John Hammond discovered: Bessie Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger. Dylan's first three albums are not so good; tough listening. Dylan loved older blues black music and on his first 4 albums, on his original songs, he so often used the melodies of others, which was not uncommon in folk music. But maybe 20 or more original songs by him were plagiarized. I around 25; I once did that homework. He might have stopped plagiarizing on Highway 61, not sure. Dylan's top albums 1. Blonde on Blonde 2. Highway 61 Revisited 3. The Basement Tapes 4. Nashville Skyline - 3 great song - Lay Lady Lay, Girl from the North Country, I Threw It All Alway 5. Blood on the Tracks. Only 3 great songs (I can heard the protest) 1. You're a Big Girl, Now 2. Tangled Up in Blue and good 3. Shelter from the Storm. Best song not on an album: Positively 4th street, which was recorded for Highway 61 R. Jakob Dylan's best song: 6th Avenue Heartache. Jakob's top 5 bands include The Replacements, A great great band from Minnesota, his dad's home state. Jakob best cover: Neil Young's Expecting to Fly. Bob's favorite song: Wichita Lineman. A great song indeed.
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@@oppothumbs1 I think you are right on Bob's greatly reducing his plagiarism. One artist that I think is better than Dylan is Neil Young, back in the 60s and 70s.
That is actually a parphrased quote of Dylan speaking of the great singer and musical presence Richie havens , with Bob saying, "there was Richie , and there was everyone else !! "
Like a rolling stone. My mother bought the album Highway 61 revisited the day it was released. I was 7 years old. It is how I have lived my life ever since.
I was 12 when "Like a Rolling Stone" came out. And it's how I have lived my life my life ever since also. Stole your words. You said it perfectly. I've also said it for many years.
Then there's Dylan. I think this weekend I'll do another deep dive and play all his albums in a row. Done it a few times before over the last 50 years. One more cup of coffee 'fore I go. To the valley below. Ain't Bobby so cool. A lifelong friend. Thank you Bob.
There are many singer-songwriters way better than Dylan: John Prine for example. There are some unknown young musicians I've heard that write more interesting songs and play them better too. Dylan was puffed-up into a rock god, but he doesn't deserve it imho.
Definitely the greatest songs of my generation passed through Dylan.. he was smart enough to catch them on their way through because they only come once
I'm 37 it's 2024. I've heard Dylan all my life, a few songs here and there. I've always had an appreciation for him and when I like something I go all in and get a bit obsessive. It's my time to take the plunge, swim the waters, and immerse myself. I hope it's transformative and that when I finish I'll have grown as a person. I'm joining you friends.
I was 18 and young... Didn't know much... I met my daughters father and quickly met his mum. Wow... I was blown away by her wild ways and druken nights always with Bob dylan playing very loud! Her life was very colourful but passed away in 1997. The memories of my first hearing of such a great Artist! 😊
Charisma? I'd heard Dylan for several years before I ever saw him in person - I knew the word and its dictionary definition, but never knew what it MEANT until that day. He walked out on a bare stage in front of a sold-out house with nothing but an acoustic guitar, positioned himself in front of a single microphone and planted his feet like he owned the building - he just as easily could have been Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bonaparte - he just radiated power, magnetism and confidence in a way I'd never seen in my life. The crowd fell silent and without saying a word, he just started playing - no one's attention strayed for even a heartbeat until he stopped playing and walked off the stage - again, without saying a word. The place went crazy. I finally had experienced what charisma really means. There's really no way to describe it...
@@nikolic-sq5rx By that time he had long since conquered the world - he was a seasoned pro - reigning royalty - not the up and coming phenomenon. Since then I've seen him many times - sometimes the juice is there - sometimes it's just a gig - you never know...
I wish I could have seen him live as you did. I have listened to him from the very start and loved him . I wonder if he knows just how loved he really is or is he caught up in the few people who think differently from the millions and millions who know every word of most all his songs by heart . In deed he is LOVED AND APPRECIATED!!!!!!
Love Dylan music don't care what other people think he is not for everyone but who is would be boring if we all liked the same person but what I can't understand is all insult he gets love his style and his voice
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BS - that is exactly who he is for! Everybody pretends to love him because we are told he is a "genius", but he really isn't very good, not a good musician or singer, writes some interesting songs, but most are crap.
On the contrary, Dylan is the most "pop" of all pop music, if he hadn't been puffed by the media he never would have become so famous, MANY singer-songwriters are way better than Dylan! I get the feeling from your comment you think it's "sophisticated" to like Dylan, when in fact your fallling for a mediocre talent "puffed" by the media. Compared to John Prine, Paul SImon, James Taylor, and dozens of others - Dylan isn't in their class, he really isn't very good. But if you think it make you special for appreciating him - it's a free country (for now).
@@pharmerdavid1432 He doesn't speak to you, that's fine we all have our taste in music. However, Dylan touches the hearts and minds of millions. His longevity speaks for itself, he's one of the greats.
Who else but Bob Dylan can sing one of his songs and every time he sings it is always different not just three or four times BUT every single time as if it was the first time you hear it PURE GENIUS amazing and blest
@@Santathing6789 I agree. At first I worshipped him, loved his early work, and "Blood on the Tracks. "Slow Train Coming" was a favorite too, but after his Christian phase, even getting baptized, he went back to satanic Judaism (my mother is Jewish, I'm referring to the Talmud and Kabbalah), there is even a picture of him with the black cube on his forehead (Teflin?), which is totally satanic - they do that because they misunderstand the Holy Bible, which warns that if you are born again and later go back to your worldly (satanic) life you will be demonically persecuted in hell forever 7x7 worse. Bobby is going to burn!!!
It’s hard to measure the cultural impact Dylan has had on our world. He set the benchmark for serious songwriting that all others aspire to. He is truly a legend like no other and we are lucky to live in a time when he is performing.
