that’s a really bad photoshop cut out of dylan and pixellated blow-up of bjork. can’t RS afford good graphic designers?

artsy fartsy scremo bitch

what a stupid fairy whore

Bjork isn’t one to talk about boring music

Silly Bjork! What was Tappi Tikarass? A rock band. The Sugarcubes? A (weird) rock band. How about “Army of Me” with Skunk Anansie? A rock song.
So Bob’s music is “like literature music. Quite boring three-chord structures serve as a bed for words.” Yes, Bjork, but in the much the same way your music serves as a bed for words. Maybe your music is a buit more experimental, but in terms of vocal range and ’signature sound’ you and Bob are a pretty even match. No one can listen to eith of your music without immediately identifying it as Dylan or Bjork.
He may not be to your liking, but you have more in common with him than you realize. I like both of you, so cut the crap.

makes me love bjork even more…sorry guys but the truth hurts. go explore some new art your mind will thank you

I thought people stopped paying attention to what Bjork had to say sometime in the late nineties.

Bjork’s right. However, I like Literature music.

seriously…not even trying to sound funny…WHO ever listened to Bjork?? Who are these people? I dont know one song by her and I own over 800 cd’s and follow all types of music….

Quite literally word for word, that is EXACTLY how I respond when asked about Dylan. Heaven forbid someone doesn’t like the “great” Bob Dylan, she’s just stating her opinion. I know plenty that feel the same. You don’t have to enjoy him to respect his affect on music.
I LOVE Bjork (much better than Dylan) but at the same time I can understand when others don’t, cuz she’s damn weird. Whether you like him or not, he IS nasally and his “three-chord structures serve as a bed for words” (perfectly worded, Bjork.)

they’re both weird, just in different ways.
and they’re both ugly, to just about the same degree.

DAMN Bjork is cool!

Bjork’s the new Sinead O’Connor. Please go away.

Bjork complaining about somebody else’s voice is like a cripple complaining that somebody else can’t kick a 40 yard field goal.

She’s certainly entitled to her opinion, and while I do rather like some of Bjork’s music, I’ll take nasal Bob eight days a week.

Yes GO BJORK!! I agree exactly, Dylan is decent, but very overrated.

Bjork is a worthless, talentless, comical ass clown.

He definitely paved the way for artists like her, I see it all as a necessary progression to get to this point. There are great things about both artists, but I’ve always latched onto Bjork’s more extroverted arrangements and productions over Bob’s run of the mill framework. Though I really dislike Volta.

Bjork relies on gimmics and shtick, and her music sounds like a dying animal. Bob Dylan is a legend who has never tried to impress anyone, but instead impresses everyone. She doesn’t deserve to be in the Man’s presence.

Actually, they are both brilliant in their own ways, and sometimes I feel like listening to Dylan, and sometimes I feel like listening to Bjork. She’s entitled to think what she wants

really, she so putrid

First they have to spend money on competent writers before they can worry about the grahpics.

First they have to spend money on competent writers before they can worry about the grahpics.

They first have to spend money on musically competent writers with some taste before they can worry about graphics.

They first have to spend money on musically competent writers with some taste before they can worry about graphics.

They first have to spend money on musically competent writers with some taste before they can worry about graphics.

Bjork’s voice sounds like the dying scream of a whooping crane.

so yeah….has anyone ever realized that bjork just isn’t very good.

I’m not so much a Bjork fan. She’s too Bjorky

“Bjork complaining about somebody else’s voice is like a cripple complaining that somebody else can’t kick a 40 yard field goal.”

Hit the nail right on the head. She’s entitled to her opinion, of course, but her voice is no less grating (far more so, in my opinion, to which I am also entitled).

I’m not a big fan of Bjork, but she does have some brilliant material (early ’90s.) That’s actually a pretty good critique of Dylan.

Go Bjork Go! Honesty rules!!

Go Bjork Go! Honesty rules!!

Go Bjork Go! Honesty rules!!

