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Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson
No, and I honestly would never be curious enough to do so.
I'm sure he was considered groundbreaking in the 60's, but that was 30 years before I was born, and I just can't relate to his boring music. I just don't see his material holding up as well as opposed to that of his peers from the same decade, like the Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, or Strawberry Alarm Clock! Now those are some great acts!
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Seriously man, to each his own, but if you're dismissing everything Dylan released that wasn't Blonde On Blonde (which is, incidentally, a decent candidate for my all time favourite album), I just feel sorry for you. You have cut yourself off from a vast number of the greatest songs ever written, in terms of just pure lyrical mastery as much as anything else. I mean for one, as a hip-hop fan, you should appreciate that no one ever flowed like Dylan. To say you'll never want to give the time of day to, say, 'It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)' because you think it sound a bit 60s, is like saying you can't be bothered with Shakespeare because some of the words are spelled funny.
As to Weezer, I've always liked what I've heard from the first 2 albums, but never got around to actually buying them. I'll get the Pinkerton reissue when it comes out, and expect to love it. Everything else I've heard by them has pretty much seemed totally sucky to me, so I just haven't listened to it. I'm going to go listen to 'Another Side Of Bob Dylan'.