This was nicely made. I’ve watched everything on Dylan that’s available multiple times. He changed music forever in one lifetime, it will take several more to tell the story. ❤
"You'll never know the hurt I've suffered nor the pain I rise above. And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love and it makes me feel so sorry". Idiot wind. Love.
I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to have followed him and his music from the start. Seen him at least a dozen times good and bad but just love what he has to say and how he says it. I get pissed off with the people who can only moan about his voice. Thank you Bob
Love his songs and have his records that I play often ,saw him live once in 80s he was terrible , thankfully Tom Petty and Roger McGuinn were in the band and just about saved the show Dylan looked like he would rather be somewhere else ,still love the songs but wouldn't care to see him again.
Thank you very much for this fair, insightful, and respectful discussion and documentary! I love all of Bob’s dynamics and diversity of material and phases throughout his journey. There is nothing boring about him because he truly lives in the moment even though he is well versed and self taught in history, philosophy, sociology, poetics, theology, and many other disciplines. He is a keen observer and his deep thought considerations connect and synthesizes everything in a wholistic way. His creativity is a burning passion and is always moving. This is why he can be both disciplined (strong work ethic), and still be spontaneous in rearranging and revising his art and his life as he does. He is still on the move and I hope for a long time yet. Thanks again; looking forward to more!
there has been and only ever be the genious of dylan for 500 years ago to the next 500 years. seen him live a handful of times since the isle of wight gig in 1969... the older brother i never had. what a time we live in; can't think of a time no longer with us anymore than my own passing
I dont know if anyone else can relate to this story about Bob Dylan.. Many years ago I was under the impression that Bob Dylan did not like or enjoy playing gigs/live shows. I dont know why. I think it had something to do with his demeanour on stage. I had never seen him live. I only saw film of live concerts.I was curious about this, being a live musician most of my life and I understood how important it was to enjoy what you were playing and the difference it could make between a good show and a bad show. I was puzzled to put it mildly. Some years later I came accross an interview with Bob Dylan. The interviewer asked. "Bob, you didnt look happy up there tonight, were there sound problems?" Bob answered, polite as usual.. "No, nothing like that. It's just very hard to sing" A hard rain is gonna fall"with a smile on your face.. The silly interviewer didnt get it and Bob went on to explain.. "Playing live shows is what I love to do and in some ways it's the only reason I record abums. The recordings promote my shows.I need to record in order to promote my live shows, which is what I really like to do best".. Needless to say, Bob Dylan,s answer knocked me for 6 but it should not have, now that I think about playing live shows. There are not many things to surpass playing a good live gig, especially when you have put your heart and soul into playing your own own songs. I have to say that was a real eye opener. Thanks Bob. You keep playing and I,ll keep listening.
His music genius was his writing. It was so simplistic, nothing complicated, yet so widely varied, genial and flexible that any musician from any genre of music could perform a Dylan song. And they did.
His musical genius is the inflection in his voice His musical genius is in his sense of rhythm His musical genius is how sings the words like they are an instrument His musical genius is in how spare his music is but it can sound so lush His musical genius is in his combination of voice, harmonica and guitar He's more than an a songwriter, he orchestrated the whole of Rock n Roll
The structure of his songs may be simple as are 99% of pop and folk songs but his lyrics certainly aren't simple. Beatles songs are easy to perform and are covered by everyone as proof of pop being simple. Dylan blew up the rule book and opened up a whole new Pathway for every artist that followed. Dylan influenced more artists than anyone including the Beatles.
I had played the album 50 times with Desolation Row before I saw Dylan in concert Hollywood Bowl. In the middle of Desolation Row I got up to go get coffee & a cig. There I met The Man In Black, JC. He was having s cig & looked at me when I was not looking at him. We were alone at the concession as I got coffee. I felt JC lean his body against my backside as he whiffed my perfume. As I turned & said excuse me he had his head bent down to me with a huge grin. I was married & 16. I had dressed formal all in black in tribute to Bob Dylan. JC was Dylan’s buddy. R I P
I don’t know of any other person who has had had more said about him, written, photographed, filmed, discussed, analyzed, pondered about for half a century than Bob Dylan.
He got many of us through "stormy weather' time and time again over the years. Offered everlasting "shelter from the storm" to me. I've thanked the One Above many times for Bob and his influence on my life.
After watching this, I have a new different perspective on the song "All I really wanna do". He has this sarcastic taste of humor responding to the situation and the background story about what initiated the song. Very witty. There's no limit to it if you see the world in a metaeuphorical way.
There will never be a genius like Bob ever again. He is in my opinion the greatest artist ever from America and thats a huge statement. Argueably only the Beatles and Bob Marley were world stars like him.
@@rogerpattubeMy thoughts exactly..I like Bob Marley but would never put him in the same category of The Beatles!? or Bob Dylan!! Do you think he's serious??
Great documentary, but there's got to be more footage from 'Desire' where Dylan literally rebirthed the folk narrative. What stories and awesome arrangements with Scarlet Rivera, Emmylou Harris and Ronee Blakley. Another masterpiece well worth unpacking - and long before 'Modern Times' how can you not give a mention to; "Every Grain of Sand", "Everything Is Broken', "Man in the Long Black Coat" "Most of the Time", "What Was It You Wanted", "Make You Feel My Love", "Can't Wait". I expect, and can't wait for more, more, more. 💚💚💚
I foumd all the responses extremely well said ! They all don't need repeating. I have only one statement that. I found quite important, that is, so many have tried to label him. He is a minstrel, a minstrel in medieval times roamed from town day to day , who knows where he could be found. Those who tried to lable him have never succeeded. He is a phenomenon, and that's how he must remain. I started listening at 11 years young and still live at that age and proud of it. I played his music almost every day.i have every album on my cell phone and most of his vinyls. To me, he is the greatest minstrel ever lived. I can play my harp to many of his tunes that he had harps in it. Dylan, You will never be forgotten ! You've guided me to the free living person as am living now. Lots of love to you, my guiding light !