This bitch is complaining about Bob Dylan’s voice? I’d rather pluck out my toenails with a screwdriver than listen to Bjork hit one note.

i’m not criticizing bob dylan at all; just because bjork doesm’t like something doesn’t mean it’s not good, but bjork is the best singer ever, and her opinion of bob dylan doesn’t change that.

Why would Dylan even care? Bjork is talented but Dylan is the most important musician on the planet. I highly doubt if he would care about anything she had to say about him.

Shes wrong. Bob dylan is much better then she is and in the long run will be remembered way more then she will.

I agree 100% about Bob Dylan. He is too nasal and on top of that he does not sing; he just talks his way through his ultra-liberal songs.

She is icelandic, so am I and people in Iceland are weird and we eat sheep heads and whale meat. Whale is just a big cow swimming in the ocean. And we like it when stupid americans and swedish people don´t aggree with us ……. And Bob Dylan is weird so maybe he will move to Iceland like Bobby Fisher did.

who cares about bjork?
which she ever be remembered for lyrics?? dont think so.
who cares if bob sounds nasal…. shell never write anything that compares with like a rollingstone, etc…

Both are horribly overrated. Hard to say which one is more so: Bjork for doing nothing interesting at all or Dylan for really doing so little over so many years to justify his “alleged” (and I do mean “alleged”) iconic status.

i don’t like bjork at at all, but i’ve never been a huge dylan fan. I respect what he did for music (and he was a great writer). But he’s a terrible singer

I love both artists. I like Dylan better, but it doesn’t bother me that Bjork isn’t into Dylan.

i don’t know anyone who listens to dylan for his voice. it’s for the lyrics and it’s always been for the lyrics.
and last time i checked they didn’t teach bjork seminars at harvard. dylan on the other hand…
also considering this magazine is named after a dylan song, i’m gonna hand this one over to bob.

Everyone has their own opinions. Date hate!

I love Bob. May be the best songwriter of the last 100 years. Bjork? Could not give less of a shit about.

I’ll say it again, she makes a practical point, and even the best of Dylan fans should be able to see why someone wouldn’t like him, the same I can understand how someone wouldn’t like Bjork, though I think she’s genious. And in my personal opinion, Bob Dylan is just completely boring and her comment equals my thoughts exactly. I just enjoy musicality too much to listen to someone mumble over half assed melodies, good lyrics or not.

Bjork wasn’t be critical, she was just stating her opinion, isn’t this america? and it happened to be accurate.

Bjork wasn’t be critical, she was just stating her opinion, isn’t this america? and it happened to be accurate.

Bjork wasn’t be critical, she was just stating her opinion, isn’t this america? and it happened to be accurate.

Hi James,

Dylan is the most important musician on the planet????

Dylan is just a genious lyrically!

musically the songs are poor of creativity like many others in the States!

without bands like Doors, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Yes, King Crimson, Genesis… the history of Rock would have been musically boring!

Let’s wait and see where bjork’s music is in 50 years. Whoever said, Bob hasn’t done enough over his career to justify his Godlike status. I guess penning over 400 song’s, most over 6 min long is a minor achievment!!! Bob Rules , Bjork beats up reporters.

I’ve never been a huge fan of Bjork, but I did happen to really dig the Sugarcubes when there first album came out way back in 88 or 89. Bob Dylan WAS a very influential singer/songwriter, with a big emphasis on the was. In my opinion, the man hasn’t done anything noteworthy since the mid 70’s.

Bdork has no right to even carry Bob Dylans dirty underwear. Someone of her extremely small status (compared to Bob) should show a little bit of respect. Just another dumb comment from a phychotic mess of a person, and another reason I’ll never give her music (if that’s what you call it) a chance.

Ah, the ugly is told and all the boomer traditionalists whip themselves into a spectacle. She’s an artist, Dylan’s a prat.

Ah, the ugly truth is told and all the boomer traditionalists whip themselves into a spectacle. She’s an artist, Dylan’s a prat.

