Bob Dylan is a legendary songwriter poet. This song is from his third album & is considered one of his most famous. It dealt with issues such as racism, poverty & social change of the 60's. Other great songs by him are "Blowin' In The Wind", "Like A Rolling Stone", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright", "Shelter From The Storm", "Lay Lady Lay" etc. In 1988 he joined the supergroup the "Travelling Wilburys" which included George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty.
Dylan won a Nobel Prize in Literature and Obama gave him a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The majority of songs written in the 60's had a message. Blowin' in the Wind sung by Dylan is my favorite although I never would have heard his version if it hadn't been popularized by Peter, Paul & Mary.
In the mid 90's my wife took a jungle cruise down the Amazon river. This was a National Geographic type of thing, not some luxury floating hotel and it cruised a remote section of the river. One day she was on deck, rocking out on her headphones and enjoying the primitive beauty of her surroundings. The captain was intrigued and asked in his broken English what she was listening to. She simply slipped off her headphones and stuck them on his head. After a second he nodded in recognition Oh! Bob Dylan. She was playing "Watching The River Flow". It's hard to imagine a more remote area of the western hemisphere but there she was and even there Bob Dylan was known and recognized.
Made 60 years ago and Bob Dylan was the poet of the times. In fact he won a Pulitzer for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.
It is coming up on 60 years since this song appeared - written in 1963 and released on his album of the same name in 1964. It was reflective of the rapidly changing times in the US at that time in our history. It was the early days of the civil rights movement against segregation and racism. Integration of schools and colleges was being promoted and resisted. He was warning people to pay attention because the world as we knew it was about to change drastically. Many people believe that it was written in protest of our involvement in Viet Nam, however, that didn’t even occur until a year after the song’s release. Consequently, it was adopted by the anti-war movement a few years later as a protest anthem against the war. Classic and timeless, as it could apply to many subsequent periods of turmoil throughout our history.
And sadly it's even more relevant today - we're still fighting the same battles against racism, war, poverty and divisions in society that were fought in the 60s.
Dylan has been a musician, a singer, a poet, and a seer. We one sat around drinking cheap wine and listening to Dylan's longest songs - Tangled Up in Blue, Positively 4th Street, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, and my all-time favorite, Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts from one of his best Albums - Blood on the Tracks. You won't be wasting time if you start on a Dylan journey.
"It's alright ma',I'm only bleeding",is considered his greatest lyrical song!! Mind blowing lyrics and another wrote 50 years ago and still current!!!💯👍😎
Iconic song! Great reaction. Best Dylan song: "Like A Rolling Stone." Funny backstory on the recording - the organ player Al Kooper was just a fan that was invited to watch, but not play, on the session. He snuck onto the organ when the organ player moved over to piano. Dylan only met him after the song was recorded. Easily Dylan's best song IMO. Honorable mentions: "Rainy Day Women 12 & 35", "Make You Feel My Love", "Visions Of Johanna"
Desolation Row, Idiot Wind, Tangled Up in Blue, Blowing in the Wind, Don't Think Twice (It's Alright), Like A Rolling Stone, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Shelter From the Storm, Stuck inside Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again. Must Listens.
“Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow” -“Mr. Tambourine Man” “Now everything’s a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good, you’ll find out when you reach the top You’re on the bottom” -“Idiot Wind”
Saw Dylan ten months ago. He was 81 years young. Performed for two hours. Still completely amazing. And, when I watch you responding and understanding his lyrics I feel hope.
@@janethernandez724 I appreciate what you’re saying. But the fact remains that culture is changing ever more quickly now. In the distant past, 200 years could go by without much change in everyday life. Now, even 20 years can make things almost j recognizable to those of us living through it. I know you meant to make a clever statement about the great sweep of history, but 1) it’s inaccurate snd 2) you were confrontational in your approach. No need to be rude in stating your opinion
Oh! Favorites... Man, the Dylan songbook is vast and deep. Hmm... "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," "Blowin' in the Wind," and my honorary fave "Tangled Up in Blue." (and "Subterranean Homesick Blues," and "It Ain't Me, Babe," and... :)
This was actually written in 1963, released in 1964. We didn’t send troops to Nam until 1965. It was written mostly regarding the early civil rights movement against racism and segregation. It was, a few years later, adopted by the anti-war movement as a protest anthem against the war.
