Shame On Bob Dylan!

I thought I'd never say this, but: Shame on Bob Dylan!
There, I've said it.
A long, long time ago I used to be a Dylan fan. He was the voice of a generation and he produced our distintive anthems, including "The Times They Are A-Changin" and "Blowin In The Wind."
But now, performing in China, Dylan apparently allowed himself to be censored and those songs were left out of  his performance. It's sort of like Sinatra not singing "My Way" or Bennett not singing "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" or Liza not singing "Cabaret" or Springsteen not singing "Glory Days."  It's unthinkable.
And this, too: Why is Bob Dylan still performing? His voice sounds like he gargles with broken glass and you can barely understand his words. He's all beat up and far, far removed from his prime.
Anyway, here's an excerpt from the Los Angeles Times:

At a time when many other American performers have been banned from China, Bob Dylan was allowed to play Wednesday night in Beijing, but with a program that omitted Dylan's most famous ballads of dissent.
Conspicuously absent from the program at the Workers' Gymnasium were "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Blowin' in the Wind." Dylan's set list had to be sanctioned beforehand by the Ministry of Culture, which in its formal invitation decreed that he would have to "conduct the performance strictly according to the approved program."
Still, the 69-year-old musician, clad in a white panama hat and drainpipe trousers, sung and strummed before a welcoming crowd of 6,000. He worked his way through a repertoire that included "Tangled up in Blue" and "Simple Twist of Fate."

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