--UNOFFICIAL-- BotB: Singers & Songwriters: Round 3 Bob Dylan vs John Denver

[a21schizoidman]

BOB DYLAN

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and a poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'",[1] became anthems of the anti-war and civil rights movements. His most recent studio album, Modern Times, released on August 29, 2006, entered the U.S. album chart at number one, and that same year was named Album of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.[2]

Like A Rolling Stone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO0gSJGJ7Fs

The Times, They Are A-Changin':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgECKj9LSH4

Blowin' In the Wind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ced8o50G9kg

Simple Twist of Fate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYybKGp1ycQ

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JOHN DENVER

John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American Country Music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. One of the most popular artists of the 1970s, he recorded and released some 300 songs, about half composed by himself. He was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977. Songs such as "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (1967), "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971), "Rocky Mountain High" (1973), "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (1974), and "Calypso" (1975) are popular worldwide. Denver has been referred to as "The Poet for the Planet", "Mother Nature's Son" (based on The Beatles song he covered) and "A Song's Best Friend".

Take Me Home Country Roads:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8nDdPM_Qk

Rocky Mountain High:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwARpaKHx_w

Calypso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35x_rwyBh-8

Leaving On A Jet Plane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLBKO...eature=related

[afterstasis]

i'm okay with denver, but dylan crushes him in my opinion.

[back_blows]

As much as I love Bob Denver, Dylan is far better IMO.

[Shogo36]

To me not even close, Bob Dylan is probably the greatest singer/songwriter of the 20th century. Not that I don't want to leave on a jet plane...but it's BOB DYLAN! : )

[Soror_YZBL]

Dammit! closed! I was gonna vote for John Denver. I never saw a Bob Dylan and the Muppets, which means fail for the tambourine man.