Oh yes…I’ll always enjoy Bjork’s costumes. Her choice of clothing, not her musical inclinations, is paramount to the reason why she is a progressionist,. Me, I’ve tried to use her image as a sort of stepping-stone to propel my clothing line…I’m trying to bring the pirate shirt back into society. Maybe, if she ever responds to my e-mails, she’d wear one onstage. Doubt, also, that she’ll be remebered in 20 years, but next time I see her, I hope she screams profanity about Bush. Go Dylan!

Everybody needs to sit back, and listen to a song off of one Bjork’s albums. Her voice is gold, and her artistery is as beautiful as my collection of priceless diamonds. It’s her right say what she wants, whether it’s about Dylan and his outdated music and opinions; really, who cares about tambourine men or rolling stones or watchtowers?

Bjork has done something that nobody else ever has, she’s brought Iclandic fervor to the entire western world, and for that nothing should ever be said about her in a negative sense.

Who’s Bjork? Isn’t she the 15-minutes of fame nobody who dressed like a swan? The only thing really odd about this is that anyone would care. This is like one of those charcoal artists at the fair, that do comic drawings of people with really big heads playing tennis or something, saying that Picasso’s art is just too squiggyly…

Bob has three grammies…for SINGING.

Bjork has a swan dress.

Nuff said.

Who’s Bjork? Isn’t she the 15-minutes of fame nobody who dressed like a swan? The only thing really odd about this is that anyone would care. This is like one of those charcoal artists at the fair, that do comic drawings of people with really big heads playing tennis or something, saying that Picasso’s art is just too squiggyly…

Bob has three grammies…for SINGING.

Bjork has a swan dress.

Nuff said.

aight bjorks got a great voice, but come on: doesn’t (very much deserved) legendary status count for something?

dylan was the voice of (most of) a generation. a generation that turned to the $$ and wall street in the 80’s, just as bob has.

bjork, while she has definitely outlived her music prowess, does represent a small group of this generation. those on the side of non-conformity, in it’s truer more pure sense, while in the middle of the me, I and like whatever generation.

here opinion is her opinion, but it is true, and truth will ring longer, and take a lot more abuse then being in a Gap commercialin the end.

I own two Bjork CD’s and saw her Swan dress, been to Iceland a few times, quite like her and thinks she is kinda funny, but also very young. Sometimes it takes some growing up and adulthood before someone really is able to get into Dylan. I own just about every official record he ever put out, saw him live this spring all across Europe at eleven concerts just this year. Comparing the two is really a weird thing to do. The latter (who started way earlier and had an impact on everybody in that field eversince) is top of the league and nobody compairs to him. All the people that came later and are now really famous, like the Stones, Beatles, Bono / U2, and all the rest think he is the greatest singer/songwriter who ever lived (and still is very much alive to this day, one week after his birthday). Presidential candidates quote him to get elected, the Pope hired him to Knock his way into Heaven’s Door and perform for him, 3 grammies, 1 oscar, but no Swan dress. Both hit on journalists but in their very own individual ways if you watched the movies and read the papers. I like them both, but there is no comparison. Bob’s the man!

I love them both…can’t we all just get along??? Music is art, not a fucking smackdown.

Too cold in Iceland:” In my opinion, the man hasn’t done anything noteworthy since the mid 70’s.”

Award winning albums? A series of consistent releases only comparable to his 60’s production line.

Get out

what’s a BJORK ???
See if her music is around for over 40 years…..

she’ll end up with one of his STD’s, I’ll bet.

Who?

Bjork, no offense, but girls who sing in nasal houses shouldn’t throw stones.

Does Bjork

Have chops?

Can americans stop saying things like “is this america?” It usually isn’t and nowadays it makes us all feel a bit uneasy…

I like Bob Dylan… I like Bjork…..

But I think I know where she’s coming from…. Bob Dylan, while he writes amazing lyrics which are powerful and meaningful, musically is a little drab, in my opinion. Musically speaking, it’s very simplistic, and it’s mostly about the words.

