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Did you know mr Dylan has been criticised in media over here. Some of the members of the Nobel committee were somewhat confused and, as I read between the lines, also disapointed due to the fact that the prize winner kept silent for a long time after the announcement... As I understand it now he has told media he will come to Stockholm to recieve the award...
I'm also curious on what you think of the pick of him as a winner... The motivation was "... for having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition..."
Didn't know before this happened that he also has released more than one book...
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we did have a thread somewhere in regards to him winning a Nobel Award....
I think that anyone who has followed Dylan's career for a fair while would know he is a man of few words.
I think he deserved the award, he is a lyrical/poetic icon IMO, and as the guy has told everyone a million times over his career, he is a poet who puts poetry to music, he is not a singer, so in that respect, yes he qualifies for the award.
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Give it to both! There have been co winners in the past!
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!
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the album rockets back from #29 up to #7 in the UK this week following his death,
am expecting it to do the same in AU/US/CAN this week also.
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as predicted, it jumps from #20 to #2 here in Australia this week...now for the US charts on Tuesday!
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