Re: OT Dylan's Modern Times
Date: September 1, 2006 03:45
highanddry Wrote:
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> FrankM Wrote:
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> > Dream on people. The Beatles and the Stones are
> > synonomous with the sixties. Dylan would be
> third
> > fiddle at best.
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> The Beatles and the Stones couldn't/can't hold
> Dylan's jockstrap.
>
> Yeah, the Beatles and Stones had some great albums
> in the 60s and 70s.
>
> OTOH, Dylan had some great albums in the 60s, 70s,
> 80s (yes, even the 80s), 90s and the 00s. Neither
> the Beatles nor Stones could do much after their
> peak period.
>
> Then again, if you're one of those who think that
> aBB, Bridges, Steel Wheels, Dirty Work,
> Undercover, etc. are GREAT albums, well, then I
> pity you. Each one of those albums had a gem or
> two sprinkled into the dross.
If you think the Beatles and Stones can't carry Dylan's jock strap then you are just lost and none of your arguments can be taken seriously.
Dylan had great albums in all those decades? What was the great eightees album? The only one that broke the album chart top twenty was Infidels. It was rated a half star lower than the number one Tattoo You and sold about one eighth as many copies. Feeling silly yet?
All the rest of his albums didn't break the top twenty until 1997. Nearly twenty years of bad reviews, disappointing sales and bad chart performance. He has had a reival in the last nine years I will give you that, but the Stones have been more consistent over the last forty years than Dylan.
And don't give me that boloney about reviews, sales etc. not mattering. That is a losers excuse. ANY INDIVIDUAL STATISTIC DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY BUT ALL THE STATISTIC TOGETHER PAINT A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE.
The Stones sold 10 million albums in the eightees just counting studio ablums. How many did Dylan sell? Not even a fraction. Now do you feel silly?
And you can't say with a straight face that Dylan was better in the ninetees either. Maybe his 97' album was better than Voodoo Lounge but the Stones also had another Platinum Studio album, THE biggest and two of the ten biggest tours of all time and many top forty hits in the UK, unlike Dylan who hasn't had a top forty hit in a looooong looooong time.
Next time do your homework before posting nonsense. Nice try though.