Notes and queries: Why can't Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney write great songs any more?

Why can't Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney write great songs any more? Cornwall's radical Reverend Trelawney; The butter on those parsnipsWhy can't Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney write great songs any more? Dylan and McCartney would admit that their great songs were inspired by dreams and revery, in times that were flowing with change. As one gets older, the epiphany of inspiration gives way to a concern with craft. There is no doubt that Dylan and McCartney's late work is crafted superbly in the tra...

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