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  1. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    ^^ Exactly my point about the Nobel. Nothing but respect for Dylan, mind you, but maybe a lifetime achievement type of award category for the Nobel is in order?

    I dunno. Just reminds me of that time when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for best metal album at the Grammys.
    It's not the Oscars where lifetime achievement awards are given, all to cinema-related people. The Nobels have their categories and awards are given accordingly. Many if not MOST of the non-scientifical Nobels have always been awarded to lifetime achievements and not to particular works.
  2. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:He has published something, I give you that. I published something too, doesn't make me a Nobel contender. Still, to give him the award over poets and novelists that have pushed their native language to higher level, experimenting with the prose, the metaphors, the tradition of literature.
    This was just a big f*** you from the Swedish Academy.
    "pushed their native language to higher level, experimenting with the prose, the metaphors, the tradition of literature"


    I think that's exactly what Dylan has been doing for the last 5 decades.
  3. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    "pushed their native language to higher level, experimenting with the prose, the metaphors, the tradition of literature"


    I think that's exactly what Dylan has been doing for the last 5 decades.
    There are countless other writers in the world doing that much better in actual books, not songs.
  4. That point, although I agree with it, is a matter taste - the same taste that it takes to award a prize. So we agree to disagree I think.
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    It's not the Oscars where lifetime achievement awards are given, all to cinema-related people. The Nobels have their categories and awards are given accordingly. Many if not MOST of the non-scientifical Nobels have always been awarded to lifetime achievements and not to particular works.
    Ok. Then in that case, you convinced me.

    But what about Obama's award after being in office only a year?
  6. Peace awards are also for a very specific thing. Malala won the award (and rightly so) at the age of 17. But just like this year, there have been a lot of WTF awards. Obama is one, giving the award to Al Gore for a documentary or to Yasser Arafat for stop killing people are other examples.
  7. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:Peace awards are also for a very specific thing. Malala won the award (and rightly so) at the age of 17. But just like this year, there have been a lot of WTF awards. Obama is one, giving the award to Al Gore for a documentary or to Yasser Arafat for stop killing people are other examples.
    Agreed. (and for the record, I wasn't knocking Obama or his efforts... it was just the timing, almost as if they were giving him a down payment for his future work (much like Santos)
  8. Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
    Agreed. (and for the record, I wasn't knocking Obama or his efforts... it was just the timing, almost as if they were giving him a down payment for his future work (much like Santos)
    And the prize to Obama actually hurt him in Congress.
  9. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ - In what order you want to read or listen them?

    Congratulations to Bob Dylan!

    I think it is fantastic that the Nobel-committee acknowledges that there are great use of language outside the literature we´re accustomed to. That lyrics are as important part of our culture as those that are without music around them. Thinking about Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon etc. It is not important if the words are written on books or cd-sleeves. It is irrelevant whether you read them or hear them.

    I think they´re (Nobel-Committee) looking ahead to the future!

    Great Day!!
  12. I'm in a bar that has a jukebox and someone has stuck on Angel of Harlem, but then proceeded to add a live version of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, which has a three minute intro and starts with "we're making a DVD here". First off, it sounds weird in a busy bar but what version is this?
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