Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man (Official Audio)

“Ballad of a Thin Man" by Bob Dylan
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Lyrics:
You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?"
You try so hard but you don't understand
Just what you will say when you get home
Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says, "It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?"
But something is happening and you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak
And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?"
And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone
And something is happening here but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
You have many contacts among the lumberjacks
To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations
Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks
You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
You're very well-read, it's well-known
But something is happening here and you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels
He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice, he asks you how it feels
And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan"
And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now"
And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How"
And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow!
Give me some milk or else go home"
And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law against you comin' around
You should be made to wear earphones
'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?
#BobDylan #Folk #SingerSongwriter

[@alabamaisyourdaddy6137]

The sheer amount of contempt in his voice and that little chuckle, tells you all you need to know about his thoughts on the media. What a masterpiece

[@CurtisParker-wn2vm]

Your so wrong mr jones

[@andyskinner5908]

Ll

[@bingsinatra5283]

Look at his eyes on the album cover, speaks volumes. This song is genius.

[@marysagar]

@@bingsinatra5283 Yes, the eyes add such emphasis, to ask anyone, "You don't know what it is, do you?" in a way that yes is not going to pass for the lie they have been floating.

[@Frankiefane1]

I saw Bob Dylan perform this live at Cleveland Music Hall on Friday November 12, 1965.I was 14 years old! It was the single most moving musical performance I have ever witnessed!

[@ustheserfs]

A week later he married Sara Lownds in a completely clandestine wedding.

[@johnnyaces4290]

I bet it was, that must have been such an amazing experience! I am jealous not gonna lie 😂

[@Bubdiddly]

Why the quotes around live

[@Bubdiddly]

I came to comment this same thing

[@demitraferles7970]

Oh wow Frank, lucky you!

[@davidrees570]

You’d have to be Bob Dylan to have the words describe how great Bob Dylan is

[@brbowen3]

indeed!

[@OnerousEthic]

Seems to me that he has already taken care of that little detail, IYKWIM!

[@kai_johnsonn]

Or Muhammad Ali

[@Scotsgrey13]

Exactly!

[@allmind974]

I'd say BoB would tell you how great he is ? ?

[@bigdaddypiggy]

Dylan was able to do with words what Hendrix did with a guitar .....best lyricist ever,no one else even comes close

[@maryellenjones333]

Dylan is my mentor, of sorts, my goal is to write songs like he has.

[@karelkerstiens8251]

I'd have to say his very close friend Neil Young is right there with Bob Dylan lyrically and way beyond as a musician who has baffled many on guitar forever and a day...but that just me...and so many others I might add. I'm a fan of both, btw.

[@user-uo6wj9ug6u]

I love Neil Young but lyrically Bob is on a completely different level.

[@karelkerstiens8251]

@@user-uo6wj9ug6u depends on what you mean by "level". Dylan agrees with my definition of level regarding NY's talent in painting pictures in one's mind when it comes to young's ability to do just that. we're pretty much talking one color apple and another color of apple here. Needle and the damage done, sugar mountain, etc, etc

[@oozrenn]

morrissey

[@fporretto]

An album that includes this, "Highway 61," and "Desolation Row" has a valid claim to greatness.

[@corpodinchiostro3210]

And Like A Rolling Stone?

[@johnnyaces4290]

I'm with you on that one

[@edoardodallara1810]

The best album ever

[@wheatiewheatfieldsoul9484]

Ya think?

[@kolohe0782]

.....with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield as back up

[@oslozeimantz1617]

wow the studio version is back. yay!

[@cityzen2717]

"Feel so suicidal just like Dylan's Mr. Jones."

[@francia9825]

:)

[@oddestofplaces]

Yes I’m Lonely!

[@angelicvs]

@@oddestofplaces Want to Die!

[@spookisghostly4619]

Yer blues

[@JR5arts]

even hate my rock n roll

[@brittneybrisbin744]

I adore this man's writing abilities. No wonder he's the voice of a generation. Brilliant.

[@shanephillips1730]

Hoping I live long enough to make it two generations.

[@jojomccarthy8345]

I think Dylan is the voice of many generations. Past, present and future.

[@elijaheskin1]

He ain’t a voice for no one but the music lovers

[@Mr666mam666]

Hola

[@jokkergar]

He didn't like that title and i'm sure a lot of ppl out there either.

[@nrich5127]

Cryptic lyrics - a haunting melody - a lilting blues rythym - a vocal dissertation that only Bob could give ... a classic that never gets old.

