My husband and my brother both are in love with Bob Dylan. They love his lyrics and my husband loves to play him loud on his record player. I think if Bob Dylan were to try out for American Idol he would be on the list of people that they put in between the good people to make you laugh. He wouldn't even make it through the first round of people who get the golden ticket.
His voice is horrible. It's not even singing. It's really just talking with some inflection. I demonstrated this to my brother one day in the car while Bob Dylan was playing and talked and just changed the inflection every phrase. The best part is that I really sounded like Bob Dylan and I had my brother laughing hysterically in the car.
They both come back after my mocking of Bob Dylan that he is an excellent musician and his lyrics are amazing. While that may be true, his voice is lacking. I have a small problem with understanding lyrics the first time I hear songs. It usually takes me 100 times of hearing a song to actually realize what the lyrics are saying, despite the fact I can usually sing a long with a song by that point. My appreciation for Bob Dylan and his musicianship stops as soon as I hear his voice. I can't get past the wretched sound.
I'll take the word of my husband and brother that he has really good lyrics and that he is a good musician minus the voice. I still hold that Bob Dylan has a horrible voice and probably always will.
There's gotta be someone else in the world that shares my views of Bob Dylan.