Are You a Swifty?

A good (or great) singer is, for me, one who can  move me positively  with the way he or she sings. Which Bob Dylan did (and possibly still does, although I haven’t listened to anything by him that is at all recent). I remember on the LP "Dylan" he covered Lily Of The West and Mr. Bojangles and Spanish Is The Loving Tongue and all three of those covers blow me away (particularly lily Of The West). On the other hand, one of my favorite female voices is that of Linda Ronstadt, and I really like her cover of Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues, but if I could only listen to one version , I much prefer the sound of Bob Dylan’s recording.

I feel that arguing about whether Bob Dylan is a good singer is kind of like arguing about whether Scotch whiskey tastes good or not. I didn’t always enjoy the sound of Bob Dylan’s vocal work and it used to be that I’d rather siphon gasoline than drink Scotch; now-a-days I find Scotch to be delicious and Blood On The Tracks is magic to my ears.

Sorry, OP--I realize that none of this has anything at all to do with Taylor Swift.

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The point tylermunns and me had made if i understood him right, if not i will apologize to him , is precisely that some singer as so extraordinary, that they are over good or bad category. They transcend the hit parade as true artist and nobody can explain why.

They are so original they cannot be a manufactured product of the song industry, with great talent as Celine Dion, or with lesser talent. ( it is useless here to give a name it is also relative to the being of each of us, we can be moved by something that could not move others because we are all different)😊

Then immatthewj is right too ...😊

I feel that arguing about whether Bob Dylan is a good singer is kind of like arguing about whether Scotch whiskey tastes good or not.

I think Dylan chooses to sing as he does. His Nashville Skyline album proves he doesn't have to.

The real Swifty…McVay

I think sometimes an artist's "imperfections" can be their most enduring qualities.  It makes them human, and relatable.  Perhaps even vulnerable.  Like the rest of us?