[@mikemestas9835]

man all his songs are still goin on resonating

[@billroaofficial]

I like the quirkiness in this song... I've listened to it many time and hear something different every single time.. really clever... and mostly I just delete the closet homo sentiment throughout

[@flamencoprof]

Not that cryptic, Mr. Jones. 🙂

[@subsist99]

Pretty much an attack on the media and reporters writing nonsense, Mr Jones being the media.

[@moeburn]

I don't think the lyrics are cryptic. I thought they describe a yuppie trying to explore the hip counter-culture world, feeling uncomfortable at their weirdness, and them feeling uncomfortable at his discomfort.

[@MultiJebusChrist]

Mr. Jones would be a perfect dog name... There's something happening, but they don't know what it is.

[@pablograssdestroyerofass6965]

boognish

[@Gr1m_Gaz3]

Boognish

[@mickeyplagiarism2126]

Boognish

[@wbl5649]

I've got a dog named Mr.Jor-day, it evolved from his real name, Geordi

[@karlconsiglio1505]

Mr Bones

[@rickhilt233]

One of the greatest albums of all time! A real game changer.

[@michaelmiller2397]

I agree...but so many put it down. I think it is a great album.

[@55archduke]

@@michaelmiller2397 Those who put it down know not of what they speak

[@frederickpando9444]

Beat poet prose set to music. Nothing ever like it then and nothing ever like it now.

[@remelseptember]

If it’s him apart of all this messed up stuff happening to me also. I have to say this….u wig’ga

[@ferociousgumby]

The organ flies through this thing like a screeching ghost.

[@faro8784]

Al Kooper’s organ haunts this whole album

[@ferociousgumby]

@@faro8784 I thought it was Al Kooper!

[@faro8784]

@@ferociousgumby fuck you’re right lemme fix that

[@ferociousgumby]

@@faro8784 In one of the many Dylan bios I've read, someone said Kooper wasn't much on keyboard - he was the only one available at the time.

[@ferociousgumby]

Actually, no, here's the story verbatim: "During playback (of Like a Rolling Stone), Bob asked Tom Wilson to bring Kooper's organ part up in the mix. "Hey man, that cat's not an organ player," Wilson told him. "Hey, now don't tell me who's an organ player and who's not," replied Bob, who was beginning to tire of Wilson." From Down the Highway by Howard Sounes - best one I've found so far.

[@oshinmegerdumian1679]

That laugh at “you try so hard” is fantastic

[@michavandam]

0:27

[@barres5584]

It was a cry not a laugh

[@corneliakapelinski]

One of the most intelligent and courageous songs about seeming and being, plays openly with all taboos 1965!!!!!And what a great piano and singing style...

[@michaelgibbons8229]

Well said friend!!

[@robertwoodward829]

Always loved the little giggle.

[@AA-sn9lz]

0:27 for those who missed it

[@filthyphillyboy]

The timing is perfect.

[@olliheikkinen3426]

I was wondering if the same giggle lives forever in any other songs. Can you name a few?

[@MrThermostatic]

@@olliheikkinen3426 He also giggles in the electric version of Blind Willie Mctell. "This land is condemned" line. I always thought that was the superior version but they scrapped it because of that.

[@huntersmith3888]

I've tried for years to work that damned laugh into my covers.

[@ceeceedraco]

"And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" I feel this way more than I probably should when I am around the people in my life. Perhaps I need new people.

[@michael-lt3jh]

Yes completely agree

[@bethnewman7701]

I agree to disagree with myself all the time

[@CurtisParker-wn2vm]

Is it you or is Bob talking about your fellow man,did we make God?or did God make us?

[@CurtisParker-wn2vm]

And you have no God to wow theres a book called the word ​@@michael-lt3jh

[@CurtisParker-wn2vm]

​@@bethnewman7701well your just plainly fked up or albino....

[@LaughingStock_]

A surreal nightmare masterpiece.

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

It really does feel like David Lynch in song form 😂

[@greenaxolotl1756]

W Russia

[@kirnpu]

I was just humming Counting Crows "Mr Jones" when my brain thought wait a minute, there was another Mr. Jones song a million years ago in the 60s that I thought was so freaky good as a 10 year-old. I had no idea this was the title of the the song. Man, what an absolutely brilliant song. I don't think I've heard it since I was a child so to hear the lyrics now as an adult is just that much more impressive. Bob Dylan is peerless as a lyricist in my opinion.

