Bob Dylan criticizes musicians as lowering the standard of music

[Teletubby 132,811]

Bob Dylan has gone to great lengths to share his less-than-enthusiastic thoughts on the current music scene – stating that streaming has made it “too easy” for artists: “streaming has made music too smooth and painless. Just one stroke of the ring finger, middle finger, one little click, that’s all it takes … It’s all too easy, too democratic.”

He proceeded to blast technology as a whole, labelling it as “sorcery”, before directly criticising musicians from all genres as lowering the standard of music:
"Who is going to write standards today?” he asked, before listing witheringly: “A rap artist? A hip-hop or rock star? A raver, a sampling artist, a pop singer?”
He continued: “That’s music for the establishment. It’s easy listening. It just parodies real life, goes through the motions, puts on an act. A standard is on another level. It’s a role model for other songs, one in a thousand.”

“It’s a computer model. […] You need a solar X-ray detector just to find somebody’s heart, see if they still have one.”

Although the majority of the discussion became somewhat of a trivial jab at the changing times, the musician did ultimately share his fondness for some modern artists who remind him of himself.

“The Oasis Brothers, I like them both [and] I’ve seen Metallica twice. I’ve made special efforts to see Jack White and Alex Turner [@Cello]” he recalled.
“I’m a fan of Royal Blood, Celeste, Rag and Bone Man, Wu-Tang, Eminem, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen… anybody with a feeling for words and language, anybody whose vision parallels mine.”

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[Rebel 5,221]

Imagine saying all of that pretentious bullshit and then praising Rag and Bone Man 

[Maxine Puth 9,052]

I mean he’s allowed to have his opinions but music is about human expression, which is limitless. So what if he feels it to be insignificant. He can’t police people’s self expression and he certainly can’t stop people from enjoying what they enjoy. I also find it ironic how some of todays artists love to hype of standards (which I love myself)… even Gaga said last year that nobody writes music like Cole Porter anymore. Like Gaga, no one is stopping you from doing that 

[Catnikko 13,525]

Yawn  

I guess everyone's entitled to their opinion

people probably said this about him when he was new also 

[bionic 41,529]

[Head Empty 24,220]

25 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

“I’m a fan of [...] anybody whose vision parallels mine.”

How can anyone say this with a straight face? 

I can get into the argument that a lot of modern music is lacking depth, but the way all of this is worded seems beyond bitter.

[alsemanche 91,249]

These older artists who will not miss an opportunity to act almighty and superior are so cringe

[moonsago 6,478]

I’m sure Mozart would say the same about you, miss Dylan, so sit down 

[Meat 18,962]

Isn’t he regarded as the greatest songwriter of all time? He literally has a Nobel Prize in literature 

[27monster27 10,859]

Is anyone else really tired of these older male artists that like rock constantly trash talking popular music genres?

[nATAH 41,637]

anyways stream bloody mary

[pop a 911 3,624]

10 minutes ago, Meat said:

Isn’t he regarded as the greatest songwriter of all time? He literally has a Nobel Prize in literature 

 that title deserves to go to… 

[ALittleMonsta 1,529]

43 minutes ago, Maxine Puth said:

I mean he’s allowed to have his opinions but music is about human expression, which is limitless. So what if he feels it to be insignificant. He can’t police people’s self expression and he certainly can’t stop people from enjoying what they enjoy. I also find it ironic how some of todays artists love to hype of standards (which I love myself)… even Gaga said last year that nobody writes music like Cole Porter anymore. Like Gaga, no one is stopping you from doing that 

Music is art, and art is exactly that, it is limitless. It can be "super basic" and it can be "super unique", it is up to the artist!! 

[Oriane 19,674]

50 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

anybody with a feeling for words and language, anybody whose vision parallels mine

And I prefer musicians whose work is great for the musical aspect first and foremost, I respect that he's a good lyricist but his music does nothing for me.

[vitoburrrito 614]

It’s giving out of touch. A shame that someone so intelligent and influential can be so narrow minded about music.