Bjork is someone who makes beautiful, exotic, lush, experimental, forward thinking music. She’s someone who seems more interested in SOUND, than the Bob Dylan school of music, which emphasizes WORDS.

Whoever said its because she’s ‘young’…. i don’t really agree…. She’s 42 now…. hardly a spring chicken!

I do find it sad that people can’t say something, without causing a huge backlash.

Bjork is the new Yoko, such pretensious art rock.

Weirdness does not equal quality (not always, at least).
Bjork is plenty weird, that’s about it.

bjork is great, and bob is a genius. They just have different approaches and interests. I’m sure she has only listened to the hits, and probably never paid attention to the lyrics… give her time

her comments are so ridiculous i wont even bother…but, since when do you have to shred up and down a fucking fret board to make an interesting song?

To James:

Bob Dylan the most important musician on the planet? Yes, if he could sing well or play guitar well. While Dylan is a tremendous songwriter, that’s about the extent of his legacy. Bjork has one of the most unique and beautiful voices in pop music, and continues to try to develop new and interesting music. Bob stopped doing that about 30 years ago.

Bobs greatness lies not in the melodies or even in the lyrics, but the way he squeeeeezes those crazy words out. I love his 80’s stuff even though the lyrics are pretty weak (compared to the early years at least). But his deep and great musicality came out so clearly those days. Let Bjørk listen to the nasal wonder of “In the Garden”.

Bjørk is great in HER own nasal way. But her comments on Bob echoes my 98 years old grand mother. I wonder if they are on some telepathic level (Bjørk: get out of my grand mother’s head! She’s complicated enough already). My grand mother fears simple music, and she’d wear a swann outfit every day if she had one. Like Bjørk she pretends to be weird.

None of them knows the worth of simplicity.

Any way, I’m sure that in 20 years time, where ever they may be, they’ll be singing to themselves: I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.

Poor Bob, he creates 3 straight fantastic records and still gets hit with the old “Dylan hasn’t done anything worthwhile in ages.”

no it’s really poor Bjørk – Bob’s recorded 40 albums of great music and she got stuck on the “his voice is too nasal” planet.

its too bad. no one but a very small select audience could even give a crap about her yoko garbage trip. so she can spout off all she wants. she hasnt done anything interesting since the sugarcubes and thinks she is an “artist”

Read the interview with John Harris. Bjork didn’t even know what does the English word ‘bleak’ mean. No wonder she hates Mr.Dylan’s ‘literature music’, I doubt she can understand even half of Dylan’s lyrics.

why the hell are you making a big deal out of this? This means nothing. Who the hell cares if Bjork doesnt like Bob Dylan. Both are still great artists and it doent change the fact that you can choose what you like and what YOU believe is good. Its Bjorks problem if she does not like Bob and not ours. Deal with it. Pardon my abscense of apostrophies, the key is not working. Go worry about something more meaningful like genocide, war and freedom. Not a stupid ass comment a magazine is trying to make you make into a stink.

Dear Bjork,

Thank you for publicly saying what I have thought, and been trying to convey, for years.

Love, Me

I’m sure Bob will get over it. He probably doesn’t even know who Bjork is.

Bjork who?

Dylan may sing through his nose and sound nasal, but he has created some powerful stuff over the years.

Bjork sings through her ass and has created only pretentious (f)art music.

regardless of your opinion of dylan or bjork, it seems to me that she pretty much hit the nail smack on the head this time

Comparing Bob Dylan to Bjork is like comparing lobster to twinkies. Bob Dylan is a poet and has written some of the greatest songs of all time. Bjork isn’t and hasn’t. Case closed!

Whether or not Bjork “likes music too much” is irrelevant. Why don’t Dylans words mean anything to her? That’s like saying “I don’t like Ghandi because I love music too much.” Who cares if Dylan is a musician or not. He’s an artist.

bjork is good, dylan is good. and she’s right, it’s literature music (’ezra pound and ts eliot, fighting in the captain’s tower…’).

saw dylan live recently, his band’s great while he wheezed through the show.

they’re both kinda nuts. bjork wears weird clothes and bob did a victoria secrets commercial.