At the Birmingham exhibition Centre I complained to a security guy during the intermission that two guys in my section were having a loud conversation whilst bob was singing an acoustic section. He asked who I was with. I told him I was with a friend and he said "Go and get him." The guy then took us on a long walk - into the main central section to the middle aisle and right to the standing area below the stage. "Happy?" He asked. We both said yes and enjoyed the rest of the concert watching His Bobness from a few feet away. Not many people have looked up Bob Dylan's nose. I doubt that Bob himself has done that too often.
My very first memory of Dylan: I was about nine years old. My family was spending the summer in a cottage in Muskoka, Ontario.. We were all out on the porch at the very edge of the lake, it was late in the evening and we could hear the lapping of waves and the loons calling. My brother Walt was home from university, and he was carrying a guitar. It was the mid-'60s, and everyone was learning folk songs off records and singing them, well or badly. I was used to Walt singing Cape Breton Mines and other rough, tough folk songs, when all of a sudden he sang something that held me in a trance. The song began, "Where have you been, my blue-eyed son?" The lyrics rolled out of him, image upon image, magical, incandescent, and even though I was just a kid, it went straight to my heart. And then - for years - nothing. I barely knew who Bob Dylan was, except to hear people claiming he was a terrible singer. Then I was over at my friend Carmen's house and I heard an album playing behind a closed door - it was Carmen's brother, home from university, and he had to play his records in his bedroom with the door shut because no one could stand to hear them. But I heard, through the closed door, "Where have you been, my blue-eyed son?" And finally, I made the connection. It took us all quite a while to catch up to his early albums - we were listening to Freewheelin' in about 1968. And then he went back to his folk roots just as everyone else was going psychedelic, but when he came out with Nashville Skyline (yet another rebirth, yet another genre), we were all enraptured. Being true to his genius, as always. I began to hear him on the radio as well, and was thrilled at Like a Rolling Stone and (especially) Positively Fourth Street. I could write a whole book about this, but my favorite of all (so far) is Rough and Rowdy Ways, the album he released during the most dire, hopeless depths of the pandemic. As great as anything he has ever done. Still lightning in a bottle, still full of surprises. Still touring at well over 80 years old. Still on that road.
I had the honour of meeting Bob Dylan in 'Aix' in Aix - En - Provence, SF. He asked to read a poem I had recently written and said, "I will be reading you.". I write mysteries . The town would shut down the Cour Mirabeau and he would play for the weekend. He did not play that weekend and I fell deathly ill. What an unforgetable and genius man. This was 1977.
I was 16 when Freewheeling came out. He grabbed my mind and soul then and has held them ever since. There are classic books which I like to read again every couple of years (e.g. Moby Dick). In a similar vein I like to relisten to Freewheeling through to Blood on the Tracks every so ofter. Dylan’s compositions are pure literature - as evidenced by the Nobel Prize.
If you know anything about the Nobel Prize, you'd know how worthless it is. He also got the "medal of freedom" from satanic Obama, proving he is a sellout fake, probably a freemason satanist. Pretending to be a Christian then going back to satanism was disgusting, and he will burn in hell forever beginning soon.
The phenomena already existed and several folk singers of the period tried to capture the zeitgeist. Dylan is the one the public decided suited the role best.
Except his art, sculpture, and music aren't very good - except a few songs. What makes you think he has a "brilliant intelligence"? I just don't see that.
“He made folk music political” is a ridiculous statement for someone who considers themselves a music historian. And the records didn’t “just happen.” They came together quickly because of the quality and knowledge of the musicians.
Bought Highway 61 Revisited today (2015 edition) and just found out was remastered - like everything else these days and have to buy it again. LOL - a masterpiece from an amazing poet and musician.
Yeah, so much charisma I walked out of his concert in Portland early 1990's, it was so loud and horrible sounding (especially his voice) that I wasted my expensive ticket. AT least Santana did a good first set, his guitar cut through the bad acoustics of the Memorial Colliseum (square building).
There is no end to his talent. Thank you for the years of so much interesting. thought provoking lyrics and ever changing melodies. The depth of his catalogue is high and wide and touches on every human emotion. Each album captures a sound and feel and texture that connects right to the soul even though the songs themselves don't connect to each other. And they are not perfect , he doesn't have time for that but he does for being spontaneous.
I get ya, but like you said, an ARMY!! So The Band, the Wilburys, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, All who participated in his 30th anniversary concert - Every single one being influenced by his material. It goes on & on & on - esp with Bob!! So I totally get ya, but this certainly doesn't cover EVERYTHING. It left out a LOT, & it seems more like an introduction to a 10hr video!! Like I said, this CERTAINLY didn't cover much - just a basic overview. But I get your point. They could have been mentioned. Either Way - I Love Bob, & his music, & always will!! & Same With The Band, because they were their OWN entity in the history of R'n'R & I Love THEM - with AND without Dylan. Be Well - Peace!!
the new movie looks great, Timothee sings and his version of a girl from the north country is in the trailer and it sounds so friggin good.....better than any other version of it I have been able to find
there are two kinds of Dylan critics: those that have seen the light, and those that haven't; Dylan shifts between the natural and the supernatural; his music is a pilgrimage, a journal, an autobiography, and if you can't respect and embrace that, you missed out on the real dylan; some say he gets better over time; that's perhaps the wonder of him, that from the get go he broke all the rules and wrote new ones, and he just hasn't stopped; not even today; love your work bob
''There's artistes who'll wrest us up & place us into themselves & their works. These are the One's who'll continue wresting us up... far & beyond their appointed rests in peace.'' ~William Gilpin
some where in santa cruz, ca, through a cloud of smoke, and the sweet taste of shrooms during 1973 or 74.....i made the comment that the only person making REAL music was bobbie z....i was snickered at, laughed at, ridiculed by many.....i had recently heard that his lyrics were being studied in college classes.....i thought that was a bit weird but have always admired him for his total individuality....here it is 50 years later and this man is still so fascinating....as albert e said .... the measure of intelligence is the ability to change.....keep on changing bob
DYLAN and BEATLES ,music of my youth ,my generation was so lucky to have these musicians and the cultural changes they helped to bring about. Saw Dylan once in 80s he was awful, Tom Petty and Roger McGuinn were in the band and looked bewildered and embarrassed so he does have his off nights , thankfully Tom and Roger did a few of their own songs to start the show. A friend has seen him 6/7 times and says these "off" nights are not uncommon,I play his records his music and wordsmithery still strike deep his Nobel prize was well deserved.