Robert Allen Zimmerman - Bob Dylan - Master Story Teller Genius with words. The First and Greatest Rapper Of All Time. I suggest you do these in your journey ...."Desolation Row"... "Ballad Of A Thin Man".... "Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest"...."Bob Dylan's 115th Dream". You will want to share this tune with family and friends, the master story teller Bob Dylan describing America is the funniest thing you will ever hear in a song.
Dylan quote Poetry and has books of prose and used his talents as a poet to write songs. His voice was always unique but he cites an autism accident for thd changes to his voice. Jim Hendrix actually recorded All Along the Watch Tower a Dylan tune and cited Dylans voice as to why he then said he could also sing lead woth his pioneering guitar sound.
The fact that the the sentiments in the song are as relevant today as back in the 60's seems to suggest, rather ironically, that The Times They AIN'T A Changin.
“In the home of the brave Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan And there’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend” -“Slow Train”
Bob dylan has been the hippest dude on the planet for over 60 years! PERIOD. BTW more than a few of the greatest songs were written BEFORE the age of 23.
"They say I shot a man named Grey and took his wife to Italy. She inherited a million bucks and when she died, it came to me. I can't help it if I'm lucky." - Idiot Wind and Bob plays his harmonica while he's playing his guitar, too. Wears it around his neck. He's so awesome there just aren't enough words and his poetry is always relevant no matter which decade he wrote it in. He won his Nobel for literature.💖
I really wish I knew the where and when behind this version of the song. I have maybe 6 or 7 other versions in my collection, but this isn't one of them and it's killing me that I don't know where it came from. For "3 best Dylan songs" it's hard to choose. His catalogue is enormous and he's contributed to so many genres of music. If I had to pick 3 I'd say Blowin' In The Wind, Red River Shore, and Series of Dreams would be my tops.
"The Times They Are A Changin" has always been my favorite. It was made in the early 60s, when I was in high school. My other Dylan favorites, among many, are "Positively 4th Street" (a devastating statement to a friend or girlfriend who betrayed him) and "Stuck in Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again." Best album: Subterranean Homesick Blues. (One side was acoustic, the other electic. The latter infuriated many of his folky fans.)
MICHAEL MICHAEL MICHAEL!!! 😊 STUDIO VERSION WAYYYYY BETTER, ORIGINAL RECORDING ALWAYS BETTER 1ST TIME OUT SO YOU KNOW HOW IT WAS RECORDED. 😊HUGE LIBRARYYYY ON BOB FOR SURE GUY! ENJOYYYYY MUCH DYLAN
“The last will be first, and the first last” (Matthew 20:16). The most direct interpretation, based on the content of the parable, is that all believers, no matter how long or how hard they work during this lifetime, will receive the same reward: That is eternal life.
Oh my. the top 3. so many to choose from Ok. so his biggest hits - Like a Rolling Stone, Blowin In the Wind (here's a message) and It Ain't Me Babe. hmm or jim hendrix performing All along the watchtower, hmm then there is Don't Think Twice It's Alright. Or later Dylan with Lay, Lady Lay. Or some of the really different ones like Subterranean Homesick Blues or Highway (what is it?) 601. or more whimsical Leapordskin Pillbox Hat. or social conscience. Emmet Till. Try a few. All the lyrics are amazing Tom Petty calls him the "Best songwriter". Hard to argue. then there is his work with The Traveling Wibury's Oh you have to check that any way. Surpise time. enjoy it. Like your honesty and enjoyment of the music, Michael
I think you asked for more Dylan songs that people liked... there's so many that's hard, but here's 3 more: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," and from the 1965 Highway 61 Revisited album, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry." Have fun!
Dylan's voice is an acquired taste, some like it some don't 3 best: tangled up in blue, shelter from the storm, and Jack of hearts. I think his best album is " blood on the tracks"
oh boy... asking for the top 3 songs of Bob Dylan !? having no idea about such impossibility.... Michael Duffy has no idea about the super magical endless rabbit hole in front of him...
