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[hnpcc]

There's an article in today's Age comparing and contrasting Tony Blair and John Howard. One bit that made me giggle was:

"One is Labour, the other conservative. They grew up on either side of the 1960s divide: one played in a rock band in his youth and names his favourite group as U2. The other has said he likes Bob Dylan but not the lyrics."

He likes the singing?!?!?

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[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Good grief. I didn't think it was possible to like Dylan's singing.

I mean - great songs. I happen to love folky songs with interesting lyrics. But why, WHY did he have to 'sing' them himself?

Catherine, who prefers Dylan as sung by Peter Paul and Mary, or The Seekers, or even Herman's Hermits...

[hnpcc]

Good grief. I didn't think it was possible to like Dylan's singing.

I'm not convinced he does. I think he may just have named someone he's heard of that he thinks is trendy enough. Cos seriously, isn't the whole point of Dylan the lyrics?

Either that or he was too embarrassed to name the Spice Girls... ;-)

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Hey, the Spice Girls were fun. He has nothing to be ashamed of!

Catherine, who will from this day forth choose to believe that John Howard has a secret passion for Scary Spice.

[numbat.livejournal.com]

No doubt the Dylan answer was written for him by a staffer the day after said staffer's leave application was denied.