Bjork is allowed to have her own opinions of Dylan. It’s OK, people.

The Bjork, Dylan collaboration needs to happen! Think about it, Dylan’s singing his lyrics, Bjork’s in the studio laying down some sensuous, sexy, soundscapes, she could mix Iceland and Dixieland into a furiously weird cocktail for Dylan’s new post neocon to neoChristian evolution.

Can’t wait for Bjork’s remix and duet with Bob of Tangled Up in Blue!

Well, as a fan of both, I can dream of a reconcilable difference tour can’t I?

The MOUTH on that girl!!!!!

Well, she does have a right to state her own opinion. I think she’s amazing, and, c’mon, it’s BJÖRK!!! She can do whatever the hell she pleases and justly get away with it! As can Bob.

Funny, how Bob’s son Jacob is so underrated… I think the boy has greater talent (and a bigger heart) than dad, but no one would ever admit to it… oh, did I lose track? No, not really, cuz this ties in with what Björk is doing: she’s just being honest.

Who cares if someone is “big”, or respected in the business, or OLD, for that matter… if someone hates Bruce Springsteen or John Mellencamp, why should they state the opposite? They shouldn’t.

And to be fair to her, she generally also makes positive comments on people and people’s music she likes… so it’s not like she’s riding the negative… she’s just not editing what she’s saying. And THAT’S very respectable!

Apparently Bjork hasn’t been watching “American Idol” or she would have known that “nasally” is a genre of singing. (Potential Dylan-Chris Richardson whinefest, anybody?)

Bjork is certainly entitled to her opinion, though, and it’s hard to argue against the fact that Dylan’s always been about the words, much more so than the music. His lyrics are amazing, but his music — while sometimes memorable — is hardly groundbreaking. So she’s more into aural soundscapes than meaningful lyrics… that’s her prerogative. Hardly a declaration of war…

What would you expect from someone who’s claim to fame is wearing a swan-like tutu?

C’mon Bjork! Bob hasn’t been nasal since the late 1980s. His voice has evolved gracefully from nasal to gravelly.

And as far as someone here saying “no one listens to him for his voice” you are dead wrong. His voice gets emotions across like no one else’s . Listening to Bob sing a song about love lost is like a corkscrew to my heart. And he just gets better with time. Yes his music is steeped in simple folk and blues (and lately, crooner jazz) because simplicity is timeless. I tried listening to some old Yes album (Relayer) the other day and can’t believe I ever thought that crap was interesting just because it was complicated. I like Bjork because it’s fun and weird but 30 years or days from now it’ll be sitting on a shelf with the novelty worn off.

Bjork’s a bjoke

Lazy potheads…Bjork Rules! Example-
“I’ll be brand new tommorrow, a little bit tired, but brand new…”

The funniest thing about this whole thing to me is that I thought Bjork dropped off the face of the earth years ago. Who knew she was still producing her pretentious noise and expecting anyone to take it seriously? When the definitive book on the history of modern rock & pop music is written, there will be a chapter on Dyland and Bjork will be lucky to receive a parenthetical reference in one of the footnotes (and only in the unabridged version). This wouldn’t be a big deal if that Icelandic idiot hadn’t made the comment about “liking music too much” to respect Dylan. Bob’s done more for modern music with only one of his many classic albums than she has done with her entire output. Sad little delusional egomaniac…

bjork …or be jerk …huh!! …who cares …
this isnt even worth a comment but people should learn to shut up their mouths about things they dont understand …dylans music would be like rocket science to ‘come n go ‘ popstars .
this is for u bjork- to show him down , u hav 2 first measure upto him .

It’s funny, Bjork is much more like Dylan than she even knows.

The statement that her songs are “going to grow and change after being played very, very many times…” is what Dylan has been doing for years with his live set.

Dylan’s is avant-garde in a hobo’s disguise.

