"May I also add that apart from the 0.5% of usual trite contributions "
Normally, I wouldn't comment on the tastes of others, but, as an admirer of MacColl, I have become more than a little tired of someone I knew and worked with, known and admired for twenty years while he was living and , now thirty years after his death, still being dug up for a regular kicking - in my experience, Dylanites are among the worst (something to do with Ewan's refusing to take Bobby's phone call one time)
Among the most regugalr attacks
One of the most regular and superfical attacks on MacColl remain his changing his name - that this is made by Robret zimmermann fans puts it in contest, I think
I tried to like Dylan - I really did - because many of my mates did - I failed miserably
I found his lyrics trite and suprficial and his voice flat and somewhat boring
His using of people as described in Baez's book suggested a somewhat ruthless ladder-climber - his singing songs Civil Rights while refusing to become involved in those important protests at the time, suggested the same

I stopped trying to understand Dylan when he announced his career change from folk to pop - not my bag - yet despite his doing so he is still held up as a folk icon
Nowadays, I try to avoid discussion of him, but, as far as I am concerned, no public performer is above criticism or comment - if their fans feel they are above and beyond criticism or comment they should confine their activities to their bath and choose only their rubber dick as audience
My remarks about how I feel about Dylan where not 'trite' they were how I feel - one and one only song sticks with me after all these years

One of these days I'll dig out the scathing 1960s 2-part analysis on 'Bobby' by the mysterious 'Jack Speeedwell', in Karl Dallas's 'Folk Music' (7. Speedwell Confessions "I Discover Bobbie Dylan's Secret")
If my bland remarks upset his fans, they should cause a major riot :-)
Sorry to interrupt
Jim Carroll