XPost: rec.music.dylan, rec.music.folk, uk.music.folk   
   XPost: alt.music.paul-simon   
   From: wayno@triad.rr.com   
      
   "Cathy Cowette"  wrote >   
   > I guess it's all a matter of taste. I love both Paul and Bob, but when I   
   > really want to relax and just absorb some music, 9 times out of 10, it's   
   > Lightfoot I choose. I did listen to BOTW today, though.   
   >   
      
       agreed.  but regarding the dylan/simon comparison, it's apples and   
   oranges, to a great degree.  bob dylan is the fountain from which all   
   singer/songwriter efforts of the late twentieth century flowed.  without   
   him, there would have been no morphing of the beatles from "i luv u, yeah,   
   yeah" to the vast majority of their timeless works.  without him, joni   
   mitchell never happens.  those two factors alone make him the most important   
   voice of our time.  add to those two elton john and csn&y, and their   
   seperate efforts, and you begin to understand his impact.   
      
        simon, othoh, has a beautiful, though delicate, voice; and is a   
   wonderful guitar player.  he wrote some marvelous songs.  but again, without   
   dylan, he doesn't have a chance to hit the mainstream.   
      
   wayne harrison   
      
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