I agree with Bjork. Never got the Dylan hype. Never will. Just a whiney, scruffy kid from Minnesota trying too hard to be Woody Guthrie. I’ll admit that his words have touched a generation, but has Dylan ever written a memorable pop hook? I’d argue no.

It’s fine to have a message, but it’s gotta come with a package to get it to the masses. That’s why more people find the hearts aligned with, say, “Let It Be” than “Like A Rolling Stone.”

Every metro station or back alleys have a Bob Dylan in it. they smell bad and their asking for your money.

Bjork

Has chops

‘Whether or not Bjork “likes music too much” is irrelevant. Why don’t Dylans words mean anything to her? That’s like saying “I don’t like Ghandi because I love music too much.” Who cares if Dylan is a musician or not. He’s an artist.’

What? Are you retarded? What kind of analogy is that?

Oh and folks, it’s true. Dylan peaked musically in the 60’s. A few catchy chord changes per album.

Do people not read? Why are you so inclined to kneejerk reactions? She said she didn’t like Dylan because it’s more about his words than the music, which is FUCKING TRUE. He’s famous for his words. No one would dare defend him as a musician. Even his good albums are stuffed with generic pastiches of blues and etc. The man can write amazing lyrics, but that is why there’s a separation in the arts. THATS WHY YOU WRITE BOOKS.

And making a jump to Yes is premature. She didn’t mean she prefers things like, say, progressive death metal. She meant that Dylan’s music is simple, repetitive three-chord blues, which it is. Honestly, it’s called MUSIC for a reason, if you value words more, then why argue? Why not read his fucking autobiography or poetry?

History will not be kind to Bjork.

I think Bjork is too feathery! Seriously, if she’s not into Bobby D, cool. I’m not a boomer (too young and broke), but am fully aware of Dylan’s EARNED rep as the best SONGWRITER around. Songwriter by definition means one who writes songs. Songs are words SET TO MUSIC. A composer only writes music without words. So, if the knock on Bob’s music is that it’s too much about the words and the music is simple, well, I guess you’re too eager to separate the 2 elements. If a song was meant to only convey words, there would be no music set to it. Guess I mean if you get past the 3-4 chords (which is pretty much all folk-country-rock-r and b music, really), and listen to the SONGS as a whole, they’re golden. In the meantime, I get too distracted by all of the unnecessary excess in Bjork’s work to pay any attention after the first few seconds. Maybe she’s still PO’d about breaking out the swan for the Oscars only to have Bob justly win it.

And one of the posters here hits it on the head. If Dylan is considered to be too wordy and weak musically, then why oh why has the man not won a single grammy for songWRITING, but has 3 grammies for BEST MALE ROCK VOCAL? Besides the obvious reason that the folks at the Grammies are often insane, this is something I’ve wondered about for awhile now.

whatever, both are good musicians. i don’t really think they can be compared. Bjork has been known to be weird and crazy (in her music) and Bob Dylan, putting aside that he his a rock icon, has made tons of awesome political music. I don’t care if there is a brawl.

Calm down people. Can the girl not have her own opinion? Dylan does not fit into the type of music she ejoys so therefore she has “never gotten into him.” She is not saying he is terrible or anything, just that it’s not for her. She is not denouncing him as a songwriter whatsoever. I think of all people, Bjork understands that certain genres only use 3-4 chords. She also knows that she prefers more depth to her music so she is merely not a fan. So get off her case. Just as you may not like her layered songs, she doesn’t like you 3-4 chord rock/folk. Big deal. Move on. Bjork is brilliant. Dylan is brilliant. She has sold 15 million records worldwide so pay the girl some respect. She is unbelievably good at what she does. It’s the depth of her music and the range of her voice that makes her so special. This is a polar opposite to Dylan. Surprise, surprise: everyone on here attacking Bjork likes completely different style of music than hers. Everyone has his own musical preference so don’t look into what she says. He is a legend. She will be. Mark my word. And to the gentleman who talked about how she won’t be in any music history texts, I just took a course on rock history and Bjork was featured in a huge section in the text. Give her time. She will last for eras just as Dylan has, but for very different reasons.

i like bjork, but to be honest, after listening to her music for years i have realized that her lyrics are almost all child-like analogies. i think the music is interesting, but lyrically it is lacking and has run its course. not so cute a decade later.

