The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21320   Message #666332
Posted By: Little Hawk
10-Mar-02 - 12:46 PM
Thread Name: Dylan's use of Trad music?
Subject: RE: Dylan's use of Trad music?
Yes, and it should have simply credited him with that particular arrangement of "Shenandoah"...assuming he was the one who arranged it.

But so what?

If one of the finest ships in the world pulled into your dock, would you refuse it on account of a couple of barnacles on the hull?

The only reason people bitch endlessly about Dylan is because his contribution to music has been so huge that they are incapable of ignoring him.

If his contribution had been minimal, and his degree of success likewise, you guys wouldn't care enough about him in the first place to bother seeking out minor blemishes to obsess about...and he wouldn't be any threat to your tender little egos, would he?

You're refusing a first class gift horse because it has one or two hairs out of place.

- LH