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Thread #164456   Message #3935538
Posted By: meself
05-Jul-18 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan
Subject: RE: Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan
Neither song about the boxing death strikes me as great poetry. Comparing them - they are trying to do somewhat different things. Dylan's has more depth, and is more nuanced; Ochs's is more direct. So - whichever you find superior will depend on what you are looking for.

Going further back up the thread: what is the point of publishing the 'worst' of Dylan (or anyone else)? Dylan is not celebrated for his 'worst' - no one, but the poster apparently, cares about his worst - he is celebrated for his best. Shakespeare wrote some 'feeble' bits - but nobody cares. And it is particularly pointless publishing the 'worst' of Dylan in the context of a comparison, unless you're going to publish the 'worst' of whomever you're comparing him to (Ochs, in this case). Even then - it's pointless.