LAT: ... The folk scene you came out of had fun creating personas. You were born Roberta Joan Anderson, and someone named Bobby Zimmerman became Bob Dylan.
JM: Bob is not authentic at all. He's a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I.
Re:Joni M : Dylan "not authentic _ plagiarist _ fa 14 Years, 1 Month ago
"his name and voice are fake"
Well the name - OK. But voice? I guess a few of them over the years might have been fake but anyone care to guess which is the "real" Dylan voice? Was it Nashville Skyline after all?
Re:Joni M : Dylan "not authentic _ plagiarist _ fake" 14 Years, 1 Month ago
At first I thought "Yikes! What must have happened on that 1998 tour with Bob and Van?" Then I read the quote again and thought, yep they are like night and day. I don't know about the "authentic" jab, but I don't disagree with the rest of the statement, or think it's particularly damning.
Re:Joni M : Dylan "not authentic _ plagiarist _ fake" 14 Years, 1 Month ago
I agree - her words read as though she's angry, but the only thing I disagree with is that he doesn't sing with an "authentic" voice.
Bob has to approach singing from a completely different place than Joni - she has (had) an angelic soprano and sings from a ethereal perspective, Bob sings from the ground up, and he revels in vocal gymnastics - not operatic, but carny.
Re:Joni M : Dylan "not authentic _ plagiarist _ fake" 14 Years, 1 Month ago
she certainly overstates dylan's artifice and probably understates her own. having precendent and sources talks more about an intellectual curiousity and appreciation rather than anything too crass - yes he should credit others better but what the hell...
QUOTE: I agree - her words read as though she's angry, but the only thing I disagree with is that he doesn't sing with an "authentic" voice.
Bob has to approach singing from a completely different place than Joni - she has (had) an angelic soprano and sings from a ethereal perspective, Bob sings from the ground up, and he revels in vocal gymnastics - not operatic, but carny.
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