>I have to dash off now for my Tuesday circuit of three pubs
>in four hours, but first I thought I would say that I have
>been listening to my local choir's CD of Christmas Carols
>whilst reading Dylan's lyrics and Salt 12 which Candice
>kindly sent me (thank you very much) and I must say that
>I found more genuine scraps of poetry in the Dylan than
>in the whole of the enormous Salt, but I dont think Dylan
>is good enough for the Nobel as a lyricist cos he is a
>songwriter and the music and the words combine in mysterious
>ways, and it is a pity he ruined his CD by singing in
>that dreadful voice which only Americans like and I
>am off to the pub...
Ah well, Douglas: Dylan can write great lyrics, & Dylanophiles especially
believe so. But I don't have your problems with SALT 12, even if I don't
necessarily like all of its contents (who could?). Perhaps too much of its
contents are what David dismissed as 'academic models of poetry' -- but I
confess I never know what people mean by such phrases. I don't mind being
'stupid,' but that doesn't mean ignoring any of the possibilities in & of
words wording...
As for his voice, well: I think it works with his songs. Maybe it is a
North American thang...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
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