His style is unique. Not for everyone. I love listening and trying to understand the subtleties and intellect in his music. Some ppl just don't " get him". No disrespect intended.
Dylan had the ability to see and feel culture and put it into words through music. That's why so many ppl were able to connect to his music. Dylan had the musical funk ❤
Bob was 37 in 1978...& TOMMORO May 24th 2023 will turn 82 🥳🎉😎🎂🤔Has Any of "US" Truly Grasped Dylan's Persona or Mindset? The Answer my Friends is Blowing in the Wind, The Answer is Blowing in the Wind💨💨💨 HAPPY B'DAY ROBERT Z., YOU DOUBLE GEMINI YOU...👥+👥=4
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If it hadn't been John Hammond, then it would have been someone else. Dylan was never destined for obscurity, he was born for his time, as genius often is.
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Just now doing my first deep dive of Dylan. The early covers are so so but starting from the second record he is blowing me away, no slouch of a guitar player for sure. You can see he developed his melodies from playing the harmonica. His prodigious lyrical content was likely helped along by prodigious intake of amphetamines. Pretty sure he and the early writing Beatles shared that little secret. Also probably why he told Ed Bradley that he just couldn’t do that (type of writing) anymore. 😂
i had picked up my Mom and Isis came on wnew radio, when we got home my mother said not to turn it off, she wanted to find out what happens--so we sat and listened, i think she said something like, he really is something isn't he---i said, well, yeah
“There is Dylan….and there is everybody else”.
Thank you. Someone finally said it. Thank you.
Amen!
John Hammond discovered: Bessie Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger.
Dylan's first three albums are not so good; tough listening. Dylan loved older blues black music and on his first 4 albums, on his original songs, he so often used the melodies of others, which was not uncommon in folk music. But maybe 20 or more original songs by him were plagiarized. I around 25; I once did that homework. He might have stopped plagiarizing on Highway 61, not sure.
Dylan's top albums 1. Blonde on Blonde 2. Highway 61 Revisited 3. The Basement Tapes 4. Nashville Skyline - 3 great song - Lay Lady Lay, Girl from the North Country, I Threw It All Alway 5. Blood on the Tracks. Only 3 great songs (I can heard the protest) 1. You're a Big Girl, Now 2. Tangled Up in Blue and good 3. Shelter from the Storm.
Best song not on an album: Positively 4th street, which was recorded for Highway 61 R. Jakob Dylan's best song: 6th Avenue Heartache.
Jakob's top 5 bands include The Replacements, A great great band from Minnesota, his dad's home state. Jakob best cover: Neil Young's Expecting to Fly.
Bob's favorite song: Wichita Lineman. A great song indeed.
ITISSO !!!
''There's artistes who'll wrest us up & place us into themselves & their works.
These are the One's who'll continue wresting us up...
far & beyond their appointed rests in peace.''
~William Gilpin
@@oppothumbs1 I think you are right on Bob's greatly reducing his plagiarism. One artist that I think is better than Dylan is Neil Young, back in the 60s and 70s.
That is actually a parphrased quote of Dylan speaking of the great singer and musical presence Richie havens , with Bob saying, "there was Richie , and there was everyone else !! "
Like a rolling stone. My mother bought the album Highway 61 revisited the day it was released. I was 7 years old. It is how I have lived my life ever since.
Sorry to hear this...uve missed lots
I was 12 when "Like a Rolling Stone" came out. And it's how I have lived my life my life ever since also. Stole your words. You said it perfectly. I've also said it for many years.
Then there's Dylan. I think this weekend I'll do another deep dive and play all his albums in a row. Done it a few times before over the last 50 years. One more cup of coffee 'fore I go. To the valley below. Ain't Bobby so cool. A lifelong friend. Thank you Bob.
The last guy's statement nails it,..."THERE''S DYLAN, THEN THERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE"! Great documentary on such a musical genius!
There are many singer-songwriters way better than Dylan: John Prine for example. There are some unknown young musicians I've heard that write more interesting songs and play them better too. Dylan was puffed-up into a rock god, but he doesn't deserve it imho.
Definitely the greatest songs of my generation passed through Dylan.. he was smart enough to catch them on their way through because they only come once
I'm 37 it's 2024. I've heard Dylan all my life, a few songs here and there. I've always had an appreciation for him and when I like something I go all in and get a bit obsessive. It's my time to take the plunge, swim the waters, and immerse myself. I hope it's transformative and that when I finish I'll have grown as a person. I'm joining you friends.
Should be a great and long listen. Hollis Brown, Hattie Carroll, Frankie Lee, Blind Willie McTell 👍👍👍👍
I was 18 and young... Didn't know much... I met my daughters father and quickly met his mum. Wow... I was blown away by her wild ways and druken nights always with Bob dylan playing very loud! Her life was very colourful but passed away in 1997. The memories of my first hearing of such a great Artist! 😊
Lifelong Dylan fan. Well done.
