It is Joan Baez's opinion, Maryrrf, that Bob Dylan was the finest songwriter of that era ("thank you for writing the best songs, thank you for righting a few wrongs")...and one of its finest live performers as well. It is also Judy Collins' opinion, and she has called him a "national treasure". They were there. They had the expertise to know what they were talking about. What did they see in him that you don't?

It may just be a matter of personal taste...or of familiarity...

How many of Dylan's songs do you know well? With most people, it's a mere handful of them.