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nauga said:
They might have heard of them if they looked in Sweden ;)

Nauga,
slightly to the right.
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Yeah, I stand corrected. Only the peace prize is selected by Norwegians, the others are done by the Swedes. Regardless, I do not see why people think it is a big deal.
 
As an aside, one of my favorite Dylan albums:

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Just like any other prize that is decided by committee, you can agree with them or not. For the more obscure winners it brings publicity. For the less obscure winners, controversy.
 
SkyDog58 said:
Yeah, I stand corrected. Only the peace prize is selected by Norwegians, the others are done by the Swedes. Regardless, I do not see why people think it is a big deal.
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The Peace Prize has aroused the most controversy over the years, both because of politics and because of the questionable wisdom of some of the selections. The Economics prize has also raised a few eyebrows, for similar reasons. The rest of the Prizes have generally been less controversial -- until this year's Literature prize, at least.

I really don't have a problem with Dylan's having been awarded the Literature Prize. In my opinion, it's always been the lyrics that gave his music power. They can stand on their own as poetry in an almost unique way. Few other songwriters can even come within shouting distance of Dylan in terms of the complexity of their lyrics. He's a better poet than most poets.

I disagree, however, with those who say that Dylan can't sing. I think he's one of the best singers of our time. I put him in the same category as Tony Bennett: Singers who weren't given the greatest of voices, but who learned to use them to their fullest advantage. If you consider the singer's voice to be their instrument, and their ability to use it to represent their skill as a singer, than Dylan is probably the best singer of his time. Yeah, he has a narrow range and a nasal tone. But what he does with it is amazing.

Anyway, back to the Nobel Prize. I think it's the Peace Prize that causes many people to devalue the rest of the Prizes. The very fact that a prize for peace is given in memory of an explosives manufacturer might be enough to raise a few eyebrows even aside from discussion of some of the recipients' worthiness.

But then again, I suppose that my choices for people I'd like to see win the Peace Price (or who I think should have won the Peace Prize) would raise a few eyebrows, too; as well as even more thoroughly confuse people who bother trying to understand my political leanings. Joe Hill, Dorothy Day, Pope Pius XI, Oskar Schindler, Corazon Aquino, Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Luciano Pavarotti, and Shakira would all be on that list.

Rich
 
timwinters said:
And lest we forget, Mr. Dylan has more albums (11) on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time list than any other artist:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/l.../little-richard-heres-little-richard-20120531
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The truth:

Artists with the most albums
  • 11 Bob Dylan (ten solo albums and an additional album as Bob Dylan and the band; two in the top 10 including the #9 and #4 spots)
  • 10 The Beatles (four in the top 10 including the #10, #5, #3, and #1 spots; an additional four from their solo careers, two from John Lennon, one from George Harrison, and one from Paul McCarthy and Wings, make the list beyond the 10 as a group)
  • 10The Rolling Stones (one in the top 10 including the #7 spot)[
Oddly, they allowed Dylan to combine his solo and group albums for the 11, but didn't allow John Lennon to combine his for 12...
And, if you just look at the top 10 list, The Beatles blew Dylan away.
 
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