Simon + Garfunkel or Dylan?
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Red_Barn — 15 years ago(January 13, 2011 03:06 PM)
S+G for me, but on this board I will probably be in the minority. Both wrote some great songs, but with S+G you get 2 great singers and one really good guitarist whereas with Bob you get a poor singer and an average guitarist.
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Walker-J3 — 15 years ago(January 13, 2011 05:59 PM)
Yes S&G are great singers and I think their great but Dylan's songs put him miles ahead. Paul Simon is a great songwriter, one of the best, but Dylan is in a league of his own. Plus Dylan is a great singer, unconventional but great.
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streetlegal — 15 years ago(January 20, 2011 07:57 AM)
He's a magnificent singer, for me his vocal ability is at least the equal of his writing skills. The problem is some people think great singing is all about having a 'pretty' sounding voice or a large technical range. Dylan is for me by some distance the greatest singer in rock music.
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The_White_Hotel — 14 years ago(February 06, 2012 12:03 PM)
I love Paul Simon. I'm in a bit of a Paul Simon phase at the minute, can't stop listening to Mother and Child Reunion, Obvious Child, Slip Sliding Away, works of genius. Paul Simon has a way with lyrics that is virtually unmatched for me. "It's strange how some rooms like are cages", "my love for you's so overpowering I'm afraid that I may disappear", "four in the morning, crapped out, yawning, longing my life away", and possibly my all time favourite op16d0ening lyric "hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again" all spring to mind, and they're all very meaningful and personal to me.
But, having said all that, there is still no comparison to be made for me. Dylan is my favourite artist of all time in any medium, and for me is the greatest writer of the twentieth century of any kind. I could fill entire books quoting Dylan lyrics that I love and that affect me, I have something like 700 Dylan tracks on my iPod and there are so many more still to get and he is now into his sixth decade of meaningful artistry. Yeah, there have been off moments for him and plenty of songs I don't care for, but there's still no one who is anywhere close to the quality and quantity of Dylan's back-catalogue.
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maneatingbear — 13 years ago(June 28, 2012 11:48 AM)
Although I enjoy S+G, it's really no comparison for me. Dylan is the better by miles. To me, Paul Simon is a talent and Bob Dylan is a genius. I would personally rank Dylan ahead of The Beatles as well, not to get back to Dylan v Lennon. For my tastes, the greatest songwriters are pretty much just 3 guys: Dylan, Tom Waits & Ray Davies.
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wylierichardson-966-922691 — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 09:34 PM)
Well Paul Simon's solo work is more comprable to Dylan's, I would think. But even with that comparison, Dylan comes out ahead. He has an uneven output, but his better LPs - like "Blonde on Blonde" - are classics. Only Paul's 1972 LP earns that moniker, and then just barely.