[@MrGeneralHeavy]

Here after Yoda died of brain cancer

[@baiteme]

Only Bob Dylan can chuckle at his own lyrics about seeing someone naked as hes singing and still have the bit make the final cut.

[@austincalhoun1752]

In the middle of transitioning and peeling off my mask this song helps me

[@redvanontherun]

Now I understand why Bob Dylan was such a great influence on John Lennon.

[@ender672]

my literature methodology professor picked this for our first class and I think she's my favorite :)

[@martinkarlsson5405]

Magic! He got the Nobel Priize for a reason.

[@firmwormdog]

First time hearing it. I have heard of other Bob Dylan songs but when I heard this one put me at a whole new level. Awesome!

[@bigbarty8648]

Have a listen to his album "Blood On The Tracks", it'll blow your mind. 😊

[@carolynzaremba5469]

Never too late.

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I first heard it in 1967 when I was 18 years old.

[@johnallen2771]

One of the greatest songs ever written. I just love it. It describes so accurately the feelings we had back in the 60s. Everything was strange and new and brilliant. Music was everywhere, all with different sounds and lyrics. Dylan was right in the middle of it. There are so many good songs on his albums. If you aren't familiar with him you should listen to some of his stuff.

[@Gradyforhire]

Kind of like how I feel now as a 27yr old. Except everything is “smart”. Far from brilliant

[@augusta47]

Well said you. It was all so strange and different and all that stuff about growing up and then came the Beatles and Dylan. And then Cohen. Such a privileged world of music..

[@jamesjameson4303]

I think this song is appropriate for our times now as well. I love how loose the band is and yet the song would not sound like this any other way.

[@rohanmarkjay]

Applies not just 1960s but any era. I think he is talking about conspiracy. Can apply to conspiracies involving govts and the puppet masters who control elected leaders behind the scenes. How more intelligent people are figuring out the world is not run the way we think it is. That there is a secret conrolling force cotrolling all the govts and moving history forward. Hence the line for these questioning intelligent people questioning the way the world is really run and the international bankers conspiracy. How the masses are manipulated to do the bidding or Global Elites.Hence the line in the song: But something is happening and you don't know what it is do you mr jones?

[@paradisepipeco]

Sorry about your railroad.

[@gianfrancoghironi7117]

Inarrivabile, inimitabile, geniale. Grandissimo Bob Dylan. Imbattibile! :-)

[@stephanlarsen8169]

Indutatibly. Phawk who can spell that?!? Jah Herb from Tucson Arizona Sonoran 🏜️ desert 🍄🌵🇯🇲🇺🇸🌍...

[@juancamacho5746]

You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand Just what you will say when you get home Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says, "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" But something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone And something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? 🎸🎸 You have many contacts among the lumberjacks To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well-read, it's well-known But something is happening here and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan" And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How" And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home" And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground There ought to be a law against you comin' around You should be made to wear earphones 'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?

[@TheOferwexenfeld]

tnxalot

[@hanstun1]

Easy to forget how insanely outrageous this was at release and in every way possible. Today it just sounds like really good classic rock.

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

🎸🎹 Oct 1966 The Black Panther Party was formulated. Bobby Seale writes about this song in his book "Seize the Time". There's a couple pages about it... I'll just give an excerpt: Bobby Seale wrote" ".... in the background we could hear a record, and the song was named "Ballad of a Thin Man" by Bob Dylan. Now that melody was in my mind. I actually heard it. I could hear the melody of this record. I could hear the sound and the beat to it. But I really didn't hear the words. This record played after we stayed up late laying out the paper. And it played the next night after we stayed up late laying out the paper. I think it was around the third afternoon that the record was playing. We played that record over and over and over. Lots of brothers stayed right over there with lots of shotguns for security. Huey P Newton made me realize the lyrics. Not only the lyrics of the record but what the lyrics meant in the record. This song is hell. You've got to understand that this song is saying a hell of alot about society." Bobby Seale of BPP... Breakfast Program Power... (really Black Panther Party)

[@michaelmiller2397]

@@tulayamalavenapi4028 The Weathermen got their name from the Dylan line "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing"

[@igotasweetass]

yup Zappa too was "riling up the youth"

[@michaelleon2038]

Bob Dylan, as far as I'm concerned, is one of the last true poets.

[@schnoz2372]

Yeah Dylan and Morrison.

