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In reply to the discussion: I've assumed Dylan was a right winger for quite a while [View all]H2O Man
(78,496 posts)those who disliked John Lennon. Even on this thread, one of our friends said John "sounded like an ass" in the best known of his versions of a "Dylan song" recorded in the time he was baking bread and taking care of Sean. He incorrectly identified it as the "one," though when Yoko released the first boxed set, there is one CD with plenty more.
Bob Dylan was a huge influence on the youth culture in the 1960s and '70s. Nothing anyone says today can possibly take away from that. Those who are attacking him now don't have a clue what they are talking about, and most likely weren't alive back then. It's not that rare a thing for the cultural icons of that era. There are bitter old white Vietnam veterans who still call Muhammad Ali a draft dodger, though he was not. Ali was serving as America's conscience, as the USSC ruled in an 8 to 0 decision. Some times, it is best to keep in mind who owns the problem. A few kids on this forum might not learn from history, but they can't change it.