BOB DYLAN Tangled up in blue Reaction - Another masterpiece from the genius - First time hearing

[@mejbarron]

Leonard Cohen said about Dylan's Nobel Prize "It's a bit like pinning a badge on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain."

[@RebekkaEngels]

leonard sucks big time if he really said that, he must 've been só jealous 🤣🤣✌️✌️✌️

[@hadror13]

@@RebekkaEngels That doesn't sound like jealousy

[@RebekkaEngels]

now that I come to think about it: I guess you're right Hadror13 !!!! Excuse me for getting the message/lines wrong: my English is not as good as yours🙏🙏. Thanks!!

[@michaelwells6797]

No one can tell a tale like Dylan. As far as music goes this man is the poet of the last and present century. No one comes close.

[@willtopper]

I've gotta put Kristofferson up there with Dylan.

[@michaelwells6797]

@@willtopper Sorry,not even close.

[@stevenmqcueen7576]

I don't think young people today can even begin to imagine what it was like hearing Dylan for the first time as a teenger in the ealry 60s. It was like someone pulled back the curtain and, for the first time in your life, you saw the world as it really was. It was at the same time both exhilarating and terrifying.

[@erikjaderquist2178]

I first heard Dylan with the Freewheelin album. I was about 13 and I was stunned at how much better he was than anyone else. I then rejected top 40 radio almost completely. I tried to introduce this music to my friends...they thought I was crazy.

[@davidhattman7649]

The Entire Blood On The Tracks album is a masterpiece.

[@MichaelMiller-eg5dr]

Dylan's best, IMO.

[@Beian-e5n]

@@MichaelMiller-eg5dr Everything he ever did was more explosive than nitro glycerin.

[@willlockler9433]

He's either touching you with profound lyrics or telling a story which is not yours, but could be. A poet.

[@Permiate]

Caribbean Wind

[@johnthegreek5836]

Bob Dylan is definitely a genius of a songwriter and his voice fits his music

[@roalziroalzi]

and music composer too....

[@danielperezcabezas109]

Genius! He can write a novel and sing/tell it in a few minutes.We listeners get hooked waiting for the following line.And he sings with great emotion.

[@aretelivingarts]

I saw Dylan last night at a concert with Willie Nelson and Robert Plant. What a night!

[@OddBall1958]

Simply one of the greatest stories ever told in a song!!! That's the same lady. "We'll meet again some day" "I've got to get back to her some how!" Thanks Harri. I try to pick only the greatest songs for you to react to.

[@jeanmc4213]

Yes; it's all about the same woman. She tangled him up bad!

[@RalphDavis-qk2xy]

The most interesting man in the world...Bob Dylan.

[@laurabrevitz3944]

This was the first Dylan song I really loved. "I got her out of a jam, I guess I used a little too much force" made me laugh out loud. I was fully engaged in the song after that, and now love it to death.

[@frugalseverin2282]

I also like the alliteration near the end of the song, "Now I'm Going back aGain, I Got to Git to her somehow."

[@alpetrocelli4465]

One of the best songs from the best breakup album ever. Do Lily, Rosemary, & the Jack of Hearts, you’ll love it!✌️❤️🎶

[@HelynnHeels]

I just came back to say that. ☺

[@garyscarlett5471]

One of the best songs on the album

[@garyscarlett5471]

One of the best songs on the album

[@kathyscott9219]

Please...yes!!

[@richhuarte3051]

Do it! Lily, Rosemary & the Jack need you to hear them!

[@freeforever6971]

Revolution in the air!

[@Makai77]

My late father's all-time favorite artist. He owned everything Dylan ever released, and some live bootlegs as well. I once asked my father, "if you had to choose just one single artist to listen to, for the rest of your life, who would it be?" Without hesitation, he answered, "Bob Dylan, no question about it." Rest in Peace, dad... and thanks for all the great music you introduced to me.

