Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival (Reaction)
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This is a famous moment in music history, he was the darling of the folk scene when he turned up to this festival in 1965 with his electric guitar, this was the reason for the boos. Just look up Dylan goes electric you'll probably see a million & 1 articles
"Like a Rolling Stone" was rising in the charts before the Festival. All those who followed his every word doubtless heard it. It wasn't because he went electric. It was the old guard Leftist folkies -- Pete Seeger mostly -- who thought they owned him. Seeger grabbed an axe and was going to cut the electric cables, but Albert Grossman stopped him and they got into a rolling-on-the-ground wrestling match.
Died-in-the-wool Leftist folkies were OPPOSED to electric music. Some of the time: "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band" played an hour set that afternoon and no one complained.
There is also footage (see the film ""Festival") of Howlin' Wolf performing with his electric band.
Seeger wanted Dylan to continue to write "finger pointin' songs".
@@jnagarya519 Did he? Not according to Seeger. "According to Seeger himself he ran to the engineers to get them to fix the horrible sound. He claims that the band was too loud in the mix and that Dylan's lyrics - which he wanted the crowd to hear." As for the crowd booing, no one really knows for sure why: "Nobody really knows why the crowd booed. Many think it was about the sound quality, while some agree with Dylan's keyboardist Al Kooper, who thinks it was because Peter Yarrow, who was MCing, told the crowd that Dylan would be doing a short set. Kooper thinks the audience felt ripped off that Dylan - one of the main stars of the event - would only get 15 minutes." The booing in England was about him going electric but that's not necessarily true about the booing at Newport. As for those folkies, they at least could play their own instruments and they could write songs with meaning. Something today's bands/artists don't seem to know how to do.
@@wpl8275 According to others Seeger hid in his car, and another said that he was wearing a hearing aid, which was being affected by the music.
REALITY: 1. "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band" played an hour set that afternoon and no one complained.
2. "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band," minus Butterfield, was Dylan's backing band that evening.
For Seeger it was not the fact of "electric" instruments -- though he was a luddite in that regard: it was about Dylan no longer writing leftist political "finger pointin'" songs. That's why Dylan, the STAR of the evening, was limited to FIFTEEN MINUTES.
Seeger and his crowd believed they OWNED Dylan, and that he OWED them. That's why the "kiss-off" song was not "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" but "Maggie's Farm": "They say, Sing while you slave/And I just get bored."
@@wpl8275 SOME folkies wrote songs -- in the Village it began with Tom Paxton, while most folkies were still trying to be "authentic" by imitating the originals.
Then he got cheered after an acoustic song I think?
They so prove his point: I try my best, to be just like I am, but everybody wants you,, to be just like them.
What he is singing about here is basically his unwillingness to "work on the farm," meaning his refusal to do what other people want him to do. He wasn't going to do the same farm tasks over and over again, as in he wasn't willing to do the same folk music people wanted over and over again. He was going to work for them, he was going to go free and do what he wanted to do. It's about as a rebellious badass song as possible.
Correct. Many falsely believe his performance that night of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" was his kiss-off to folk and the folk movement. Actually it was "Maggie's Farm":
"I'm trying to be just who I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them, they say, 'Sing while you slave,' and I just get bored".
Yeah, they booed him, called him traitor and Judas too. And they cut his electric cables. The folkies were acoustic purists. They wanted to hear old 'Blowin in the Wind' Bob. Bob went electric and now he's a rock star. I saw him live just before the pandemic hit; he was great.
He got booed, they were not ready for him to go electric.
"Like a Rolling Stone" was in the charts in the month before, so it wasn't unknown that he was "going electric". Those who thought they owned him booed.
If you want to hear booing you need to check out the tour of England in 65/66... "JUDAS!!" "I don't believe you... you're a liar".... "play it fucking loud!"
Pretty sure that is Mike Bloomfield on lead guitar here. Unique sound. My favorite of Dylan's various guitarists over the years. If you like this sound in particular give Dylan's album, 'Highway 61 Revisited' a listen some time. Enjoy the channel.
Yeah no doubt Bloomfield on the guitar, highway 61 is só flawless all killer
Yes, that was Mike
Bloomfield. It's the Paul Butterfield Blues Band backing him up at the festival, Bloomfield was still their lead guitarist at the time.
Cool, I was going to ask who the lead was. Thanks
Good lord those fans were ignorant! If I heard that for the first time then I would have lost it(In a good way)! Shit, I pretty much lost it just now!
@@ptournas The "Butterfield" band played an hour set that afternoon and there was no booing.
There's a bit of the sound check, with Dylan present, in the video "No Direction Home".
@@randompaper9515 The booing was by the Leftist political folkies who thought they owned Dylan, and wanted him to continue writing "finger pointin' songs". Pete Seeger was among the worst.
This is the infamous festival in which Dylan went rock n roll
The guitar playing lead is Michael Bloomfield I think.
