President Obama, Senator Al Franken and More in Entertainment and Music World React to Bob Dylan’s Historic Nobel Prize
News came down this morning that Bob Dylan became the first singer-songwriter to win a Nobel Prize for Literature and the first American to win the award since 1993. The historic honor for the 75-year old sent shockwaves through the music and entertainment world, as everyone from the President to comedian Marc Maron and Dylan-disciples like Jason Isbell reacted on social media.
Take a look at a few of the reactions below from Twitter and stay tuned throughout the day as surely more will come in as the news spreads across the world.
Congratulations to one of my favorite poets, Bob Dylan, on a well-deserved Nobel. https://t.co/c9cnANWPCS
— President Obama (@POTUS) October 13, 2016
Bob Dylan is more than a renowned lyricist in MN. He’s a part of us. Join me in congratulating him on #NobelPrize. https://t.co/mMLoI2O9o1
— Sen. Al Franken (@SenFranken) October 13, 2016
Dylan’s Nobel prize is a mighty thing, considering the fact that traveling songwriters were once treated like court jesters. A fine day.
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) October 13, 2016
Dylan. Yes.
— marc maron (@marcmaron) October 13, 2016
“Yes to dance beneath a diamond sky with one hand waving free…” for this alone Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize https://t.co/62ZXuabPpb
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) October 13, 2016
I like #TheFreewheeling Bob Dylan. It’s mostly solo acoustic and the songs are poignant, polititical, spiritual and tongue in cheek funny https://t.co/rpmyBPe1eK
— G. Love (@glove) October 13, 2016
Not only does Dylan deserve that award, his later-in-life albums hold up far better than Springsteen’s, Stones, U2’s, you name it…
— Tim Cowlishaw (@TimCowlishaw) October 13, 2016
Congratulations to @bobdylan – the first musician awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Thank you for your poetry. https://t.co/seMViD9lWB
— Newport Folk Fest (@Newportfolkfest) October 13, 2016