[@jrwskydive]

The best album I've ever heard. I don't know what he is talking about but I feel the emotion all the time. Bob Dylan's epic!

[@FlaschDJ]

Definitely a great album. There’s an engaging book entirely about the making of this album called “Simple Twist of Fate” by Andy Gill. Intimate, surprising. Recommended.

[@FlaschDJ]

This album was influenced by Norman Raeben, a painter Dylan studied with. Google it.

[@medo_pg7786]

Well said! It reminds me of a dream - you only remember fragments after you wake up, more you try to remember it, more it slips away. Fantastic

[@ekim0513]

I remember back in the day when Vinyl ruled the world, when a new Album from one of the popular artists or Bands would be released, a few friends would gather, roll up a doobie and listen away. It would be great to go back in time, do it again and take Harri with me. After the "A" side was done we could discuss what we listened to . Great times.

[@Makai77]

"a few friends would gather, roll up a doobie and listen away" Indeed, did this with countless albums. The last time I remember doing this was when U2 released The Joshua Tree. We would talk about which song was our favorite, did they pick the perfect song for the first one on side 1? And did the album finish strong? etc... great times indeed.

[@lancevaughn432]

Shelter from the Storm, - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, - The Time They Are a Changin, - Like a Rolling Stone, - Positively 4th Street, - Simple Twist of Fate, - Mr. Tambourine Man, - and 100 more Bob Dylan songs.

[@albertsmith9315]

This is the song to initiate a newbie to Dylan. Every word can be heard clearly, his voice is strong and the story is layered. I have this album on CD, and every time this song ends, I hit the button to start it over... never get tired of it.

[@joelliebler5690]

Very true!

[@davidargon6623]

If I’m going on a long drive, this CD is going with me. I hit play as soon as I’m on the highway.

[@diannefeldman5888]

the whole album I just Love sooo much!!!!

[@123thof]

His greatest, most epic, song, the story of humanity.

[@ScrotusZangenpepper]

Great, but not his greatest

[@adamt1564]

Incredibly nuanced, layered, evocative song--thanks for playing this masterpiece from a masterful album!

[@johnflynn5044]

If there is a Dylan song worthy of a movie, with sufficient imagery to be derived from the lyrics, its Lilly Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts A masterpiece of story telling with the most colourful characters who all come to the fore of the listeners mind and with whom you literally form relationships !

[@medo_pg7786]

Well said!

[@phil5762]

Dylan wrote so many great songs, but this track from Blood on the Tracks has always been my favorite.

[@loadedorygun]

One of my favorite lyrical constructions…he gets you every time somehow, you know the rhyme is coming but it still creeps up on you. And being tangled up in blue means all kinds of things, turns out!

[@loadedorygun]

It always hits me that he says “later on when the crowd thinned out, I was just about to do the same” -thin out? It makes no literal sense but it makes perfect narrative sense. That’s a gift.

[@nancywest1926]

A decades long favorite of mine. Thank you.

[@Cashcrop54]

This song starts off strong and gains momentum every verse. His voice and his words become more in focus. A masterpiece!

[@debravirden7130]

One of MY FAVORITE Dylan songs!!

[@Baldeson]

I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes. I was never a big Dylan fan, but this song always touches me.

[@dougca7086]

He'll just Keep On Keepin On!

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

This song perfectly weaves between the tangible and the intangible. That is when art is at its very best.

[@haraldhahn6650]

That whole album is full of great musical poetry told in stories.Forever on my playlist.

[@mojorider8455]

Just an amazing song, great imagery, great story telling, great rhymes! This may be my fave Dylan album

[@hlawrencepowell]

The album is one of the best albums ever and there's not a bad song on it. I' have it in vinyl and have played in hundreds of time. Oddball 1958, good choice I'm from 1958 as well.

[@reallynow1445]

1956, agreed one of the best albums ever written. Every song a masterpiece 🎉

[@drdr76]

I agree 100%, 58 too.

