Talk:Jakob Dylan/Comments

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This article is extremely biased. The writer obviously is not very familiar with the person, or he/she isn't very fond of Jakob. Look at this paragraph: "After Bringing Down the Horse, The Wallflowers have had little commercial success. Although it could be explained by a variety of reasons, many feel it is symbolized by his performance of "One Headlight" at the 1998 Grammys, where he was largely upstaged by Bruce Springsteen. While this is not pointed at as the direct reason for the groups fall from glory, it can be seen as Jakob Dylan's inability to distance himself from his father (via the elder Dylan's contemporaries) and the unfair inability of the media and listeners to accept him as a separate entity. To his credit, Jakob Dylan never covers his fathers songs and avoids father/son comparisons whenever possible." Perhaps, the writer shouldn't rely on the idiotic comments left on YouTube referring to a video with Bruce Springsteen and The Wallflowers. This performance is barely memorable to actual fans of the band and it certainly was not the cause for having "little commercial success." Perhaps it was because their follow-up album (which is never mentioned in the article), Breach, was the first album to be entirely uploaded on Napster months prior to its release, allowing every thief to illegally download it. It is not known how many copies of this album could have been sold. Also, the comment "avoids father/son comparisons whenever possible" comes off as quite a bit harsh. While he has shied away from divulging much information about his father, he has admitted that it is not because of any rift or bad relationship. Also, I tried editing this page once (to add such information as which albums he has released), but it was removed. It's odd that three of The Wallflowers five albums are not even mentioned. In case anyone wants the real information, the third album, Breach, was released in 2000. Red Letter Days came out in 2002. Rebel, Sweetheart was released in 2005. Also, Jakob was the opener for T Bone Burnett's "True/False Identity Tour" in the spring of 2006.