Play by play of the (poorly attended) steel cage match between Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, who will be coming to Tallinn:
In Round 1, Lou Reed rode in on a Metal Machine. "Come, you master of war," Dylan taunted.
Dylan went down immediately. "It's all right, I'm only bleeding," he said, though, getting to his feet.
"I'm waiting for the man," taunted Reed, "but I don't see him."
In Round 2, Dylan went electric but well-meaning folk purists cut his power and Lou attacked again with a blaze of White Light/White Heat, leaving a hypnotic splattered mist which slowly lifted to reveal that it had been a knockout blow.
"It's all over now," said Dylan. "I'm going back to New York City, I do believe I've had enough." But Lou had the last words: "No, I'm going back to New York City. You're from Minnesota."
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"Dylan fans grapple with his Pultizer; Does prize lessen his rebel status?" - Intl Herald Tribune 4/16/2008
Novelist Jonathan Lethem said: "It's like giving Elvis Presley a tuxedo: it doesn't exactly fit."
Heh. Thanks for that bon mot.
My comment would be that Dylan (his public persona) has always been about doing what he wants.
If his fans want to make him out into a rebel, that is entirely their delusion. If Dylan feels like selling out to Nike, or Jesus, he may.
Re awards, it's like giving the National Book Award to Pynchon. Pynchon sent Irwin Corey to accept the award. Dylan might send the jack of hearts
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