Can Bob Dylan sing?

First of all let me tell my readers that I like Bob Dylan. I am not a serious fan of his but there are some songs which he has produced and sung which I feel are timeless. An example is "Blowing in the Wind" which was voted into the top 500 songs of all time by the "Rolling Stone" magazine. I like that song simply because I like it.. I don't care how popular or unpopular it is.

Recently I went to a Bob Dylan concert and I was a bit disturbed by the experience because I was listening to Bob Dylan live... but it did not sound like Bob Dylan at all. At the end of Bob's appearance I spoke to a Dylan fan who had been to previous concerts and he told me that it was even worse several years ago. If Bob Dylan does not want to sing in a melodious fashion in his concerts, then why are his fans so faithful to him? I did not understand why so many fans were getting excited by Bob's performance. Yes! People were jumping up and down and some of them screaming. I am wondering if Bob would get the same kind of attention if he were to compete in American Idol?

Maybe the "American Idol" question is a ridiculous one because when I listen to some of Bob's songs they seem to be incredibly deep. I can't see anything deep in American Idol and my guess is that Bob and his fans would probably feel the same. The next video is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs.

I think that "Slow Train Coming" might be meaningful to some people who don't want to live in a "la-la land" but instead face the inevitable.

A Bob Dylan fan told me that Bob Dylan does not like to perform in every concert in exactly the same way because he is an artist. We all know that artists who paint pictures probably don't want to paint the same thing over and over again. I can understand this view but what I cannot understand is why an artist would want to sing for his fans without even trying to be a little bit melodious?

OK- I am going to stop picking on Bob Dylan and talk about this in general because I suspect that some artists are under far too much pressure to produce something new, rather than just doing what they are good at. I want to use the Eagles as an example. I like the Eagles but I don't like some of their concert renditions of their popular songs. I feel that they have become "too artistic" and they lose power in doing so. I miss the way that they used to be. When I think of the Eagles I think about "Life in the Fast Lane" - I like the way they sung it on this album because it moves me more than their recent stuff.

I wonder if anyone else feels the same way?

I have judged Bob Dylan and the Eagles on this Hub and it is probably not fair if I don't give them a chance to judge me too. I am not a singer at all but I left the last video for Bob and the Eagles to listen to in case they want to complain about my voice- LOL!