Yeah cos all the millions of fans around the globe, & all the cover versions of Dylan songs by artists from The Byrds to Hendrix to Manfred Mann to Guns n Roses, are evidence that he's been ripping people off all these years. And that Nobel Prize? Obviously the guy's overrated cos they just dish those things out to any old ****. Guessing you're a Scritti Politti fan?
I thought he got it for being so ... Obama. The media adulation when he got voted in was unlike anything I've ever seen before or since.
If millions of fans around the globe counts then you are justifying the 'musical genius' of the utter dross that is manufactured pop. Girl Power! Boy bands! Like Dylan, Neil Sedaka sold millions of records. He also wrote many songs for many other artists and many other artists covered his songs. By your logic Bob Dylan = Neil Sedaka Givin the Nobel to Dylan is a ****in travesty and the ruination of a once respected literary prize. **** the Nobel. Scritti Polliti were utter pish. Only wee fannies from Viewpark like Pud thought they were "cool".