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Thread #61163   Message #981933
Posted By: GUEST,JoeMoran
12-Jul-03 - 03:17 PM
Thread Name: Dylan's Humour
Subject: Dylan's Humour
Recently, I was on a local radio show as part of a small group of people reviewing some cd releases. Dylan's "The Classic Interviews 1965-1966" came up for comment. At one point in the interviews, Dylan is asked, "Do you consider yourself primarily a singer or a poet?" to which he replies, " Oh I think of myself more as a song and dance man". Now, two of the panel thought that Dylan's answer was hilarious. I didn't. I saw it as a valid, straight forward question that received a reply not worthy of some "smart arse" fifteen year old. To me, it's as if, for example, John Lennon had been asked the same question, and had answered, " An opera singer". Would that have been funny?