I’ve never heard of Bob Dylan before, I guess he has to be famous in America. In the other hand…Björk is so cool and avantgarde, and her voice is heavenly

POor Bjork doesn’t know what she’s missing. I’m two generations younger than “the generation” Dylan “changed” and all I can say is that anyone who listens will be changed. Dylan is more than a singer, he is a Cantor, and a Priest. Easier to compare him to Homer, or Chopin even, than itty bitty Bjork, and her version of the world as she sees it, which plenty of all generations-her own included-will continue to ignore throughout the ages. That vision-or lack thereof-is what seperates the two, and best put by the Maestro himself, “I used to think that myself and my songs were the same thing. But I don’t believe that any more. There’s myself and there’s my song, which I hope is everybody’s song.” Ah, that’s the rub.

a pointless battle between the no-longer relevant vs
the never-was
relevant. who cares. (p.s. no lectures from the hippies please. none
of the old folkies preaching peace, love and understanding had any
affect on our society, or we wouldnt be in the mess we’re in today.
it’s that generation thats in the white house right now.)

Bjork is much more than a swan dress and beating up a reporter. That’s just media crap – try to look beyond that garbage! Give her music a chance!!
I love it. I love Dylan too.

I am a “boomer” who was a very big fan of Dylan, in the Sixties. I also like Bjork. Especially when she was with the Sugarcubes. Her voice is unique, quirky, and just fun to hear.

Dylan is far from the “most important”, or however someone else put it. I’d argue that Brian Wilson had a more wide-reaching influence on popular music, than Dylan. I am also of the long held opinion that Dylan should have retired after Blonde on Blonde. He has become the worst thing that a rock musician can turn into, a boring old fart. He sound’s like a parody of himself, these days. Just awful.

Dylan will be remembered, listened to and discussed a thousand years from now.
I like Bjork but she will… not be. End of story.

I would have to agree with Bjork. Dylans work has many gems but overall he is boring. His popularity is linked to his persona of being a folk hipster, with this Idol worship being fueled by all the aging hippies and baby boomers that grew up with his music. I put him and his work in the same catagory as Pink Floyd. Overplayed and overworshipped. The only other musician or group equally as bland and overated are the Grateful Dead

I am sure that Bob doesn’t really care one way or another about her opinion, I think everyone needs to see that both these artists are just doing what they believe in, enjoying it and it’s paying their bills whilst making their fanbase have something (here) to get anxious over. FWIW, I thought her voice was a bit like fingernails down a blackboard but I grew to like her quirky style and good on her to not follow the standard formula the teen popstars are tied to and limited by.
Really, it’s just the internet!

I am sure that Bob doesn’t really care one way or another about her opinion, I think everyone needs to see that both these artists are just doing what they believe in, enjoying it and it’s paying their bills whilst making their fanbase have something (here) to get anxious over. FWIW, I thought her voice was a bit like fingernails down a blackboard but I grew to like her quirky style and good on her to not follow the standard formula the teen popstars are tied to and limited by.
Really, it’s just the internet!

I read comments about Bjork ‘not being a respected artist’, and I just want to clear things up. Bjork is one of the MOST respected artists in the music field. Her modesty is what keeps her out of the tabloids and magazine covers. If you watch her documentary “Inside Bjork” it shows Elton John giving her incredible praise, Thom Yorke, Beck, RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan, Missy Elliott… all extremely huge (Grammy winning/nominated) musicians discussing how much they respect her and what a brilliant musician she is. Nominated for 12 Grammys and an Oscar; she has to be doing something right. Open your eyes, people. And your ears.

a dumb whore like bjork would never understand the genius of dylan

Basically, I think the fact is that it’s stupid to be negative about any band publicly much less a band you are sharing the stage with. Everyone has opinions, and Bjorks means jack shit just like mine or yours does. It’s just unprofessional. Every artist has haters and lovers and there’s no sense in dissing them openly..ESPECIALLY not Bob Dylan, who has sold way too many albums and done way too much to be nitpicked by Bjork. I think Bjork should grab a fork and pop her oversized dome.