This song was written in 1963 and released in 1964. We didn’t send troops to Viet Nam until 1965. It was written primarily because of the rapidly escalating civil rights movement against racism and segregation, however, it was later adopted by the anti-war movement as a protest anthem against our involvement in Nam.
Three of Dylan's best??? Hahahahahaha! That's an impossible task! Of course you'd have to define what you mean by "best". Best in what sense? But I'm thinking no matter how you define it, when it comes to Dylan's entire repertoire..... Yeah, it's an impossible task.
My 3 fav.. Hard Rain.. It alright ma.. Hurricane.. Fuck he has too many.. Lily, Rosemary,... Black Diamond Bay.. P s.. yo , just do album by album. Lol
"Make Love, Not War", switch from supporting the Military Industrial Complex & starve the War machine, & don't suppress those kids that are demonstrating against injustice, & don't be a stumbling block to a progressive future, "get outta the new one". "The loser ( the anti war mvmt was unpopular at first)" now, will be later to win"..... He wrote lyrics like he was an OT prophet, in a Protest Song, style called the "Talking Blues". A lot of tunes favoring Civil Rights too, in his early years
If you want to see a powerful Dylan song, listen to Hurricane. It's the true story of Ruben "Hurricane " Carter who was falsely accused of murder. He served 19 years in prison before being released. Dylan doesn't pull any punches in delivering a masterpiece that reveals the racism and bigotry that put the Hurricane in prison. There are so many great Dylan songs, I am sure you will learn from other comments.
Nah for me it's his biblical last verse...and the slow one now will later be fast,......and the first one now will later be last. Those on earth with the best lives and the most will be last into heaven. The meek will inherit the earth....
Why would you use a crappy lo-fi bootleg? Why not use the actual album track? Anyway... consider this verse in light of Jan 6 2021: Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled The battle outside ragin' Will soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'
Bob Dylan is a legendary songwriter poet. This song is from his third album & is considered one of his most famous. It dealt with issues such as racism, poverty & social change of the 60's. Other great songs by him are "Blowin' In The Wind", "Like A Rolling Stone", "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright", "Shelter From The Storm", "Lay Lady Lay" etc. In 1988 he joined the supergroup the "Travelling Wilburys" which included George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty.
Dylan won a Nobel Prize in Literature and Obama gave him a Presidential Medal of Freedom. The majority of songs written in the 60's had a message. Blowin' in the Wind sung by Dylan is my favorite although I never would have heard his version if it hadn't been popularized by Peter, Paul & Mary.
In the mid 90's my wife took a jungle cruise down the Amazon river. This was a National Geographic type of thing, not some luxury floating hotel and it cruised a remote section of the river. One day she was on deck, rocking out on her headphones and enjoying the primitive beauty of her surroundings. The captain was intrigued and asked in his broken English what she was listening to. She simply slipped off her headphones and stuck them on his head. After a second he nodded in recognition Oh! Bob Dylan. She was playing "Watching The River Flow". It's hard to imagine a more remote area of the western hemisphere but there she was and even there Bob Dylan was known and recognized.
Dylan was the man with words that meant so much. He has so many great ones that it's hard to suggest just one.
The song blowing.in.the wind
Acvording to dylan himself
Is about the ruah or the holy
Ghost or holy spirit
Made 60 years ago and Bob Dylan was the poet of the times. In fact he won a Pulitzer for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. A major force. Thank you.
It is coming up on 60 years since this song appeared - written in 1963 and released on his album of the same name in 1964. It was reflective of the rapidly changing times in the US at that time in our history. It was the early days of the civil rights movement against segregation and racism. Integration of schools and colleges was being promoted and resisted. He was warning people to pay attention because the world as we knew it was about to change drastically. Many people believe that it was written in protest of our involvement in Viet Nam, however, that didn’t even occur until a year after the song’s release. Consequently, it was adopted by the anti-war movement a few years later as a protest anthem against the war. Classic and timeless, as it could apply to many subsequent periods of turmoil throughout our history.
And sadly it's even more relevant today - we're still fighting the same battles against racism, war, poverty and divisions in society that were fought in the 60s.