[@maryboylan3093]

Greatest album ever he is a genius😊

[@elston3153]

John Lennon on hearing tangled up in blue said that Bob Dylan is several years ahead of us all again

[@hw343434]

Where is the source for this?

[@elston3153]

@hw343434 The article was in Classic rock magazine, It goes tangled up in blue and shelter from the storm heralding a new more mature Dylan, as john lennon put it several years ahead of us all again, Article written by david dolton, Dylan Is the most important Artist on the planet at the moment Lyricist, Poet, Author, D j, Painter, Welder / Sculptor, Actor, And at the age of eighty two is still touring the world and Releasing albums albums, This man has many hands, The greatest creator of songs ever,

[@elston3153]

@hw343434 was that good enough for you

[@JD-fn7qf]

A masterpiece for sure.

[@cliffordlowerre1381]

Bob Dylan and Jackson Browne. Two of my favorite lyricists. Thanks to you both for playing this. Ranks up at the top of my favorite Dylan tunes.

[@joelliebler5690]

I love Dylan’s stories though I prefer Dan Fogelberg’s personal stories to the later stories Browne songs!

[@marybaillie8907]

From Bob's 15th album, Blood on the Tracks, 1975, it was rumored to be about Bob's marriage falling apart. Though some say it was about Joni Mitchell❤ and "Blue" album from 1971. Bob's writings at the time were influenced by an Art teacher who gave him a non-linear perspective in his songs. Bob said his marriage took 10 years to live and 2 years to write. A great tune by Bob with his great harmonica offerings. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Oddball 1958. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Hari!! That WHOLE ALBUM is STELLAR!!!! Do the whole thing!!

[@izzonj]

"I can figure it out right now.." keep thinking about it for 50 years, like i have, lol

[@triciamoore106]

I love.this song and listening to the story he sings about fantastic thanks

[@Really658]

Bob makes me happy.

[@TechSchedule]

"We always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different point of view" ❤❤❤ Thank you for the reaction!

[@markwilliams5606]

Bob Dylan. Legendary. 🪴🏞️

[@NataliesGrave]

Amazing song. Magnificent music.

[@marcellussalerni1281]

My favorite song written by my favorite songwriter! Enjoy

[@jespersorensen4462]

Still get goose bumps after 30 years !

[@marleneedmunds1433]

Leaves me breathless everytime I here this

[@hlawrencepowell]

One of the best from the best.

[@thomasdreher8221]

The story is about how the woman he met and loved was married, he murders her husband "helped her out of jam but used a little too much force"...they drive to get away, "abandoned the care out west" and decided to split up. He drifted around, never could forget her....he ends up meeting her again in New Orleans..."working in a topless joint, bent down to tie the laces of his shoes" ....all the same woman.

[@franceshaas8255]

Thanks

[@dustinboucher8102]

Quite simply, one of the greatest songs ever.

[@adamrubin7531]

I love Bob Dylan, I love this song, and I've listened to it a couple hundred times, and I have the same questions as you.

[@debbiechang5781]

Thanks for this Oddball! The harmonica and the lyrics just make this another Dylan masterpiece. Great commentary from Harri 🌺✌️

[@skooooo]

One of Dylan’s top 10 songs imo.

[@danielbardier1372]

Great album, you’ve got to do yourself a big favor and listen to it from start to finish. You will be happy you did.

[@donnabruhn6907]

I love this song

[@Nowheremt]

The solo acoustic version on his “Real Live” album is revelatory, great harmonica work and lyrical evolution!

[@medo_pg7786]

I like it too! "She was married when we rirst met to a men four times her age, he left her peniless in a state of regret, it was time to burst out of a cage"

[@johnhextall1136]

In 1971, Dylan was suffering from writers block and was under a lot of pressure for various reasons. Joni Mitchell released the album ‘Blue’ which was like throwing a hand grenade into the world of singer/songwriters. Dylan rarely paid homage to anyone still alive but I think this song was partly his tribute to Joni for helping release his blockage and approach songwriting in a different way.