[@ustheserfs]

Clearly you've not heard Monsieur Biden speak

[@deepfriedgamer5586]

one of the very first strand type poets

[@Max_j9578]

There are so many great poets today. Maybe not many in music, but there are some incredible books out there.

[@TheInkPitOx]

In music

[@greghale6272]

Saw him play this live, 1966. I was 15. Simply awesome, backed by what would become " The Band."

[@TeamTaylor1114]

Only Bob Dylan: “You raise up your head And you ask, ‘Is this where it is?’ And someone points to you and says, ‘It’s his’ And you ask, ‘What’s mine?’ And somebody else says, ‘Where what is?’ And you say, ‘Oh my God, am I here all alone?’” Still hurts my head after all these years.

[@PoohBear877]

I dont understand it :(

[@TeamTaylor1114]

It’s definitely a mind bender.

[@PoohBear877]

@@TeamTaylor1114 do you know what he means by that?

[@greghartshorne6621]

Simple. It’s something that’s happening here, Mr. Jones.

[@jacklennon1035]

its actually "well, what is" which sorta makes more sense. I suggest you research the lyrics next time

[@big_gamer1234]

i love the way he delivers the line "just what you will say when you get home" little things like that make dylan much more than a great lyricist. truly underrated singer

[@idt1442]

He’s in no way an underrated singer

[@big_gamer1234]

@@idt1442 literally everyone i know says he sucks bro

[@viniciuspessina]

@@big_gamer1234 you should get new friends

[@kamilziemian995]

I agree. He even complain in his "My chronicle" that people reduce his songs to lyrics, while this is not the case. He points out that some guitarist recorded album just with his version of music of Bob Dylan songs, saying that musician can understand that music of his songs has quality on its own.

[@big_gamer1234]

@@kamilziemian995 yeah bob has a lot of my favorite instrumentals, dont think twice its alright is possibly my favorite guitar part ever, plus dont think twice also has amazing vocals from dylan

[@mayrondharma7710]

the way he wrote this song is genius. he truly is an inspiration of mine.

[@ThePainter112]

There’s something happening in this song. But I don’t know what it is

[@CurtisParker-wn2vm]

Did you invent God? Or did God invent you Mr jones?

[@HenryRubinstein-u2p]

I think I agree, but I don't know, Do you Mr Jones....!!

[@shovelheadseven]

Can you imagine how epic it would be if Dylan released a new song about the world now.

[@BayleyConkin]

For real

[@Starclimber]

It would be like Monty Python's Killer Joke sketch, only not funny, and deadlier.

[@AnnaLVajda]

He has a newer album out now. He says he is no false prophet he just knows what he knows so he is not like Mr. Jones who doesn't know...

[@souljahtite17]

hed sound like a old man with a cold

[@alphajava761]

I think this song applies to the last 60 years really, it's relevant today 💯

[@mechellemybell7300]

Today, it's TRUE Bob Dylan, your songs are truly prophetic. These songs, touches on humanity.

[@ShaNaNa242]

Rip Brian Jones, this song always made me think of him.

[@thomaswerner7793]

God Rest Brians soul.

[@alkholos]

You do know that Brian was fired by the Stoes for getting too stoned all the time?

[@nrich5127]

Maybe this song was about him ... we'll never know ....

[@thereallifesaiyan]

RIP Yoda, you were a good egg in our hearts

[@skinnyweenie5107]

I don’t get it

[@misterbig.b6662]

God, this is exactly how i found this song

[@cee8mee]

Sanity4Sweden recommended this song

[@lindylou5922]

👍👏I came here from Stefan’s channel on bit shoot.🙏❤️💪

[@javiergilvidal1558]

@@lindylou5922 Me too!

[@richardbanker6041]

This is a fabulous song, lyrics , singing and musicianship of a brilliant album. The last verse is a killer

[@iliastakidis5771]

"...feel so suicidal just like dylan's mr jones..."

[@erickdeveau8635]

Just blows me away how amazing he is.

[@MekongMonkey]

Blew my mind when I was 18 and still blows my mind at 42 ❤

[@carolynzaremba5469]

Still blows my mind at 74.

[@bohomaturebabe]

@@carolynzaremba5469 And mine at 77. Plus it takes me back to when I was just a girl tucked up in my bedroom playing Bob Dylan and driving my mum mad!!!

[@AhmadAneeq]

iam 18 and it blows my mind

[@movieworldcomics242]

Does anyone else find this song somewhat noirish?