YES!! One of my favorite of Dylan. Extraordinaire lyrics. Awesome comments my man! Thank you 👍👍☀️☀️🎸🎸🎉🎉🎉
Welcome to the unbelievably wonderful and long lasting world of Bob Dylan
Dylan has been a musician, a singer, a poet, and a seer. We one sat around drinking cheap wine and listening to Dylan's longest songs - Tangled Up in Blue, Positively 4th Street, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, and my all-time favorite, Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts from one of his best Albums - Blood on the Tracks. You won't be wasting time if you start on a Dylan journey.
"Like a Rolling Stone", "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Positively 4th Street".
Like a Rolling Stone, Blowing in the Wind, A Hard Rains A Gonna Fall
The times are STILL changing, and faster than ever.
Even the Beatles were amazed by him.
"It's alright ma',I'm only bleeding",is considered his greatest lyrical song!!
Mind blowing lyrics and another wrote 50 years ago and still current!!!💯👍😎
Don't tell Ma😀
Iconic song! Great reaction.
Best Dylan song: "Like A Rolling Stone." Funny backstory on the recording - the organ player Al Kooper was just a fan that was invited to watch, but not play, on the session. He snuck onto the organ when the organ player moved over to piano. Dylan only met him after the song was recorded. Easily Dylan's best song IMO.
Honorable mentions: "Rainy Day Women 12 & 35", "Make You Feel My Love", "Visions Of Johanna"
Positively 4th Street, Like A Rolling Stone, Idiot Wind, Visions of Johanna. All fabulous poems/songs by Dylan
60 years ago. And, yes, the times are always changing. Thanks for sharing.
Desolation Row, Idiot Wind, Tangled Up in Blue, Blowing in the Wind, Don't Think Twice (It's Alright), Like A Rolling Stone, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Shelter From the Storm, Stuck inside Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again. Must Listens.
Like a Rollin stone...
“Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
with one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea,
circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves
Let me forget about today until tomorrow”
-“Mr. Tambourine Man”
“Now everything’s a little upside down,
as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good, you’ll find out when you reach the top
You’re on the bottom”
-“Idiot Wind”
My favorite three are Like A Rolling Stone, Positively 4th Street and Blowin in The Wind
So glad youth is now discovering the Great
Bob Dylan………
Saw Dylan ten months ago. He was 81 years young. Performed for two hours. Still completely amazing. And, when I watch you responding and understanding his lyrics I feel hope.
I think it was George Harrison who said, "In 1,000 years the only literature remaining will be Plato, Socrates, and Dylan."
You are spot on Old Soul!
It changes but my 3 favorites now - Masters of War, A Hard Rain, Only a Pawn in their Game.
This song was not “ahead of its time”. It came out of and was absolutely rooted IN its time.
It's the epitome of those times.
Wrong. The song fits every time since the beginning of history
@@janethernandez724 I appreciate what you’re saying. But the fact remains that culture is changing ever more quickly now. In the distant past, 200 years could go by without much change in everyday life. Now, even 20 years can make things almost j recognizable to those of us living through it.
I know you meant to make a clever statement about the great sweep of history, but 1) it’s inaccurate snd 2) you were confrontational in your approach.
No need to be rude in stating your opinion
Visions of Johana, Positively 4th Street, and hundreds more. ……. Bob Dylan is Greatest of all time……True Nobel Laureate .. Long Live Bob Dylan
"Ahead of its time.." Bob Dylan made the times.
Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleedin')
To call Bob a poet is about as high a compliment as you could give him, it's all he ever wanted to be.
The greatest songwriter ever? I would tend to agree. And so did the Nobel Prize committee. They awarded him the prize in literature in 2016.
Oh! Favorites... Man, the Dylan songbook is vast and deep. Hmm... "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," "Blowin' in the Wind," and my honorary fave "Tangled Up in Blue." (and "Subterranean Homesick Blues," and "It Ain't Me, Babe," and... :)
Dylan was voted greatest poet of the 20th century
Great reaction..
Bob has hundreds..
