# Why does Levon Helm hate Robbie Robertson **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-levon-helm-hate-robbie-robertson/331280 "2005-11-16T07:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 96
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-levon-helm-hate-robbie-robertson/331280/96 "2017-12-22T22:44:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Me too. Some people just can’t sing. Ringo can’t sing. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a good music career. Align your self with people who have talents you don’t. FWIW I don’t like Dylan’s vocal stylings, I know all the songs and they represent a time in my life that is pleasant, so I like them. But seriously his voice is crap. Ringo never embarrassed himself singing in THE BEATLES. Think about that. His vocal turn was a part of the product and it was beloved for being just right. When someone’s vocal is a part of something that great it seems a little much to say he couldn’t sing. There is a difference between “can’t sing” and the eccentric delivery which sometimes, and very famously, gets paired with great art. Like Bob and Neil for instance. I do get the feeling that some people can’t forgive Dylan for not singing like luther vandross, or Merle haggard, or Tom Jones, whomever, as if that makes a difference. I really don’t want to wait for Luther to write Mr Tambourine Man, any more than I need Bob to sing “well.” These are the given conditions. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-levon-helm-hate-robbie-robertson/331280)._