Wow just been reading the comments and I can't believe that people complained about the electric guitar. It sounded awesome and brought such a level to the song, And it was still plenty folky.
Change isn't always a bad thing. People should be able to play what they like without someone else compromising their artistic freedom. Because more than anything you play for yourself first
His performance during this same set of "Like a Rolling Stone" is gorgeous.
So yea, during the late 50s early 60s and Chuck Berry and Elvis made electric guitar the thing and all the Folkies rebelled, holding on to Bob Dylan to carry them through. Interestinly enough this is what made Bluegrass festivals so popular.
Elvis "played" acoustic guitar.
It was Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran -- but mostly Chuck Berry -- who made electric guitar a lead instrument.
@@jnagarya519 The point I was making is Rock and roll using the electric guitar, made popular from the likes of Elvis Presley etc. is what the Folkies of the early / mid '60's rebelled against.
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Its Bob Dylan ! 😊 😁 🧡 💯 enough said !👌
Some booed, some cheered.
The crossroads in music right here. A divergence
The lead guitar is Mike Bloomfield. The band is "Paul Butterfield Blues Band". The bass player and drummer were from Howlin' Wolf's band.
Imagine: Dylan is now 80!
Lead guitar: Michael Bloomfield.
I believe "Maggie's Farm" was a rewrite of "Parchman Farm". Research the latter song.
That's Mike Bloomfield on guitar. Bob Dylan was an acoustic musician and this concert saw him "going electric" for the first time, which was greeted by outrage by some and thus the booing. his early acoustic songs are the ones to listen to first, try "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" great reactions, thank you!
The backup band is "Paul Butterfield Blues Band". Lead guitar is Michael Bloomfield. Bass and drums are from Howlin' Wolf's band.
That's the late great Mike Bloomfield playing that delicious lead guitar. Bob is a good guitar player in his own way but not THAT good hahaha
@Uncle Phil Robbie and his bandmates came along slightly later. They were the ones who were getting booed every night when Bob toured Europe in 66 but for the initial 'going electric' it was Mike Bloomfield
The lead guitar was cool. I noticed it for sure, it was a bit sleazy. So that was Bloomfield, far out. I have to listen again now.
Mike Bloomfield 😁💛
Basically where poetry met rock. Changed many things about the way other artists though to write. Went from simple love songs and car songs to deeper topics and thinking songs.
We got alotta "baby baby baby. what you do do do" writers and songs now. Could use a bit of Bob influence again to bring it all back home.
Check out the film “A Distant Mirror “ by Murray Learner. That will provide context for this seminal moment in music history.
This always reminds me of Rod Stuart's "Maggie May."
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I think it's Robbie Robertson on the guitar, and other members of the Band - Rick Danko, Levon Helm and Garth Hudson in the backing band. This is the one where he turns to Robbie before "Like a Rolling Stone" during all the booing from the audience, and says "play if f'ing loud"...
Scratch that - I'm wrong - it must have been another iteration of the newport festival where he had the band guys, or another gig from around this time.
His back-up band; Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Lead guitar licks by the great Mike Bloomfield.
Dylan was the biggest artist in the folk scene at the time. Playing electic rock music was heretical to the folk purists. A lot of hus fans felt betrayed.
Depends on who was doing it --
The "Paul Butterfield Blues Band," on that same Sunday, played an hour set during the afternoon. (Blues is as much folk music as white acoustic music originating in such as Appalachia.)
No one booed.
That evening's STAR was BOB DYLAN -- but he was only given 15 minutes to play. Why? Because Pete Seeger was PISSED that Dylan was no longer writing political protest songs.
Backing Dylan that night? "Paul Butterfield Blues Band".
That people were "shocked" and "booed" is part of the mythology: the Dylan fanatics of the day followed his every word. "Like a Rolling Stone" was in the charts during June, 1965 -- the Folk Festival was in July, so it is not likely they didn't already know he was playing electric guitar in his effort to play rock and roll. They may have booed, but shock at that which was already known?
"Maggie's Farm" was the folk scene that thought -- especially Pete Seeger -- they owned him.
"They say sing while you slave, and I just get bored."
Boos were a likely greeting, Folk were pissed when he went electric, & by doing so, created the genre of Folk Rock. Ya know that song that goes, "Everybody must get Stoned. Most people think he's talkin' about gettin' high, but he's sayin' "Stoned", like having stones thrown at the OT prophets, which actually happened to him, from folk that were pissed at his change......
I’m not sure but I think the reason a lot of Bob Dylan’s videos get blocked is because he recently sold his entire catalog to universal music for like 200 million which I understand he’s like 79 now it’s a smart financial decision I guess but now they’re in possession and they might be copyrighting it to make money or smth
Maggie’s Farm. Great song. Check the studio version. And the lyrics.
You just watched one of the seminal moments in rock history. Dylan goes electric.
Check History Detectives for an episode on the guitar he is playing.