Won the Nobel prize for poetry. This was written during Vietnam War
This was actually written in 1963, released in 1964. We didn’t send troops to Nam until 1965. It was written mostly regarding the early civil rights movement against racism and segregation. It was, a few years later, adopted by the anti-war movement as a protest anthem against the war.
Robert Allen Zimmerman - Bob Dylan - Master Story Teller Genius with words. The First and Greatest Rapper Of All Time. I suggest you do these in your journey ...."Desolation Row"... "Ballad Of A Thin Man".... "Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest"...."Bob Dylan's 115th Dream". You will want to share this tune with family and friends, the master story teller Bob Dylan describing America is the funniest thing you will ever hear in a song.
Dylan quote Poetry and has books of prose and used his talents as a poet to write songs. His voice was always unique but he cites an autism accident for thd changes to his voice. Jim Hendrix actually recorded All Along the Watch Tower a Dylan tune and cited Dylans voice as to why he then said he could also sing lead woth his pioneering guitar sound.
The fact that the the sentiments in the song are as relevant today as back in the 60's seems to suggest, rather ironically, that The Times They AIN'T A Changin.
Had a number one song on billboard chart in 2020 at the age of 80! Murder Most Foul
Pearl Jams Eddie Vedder sing a Dylan song, The Masters of War, is so incredible, get goosebumps every time. ❤
He got the Nobel prize here in Sweden for his great lyrics 4 years ago ❤️
His song..Gonna Have to Serve Somebody is amazing. I think you would love the message
“In the home of the brave
Jefferson turnin’ over in his grave
Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan
And there’s a slow, slow train comin’ up around the bend”
-“Slow Train”
Bob dylan has been the hippest dude on the planet for over 60 years! PERIOD. BTW more than a few of the greatest songs were written BEFORE the age of 23.
This song decribes today as much as it did then
"They say I shot a man named Grey and took his wife to Italy. She inherited a million bucks and when she died, it came to me. I can't help it if I'm lucky." - Idiot Wind
and Bob plays his harmonica while he's playing his guitar, too. Wears it around his neck. He's so awesome there just aren't enough words and his poetry is always relevant no matter which decade he wrote it in. He won his Nobel for literature.💖
I really wish I knew the where and when behind this version of the song. I have maybe 6 or 7 other versions in my collection, but this isn't one of them and it's killing me that I don't know where it came from.
For "3 best Dylan songs" it's hard to choose. His catalogue is enormous and he's contributed to so many genres of music. If I had to pick 3 I'd say Blowin' In The Wind, Red River Shore, and Series of Dreams would be my tops.
"The Times They Are A Changin" has always been my favorite. It was made in the early 60s, when I was in high school. My other Dylan favorites, among many, are "Positively 4th Street" (a devastating statement to a friend or girlfriend who betrayed him) and "Stuck in Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again." Best album: Subterranean Homesick Blues. (One side was acoustic, the other electic. The latter infuriated many of his folky fans.)
Forgot to add "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall," which could have been written by one of the Prophets, but can't subtract any of the others.
As great a poet Dylan was, he said Smokey Robinson was the greatest poet!! 🎶🎵💚
MICHAEL MICHAEL MICHAEL!!! 😊 STUDIO VERSION WAYYYYY BETTER, ORIGINAL RECORDING ALWAYS BETTER 1ST TIME OUT SO YOU KNOW HOW IT WAS RECORDED. 😊HUGE LIBRARYYYY ON BOB FOR SURE GUY! ENJOYYYYY MUCH DYLAN
“The last will be first, and the first last” (Matthew 20:16). The most direct interpretation, based on the content of the parable, is that all believers, no matter how long or how hard they work during this lifetime, will receive the same reward: That is eternal life.
For me; my favorites have always been; Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts, Jokerman, Tangled Up in Blue
You should play this song from the album. The cut you played is from an old Canadian TV special. That is why it sounded scratchy!
