tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999356151788768.post2564721409040599592..comments2008-07-01T12:01:00.455-07:00Comments on Mel's Blog: What is it With These Brits?Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08270768209001305387noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999356151788768.post-51866638204890016932008-07-01T12:01:00.000-07:002008-07-01T12:01:00.000-07:00Hi Mel, found you on expectingrain.com too.Cut and...Hi Mel, found you on expectingrain.com too.<BR/><BR/>Cut and paste this link from BBC radio onto your browser. It's Brits praising Bob. This is only available until Saturday though, so be quick.<BR/><BR/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?<BR/>/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/whatssogreatSean McAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870957353898319860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999356151788768.post-86451826780964495662008-07-01T11:57:00.000-07:002008-07-01T11:57:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sean McAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870957353898319860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999356151788768.post-29341412475144492862008-07-01T09:21:00.000-07:002008-07-01T09:21:00.000-07:00As someone else has pointed out, she isn't a Brit....As someone else has pointed out, she isn't a Brit. What is with people who say what is with these [nationals]? Anyway. <BR/>Greer is a very tedious woman, who doesn't have half as much to say as she's given credit for. She has become a silly lady.Patriq Allynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07295957190815952701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999356151788768.post-64045215409014877432008-07-01T00:24:00.000-07:002008-07-01T00:24:00.000-07:00Mel, you should be aware that Greer is not a Brit,...Mel, you should be aware that Greer is not a Brit, she is Australian and still takes great pleasure in not being a Brit. Much as I love Dylan, I reluctantly concede that Greer has a point with the verse of Visions of Johanna that she quotes. Visions of J has magnificent lyrics up until the end, but I do find the section Greer quotes to be oddly aimless word-play, lacking the edge that characterises the four brilliant preceding verses. I disagree violently with Greer's assessment of Dylan, but I do acknowledge that there is tosh mixed up with genius in Dylan's greatest work. Similarly, in Like a Rolling Stone, the "jugglers and the clowns" verse seems to me to be way below the level of intensity and verbal power of the 3 other verses - apart from the brilliant phrase "you shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you". Similarly, in Absolutely Sweet Marie, one of Dylan's greatest lines - "to live outside the law, you must be honest" - is surrounded by several verses of what could be uncharitably described as aimless psychedelic doggerel. best wishesmickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603245392445619506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999356151788768.post-23804434753796365042008-06-30T23:56:00.000-07:002008-06-30T23:56:00.000-07:00Mel: Welcome to blog world. I found you via 'Expec...Mel: Welcome to blog world. I found you via 'Expecting Rain'.<BR/><BR/>Greer is an idiot. How can it be that words (with music) that have so deeply moved people for so long are, seemingly, so awful? She's talking out of her hat and, as a so called 'top academic' she should know better. Still, I had tutors at university who felt the same as she did. Many of them are very minor, pretty average poets. I think it's envy. How has Greer changed the world? She has even completely back-tracked on her own extreme feminist beliefs that made her name back in the late 60s. I think she has ver little respect over here in Britain, where many of us adore Dylan's work. I, for one, consider him to be the most important artist of the second half of the 20th Century in any field. He's still doing great work today.<BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/>Singing BearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com