Over thirty years of the most unique and extraordinary songwriting that most of us have ever heard deserves a phd. If I have to listen to blokes sing I'd rather listen to Dylan than any other because its what he sings that does it for me. He may have an unusual sounding voice but I've never heard him sing out of tune. To sing blowing in the wind the way he does takes some ability, it is almost like the fore-runner of rap. And "To make you feel my love" is one of the most excellent love songs I've ever heard, although sometimes I prefer Gilly Darby's version. She did bring it alive for me.

As for:

'Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted frightened trees, out to the windy beach
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about to day until tomorrow.'

Do you know anyone else who could have written that?
And did Keats really do any better than that?

matai