Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize

[Richard Tarleton]

Just to say, there's a nice full-page article by Bryan Appleyard in today's Sunday Times.

[Nick Armstrong]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[Richard Tarleton]

Ten days ago - live in California

[johncorrigan]

The ignoble I assume, Cal. Thanks for the spot of Desolation, Richard. Poetry!

[doversoul1]

The latest (non-) development.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37689160

[Richard Tarleton]

Par for the course

[gurnemanz]

Ten days ago - live in California

Also, thanks. Greatly enjoyed the link. Liked his rhythmic knee-work around 2.16.

[Anastasius]

....And the 2016 Noble Prize for arrogance and sheer rudeness goes to ........

...Bob Dylan !!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

....And the 2016 Noble Prize for arrogance and sheer rudeness goes to ........
...Bob Dylan !!!

The Nobel awarding Committee, surely? They give the prize to Bob Dylan and then are mortified that he behaves like Bob Dylan - did they really anticipate gratitude and servility?

Reminds me of the BBCSO when they went to such pains to get Bernstein to record Elgar with them - and then expected him to conduct it as if he were Vernon Handley!

[Anastasius]

The Nobel awarding Committee, surely? They give the prize to Bob Dylan and then are mortified that he behaves like Bob Dylan - did they really anticipate gratitude and servility?

Reminds me of the BBCSO when they went to such pains to get Bernstein to record Elgar with them - and then expected him to conduct it as if he were Vernon Handley!

Not servility. Simply good manners.

[Lat-Literal]

Is he trying to avoid Stockholm Syndrome?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Not servility. Simply good manners.

But if they had wanted/expected "good manners" they should have given the prize to ... well, for example, me (and I'd've thrown in a decent measure of gratitude, too). But expecting such behaviour from Dylan demonstrates at best a quite spectacular ignorance of the person they're dealing with, and at worst a completely unmerited sense of their own self-importance.

[johncorrigan]

Is he trying to avoid Stockholm Syndrome?

But if they had wanted/expected "good manners" they should have given the prize to ... well, for example, me (and I'd've thrown in a decent measure of gratitude, too). But expecting such behaviour from Dylan demonstrates at best a quite spectacular ignorance of the person they're dealing with, and at worst a completely unmerited sense of their own self-importance.

Couldn't agree more, ferney. It's just Bob being Bob as far as I can see. I imagine it's just a judge(?) trying to catch a bit of limelight. I won't be surprised if Bob turns up; I won't be surprised if he doesn't. What a Bob he is!

[Richard Tarleton]

To remind ourselves of a previous occasion



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