Bob Dylan

There was a time when the songs coming out of songs written by songwriters were compared to poetry. This started as far as I recall about the time Bob Dylan first appeared. Songs were no longer just songs but were acclaimed not just for the melody or lyrics but for there poetical content. They were favourably compared to poetry.  Many were they who rubbished this idea. Notably, my Mum who not only said it wasn't poetry at all but wasn't even a song sung by a singer but by someone who couldn't sing at all. There lies a perfect example of why we had a generation gap. 

The first vocal poetry was sung by a Troubadour. Troubadour's wandered around southern France and northern Italy and Spain warbling the poetry in song. Encyclopaedia Britannica states - Troubadour poetry formed one of the most brilliant schools that ever flourished, and it was to influence all later European lyrical poetry. This gentleman, the aforementioned Bob Dylan, remains one of the greatest exponents of the troubadour revival in the sixties. He is by no means the only one. Less Spoken Word poetry with which it shares kinship but poetry with melody.

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