Paul Simon and Bob Dylan are contemporaries who have often been compared. Simon didn’t like Dylan’s personality, but he admired his music, at least in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, though, just over a decade into Dylan’s lengthy career, Simon said he thought Dylan had stopped being great. He shared his opinion on the other artist’s music.
Bob Dylan and Paul Simon | Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Paul Simon liked Bob Dylan’s early music
Like many people, Simon took note of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, the album that lifted Dylan to prominence.
“I thought that second Dylan album, Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, was fantastic,” he told Rolling Stone in 1972. “It was very moving. Very exciting.”
Simon said that even some of his own early songs didn’t hold up for him. Dylan’s did, though.
“Well, you can go back and pick out five...
Bob Dylan and Paul Simon | Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Paul Simon liked Bob Dylan’s early music
Like many people, Simon took note of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, the album that lifted Dylan to prominence.
“I thought that second Dylan album, Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, was fantastic,” he told Rolling Stone in 1972. “It was very moving. Very exciting.”
Simon said that even some of his own early songs didn’t hold up for him. Dylan’s did, though.
“Well, you can go back and pick out five...
- 1/31/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the "American Artifact: The Rise Of American Rock Poster Art" DVD, releasing March 27, director Merle Becker interviews rock poster artists from different eras to discover that America is in the midst of a 21st century "rock poster art movement", with thousands of artists creating silk screened rock poster art.
Becker's film includes interviews with over 30 artists, taking the viewer on a journey through different decades and incarnations of this art form with Stanley Mouse, Frank Kozik, Art Chantry, Emek, Coop, Derek Hess, Mark Arminski, Tara McPherson, Justin Hampton, Victor Moscoso, Jermaine Rogers, Jay Ryan, Chuck Sperry, Ron Donovan, Lindsey Kuhn, Leia Bell, Jim Pollock, Randy Tuten, Jim Sherraden & Hatch Show Print, Scrojo, Winston Smith, Print Mafia, Paul Imagine, Kevin Bradley, Julie Belcher, Jeff Wood, Steve Walters, Mat Daly, Stainboy, David Singer, Dennis Loren, Mike Martin, Gary Grimshaw and Chris Shaw.
Becker's credits include "CBS Tony Awards", "Beavis & Butt-Head", Comedy Central...
Becker's film includes interviews with over 30 artists, taking the viewer on a journey through different decades and incarnations of this art form with Stanley Mouse, Frank Kozik, Art Chantry, Emek, Coop, Derek Hess, Mark Arminski, Tara McPherson, Justin Hampton, Victor Moscoso, Jermaine Rogers, Jay Ryan, Chuck Sperry, Ron Donovan, Lindsey Kuhn, Leia Bell, Jim Pollock, Randy Tuten, Jim Sherraden & Hatch Show Print, Scrojo, Winston Smith, Print Mafia, Paul Imagine, Kevin Bradley, Julie Belcher, Jeff Wood, Steve Walters, Mat Daly, Stainboy, David Singer, Dennis Loren, Mike Martin, Gary Grimshaw and Chris Shaw.
Becker's credits include "CBS Tony Awards", "Beavis & Butt-Head", Comedy Central...
- 2/16/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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