Most of these guys probably confuse him w/ Woody Guthrie and/or haven't heard anything he's released since Bringing it all Back Home. |
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The Peace Prize is a very separate thing from the other Nobel Prizes. It's embarrassing how often that needs to be said here.
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I'm not really a Dylan fan, but the only correct response is "I've been called worse, by better".
Fucking Nobel bullshit.. a guilty man trying to buy his way into immortality. |
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