Neil Young or Bob Dylan

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    Squeaky ol' Neil over croaky ol' Bob any day! (I have tons of NY cds, but no Dylan.) 

I like Mr. Zimmerman best when someone else is covering his song.

(Dylan is more important in rock history though, beyond a doubt!)

Edited by Peter Rideout - June 16 2006 at 16:49

Poll Question: Which of these two your favorite songwriter?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Neil Young	13	[48.15%]
Bob Dylan	14	[51.85%]
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Peter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669	Posted: June 16 2006 at 16:48
	Squeaky ol' Neil over croaky ol' Bob any day! (I have tons of NY cds, but no Dylan.) I like Mr. Zimmerman best when someone else is covering his song. (Dylan is more important in rock history though, beyond a doubt!) Edited by Peter Rideout - June 16 2006 at 16:49
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Syzygy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003	Posted: June 16 2006 at 17:03
	Very tough call, but I went for Neil Young. Dylan at his best is pretty much unbeatable, but between 'Desire' and 'Love and Theft' there were 2 decades of pretty much bugger all. Neil Young is also pretty erratic, but he's been knocking out good and occasionally excellent albums since the late 60s and there's clearly plenty of life in him yet. Ditto live performance - Neil Young is almost always electrifying on stage, especially with Crazy Horse, while Dylan is patchy at best. having said that, I recall a London gig where, after over an hour of scratching abstractedly at his guitar and casually massacring his back catalogue, he played an amazing Simple Twist of Fate and made strong men weep, and the remainder of his set was almost as good. I was glad I didn't leave after the first hour.
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