Dylan's melodies are often quite fine as well, don't you think? While sometimes he borrows familiar traditional melodies, he often makes up his own that strike me as quite good (I'm no musician so I can't explain why). From Blowin' in the Wind to Tryin' to Get to Heaven, his melodies are simple yet inventive. And as a bandleader, I think, he is also quite fine. I know he has great musicians working with him, but the arrangements he came up with in the last few albums are sublime. (And to tread on more controversial territory, I also love his voice. The phrasing and expressiveness of it, the range of emotions he controls with his intonations, his rhythmic sense, captivate me).
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