Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

[Missy]

Did he ignore it? Lol I don't think he's really into the awards and all that.

This is really odd, but he recently recorded an entire album of Frank Sinatra tunes and I bought it. Just because I was curious. Now and then he just does something completely unexpected.

God bless him and he's a legend. But he's obviously no Frank Sinatra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S7nTLeMdAk

To be fair, I don't think he was trying to compete with Frank on that score. He took an aim at Rod Stewart's covering of the old standards, saying it was all too polished and not enough from the heart. Dylan's attempt was to strip the songs back to their basic meaning with the lyrics - a cool idea, though I don't know if he was entirely successful in the execution of it.

I was looking forward to hearing Rod's records of standards. I thought if anybody could bring something different to these songs, Rod certainly could. But the records were disappointing. Rod's a great singer, but there's no point putting a 30-piece orchestra behind him. I'm not going to knock anybody's right to make a living, but you can always tell if somebody's heart and soul is into something, and I didn't think Rod was into it in that way.

The really crazy thing is - my cat really seems to like the album! Every time I play it, she will curl up next to the speaker purring and very relaxed. I don't know why. But yeh my cat really seems to love Dylan's voice even if he isn't Frank Sinatra and can't hold all the notes!