tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post3563626839050036762..comments2024-03-29T13:51:01.039+01:00Comments on Let's read: Nobel Prize for Literature 2016Marianne http://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-45270901552091097032016-10-21T17:35:50.330+02:002016-10-21T17:35:50.330+02:00those are my thoughts exactly. Most of his lyrics ...those are my thoughts exactly. Most of his lyrics are spot on, just as much today was they were back when he wrote them. So much insight. I truly think he deserves this.<br /><br />Thanks for thinking the same,<br />MarianneMarianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-33969556083437747492016-10-20T17:41:38.255+02:002016-10-20T17:41:38.255+02:00Yes, flabbergasted and pleased at the same time! I...Yes, flabbergasted and pleased at the same time! I was the folksinger who knew all the words to his longest songs. Many of them I know still. The other day I was thinking sorry thoughts about our presidential campaign and these lyrics popped up in my mind: "Something's going on here and you don't know what it is, Do you Mr Jones?"Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-91325666664658044322016-10-19T13:51:03.964+02:002016-10-19T13:51:03.964+02:00I'm sure he took his inspiration from everwher...I'm sure he took his inspiration from everwhere as most authors do, but nobody put the words in that order.<br /><br />I think it is not just an award he is getting for what he has written in the past, I do believe it is a message the Swedish want to send to the world, especially some Americans. ;)<br /><br />Anyway, let's look forward to new and great books.<br /><br />Happy Reading,<br />MarianneMarianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-42914137084818188292016-10-17T15:40:42.597+02:002016-10-17T15:40:42.597+02:00I've always been a Dylan fan, though less so a...I've always been a Dylan fan, though less so after seeing him in concert last year. I'm just not sure if his lyrics are worthy of a Nobel Prize in Literature. He'll tell you himself, and has, that he took them frequently from newspapers and the bible.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.com