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GrandmaPoses t1_ix85kc3 wrote

Reply to comment by LeaCTrockboys in TIL singer songwriter Leonard Cohen claimed to have written approximately 150 draft verses of his most famous song "Hallelujah", a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions, and by contemporary interviews. by big_macaroons

I get what you're saying but you're cherry-picking songs for comparison here. Sugar, Sugar by the Archies came out the year after All Along the Watchtower. It's not like Dylan overturned the entire pop engine; yes he was inspirational and wrote amazing lyrics, but shitty songwriting has and will continue to be popular as well.

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LeaCTrockboys t1_ix9latc wrote

Definitely. He didn't single handedly innovate in a vacuum for sure.

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LeaCTrockboys t1_ixa21aj wrote

BUT my point was more a direct answer to the sentiment that Dylan is "overrated", not that he necessarily invented all modern music. I was talking about his impact specifically. Which was huge.

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