A Debate on Bob Dylan Got So Intense on Twitter It Began to Trend
Bob Dylan began trending on Twitter today and got as high as the number two trend in the United States, but the reason why it happened was rather surprising.
An account called Classic Rock In Pics shared a screenshot of Rolling Stone‘s list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, and many took issue with the list because of Dylan’s number seven ranking. Keep in mind that this list was originally published in 2008 proving that sometimes when you resurface old stuff, people tend to react wildly.
Rolling Stone Magazine list of Top 100 Singers of All Time. Thoughts?https://t.co/nq2WAOnUsq pic.twitter.com/JnGCBgd5CO
— Classic Rock In Pics (@crockpics) October 20, 2019
What were the reactions like? Some reactions were hilarious…
Bob Dylan is trending because a content-farming account screenshotted Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Singers from *2008*, thereby sparking an angry debate about how high Dylan is ranked. Very cool
— Jeremy Gordon (@jeremypgordon) October 21, 2019
Bob Dylan when he sees why he’s trending. #BobDylan pic.twitter.com/s9ymQEDqhv
— Ricardo D. Viloria (@ricviloria) October 21, 2019
Bob Dylan is trending, and I got nervous worrying that he might have, you know, won another Nobel Prize.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) October 21, 2019
“Karen Carpenter belongs 90 spots below Bob Dylan on a list of greatest singers” is like a note the Zodiac Killer sends to an LGBT center. pic.twitter.com/rgW7QDIy1g
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) October 21, 2019
Some reactions were critical…
Bob Dylan, ranked ahead of:
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) October 21, 2019
- Stevie Wonder
- Al Green
- Tina Turner
- Freddie Mercury
- Etta James
- Michael Jackson
- Nina Simone
...and PRINCE AT 30?
PRINCE??? REALLY???🤬
Whoever wrote THIS list is smoking crack on Desolation Row.🙄 https://t.co/Nqp4zAXmu2
https://twitter.com/sgtjanedoe/status/1186260300657545218
https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1186283347082956801
Rolling Stone lists their top 100 singers of all time.
— insecure Al (@insecure_al) October 21, 2019
Bob Dylan’s spot has made me wonder.... what they mean by “singer”. #News #MondayMorning pic.twitter.com/y4Z9bdyxGS
Some saw Dylan trending and thought the worst…
https://twitter.com/FradBox/status/1186263013134864385
Waking up to see Bob Dylan trending without knowing why pic.twitter.com/WMx0E9ADsG
— Braden Shamo (@BradenShamo) October 21, 2019
YOU CANT HAVE BOB DYLAN TRENDING WITH FREDDIE MERCURY AND JOHN LENNON AND EXPECT MY HEART NOT TO FUCKING BURST ON SIGHT
— Penny Bloom Podcast🇵🇸 (@PennyBloomPod) October 21, 2019
(he’s okay we good) pic.twitter.com/HZFHbpTm2U
However, the best reaction came from the comments of the original tweet, which noticed something very weird about that screengrab.
my thoughts are "holy hell they censored Joe Cocker's name"
— shauna (@goldengateblond) October 21, 2019
Aahhhhhh…the internet. It’s always an adventure!
