The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68420   Message #1154439
Posted By: GUEST
04-Apr-04 - 07:44 PM
Thread Name: Bob Dylan for Victoria's Secret
Subject: RE: Bob Dylan for Victoria's Secret
More like confusing talent with notoriety.

He never had a decent singing voice, ever.

McGrath, my participation in the thread has been to discuss the commercial and Dylan's part in it. As happens with threads, there has been drift, and I've followed it.

I have seen the entire commercial while watching television a couple of times now, while many of the posters to this thread claim not to have seen it, yet don't feel shy about commenting upon it anyway.

Anyone who has been a part of mainstream culture in the US, and particularly in Minnesota where I live, hasn't been able to escape the Dylan hype over the years. Because I live in his home state, it is nigh on impossible to escape the PR and hype surrounding him, just as it is for Prince (at least he has musical talent), or Garrison Keillor (who also has a lot more notoriety than musical talent, and also cultivates and courts the phony icon status thing).