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an-electric-heart · Post by **an-electric-heart** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:05 pm

Bono will be so jealous...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/live/ ... 6-liveblog

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:12 pm

an-electric-heart wrote:Bono will be so jealous...

And how do you think Broooooooce Springsteen feels at this time?

Overlooked slightly perhaps

Sulking and listening to Nebraska perhaps (I coulda been a contender)

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:19 pm

The never ending quest of humanity to dumb down things that once meant something.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:27 pm

I would be amazed if anybody actually could name 3 or 4 of the laureates of the last 25 years, without peeking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N ... Literature

So obviously it is a win-win situation for the committee, give it to somebody that gives us a lot of attention.

Like when Obama received the peace prize some time ago.

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:04 pm

Not sure about the grumbling around this, other than outdated high/low culture distinctions. Dylan's one of the finest world-creators and word painters the English language has seen. I don't even like much of his "classic" stuff (I def prefer his output in the last 20 years to the early days). It's literature made in the air, for the moment.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:11 pm

''Lay lady lay. Lay across my big brass bed.'' Wow Bob. That's awesome. Here's a Nobel prize.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:11 pm

Winstontaneous wrote:Dylan's one of the finest world-creators and word painters the English language has seen.

You mean like ahead/bed and light/night rhymes ?

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead.

I am not impressed, rather give the prize to Mark E. Smith of The Fall for really interesting lyrics

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:14 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Winstontaneous wrote:Dylan's one of the finest world-creators and word painters the English language has seen.
You mean like ahead/bed and light/night rhymes ?

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead.

I am not impressed, rather give the prize to Mark E. Smith of The Fall for really interesting lyrics

As much as I like some of the lyrics and songs of Dylan (and the ones I like and think are meaningful are almost as old as me, which mean more than 50 years) this prize is absurd

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:19 pm

fmr wrote:As much as I like some of the lyrics and songs of Dylan (and the ones I like and think are meaningful are almost as old as me, which mean more than 50 years) this prize is absurd

But in the end we are all playing the game that the Nobel committee wants, which is: attention + discussion = publicity

stanlea · Post by **stanlea** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:40 pm

He wrote a lot, bashing of course is easy. I think he deserves the prize.

mladi · Post by **mladi** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:44 pm

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:48 pm

stanlea wrote:He wrote a lot

It is quality and not quantity that deserves recognition, no ?

stanlea · Post by **stanlea** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:54 pm

Numanoid wrote:
stanlea wrote:He wrote a lot
It is quality and not quantity that deserves recognition, no ?

Read the second part of the sentence.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:04 pm

Slow Train Coming wrote:I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy

So what does he care about ?

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:07 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Slow Train Coming wrote:I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy
So what does he care about ?

I'm not sure if even he knows... he doesn't seem to have anything really important to say for a very long time.

Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel prize in literature