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Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 23:59:02 -0800
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu wrote:
> who else whooped and hollered when mr. dylan won the best album of the year?
> (and it really is good, by the by)
I think it's more of the context of the past year as well as the mainstream's
final and inevitable coronation of all that he's done and STILL continues to do.
Who would have thought not a year ago, when he was in the hospital feeling the
cold breath of death on his face that not only would he pull out of it but that
he'd get to perform for the Pope, not to mention the President at the Kennedy
Center Honors, release one of his greatest albums ever, and also take home the
album of the year in not one but two categories, as well as have one of the
songs win best rock song. And accordingto all the reports on the mailing list,
his live shows right now are some of the best he's EVER done.
Yeah, it certainly is a helluva record. He should take seven years off from
writing songs all the time.
Malcs