Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize for literature 2016

[Teddy B 17,251]

Looks like Bob Dylan is leaving them hanging.

Bob Dylan Hasn't Received His Nobel Prize Because He Won't Return Their Calls

Last week, 75-year-old harmonica master Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” His fans rejoiced upon hearing the news. Many others protested. But Dylan himself kept rolling downhill and gathered no award at all, as The Guardian reports Monday that he “has responded with silence.”

Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy (the group responsible for deciding who will win the Nobel Prize for literature), said:

“Right now we are doing nothing. I have called and sent emails to his closest collaborator and received very friendly replies. For now, that is certainly enough.”

A banquet will be held for Nobel Prize winners in Stockholm on December 10, but Danius doesn’t appear to expect Dylan to attend. “If he doesn’t want to come, he won’t come,” she said. “It will be a big party in any case and the honor belongs to him.”

[millefleur 5,038]

I respect Dylan's silence. The Nobel prize (or any award) doesn't make him any more great than he already is. Sitting it out just makes me like him even more. Reminds me of when George C. Scott (another powerhouse of talent) never picked up his Oscar, despite that they said they would keep it for him to pick it up. He never did.

[cdneh 3,112]

Typically Bob. I kind of like that about him.

[Rob L 3,811]

You ain't going nowhere!

[JayJayH 546]

Why are you all cheering?

Giving Bob Dylan a nobel prize is racist, and he should be measured up against his skin color and gender first and foremost. His character or the content of his writing matters very little.

From the always lovely Guardian:

"But of course it will be criticised, and it should be. Giving the award to any white male writer, no matter what form he writes in, is in no way innovative or inspired. It is simply a return to the status quo – albeit in a different genre."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/14/bob-dylans-nobel-prize-isnt-radical-hes-just-another-white-male-writer

[millefleur 5,038]

Why are you all cheering?

Giving Bob Dylan a nobel prize is racist, and he should be measured up against his skin color and gender first and foremost. His character or the content of his writing matters very little.

From the always lovely Guardian:

"But of course it will be criticised, and it should be. Giving the award to any white male writer, no matter what form he writes in, is in no way innovative or inspired. It is simply a return to the status quo albeit in a different genre."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/14/bob-dylans-nobel-prize-isnt-radical-hes-just-another-white-male-writer

Eye roll....I just can't anymore. He's a Jew, doesn't that at least count?!?!?!

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://g.co/kgs/TGKNzC

http://youtu.be/vWwgrjjIMXA

Fingers crossed

http://youtu.be/RsjiSfAmEeo

Uggh. Give up!!!!

Edited October 19, 2016 by Jacque67

[Teddy B 17,251]

Here ya go Jacque.

Edited October 19, 2016 by Teddy B

[Jacque67 7,328]

Here ya go Jacque.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l4nVByCL44

Cheers dude.

http://youtu.be/xJjCnWm5cvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjCnWm5cvE&autoplay=1

What the?

Edited October 19, 2016 by Jacque67

[millefleur 5,038]

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

[Jacque67 7,328]

[Teddy B 17,251]

Great tune and I give Dylan all the credit for writing it. But imo, the best version of this tune goes to GnR.

Edited October 19, 2016 by Teddy B

[Jacque67 7,328]

Roadworks going on in my street...

[smilesammich 10,727]

[Rob L 3,811]

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

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