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It's all a matter of personal opinion as to whether or not Bob Dylan is a folk singer. So with that being said as far as I'm concerned being that folks such as myself listen to ...read more
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by Stevie-B
"I'll let you be in my dream, if I can be in yours. I said that." - Bob Dylan, "Taking Them World War III Blues" Of course Bob Dylan is a folk singer. He's also a rock sing...read more
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by Kate Johns
When I saw this title I knew I had to write on this one, considering, the powers that be, are trying to sell us into donating money to PBS so we can watch the master at work. Bo...read more
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If the title of this debate were "Does Bob Dylan consider himself a folk singer?" then I would be writing for the other side, because it is a well documented fact that Dylan hat...read more
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Bob Dylan has been running away from the "folk music" label for most of his professional career, but in a Faustian twist of fate, folk music claimed his soul in the end. Dyla...read more
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by Barry Cohen
Bob Dylan. The mere mention of this artist stirs controversy. His music has spanned four decades.These musical gifts have touched many musical styles such as folk, rock, blues...read more
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There are so many facets to Bob Dylan's career, but he is still a folk singer. Like the blues, folk music can be branched into many different forms of music. Even during the t...read more
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by Margo
More than any other singer/songwriter of the 60's, Bob Dylan wrote songs and yes, sang them (as well as he could). The troubadour style of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and ma...read more
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by Roy Phillips
Bob Dylan? , now theres a name that conjures up a lot of emotions , singer,poet,songsmith,drugg ie,beatnik,protest song, the beatles and the 60s etc...Yes he is a folk singer the...read more
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by Pete Albert
Bob Dylan has done so much over his career, it is hard to put any tag on him. As a matter of fact, he has been singular and unique since the early-to-mid 1960's. But is he stil...read more
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by Ellen Hill
Yes and no. Folk indeed. The reality is let's face it, if so, one of the worst. His voice is terrible and rather annoying frankly. It is his words and content that speak vol...read more
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by sunseed
Is Bob Dylan a folk singer? If you have to ask, then you obviously have not listened to his music. There is no other category in which to place Bob Dylan unless you place him in...read more
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The title of this debate has only one side of it right: Bob Dylan as part of American folklore, though not quite a folk singer. To his credit, Dylan has had a long career in the...read more
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by Phil Dotree
Tying down an artist like Bob Dylan to a single genre is nothing more than a grave mistake for a critic to make. In the initial part of his career, Dylan played a lot of acou...read more
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by Todd Hilton
Calling Bob Dylan a folk singer is like calling Picasso a cubist painter. It is stupid to try to pin such a prolific artist down with some puny little label. I have never unde...read more
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Before we can answer a question like this, we need a few definitions. The first is folk music. This is a difficult concept to describe, but most people would probably agree ...read more
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The strange thing about folk music is that it is identified by cultural origins rather than by musical framework. By definition (or at least by ORIGINAL definition) a folk song ...read more
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by Ted Sherman
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Ever since I retired from the 9 to 5 rat r...read more
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by Penny Sky
Bobby Zimmerman is "Dylan's" real name. He named himself "Bob Dylan" after a famous poet "Dylan Thomas." " You either love Dylan or you hate him," an old boyfriend of mine sai...read more
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Being a master debater I will take on as a topic something excruciatingly relevant in today's society, "Is Bob Dylan a folk singer? Uh. Gee. When was the last time this guy was...read more
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by Travis Boyer
Bob Dylan hid from the label of "folk singer" during the height of his popularity in the 1960's. However, his early work suggests it is of a folksy variety. Artists evolve and...read more
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by Vicki Harper
Artists either define or are defined by the eras they live in. There is further classification according to when artists reach different pinnacles of their own style. I write th...read more
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by Mr. Ewe
Bob Dylan has played many different styles of music. Early in his career he had, what some people would call the Folk time of his career. This is the time when his music sounded...read more
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Can we agree that a folk singer is somebody who primarily sings folk songs? By that standard, Bob Dylan has not been much of a folk singer. He is a singer/songwriter whose work ...read more
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Times They are a Changin" Born in Duluth Minn. On May 24 1941 Robert Allen Zimmerman began a journey that was to be one of ultimate musical and vocal response to a world in dir...read more
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