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Originally Posted by susvain0362 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

agreed

That's a misquote. I never said Dylan was greater than Hendrix.

For clarification: Dylan's lyrical writings were better than Hendrix's, whereas Hendrix's guitar work was way better than Dylan's.

If songs were based on lyrical content alone, Tori Amos would be one of the top selling artists in the world, and no one would have heard of Beyonce or 99% of modern pop stars.

To look at it another way: ask most Van Halen fans which version they preferred: Diamond Dave led or Van Hagar, and most will tell you Diamond Dave despite the fact that when David Lee Roth was the singer/writer, it had better guitar work, but when Sammy Hagar was the frontman, they had better lyrical content.