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union wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2023, 22:18

Cool. How popular was Bob Dylan back then and how did you first become exposed to the music

It's a timly music that is suitable for oromuma but yet very old

union wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2023, 22:18

Cool. How popular was Bob Dylan back then and how did you first become exposed to the music

It's a timly music that is suitable for oromuma but yet very old

Horus wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2023, 22:50

union wrote: Cool. How popular was Bob Dylan back then and how did you first become exposed to the music

It's a timly music that is suitable for oromuma but yet very old

What do you expect! My Generation grew up on revolutionary and protest music, poetry and literature. I have known Dylan since the late 1970s. I had in fact the opportunity to go to his concert after he became less radical. There is not an American poet or protest musician I love more than Dylan. If you want to compare him with an Ethiopian artist - the closest will be Tedy Afro - musician and poet. Remember, if you search for Dylan under poetry, you will not find him, He is a country singer. But his lyrics are so deep and poetic, he was given the Nobel in Literature.

union wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2023, 23:30

Fascinating! I was not even born in late 70's but thank you for the background information. As you know I am always open to learn from seasoned but intellectual Ethiopians like yourself. If you can compare him with Tedi Afro, it is revealed to me that your video has even a much deeper meaning to the context of oromumas scramble and its imminent demise. But I wonder what Bob exactly stood for, or who he was exactly opposing.

Horus wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2023, 22:50

union wrote: Cool. How popular was Bob Dylan back then and how did you first become exposed to the music

It's a timly music that is suitable for oromuma but yet very old

What do you expect! My Generation grew up on revolutionary and protest music, poetry and literature. I have known Dylan since the late 1970s. I had in fact the opportunity to go to his concert after he became less radical. There is not an American poet or protest musician I love more than Dylan. If you want to compare him with an Ethiopian artist - the closest will be Tedy Afro - musician and poet. Remember, if you search for Dylan under poetry, you will not find him, He is a country singer. But his lyrics are so deep and poetic, he was given the Nobel in Literature.

Horus wrote: ↑

16 Dec 2023, 00:32

union wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2023, 23:30

Fascinating! I was not even born in late 70's but thank you for the background information. As you know I am always open to learn from seasoned but intellectual Ethiopians like yourself. If you can compare him with Tedi Afro, it is revealed to me that your video has even a much deeper meaning to the context of oromumas scramble and its imminent demise. But I wonder what Bob exactly stood for, or who he was exactly opposing.

Horus wrote: ↑

15 Dec 2023, 22:50

union wrote: Cool. How popular was Bob Dylan back then and how did you first become exposed to the music

It's a timly music that is suitable for oromuma but yet very old

What do you expect! My Generation grew up on revolutionary and protest music, poetry and literature. I have known Dylan since the late 1970s. I had in fact the opportunity to go to his concert after he became less radical. There is not an American poet or protest musician I love more than Dylan. If you want to compare him with an Ethiopian artist - the closest will be Tedy Afro - musician and poet. Remember, if you search for Dylan under poetry, you will not find him, He is a country singer. But his lyrics are so deep and poetic, he was given the Nobel in Literature.

in the 60s & 70s he opposed the Vietnam war, supported the civil rights movement & you can consider him a justice advocate. But most of all he is a social and cultural critique. I consider him a social philosopher, a thinker. He was not a crass commercial artist. He was not even bother to show up at the Nobel ceremony. That is Bob Dylan - simply authentic artist just like Teddy!