He dared to break the mold of the three-minute single, releasing six and seven minute songs. There's so much more that he has done, for music, for entertainment at large, that gives him a place in our music history: He also had the balls to take an electrified band on stage at the Newport Folk Fest, and after getting booed off the stage, keep working, and changed folk-rock. He has the respect of so many musicians, and not just because of the body of work that he has produced, but because when other musicians at "Live Aid were preening their egos about how much they were helping Those Poor Starving Africans, he had the temerity to bring things a little closer to home by suggesting that perhaps some of the money might be used to pay the crippling mortgages that were putting American farmers out of business." Because of that, Willie Nelson was inspired to instigate Farm Aid. It's easy to understand how he become such a fixture in the American psyche, not just for his music, but because when MLK gave his "I have a dream", Dylan wasn't in the crowd.he was on stage.having just sung "Blowin in the wind" and "Only a Pawn in Their Game". Just because you understand that he's the most covered artist of all time, just because you understand that he basically invented folk-rock, just because you know that he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, that doesn't mean that you have to like the music.
When it comes to Dylan's music, standing alone, you either like it or you don't. A lot of people can't handle that voice of his, all gravelly and indistinct, but for some of us, that's exactly what we're looking for. I am a fan, I like his raw emotional sound, and the way he sometimes feels like rhythm and meter are options not requirements. You can have a great amount of respect for his songwriting ability, and the reach of his influence, and not like the way his music sounds. Liking Bob Dylan's music, and understanding his place in music history is sometimes two different things.
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