Charisma? I'd heard Dylan for several years before I ever saw him in person - I knew the word and its dictionary definition, but never knew what it MEANT until that day. He walked out on a bare stage in front of a sold-out house with nothing but an acoustic guitar, positioned himself in front of a single microphone and planted his feet like he owned the building - he just as easily could have been Julius Caesar or Napoleon Bonaparte - he just radiated power, magnetism and confidence in a way I'd never seen in my life. The crowd fell silent and without saying a word, he just started playing - no one's attention strayed for even a heartbeat until he stopped playing and walked off the stage - again, without saying a word. The place went crazy. I finally had experienced what charisma really means. There's really no way to describe it...
Goosebumps, my man! You put me there with you.
I think there *is* a way to describe it, and you've dang-near accomplished it: well put!
I saw him in belgrade in 1991, I did nt feel anything special, charisma?!. but concert was very good
@@nikolic-sq5rx By that time he had long since conquered the world - he was a seasoned pro - reigning royalty - not the up and coming phenomenon. Since then I've seen him many times - sometimes the juice is there - sometimes it's just a gig - you never know...
I wish I could have seen him live as you did. I have listened to him from the very start and loved him . I wonder if he knows just how loved he really is or is he caught up in the few people who think differently from the millions and millions who know every word of most all his songs by heart . In deed he is LOVED AND APPRECIATED!!!!!!
Love Dylan music don't care what other people think he is not for everyone but who is would be boring if we all liked the same person but what I can't understand is all insult he gets love his style and his voice
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Insulting?? Really I here almost nothing but praise even amongst us millennials.. no not the greatest voice but mine and alot of others favorite
@andrewhoyle1521 wasn't meaning you just he aways gets them
Someone to me: I don’t like Dylan
Me: Who do you like?
Someone: (names any one of a number of artists)
Me: Well, they like Dylan, so you’re covered😊
Dylan is not for the masses, the pop music fans. I am so grateful that I appreciate him.
11:56 i plagiarised a few lines from masters of war! and the comment wasn’t aloud, dam you masters of opinions
BS - that is exactly who he is for! Everybody pretends to love him because we are told he is a "genius", but he really isn't very good, not a good musician or singer, writes some interesting songs, but most are crap.
On the contrary, Dylan is the most "pop" of all pop music, if he hadn't been puffed by the media he never would have become so famous, MANY singer-songwriters are way better than Dylan! I get the feeling from your comment you think it's "sophisticated" to like Dylan, when in fact your fallling for a mediocre talent "puffed" by the media. Compared to John Prine, Paul SImon, James Taylor, and dozens of others - Dylan isn't in their class, he really isn't very good. But if you think it make you special for appreciating him - it's a free country (for now).
@@pharmerdavid1432lmao
@@pharmerdavid1432 He doesn't speak to you, that's fine we all have our taste in music. However, Dylan touches the hearts and minds of millions. His longevity speaks for itself, he's one of the greats.
Who else but Bob Dylan can sing one of his songs and every time he sings it is always different not just three or four times BUT every single time as if it was the first time you hear it PURE GENIUS amazing and blest
To grow up with Dylan and the Beatles...amazing.
Couldn‘t agree more !!
The two most puffed-up overrated musicians ever!!
bob dylan is beyond genius there is no word to describe the magnitude of his art and accomplishments and his living thoughts...
he is below genius
@@Santathing6789 Sorry you are wrong, to quote Dylan “ don't criticize
What you can't understand” because you clearly don’t.
@@Santathing6789 I agree. At first I worshipped him, loved his early work, and "Blood on the Tracks. "Slow Train Coming" was a favorite too, but after his Christian phase, even getting baptized, he went back to satanic Judaism (my mother is Jewish, I'm referring to the Talmud and Kabbalah), there is even a picture of him with the black cube on his forehead (Teflin?), which is totally satanic - they do that because they misunderstand the Holy Bible, which warns that if you are born again and later go back to your worldly (satanic) life you will be demonically persecuted in hell forever 7x7 worse. Bobby is going to burn!!!
@@Santathing6789silly statement, you don't win Nobel prize for being dumb or below special.
'There is Dylan, and there is everyone else.' So true.
It's like JOAN said, n I'm paraphrasing,
"To some people he's, blah, but to others, he touches their soul"
Cannot count how many times I listened to Highway 61 and Blood on the Tracks.
It’s hard to measure the cultural impact Dylan has had on our world. He set the benchmark for serious songwriting that all others aspire to. He is truly a legend like no other and we are lucky to live in a time when he is performing.
Bob Dylan is greatness. His songs come from his heart. He's a gift to the music world. ❤
This was nicely made. I’ve watched everything on Dylan that’s available multiple times. He changed music forever in one lifetime, it will take several more to tell the story. ❤
This is a great documentary about the greatest solo artist of all time. At one time at least.
"You'll never know the hurt I've suffered nor the pain I rise above. And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love and it makes me feel so sorry". Idiot wind. Love.
My favourite song ever. Powerful.
"You're an idiot babe, it's a wonder that you still know how to breath"...best lyric ever...
Everything about Dylan here is so true and right! " dylans press conferences are poetic"
I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to have followed him and his music from the start. Seen him at least a dozen times good and bad but just love what he has to say and how he says it. I get pissed off with the people who can only moan about his voice. Thank you Bob
@ Ian Campbell. You're right, Ian.♥️ There will always be critics, waiting to pounce.
Love his songs and have his records that I play often ,saw him live once in 80s he was terrible , thankfully Tom Petty and Roger McGuinn were in the band and just about saved the show Dylan looked like he would rather be somewhere else ,still love the songs but wouldn't care to see him again.
we are lucky to have him
Thank you very much for this fair, insightful, and respectful discussion and documentary!
I love all of Bob’s dynamics and diversity of material and phases throughout his journey. There is nothing boring about him because he truly lives in the moment even though he is well versed and self taught in history, philosophy, sociology, poetics, theology, and many other disciplines. He is a keen observer and his deep thought considerations connect and synthesizes everything in a wholistic way. His creativity is a burning passion and is always moving. This is why he can be both disciplined (strong work ethic), and still be spontaneous in rearranging and revising his art and his life as he does. He is still on the move and I hope for a long time yet.
