# Happy 70th Birthday to Bob Dylan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 24, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012 "2011-05-24T14:41:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012/1 "2011-05-24T14:41:37Z")

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Let’s here it for one of the century’s top icons!

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012/2 "2011-05-24T14:43:48Z")

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Fascinating, chameleon of a guy, anchored on songs that endure. A great song and dance man.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012/3 "2011-05-24T15:09:46Z")

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I remember when you could still understand what he was singing. Good times.

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012/4 "2011-05-24T15:36:45Z")

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Happy Birthday, Bob, [may your wishes all come true](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sldgunY3Fw).

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**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012/5 "2011-05-24T15:44:15Z")

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I recently read _Chronicles: Volume One_ & have been kicking myself for not doing it sooner. Bob is smart & funny & _can write_! (duh)

[No Direction Home](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Direction_Home) is available on Netflix Streaming. Lots of Folkie Memories, plus hostile Brit audiences who hated his “betrayal.” (Hostile enough to make me understand why he used that motorcycle accident as an excuse to “drop out” for a while.)

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012/6 "2011-05-24T15:53:55Z")

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A brief but cool video portrait of His Bobness [through the years.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s0c6ifpAQY)

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-70th-birthday-to-bob-dylan/583012/7 "2011-05-25T13:07:02Z")

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Haven’t noticed this thread yesterday, so I’m a bit late to the party, but happy birthday anyway, Bob. I know it’s somehow futile to make absolute statements about an area as subjective as art , but IMHO he’s the most important figure in popular music of the 20th century. Life (at least my life) would be much poorer without his music.