Dylan seems prissy to them, although you could certainly argue that he was the first Real Slim Shady.

A lot of the kids at the bar still play Classic Rock on the jukebox. The sixties and seventies are still sticky in radio aspic, and many have a wistfulness about that time, without thinking too much about that being some of the music their grandparents listened to while having sex.

What doesn't get played? Bob Dylan.

For these kids there is a Dylan-shaped hole in their sixties and seventies: heard of him, likely, but not listened to. If they sense that hole then it is usually filled instead with John Lennon: they say they want a Revolution, too, and -- no -- they don't need to see the plan. This also means the song 'Imagine' will just not fucking die.

The racing wordplay and ricochet rhymes of Dylan are now found in their Rap artists. "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" has been supplanted by Jay-Z's 99 Problems. Of which a bitch ain't one: sorry, Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.

Dylan seems prissy to them, although you could certainly argue that he was the first Real Slim Shady. In 2003 Eminem released "The Singles" box set. My Name Is, The Real Slim Shady, Stan, Lose Yourself, etc. For perspective: in 2003 Meat Loaf covered Dylan's "Forever Young". 

Classic Rock doesn't play much Bob Dylan. Classic Rock doesn't play much Meat Loaf nowadays, either.

Dylan had his Christian period. Now he is awaiting his resurrection.



-jj

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