Thanks again; looking forward to more!
Thanks I think thats a very nice summary of this complex genius.
there has been and only ever be the genious of dylan for 500 years ago to the next 500 years. seen him live a handful of times since the isle of wight gig in 1969... the older brother i never had. what a time we live in; can't think of a time no longer with us anymore than my own passing
I dont know if anyone else can relate to this story about Bob Dylan.. Many years ago I was under the impression that Bob Dylan did not like or enjoy playing gigs/live shows. I dont know why. I think it had something to do with his demeanour on stage. I had never seen him live. I only saw film of live concerts.I was curious about this, being a live musician most of my life and I understood how important it was to enjoy what you were playing and the difference it could make between a good show and a bad show. I was puzzled to put it mildly. Some years later I came accross an interview with Bob Dylan. The interviewer asked. "Bob, you didnt look happy up there tonight, were there sound problems?" Bob answered, polite as usual.. "No, nothing like that. It's just very hard to sing" A hard rain is gonna fall"with a smile on your face.. The silly interviewer didnt get it and Bob went on to explain.. "Playing live shows is what I love to do and in some ways it's the only reason I record abums. The recordings promote my shows.I need to record in order to promote my live shows, which is what I really like to do best".. Needless to say, Bob Dylan,s answer knocked me for 6 but it should not have, now that I think about playing live shows. There are not many things to surpass playing a good live gig, especially when you have put your heart and soul into playing your own own songs. I have to say that was a real eye opener. Thanks Bob. You keep playing and I,ll keep listening.
His music genius was his writing. It was so simplistic, nothing complicated, yet so widely varied, genial and flexible that any musician from any genre of music could perform a Dylan song. And they did.
His musical genius is the inflection in his voice
His musical genius is in his sense of rhythm
His musical genius is how sings the words like they are an instrument
His musical genius is in how spare his music is but it can sound so lush
His musical genius is in his combination of voice, harmonica and guitar
He's more than an a songwriter, he orchestrated the whole of Rock n Roll
The structure of his songs may be simple as are 99% of pop and folk songs but his lyrics certainly aren't simple. Beatles songs are easy to perform and are covered by everyone as proof of pop being simple. Dylan blew up the rule book and opened up a whole new Pathway for every artist that followed. Dylan influenced more artists than anyone including the Beatles.
Dylan is the greatest.
Could not have said it better myself.
Yes he the best by far
@@TRULoo You have bad taste, many singer-songwriters better than him: Paul Simon, John Prine, James Taylor, etc.....
I had played the album 50 times with Desolation Row before I saw Dylan in concert Hollywood Bowl. In the middle of Desolation Row I got up to go get coffee & a cig. There I met The Man In Black, JC. He was having s cig & looked at me when I was not looking at him. We were alone at the concession as I got coffee. I felt JC lean his body against my backside as he whiffed my perfume. As I turned & said excuse me he had his head bent down to me with a huge grin. I was married & 16. I had dressed formal all in black in tribute to Bob Dylan. JC was Dylan’s buddy. R I P
I'm 63, I've been listening since I was in the 5th grade ❗❗❗😊 🍎 the candle stole the HANDLE 🎸
I don’t know of any other person who has had had more said about him, written, photographed, filmed, discussed, analyzed, pondered about for half a century than Bob Dylan.
He got many of us through "stormy weather' time and time again over the years. Offered everlasting "shelter from the storm" to me. I've thanked the One Above many times for Bob and his influence on my life.
This is really done well. Most impressed with the insights of the critics. Cheers blokes
After watching this, I have a new different perspective on the song "All I really wanna do".
He has this sarcastic taste of humor responding to the situation and the background story about what initiated the song. Very witty. There's no limit to it if you see the world in a metaeuphorical way.
Yes indeed, there is Dylan and there is everybody else. Genius ❤
Yes he the best it is what it is
There will never be a genius like Bob ever again. He is in my opinion the greatest artist ever from America and thats a huge statement. Argueably only the Beatles and Bob Marley were world stars like him.
I like his christian music very much.
Bob Marley?
@@rogerpattubeMy thoughts exactly..I like Bob Marley but would never put him in the same category of The Beatles!? or Bob Dylan!! Do you think he's serious??
Elvis and the Beatles not Marley.
@@mrjasondylan Yes, or Elvis!!
Great documentary, but there's got to be more footage from 'Desire' where Dylan literally rebirthed the folk narrative. What stories and awesome arrangements with Scarlet Rivera, Emmylou Harris and Ronee Blakley. Another masterpiece well worth unpacking - and long before 'Modern Times' how can you not give a mention to; "Every Grain of Sand", "Everything Is Broken', "Man in the Long Black Coat" "Most of the Time", "What Was It You Wanted", "Make You Feel My Love", "Can't Wait". I expect, and can't wait for more, more, more. 💚💚💚
Can’t get enough of Dylan!
I'm the same,. one word sums HIM up...phenomen.
Impossible to cover Dylan in one documentary. A 20 part series would be needed.
Other parts will be coming up soon! Stay tuned!
@@TheStream yeeeeeeees please
@@TheStream I would pay you no joke
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or more like 200 parts
Bob Dylan is the truly most hip and charismatic singer
I foumd all the responses extremely well said ! They all don't need repeating. I have only one statement that. I found quite important, that is, so many have tried to label him. He is a minstrel, a minstrel in medieval times roamed from town day to day , who knows where he could be found. Those who tried to lable him have never succeeded. He is a phenomenon, and that's how he must remain. I started listening at 11 years young and still live at that age and proud of it. I played his music almost every day.i have every album on my cell phone and most of his vinyls. To me, he is the greatest minstrel ever lived. I can play my harp to many of his tunes that he had harps in it. Dylan, You will never be forgotten ! You've guided me to the free living person as am living now. Lots of love to you, my guiding light !
