Dylan # 2 Immortals

Many of us know that Dylan is the greatest artist of all time, and it nice when we see him honored by his peers. On great example of this would be RollingStone magazine issue 946 from April 15, 2004. This issue counts down the top 50 what they call Immortals. On this list is everyone that you would expect to see like Elvis, The Who, Chuck Berry just to name a few. Dylan was listed as number 2, only behind the Beatles. The article was written by no other than Robbie Robertson the guitarist from Dylan’s former backing band. It was Dylan who put the Band on the map. It gives a very interesting point of view. The article talks about how Dylan uses to be sitting at the typewriter while the Band would be coming in to record. It is cool to read what Dylan has done for another great artist. He talks about breaking down the rules of music, how Dylan didn’t care if he wrote a song over 2:30 minutes or if his voice isn’t as perfect as everyone else, Jimmi Hendrix has noted this as an influence. When you really think about what is said and you relate to modern music you can see that Dylan truly did change the way people did music. The time length for music can range anywhere from a couple of minutes to songs like Dark Star and in da gadda da vida that seem like they just go on forever. If it weren’t for Dylan, who knows what music would be like now. It is a great passage and all 50 articles are interesting and are good reads. I’m sure that it might be hard to go find that issue, but luckily it is online so if you want to read it you can find it here, http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty