Dylan's accent

[Mr Young at Heart]

For the English (US English) native speakers among us, what kind of accent does Dylan have when he speaks? When he does the band intro for instance. ... Is it just theatrics?

Mostly. "Theatrics", yup. Like mostly all of his stage presense.

I like it.

[twm]

Whatever one's opinion of Dylan's singing voice (and people have been telling me he can't sing for decades, not just in recent years), his voice was very suited to radio, as evidenced by his "Theme Time Radio Hour" shows, of which there were 100 in the end.

[Pottel]

TTRH is the best thing on radio,...ever,...

[Hoops McCann]

You guys didn't know?...Bob Dylan has his own version of the English language! It's the best version of the English language because Bob created it. If you don't understand what he's saying, you simply don't understand the true meaning of the English language, and you should get to know and automatically like it since it's regarded as the best.

[jbaent]

You guys didn't know?...Bob Dylan has his own version of the English language! It's the best version of the English language because Bob created it. If you don't understand what he's saying, you simply don't understand the true meaning of the English language, and you should get to know and automatically like it since it's regarded as the best.

Because Bob is Bob?

[Mr Young at Heart]

Just because.

[Justme]

Here's a great interview from 1965:


It isn't his real voice-over, or is it?


And at last, here a more recent interview from the 60 minutes show:

[dmg]

He sounds a bit like the late great character actor Lionel Stander, known by most as Max from TV's Hart To Hart!