I do hate this "Genius" stuff attached to Dylan . . he was a popular music equivalent to Bill Gates . . in the right place at the right time, and (most important) with a good business sense.

No doubting he's written some of the truely great songs of our time . . and can be a charismatic performer . . but he also knows just how far he can safely push "protest" against the economic clout of "the system". Which, to be fair, is further than most of us, and I don't criticise him for accomodating himself to that system. But it does mark him out as different to the Guthries, Seegers, MacColls etc.; those are the true, committed protest singers. And - taking their output as a whole - better songwriters, IMO.

G.