At the Birmingham exhibition Centre I complained to a security guy during the intermission that two guys in my section were having a loud conversation whilst bob was singing an acoustic section.
He asked who I was with. I told him I was with a friend and he said "Go and get him."
The guy then took us on a long walk - into the main central section to the middle aisle and right to the standing area below the stage.
"Happy?" He asked.
We both said yes and enjoyed the rest of the concert watching His Bobness from a few feet away.
Not many people have looked up Bob Dylan's nose.
I doubt that Bob himself has done that too often.
My very first memory of Dylan: I was about nine years old. My family was spending the summer in a cottage in Muskoka, Ontario.. We were all out on the porch at the very edge of the lake, it was late in the evening and we could hear the lapping of waves and the loons calling. My brother Walt was home from university, and he was carrying a guitar. It was the mid-'60s, and everyone was learning folk songs off records and singing them, well or badly. I was used to Walt singing Cape Breton Mines and other rough, tough folk songs, when all of a sudden he sang something that held me in a trance. The song began, "Where have you been, my blue-eyed son?" The lyrics rolled out of him, image upon image, magical, incandescent, and even though I was just a kid, it went straight to my heart. And then - for years - nothing. I barely knew who Bob Dylan was, except to hear people claiming he was a terrible singer. Then I was over at my friend Carmen's house and I heard an album playing behind a closed door - it was Carmen's brother, home from university, and he had to play his records in his bedroom with the door shut because no one could stand to hear them. But I heard, through the closed door, "Where have you been, my blue-eyed son?" And finally, I made the connection. It took us all quite a while to catch up to his early albums - we were listening to Freewheelin' in about 1968. And then he went back to his folk roots just as everyone else was going psychedelic, but when he came out with Nashville Skyline (yet another rebirth, yet another genre), we were all enraptured. Being true to his genius, as always. I began to hear him on the radio as well, and was thrilled at Like a Rolling Stone and (especially) Positively Fourth Street. I could write a whole book about this, but my favorite of all (so far) is Rough and Rowdy Ways, the album he released during the most dire, hopeless depths of the pandemic. As great as anything he has ever done. Still lightning in a bottle, still full of surprises. Still touring at well over 80 years old. Still on that road.
I was drawn to Bob Dylan because he was a musician but more than that, he was a poet
I had the honour of meeting Bob Dylan in 'Aix' in Aix - En - Provence, SF. He asked to read a poem I had recently written and said,
"I will be reading you.". I write mysteries . The town would shut down the Cour Mirabeau and he would play for the weekend. He did not play that weekend and I fell deathly ill. What an unforgetable and genius man. This was 1977.
Blood On The Tracks is the ultimate masterpiece he painted I think
Agreed. Idiot wind blows my mind. Love the album.
I love that album, such a great album!!
Yup, the one I play most
I consider it one of the great "comeback" albums of all time.
Loved this! Best doc on Dylan I have seen yet. Have been a Dylan fan since the start.
That's cool. Dylan is one of the greats!
His music, his lyrics and even his "persona" will be with us for many, many generations.... he is truly a giant in our time.
"I'll let you be in my dream, if I can be in yours" - Bob Dylan
Dylan’s a giant. It’s crazy he’s always been one.
Dylan is the greatest. I hope he never dies. He is magic so maybe he never will
Maybe he already died and the one alive now is an amateur look alike ?
Paul McCartney did that I guess l
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I was 16 when Freewheeling came out. He grabbed my mind and soul then and has held them ever since. There are classic books which I like to read again every couple of years (e.g. Moby Dick). In a similar vein I like to relisten to Freewheeling through to Blood on the Tracks every so ofter. Dylan’s compositions are pure literature - as evidenced by the Nobel Prize.
If you know anything about the Nobel Prize, you'd know how worthless it is. He also got the "medal of freedom" from satanic Obama, proving he is a sellout fake, probably a freemason satanist. Pretending to be a Christian then going back to satanism was disgusting, and he will burn in hell forever beginning soon.
The phenomena already existed and several folk singers of the period tried to capture the zeitgeist. Dylan is the one the public decided suited the role best.
One of God's GREATEST masterpieces. Art, sculpture, music and a most brilliant intelligence.
Well stated!
Except his art, sculpture, and music aren't very good - except a few songs. What makes you think he has a "brilliant intelligence"? I just don't see that.
“He made folk music political” is a ridiculous statement for someone who considers themselves a music historian. And the records didn’t “just happen.” They came together quickly because of the quality and knowledge of the musicians.
Dylan changed everything, and with The Band behind him he was unstoppable... Though I love everything he's done!
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Traveling Wilbury's too!!!
Nashville skyline and Plane Waves are great albums. You Punters.
one of those ''meant to be'' artists along with Elvis and the Beatles. game changers
Bought Highway 61 Revisited today (2015 edition) and just found out was remastered - like everything else these days and have to buy it again. LOL - a masterpiece from an amazing poet and musician.
The greatest creator of songs ever
He was one of the music gods that walked the earth in the 60s and stayed.
There will never be another dylan
Someone said "Bob Dylan has charisma" and signed him up. I agree 💯. He has charisma.
Yeah, so much charisma I walked out of his concert in Portland early 1990's, it was so loud and horrible sounding (especially his voice) that I wasted my expensive ticket. AT least Santana did a good first set, his guitar cut through the bad acoustics of the Memorial Colliseum (square building).
Wow. This was EXCELLENT. Thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
He didn't get that Nobel Prize for nothing, but for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.
There is no end to his talent.
Thank you for the years of so much interesting. thought provoking lyrics and ever changing melodies.
The depth of his catalogue is high and wide and touches on every human emotion. Each album captures a sound and feel and texture that connects right to the soul even though the songs themselves don't connect to each other. And they are not perfect , he doesn't have time for that but he does for being spontaneous.
