Reply #19: I find that when people try to speak for all of DU... [View All]

as in the phrase "And btw, hippie is not a bad word around here..." they, too, don't know jack.

So, now that we've established that we're both morons, I'll grant you that my original assessment may have been a bit harsh. And as I alluded to in my post above, I'm not criticizing the man's activist work, just his music. His last couple albums, including last year's Time the Conqueror, have been profoundly lacking, in terms of the musicality if not the lyrical content, and his golden age, from his debut album to Running on Empty, has always been a bit overrated. But then, I'll admit to a certain negative bias toward that generally California-based slick, sentimental '70s singer/songwriter sound. Lester Bangs and I share a similar opinion regarding James Taylor, for example.