[@Mark-jk1jv]

Love to see this reaction and appreciation to one of Dylan's great songs.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Never can get enough of Bob❤️

[@richhuarte3051]

My friend, your reaction videos are a joy. Because you *feel* the music and express those feelings so beautifully. Please do Brownsville Girl - it will blow your mind. Co-written with a brilliant playwrite.

[@eddiemckenna9414]

My fave from dylan

[@michaelopm1]

bobby was traveling

[@Permiate]

Yes often I will hear the sound of a particular instrument in a song before if appears and it sounds just like I heard it

[@IrishKack]

One of my favorite Dylan songs.

[@jp-bl5vk]

It might be silly to try to choose the "best" Dylan album, but for me Blood on the Tracks is it, and this song is it's centerpiece. Harri, you might also enjoy the Jerry Garcia Band's interpretation of this song, which I think is one of the greatest covers ever.

[@luckyirvin]

Bless Harri, bless you for helping me remember old songs long forgotten. Bless you for bringing my heart alive again.

[@frugalseverin2282]

That album is my favorite of all time, not a bad song on it. Every song could be a movie. Amazing acoustic guitar work.

[@medo_pg7786]

It is incredibile that two guitars can make such a rich sound

[@holyworrier]

Epic song.

[@Bob_Cats]

Thanks for sharing this 💔 what a tremendous take on Bob Dylan classic 👏 👌

[@georgeparker7594]

Great track.

[@fripso]

This is my fave Dylan tune. Love it. ❤

[@carstenhackel6743]

great choice again, Harri … what more can I say

[@thefleasofathousandcamels6498]

A master course in poetry...set to a haunting melody

[@riggermorpus]

Love this Dylan song so much. Sounds like quintessential Bob Dylan. Strong voice, great enunciation. Great storyteller.

[@entheo302]

The version from the Rolling Thunder Review live album is one of my fav Bob songs of all time

[@h0gwartz]

Every song has a unique pattern of rhymes that stays constant throughout. In this song he adds a little phrase to the last line of each verse that will rhyme with tangled up in blue. And Dylan's music is often under appreciated because his lyrics are what earned him the Nobel prize.

[@bobschenkel7921]

One of my all time favorite Bob Dylan story songs. Every image is clear, every moment is easy to understand, every situation is right there in your mind. Seen Dylan about ten times in concert but only saw this tune twice, but he has so many great songs I didn't miss it when he didn't play it.

[@margaretirvine3267]

Genius😊

[@possi156]

Thanks

[@catbyte0679]

This is a stellar example of why Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He's only the second songwriter to do so, the first being Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, who won in 1913.

[@theivory1]

Awesome

[@HelynnHeels]

Blood on the Tracks is one of my very favourite albums by BOB although I love them all. I'm so glad you appreciate him, Harri.

[@The5thGen]

My favorite Dylan song.

[@cassconner6023]

You can see the scenes he is singing about in your mind. Very visual lyrics.

[@davidm7759]

I love the way each verse gets a little more musically intricate and then finally resolves with the harmonica

[@John_Chu]

Even though Dylan has repeatedly denied it, Blood On the Tracks is definitely about his impending divorce from first wife, Sara. He wrote all of the songs (17, of which 10 made the final record) on his Minnesota farm, living with Ellen Bernstein, his girlfriend at the time. Dylan's original intent was to call on Mike Bloomfield, the legendary blues guitarist who accompanied Bob at the Forest Hills concert in 1965 when he went "electric" but Bloomfield wasn't enthusiastic about the songs. Back in New York City, Bob recorded the first iteration of the album with a backing band that recalled his earlier folk acoustic work. David Zimmerman, Bob's brother, thought the album was too stark and melancholic, suggesting he re-record it in Minneapolis with local musicians that David knew. That turned out to be the final product. And his brother was right -- utlimately the album went double-platinum. Thanks Oddball and Harri.

