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Originally posted by plawrence:
People like Waits, Petty, Zevon, and Young, while they are very good or even excellent and certainly may be included among your favorite artists, are not in the class of the Dylans, Lennons, or even Sprngsteens when we talk about the "Holy Trinity"

I'm not sure what you have to be to get included there, but whatever it is, none of those guys are it, IMO.
I can't disagree more. Legacy to me means bullshit and is in no way able to define a member of the "holy trinity". MY definition for a member is sheer talent. Musical and writing. Personality and media coverage have nothing to do with it.

Neil Young not being as good as Bruce Springsteen? What are you smoking, Plaw?

As for Zevon, though he and Springsteen were very good friends, I have to believe some of Zevon's talent rubbed off on him, Zevon is just too large of a genius to not have had a profound impact on Springsteen's music.

The Doc

And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.