Listening to: Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan
Germaine Greer: Morrissey fan!
(The stuff about Bob Dylan misses the point, and I’m sure she knows that – the legend is the point, and has been from the very beginning of his career, and, besides that, I think enough of his lyrics are brilliant that he’s earned it [but ultimately, you either love him or you don't] – but I wish I hadn’t packed my copy of The Female Eunuch because I wanted to quote the part where she writes that the only non-sexist rock song [at time of writing, obviously] is the Troggs’ Wild Thing. [Germaine Greer is just brilliant enough to rest on her laurels, too.])
15 April, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I can only assume that Prof Greer is trying to noise it up a bit… surely! Nobody with an understanding of poetry and song can knock Bob Dylan’s contribution in the modern era. She must be having a laugh to quote ‘Visions Of Johanna’and then talk about Morrissey… surely!
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who
That it’s namin’.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’.
Analyse that and hold your tongue… numptyheid!