There is often a mixed feeling when people talk about Taron Bob Dylan, he's not a musician in the traditional sense, and he's not just a sign of an era.
In the entire American culture, Bob Dylan is a special existence. He protested the rules of post-industrial society with music, despised the hypocrisy of mass media with his attitude, and defended the purity and power of music with a pure heart.
At the heart of Bob Dylan's music is the American musical tradition. The history of the United States is not long. Compared with some European countries, American culture is too thin and superficial.
Still, Bob Dylan has not given up on this short history. No matter how popular music changes, he remains sober, looking for inspiration and appropriate expression in traditional music.
After Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize, the positioning of his identity shifted again. In the eyes of music fans, he is the godfather of rock; in the eyes of radicals, he is a freedom fighter; in the eyes of conservatives, he is a defender of traditional folk music; in the eyes of readers, he is a bard.
The complex identity does not weaken the label of "artist", but enriches the reasons for being an "artist".
Throughout his long life, he used music as a weapon, rebellion and uncompromising against this mediocre world.
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