He got booed because he became electric for the first time. He used to be acoustic and people thought he was a traitor for switching to electric. But he didn't care. People are stupid
There’s a story that Pete Seeger was backstage running around screaming for somebody to get him an axe so he could chop the cables to stop the music
This story stems from "axe" being used as a slang term for an acoustic guitar, Seeger wasn't looking for an actual axe.
Yeah…someone yelled “Judas” at him. He plugged in.
Yeah Mike Bloomfield on the guitar from Paul Butterfield Blues Band (who also played the festival). Some have said that the sound was shitty, and Dylan sounded just like a racket, and he played a very short set, just a couple songs. Both which could have contributed to the booing. The story goes he was upset. Johnny Cash handed him his acoustic and told him to to go out and play a couple more.
1965 dude
The folk people hated him for going electric
Bob was playing rhythm guitar, Mike Bloomfield was playing lead. Lyrics all Bob.
Maggies Farm another killer tune . this fast electric version is so good. they're booing because he went electric ! listen to the original version .....they hated dylan for going electric at the time instead of staying folk.thats not him on lead guitar its probably Michael Bloomfield
That was Mike Bloomfield ripping the guitar.
I'm sure by now there's been plenty of comments about Dylan going electric. They boo'd, and he played anyway, and kept touring, and selling out venues. I had an old video clip from those days where he switches to electric and the crowd starts booing - Bob turns around and says to the band "F**k em, play louder"
Hrumph youtube! This was not visible to me until right now! I kept refreshing your video page, Teez. YT needs some supervisors.
Looks like same for the other people commenting here.
it was blocked initially lol I was so upset
@@TeezMcGee, I'm sure. :'(
This is the minute the late sixties started.
Mike Bloomfield is on the guitar
This was a hugely controversial performance. First time anyone went electric at the folk festival. There was no crossover before this.
It wasn't the first time someone went electric at Newport.
@@Alien_Observer_ If that's true the person/band that did it was either not known as much for folk as Bob Dylan or wasn't a legend like Bobby D so no one cared
@@aspaceproductions That's true.
@@aspaceproductions several blues artists played Newport with electric instruments before Dylan did it. Muddy Waters was pretty well known and important in that scene
Mike Bloomfield on guitar
Every one said how cool and brave Dylan was to come out electric at the folk festival, he was breaking norms and whatever but it was sort of an asshole move. How would you like it if you went to a rock concert and your favorite band started playing Hungarian polka. Mike Bloomfield's guitar is great though.
I imagine this sounded like punk rock to folk loving crowd back then. He didn't play the lead guitar btw.
mike bloomfield playing the lead guitar
This is one of my favourite live songs ever, even with all the flaws. The band is definitely out of time of each other and apparently the sound live was pretty bad, but it's just so fucking punk before punk even existed
no that was mike bloomfield legendary blues guitarist
Also, Rage Against the Machine covered this. Not half bad.
All the comments are right about him going electric here at this festival. Before this he was considered squarely in the folk arena and Folk at that time was highly political. Full of “protest songs” for the “working man”, and it was a great movement. The old guard saw in Dylan their young heir apparent. So this shift was hard for them.
In their favor, the sound they heard, while jarring, was not this pristine sound pulled from the sound board, but more muddied by bad, unbalanced acoustics. This was a common problem even into the mid70s.
Btw, I saw that leather jacket he’s wearing here in the Smithsonian next to Muhammad Ali’s gloves, Babe Ruth signed baseball Archie Bunker’s chair, and the Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz.
No that’s not Bob playing lead. Mike Bloomfield I believe.
just so you know, none of your Bob Dylan videos that I've seen(I've watched 5 or 6) have been blocked on my RUclips
Yea they should be fine now but initially when I upload them they are in block for about a week before My dispute is honored and they release the video
1965.
He did get booed. The old folkies couldn’t handle the electric guitar.
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Yes, Bob Dylan did get boooed. Folk fans at first hated when he went electric and they wanted folk to stay traditional. Some of the audience thought that Dylan bastardized traditional folk
Durf, lef, kunst
When Dylan switched from his acoustic guitar to electric guitar they told him that he was going to lose a lot of fans because of that and he said” “So what”
It was a folk festival. They were totally against electric guitars as they saw them as representing “pop music”. They were expecting only him, an acoustic guitar and a harmonica and instead they got their faces melted!!!
This is 1965.
No he did get booed because he went electric .
The studio version is a lot better IMO just stripped down
Jeff Bloomfield was the musician playing the heavy guitar chords.
Mike Bloomfield
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Hey I think I have mirror mode on or something 😂 I’m actually right handed
@@TeezMcGee how cool is it that you actually read comments on old videos too! And reply to them too!!! Keep rocking man. Love your videos!!!!
After playing this song he played Like a Rolling Stone and Phantom Engineer (which was an early version of "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry). The booing continued and he walked of stage. Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary pleaded with him to return to the stage. He returned and played "Mr Tambourine Man" and "It's All Over, Baby Blue", which many thought was directed as a goodbye to his booing former fans. A good video of that song is here - vimeo.com/146437066