scrawlysteve
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the point isn't whether Dylan is a talented songwriter or not. the point is that in those early interviews his whole demeanour said very clearly 'i'm anti-establishment' and that would have been rapidly picked up on and copied by sectors of youth at the time. the fact that ironic detachment and a hip anti-establishment stance has now become a caricature of a caricature of a caricature of a caricature of a caricature, seems to be an irony that is lost on those who still buy into it.
Errrm--I don't think anyone's missed any point. It could hardly be "the point " whether Dylan is a talented songwriter or not--that is beyond question. Your point (a few posts earlier) seems merely to have been that his "bored, cynical , confrontational, flippant style" was influential....but that wasn't just Dylan's style (and it wasn't always his approach in interviews either) that sort of response was part of a huge groundswell amongst the young, and not so young.... "What are you rebelling against ?"...."What have you got?"(Brando), Lenny Bruce, etc etc.