Bob invented Bob Dylan, to keep himself to himself & at peace!
Not one mention of The Band? Bob didn't come up with the full effect all by himself you know. There's an army behind every Icon.
Most of his career did not depend on their input, as great as they were. But I agree, they (The Hawks) certainly merit a mention!
I get ya, but like you said, an ARMY!! So The Band, the Wilburys, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, All who participated in his 30th anniversary concert - Every single one being influenced by his material. It goes on & on & on - esp with Bob!! So I totally get ya, but this certainly doesn't cover EVERYTHING. It left out a LOT, & it seems more like an introduction to a 10hr video!! Like I said, this CERTAINLY didn't cover much - just a basic overview. But I get your point. They could have been mentioned. Either Way - I Love Bob, & his music, & always will!! & Same With The Band, because they were their OWN entity in the history of R'n'R & I Love THEM - with AND without Dylan. Be Well - Peace!!
Part of Dylan's magic is his ability to harness the genius of others. He plays well with them.
the new movie looks great, Timothee sings and his version of a girl from the north country is in the trailer and it sounds so friggin good.....better than any other version of it I have been able to find
there are two kinds of Dylan critics: those that have seen the light, and those that haven't; Dylan shifts between the natural and the supernatural; his music is a pilgrimage, a journal, an autobiography, and if you can't respect and embrace that, you missed out on the real dylan; some say he gets better over time; that's perhaps the wonder of him, that from the get go he broke all the rules and wrote new ones, and he just hasn't stopped; not even today; love your work bob
Best song writer ever imo.
''There's artistes who'll wrest us up & place us into themselves & their works.
These are the One's who'll continue wresting us up...
far & beyond their appointed rests in peace.''
~William Gilpin
75 years here and when 15 we spun Dylan's records all the time all great all thru his many styles..
Dylan's genius is incomparable, at least to any other single person, the closest I can suggest would be a combination of Mozart and Shakespeare.
Mr Bob Dylan a very down to earth can talk if you talk to him he will talk back to you that's an amazing artist 💖 he's the real 🎶🎸💎💯
some where in santa cruz, ca, through a cloud of smoke, and the sweet taste of shrooms during 1973 or 74.....i made the comment that the only person making REAL music was bobbie z....i was snickered at, laughed at, ridiculed by many.....i had recently heard that his lyrics were being studied in college classes.....i thought that was a bit weird but have always admired him for his total individuality....here it is 50 years later and this man is still so fascinating....as albert e said .... the measure of intelligence is the ability to change.....keep on changing bob
YOU WERE THE LEGEND THEN YOU ARE THE LEGEND NOW BOB HONEY I LOVE YOU
DYLAN and BEATLES ,music of my youth ,my generation was so lucky to have these musicians and the cultural changes they helped to bring about. Saw Dylan once in 80s he was awful, Tom Petty and Roger McGuinn were in the band and looked bewildered and embarrassed so he does have his off nights , thankfully Tom and Roger did a few of their own songs to start the show. A friend has seen him 6/7 times and says these "off" nights are not uncommon,I play his records his music and wordsmithery still strike deep his Nobel prize was well deserved.
I seen him twice in 87 Mcguinn opened then Tom Petty then Dylan then all 3 for a couple of songs it was brilliant.
His style is unique. Not for everyone. I love listening and trying to understand the subtleties and intellect in his music. Some ppl just don't " get him".
No disrespect intended.
Thanks for this. I really enjoyed it.
Our pleasure!
To say he sertenly inpired me to learn guitar and perform in my own snall would thanks jeff
34:25 Dylan mentions Vietnam in “Legionnaires’ Disease” (1981) and “Band of the Hand” (1986).
Bottomless pit of creativity
Dylan had the ability to see and feel culture and put it into words through music. That's why so many ppl were able to connect to his music. Dylan had the musical funk ❤
Bob was 37 in 1978...& TOMMORO May 24th 2023 will turn 82 🥳🎉😎🎂🤔Has Any of "US" Truly Grasped Dylan's Persona or Mindset? The Answer my Friends is Blowing in the Wind, The Answer is Blowing in the Wind💨💨💨
HAPPY B'DAY ROBERT Z., YOU DOUBLE GEMINI YOU...👥+👥=4
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Part of his genius, that Gemini vibe. Expressive!
Very good: BUT not enough coverage on his later career and the magnificence of albums like Street Legal, Oh Mercy and more.
Love him.
If it hadn't been John Hammond, then it would have been someone else. Dylan was never destined for obscurity, he was born for his time, as genius often is.
Bob dylan is the GOAT
Fabulous, thanks for this ❤
Hello, how're you doing?
Do you know you can have a private conversation with Bob Dylan?
We're doing a random selection of Bob Dylan's fans. we'll love to know what you think about Bob Dylan and his music.
Just now doing my first deep dive of Dylan. The early covers are so so but starting from the second record he is blowing me away, no slouch of a guitar player for sure. You can see he developed his melodies from playing the harmonica.
His prodigious lyrical content was likely helped along by prodigious intake of amphetamines. Pretty sure he and the early writing Beatles shared that little secret. Also probably why he told Ed Bradley that he just couldn’t do that (type of writing) anymore. 😂
Long Lve Bob Dylan
excellent, well written
One of the biggest influences of mid60s
And 70s and 80s and 90s etc.etc. His influence will go on forevermore
25 minutes into this very interesting Dylan documentary... I had to STOP. Too many damn ads, folks!
i had picked up my Mom and Isis came on wnew radio, when we got home my mother said not to turn it off, she wanted to find out what happens--so we sat and listened, i think she said something like, he really is something isn't he---i said, well, yeah
Bravo!
Im glad these narrators brought their own crayons to class to interpret quantum physics.
There’s Dylan then there’s everyone else