Oh my. the top 3. so many to choose from Ok. so his biggest hits - Like a Rolling Stone, Blowin In the Wind (here's a message) and It Ain't Me Babe. hmm or jim hendrix performing All along the watchtower, hmm then there is Don't Think Twice It's Alright. Or later Dylan with Lay, Lady Lay. Or some of the really different ones like Subterranean Homesick Blues or Highway (what is it?) 601. or more whimsical Leapordskin Pillbox Hat. or social conscience. Emmet Till. Try a few. All the lyrics are amazing Tom Petty calls him the "Best songwriter". Hard to argue. then there is his work with The Traveling Wibury's Oh you have to check that any way. Surpise time. enjoy it. Like your honesty and enjoyment of the music, Michael
One of my favorites is "Tangled up in Blue", studio version.
You should listen to Joan Baez, BLOWING IN THE WIND or Peter, Paul & Mary WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE.
Fantastic lyrics. You should check out the cover version by Blackmore's Night. Cheers Michael, have a great weekend.
Visions of Johanna, simple twist. Of fate, tomorrow is a long time
I've been a Dylan fan since the 60's and I like Hellman's Mayo, is there a message here?
I think you asked for more Dylan songs that people liked... there's so many that's hard, but here's 3 more: "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," and from the 1965 Highway 61 Revisited album, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry." Have fun!
Actually it was made well over 60 years ago. ALL of it STILL applies today.
Dylan's voice is an acquired taste, some like it some don't 3 best: tangled up in blue, shelter from the storm, and Jack of hearts. I think his best album is " blood on the tracks"
oh boy... asking for the top 3 songs of Bob Dylan !? having no idea about such impossibility.... Michael Duffy has no idea about the super magical endless rabbit hole in front of him...
With Dylan it is usually best to start with studio versions the explore the live versions.
The backdrop to the song was the Vietnam war.
This song was written in 1963 and released in 1964. We didn’t send troops to Viet Nam until 1965. It was written primarily because of the rapidly escalating civil rights movement against racism and segregation, however, it was later adopted by the anti-war movement as a protest anthem against our involvement in Nam.
This was written in the 60’s … the times they were a changing!
Three of Dylan's best??? Hahahahahaha! That's an impossible task! Of course you'd have to define what you mean by "best". Best in what sense? But I'm thinking no matter how you define it, when it comes to Dylan's entire repertoire..... Yeah, it's an impossible task.
If you're in the mood for a good dis song, check out Positively 4th Street.
Poet laureate. Dylan is as advertised.
the poet! Bob! Neil Young in my opinion was not far behind! i love both of them so much!
My 3 fav..
Hard Rain..
It alright ma..
Hurricane..
Fuck he has too many..
Lily, Rosemary,...
Black Diamond Bay..
P s.. yo , just do album by album. Lol
Visons of Johanna is my fav dylan song
There is more truth in that one song than in all the political speeches ever given. !
"Make Love, Not War", switch from supporting the Military Industrial Complex & starve the War machine, & don't suppress those kids that are demonstrating against injustice, & don't be a stumbling block to a progressive future, "get outta the new one". "The loser ( the anti war mvmt was unpopular at first)" now, will be later to win"..... He wrote lyrics like he was an OT prophet, in a Protest Song, style called the "Talking Blues". A lot of tunes favoring Civil Rights too, in his early years
If you want to see a powerful Dylan song, listen to Hurricane. It's the true story of Ruben "Hurricane " Carter who was falsely accused of murder. He served 19 years in prison before being released. Dylan doesn't pull any punches in delivering a masterpiece that reveals the racism and bigotry that put the Hurricane in prison. There are so many great Dylan songs, I am sure you will learn from other comments.
This was 1964, so 59 years ago
60 years ago, actually...
No one ever wrote lyrics like this before or since. Donald Fagen and Maynard James Keenan are close, but Dylans are just better.
Bruce Springsteen is considered the second best right after Dylan. Please do Born To Run video kind sir!!
The times were a changin' back then too, which shows, nothing changes. Sigh
Who watches the Watchmen?
This song could be about Climate Change
Nah for me it's his biblical last verse...and the slow one now will later be fast,......and the first one now will later be last. Those on earth with the best lives and the most will be last into heaven. The meek will inherit the earth....
Why would you use a crappy lo-fi bootleg? Why not use the actual album track? Anyway... consider this verse in light of Jan 6 2021:
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
i pity this man. he has not experienced true greatness or musicianship.