Why does Bob Dylan hate Andy Warhol?!


Question: I'm a huge fan of Dylan and thought I knew pretty much all I possibly could about him until my Dad informed me that Dylan is known for hating Andy Warhol with a passion and even bought one of Warhol's paintings to use as a dartboard. Theres even a whole website dedicated to making comic strips about the two mocking each other.

I was wondering if anyone happens to know what exactly sparked this hatred?


Answers: I'm a huge fan of Dylan and thought I knew pretty much all I possibly could about him until my Dad informed me that Dylan is known for hating Andy Warhol with a passion and even bought one of Warhol's paintings to use as a dartboard. Theres even a whole website dedicated to making comic strips about the two mocking each other.

I was wondering if anyone happens to know what exactly sparked this hatred?

It's believed that Bobby didn't like Andy because Bobby believed he was the catalyst so to speak of Edie Sedgwick's drug use, and as a Dylan fan you know that Bobby had a huge crush on Edie (and is rumored to have written 'Just Like A Woman' for her). Bobby was also given a 'silver elvis' painting that andy had done, but traded it with Grossman for a sofa, and that upset Andy:

"I even gave him one of my silver Elvis paintings in the days when he was first around. Later on, though, I got paranoid when I heard rumors that he had used the Elvis as a dart board up in the country. When I'd ask, 'Why did he do that?' I'd invariably get hearsay answers like 'I hear he feels you destroyed Edie [Sedgwick],' or 'Listen to Like a Rolling Stone - I think you're the 'diplomat on the chrome horse,' man.' I didn't know exactly what they meant by that - I never listened much to the words of songs - but I got the tenor of what people were saying - that Dylan didn't like me, that he blamed me for Edie's drugs."

It's also said that at one time Andy began filming Bobby without permission, so Bobby took a painting from him claiming it was his pay for being on camera.

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  • they are jealous of each others careers!!

    UMMM...WHO ARES ANDY WARHOLS DEAD

    How weird, I had never heard that before either. I know that Warhol made a movie about Dylan in 1966, but it either was never released or it was never finished.



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