Wow, thanks, Joe - great article. Androo
On 23/03/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Popular culture & indeed all of literature is based on inappropriate use
> of
> sources. Jonathan Lethem has a wonderful essay, "The Ecstasy of
> Influence,"
> in the last Harper's. He mentions Dylan specifically. It's
> online<http://www.harpers.org/TheEcstasyOfInfluence.html>
> .
>
> jd
>
> On 3/22/07, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > What do you mean, so what? Why shouldn't Bob be held
> > accountable for his "inappropriate" use of sources?
> > Imagine what HE'D be like with the shoe on the other
> > foot if "Nettie Moore" had been swiped from him.
> >
> > Candice
> >
> >
> >
> > --- MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > I can't argue with that list, whatever Bob lifted
> > > from civil war poets
> > > (so what? as others have remarked) - and I haven't
> > > even heard the new
> > > Lucinda Williams yet (still reeling from WWT),
> > > though I might choose
> > > Elvis Costello or Gillian Welch instead of Joni
> > > Mitchell.
> > > mj
> > > Joseph Duemer wrote:
> > >
> > > > The only recent Cohen album I haven't liked is
> > > Dear Heather. I think
> > > > Ten New
> > > > Songs, The Future & this new Blue Alert are all
> > > fine. There's only one
> > > > clunker on Blue Alert, but I leave it to you to
> > > find it. Anjani's voice
> > > > seems the perfect vehicle.
> > > >
> > > > Neil Young's lyrics are often appalling, I think:
> > > Portentous claptrap,
> > > > romantic sap, bad & I mean really bad rhymes. But
> > > when he sings them with
> > > > Crazyhorse, it all makes perfect sense to me.
> > > >
> > > > In the spirit of Hornby's novel, which is full of
> > > Top Five Lists, here
> > > > are
> > > > my top five contemporary pop lyricists:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Bob Dylan
> > > > 2. Tom Waits
> > > > 3. Joni Mitchell
> > > > 4. Leonard Cohen
> > > > 5. Lucinda Williams
> > > >
> > > > jd
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > The art of being civilized is the art of learning to
> > > read between the lies. - Kenneth Rexroth
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> Joseph Duemer
> Professor of Humanities
> Clarkson University
> [sharpsand.net]
>
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