[@Hexon66]

The least reliable source for Bob Dylan information is the man himself. Or, more accurately, the most reliable to give you nothing! Which is the beauty of being a fan, when the songs no longer belong to him but the world. And they can be heard and interpreted on a personal level, not burdened by any preconceptions.

[@davidargon6623]

Bob’s son Jakob has said this album is just mom and dad talking.

[@georgerigberg4335]

Probably afraid royalties would end up in probate...

[@janeterambert5455]

Just love the entire album...

[@benjaminbrowardONEOG]

Isn't it amazing to be able to hear the messages of today, I mean yesterday.

[@troyshilanski380]

Man great reaction.

[@allensnyder8294]

Yes "Lily ,Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts " could definitely be a movie also.

[@rickeyjohnson9906]

This album has a few great songs Simple, Twist of fate You're A Big Girl Now, Idiot Wind, Lily,Rosemary and The Jack of hearts Shelter From the Storm, beside this song

[@troyshilanski380]

Stay cool stay safe. Got it brother!

[@BetsyBoots]

Interpreting it as being tangled up in “the blues” is brilliant. I’ve been listening this since a kid and never connected that. 👏

[@whimsofmim]

I've always felt Dylan has written many songs about many different women, but they are all the same woman too. "Shelter from the Storm" and "Simple Twist of Fate" (from this same album) also captures this sort of goddess type being ("she should have caught me in my prime ... she was born in Spring, I was born too late"). He was going through a particularly awful time with his soon to be ex-wife when he wrote and recorded this album. This song is sort a reflection of all kinds of things, I think. He performs it differently from concert to concert, even among different years/decades, and has often changed around the pronouns, lyrics and tenses of things. There are quotes where he has said he wanted it to be sort like a shifting perspectives and narrators. I think it's meant to be the same people, but somehow not, all at the same time (like the same souls but reincarnated into different experiences/encounters). Underneath all the masks and shifting points of view, its the same experience of being tangled up in the blue which binds them together.... just one of many interpretations out there.

[@cooltide4377]

Harri another masterpiece, especially in light of what is happening in Gaza today (19/10/23) . Is "With God on our Side" from Bob's Unplugged Session

[@seansersmylie]

Bob made a series of three of the greatest ever albums that culminated with Blood on the Tracks.

[@victorbortolussi2964]

Are you counting "Before the Flood " with the Band? My vote always goes to " Desire ." But we can play that game all day! 😂

[@kraig7777]

@@victorbortolussi2964 Yeah I was thinking it was more like 7 or 8 of the greatest albums ever in the streak he had going. My vote is Highway 61 Revisited.

[@carlos_herrera]

​@@victorbortolussi2964 I love Desire, but I'm not a huge fan of Blood on the Tracks. The best song is Idiot Wind, and the live version on Hard Rain is better than the one on the studio album.

[@carlos_herrera]

​@@kraig7777 reconsidering, there are a lot of great songs on blood on the tracks, I just don't love the arrangements, imstrumentation, etc.

[@kraig7777]

@@carlos_herrera I'm still trying to digest everything he did from the 60's through the 80's. My brain won't let me try to learn his newer albums because I still haven't figured out all his old albums. My first Dylan album was Self Portrait in cassette when it came out. I just saw it had it Like A Rolling Stone on it and didn't realize the track was a live version and sounded weird lol. I still love that album. I think Dylan even said he didn't like that album but I do.

[@leefertwayne8163]

Harri, you should look into Idiot Wind off the same album...classic Dylan!

[@MichaelMiller-eg5dr]

This song came out when I was in high school. I have had a long time to study it. Imagine that Blue is the girl's name and then listen to it again. Even the time jump back to the 1600's makes more sense when you do that.

[@heydayma10513]

I like Dylan Stories !