Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 16, 2016

Neither of those concepts work in college or university. Unless it is science it could work in both ways.

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QuiteDragon…

I know. That sentence is so badly written,

there have actually been some commenters who thought they’d have to leave, because they didn’t know how to do bold or italics.

I’ve also seen quite a few comments all in bold….and I finally realised those were from people who also think it means

you have to use bold or italics now to post.

Honestly, folks…no.

You don’t.

You can. You don’t have to.

Is Caulfield implying that somebody else can do better than him?

Then again, most people like Jimi Hendrix’s version of “All Along the Watchtower” better than Bob Dylan’s original version (and Dylan wrote the song to begin with).

In Academia it’s called “research”

Looks like what Caulfield actually is asking is, did Rufus get a better grade or write a more inventive quiz. If so, Caulfield wants some of the credit.

basically all ideas, inventions, or creations are copied, borrowed from, pilfered, or inspired by a previous person

This comic is a reference to Rufus Wainwright’s cover of Hallelujah which is unquestionably the very best one.

I’ve heard Bob Dylan’s voice compared to “a small mammal trapped in a heating duct”. The best songwriters usually do the worst versions of their own songs and have the worst voices.

Definitely gotta go with Wainwright on this one. Thank you Shrek. “Love is not a victory march…”

I realize that it’s not the point of the strip but Leonard Cohen’s version is my absolute favorite, it’s got more heart than all the others combined

Never heard John Cale’s version, but the better singers versions lacked the gravitas of the original.

BTW, how many caught that the other famous cover was by RUFUS Wainwright?

The best cover of Hallelujah is by K.D. Lang by far. Her performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was pure magic.

Why is the voice bubble coming from the laptop?

C’mon guys! Today’s strip was one of the best! Brilliant! And it was such a nice try by the kid.

Please don’t be dissuaded by that one nagging, negative guy who hates this strip with a passion that knows no bounds. Tune him out and enjoy it for it’s briliance. Please!

Dylan isn’t Nobel Laureate for his voice, which, like most singers, has changed over his lifetime. Dylan’s true genius is in his lyrics and the fact that he has influenced so many singers in so many genres – folk, rock, country, blues, gospel, even proto-rap.(for a rap example listen to- Subterranean Homesick Blues © 1965 Bob Dylan)

I never heard a version I didn’t like…

Nuliajuk

At least that was better than Oscar Levant’s description of Louis Armstrong, “A frog with a man in his throat.”

The most covered song in history is The Beatles song Yesterday.

“Hallelujah”? Leonard Cohen? More Canadian references? I love it! :D

Leo Kotke described his own voice as sounding like “geese farts on a muggy day”.

There are a lot of singers who owe a great debt to Dylan; prior to him, it was assumed that a recording artist would have a good singing voice. Dylan broke ground for all those folks who had great songs but ‘unusual’ voices.

Presumably Caulfield is in the principal’s office because he copied off of someone’s paper—test or quiz. But if he improved on the answer? Or did he take the other kid’s answer, expand on it, and hand it back to the other kid? The whole monologue about the song and it’s varied versions is very interesting, but I’m wondering just what exactly Caulfield did.