A Complete Unknown (Timothy Chalamet plays Bob Dylan)

guidomerkinsrules said

yes but tangled up in blue
someone earlier said all covers of Dylan songs are improvements - I've made that argument about Leonard Cohen. LC deliberately under performed his songs bc he wanted the words/poetry to be foremost
When someone covers Dylan they don't make a better song, they make a different song

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Yeah, I agree.

The thing about Dylan in this whole discussion is that he never saw himself as one of these songwriter types happy to let others shine the light on his work. He was a freakin superstar and while he certainly wasn’t always comfortable with that, he made his music first and foremost to be recorded and performed by him on stage. The covers are just homage.

Some don’t like his style or can’t get over his voice (I love his voice) - but in his time, he was iconic. The jester who stole the king’s crown.