Dylan will probably try to sleep with her and then she’ll be imortalized on his next album. A 100 years from now people are only going to know Alicia Keys because of “Thunder on the Mountain” I wonder in the world where Bjork could be. Probably in Iceland or Tennessee

whoever said that bob dylan was over after blonde on blonde should listen to his new album and rethink that smart ass comment. thunder on the mountain

NSync and Backstreet Boys are platinun-selling, award-winning world-recognized acts as well. So were Milli Vanilli. That makes them great? Bob Dylan is highly overrated, his association with the 60s hippie/drug culture has overinflated his status as a musician. Old folks’ pop is all he is.

You rock, Bjork! Finally someone has the courage to point out that Bob Dylan is not a great musician. Although he may write nice lyrics, his songs are not musically complex. He also lacks technical ablility as a singer.

What’s bjork? Looks like an animal name?

bob dylan sing way better than bjork!

bob dylan sing way better than bjork!

Whoever compared Dylan to NSync needs a tire iron across the forehead.

I love Bjork, Bob Dylan is so boring! Theres nothing to his music. Bjorks music acctual has MEANING, something modern mainstrem music laks big time.
And for all you people who dissed Bjork watch out, she attaked a reporter in 1997. Bob Dylans a f&@#ing red neck yall!

Go Bjork!

Good Music Will Prival

Bjork is a great singer with great abilities but it doesnt mean that Bob Dylan is not doing great in his genre.. we love Dylan because of his very very simple music which only accompany the great poems of his songs ..even in visual art simple peice of art sometimes can be more complicated than a mot complex one

Bjork: known primarily for the infamous (and ghastly) swan dress. And THAT’S IT FOLKS….gottcha!

She’s so right. Why in the world is this guy an icon ?!! He’s incredibly boring and not so (poetically) profound, but most importantly, his material is complete ear torture. It’s MUSIC first, people. If you sing off-key in a nasal, crappy voice, play bad harmonica and so-so guitar, it’s crap, no matter how many so-called American renaissance verses you try to shove down our throats. Et vlan !

K when you have a bunch oof hilly billies bying your albums you are not an icon

when critics and other highly acclaimed artists (sir elton jhon) rave your mucis your good like Bjork!

Reality is perception.

Quite seriously – to me Dylan is as important as great mystics such as Kabir, Rumi and Jesus, and mix that with is avant-garde poetic lyrics in the mid 60’s! Bjorkis cool, but I dunno abou as cool as Dylan. He was friends with Allen Ginsberg

While Bjork’s people praise her, you have to look at it differently. It was Very distasteful for her to publicly acclaim her dislike of Bob Dylan.
More importantly Bob Dylan haters, please listen to his albums. Please listen to it for the stories and for the “real worldliness” that he represents. He is everything that a musician should be: Creative, inspiring and daring. The man at 67 is still on an Endless Tour, and just released an album. He has produced over 50 albums. His lyrics are amazing. And although his voice is coarse, its real and full of emotion.

When you bring up music, who gets brought up more in conversation??? Bjork, who is talented, or the man who has a Ph D. in Music, the legend, Bob Dylan.

Remember, he became famous for a reason.. there’s a reason that he can do whatever he wants musically, and people love him. ‘Nuff said

Dylan has more talent in his left testicle than that Icelandic whore has in her entire body. Bitch..

Well, maybe some people deosn’t agree with Björk (I do), but you all have to recognize that she has a way better voice than Bob Dylan.

Björk’s music is so much better. And her Swan dress was really cool.