[@shawfestify]

Yes-& then later that year Lennon writes in Yer Blues, “feel so suicidal/ just like Dylan’s Mr. Jones/“. Even more noirish.

[@DingaLingu]

Blackish would work just as well.. good day

[@ElVaquero19]

It's got this creepy midnight-in-the-desert-saloon sound Like Southern Gothic in music

[@bethnewman7701]

The Thin Man was a comic noir film based on a Dashiell Hammett novel. Dylan loves old Hollywood, especially noir and Chaplin

[@speciesspeciate6429]

I feel it more like moreish. Like popping a can of chocolate music.

[@jhova187]

I’m 32 now listened to this when I was 19 and expected music to evolve on a conscience level and it sadly never did. Bob dylan was cooking some sh*t back in his time but I long for a voice to speak on our current times the way he did back in the 60s 😢 ✌🏽

[@paddiwon]

light speed hasn't yet been achieved

[@fattybumflake]

Oliver Anthony?

[@lynnbettis6244]

Jesse Welles, @wellesmusic Jesse is not quite there yet but getting closer. More like Woody Guthrie.

[@ianlamb1910]

My favourite Dylan song, just sheer brilliance. Even better with a dram of whisky.

[@AlyxCoe]

Plus a blunt.

[@michaelmiller2397]

most things are. I wrote tot he Balvenie distillery in Scotland that Michaelangelos statues, Beethoven's symphonies, and Rembrandt's paintings are the best artistic productions...but they seem better with a few fingers of Balvenie...and they mailed me their 100 anniversary book!

[@aekriege]

Agreed. Well, bourbon for me, sir😊

[@andyskinner3534]

How about the whole bottle? 😈

[@ianlamb1910]

@@michaelmiller2397 I live in Scotland, I've been to that very distillery 👍

[@beaulieu4008]

Imagine if Dylan was strictly a poet. Bob's genius is that he is also a musician, which made his poetry more accessible. I am happy he won the Nobel Prize. I can only imagine what they talked about behind closed doors. Someone had a lot of gall.

[@ferociousgumby]

They had a lot of nerve!

[@ferociousgumby]

Notice how few words we need to know it's Dylan: Pawn it, babe; famous long ago; you got a lotta nerve; it's life and life only; he not busy being born. . .and so on and so on

[@rosendoruiz7364]

Letra en español: Entras en la habitación con tu lápiz en la mano Ves a alguien desnudo y dices: ¿Quién es ese hombre? Te esfuerzas mucho pero no entiendes Lo que dirás cuando llegues a casa Porque algo está pasando aquí pero no sabes lo que es ¿Verdad, Sr. Jones? Levanta la cabeza y pregunta: ¿Es aquí donde está? Y alguien te señala y dice, "Es suyo" Y tú dices: ¿Qué es lo mío? y alguien más dice: Bueno, ¿qué es? Y tú dices: «Dios mío, ¿estoy solo aqui? Pero algo está pasando y no sabes lo que es ¿Verdad, Sr. Jones? Entregas tu ticket y vas a ver al geek Que inmediatamente se acerca a ti cuando te oye hablar Y dice ¿Qué se siente al ser tan raro?> Y tú dices, Imposible!» mientras te da un hueso Y algo está pasando aquí pero no sabes lo que es ¿Verdad, Sr. Jones? Tienes muchos contactos entre los leñadores Para conseguirte hechos cuando alguien ataca tu imaginación Pero nadie tiene ningún respeto, de todas formas ya esperan que todos den un cheque A las organizaciones de beneficencia deducibles de impuestos Ah, has estado con los profesores y a todos les ha gustado tu aspecto Con grandes abogados has hablado de leprosos y ladrones Has revisado todos los libros de F. Scott Fitzgerald Has leido mucho, es bien sabido Pero algo está pasando aqui y no sabes lo que es ¿Verdad, Sr. Jones? En fin, el traga espadas, se acerca a ti y luego se arrodilla Se atraviesa a sí mismo y luego golpea sus altos tacones Y sin más preaviso, te pregunta cómo te sientes Y dice: Aquí estă tu garganta de vuelta, gracias por el préstamo Y sabes que algo está pasando pero no sabes lo que es ¿Verdad, Sr. Jones? Ahora ves a este enano tuerto que grita la palabra «Ahora> Y tú dices, ¿Por qué razón? y él dice, ¿Cómo?» Y tú dices: ¿Qué significa esto? y él grita: ¡Eres una vaca! Dame un poco de leche o vete a casa Y sabes que algo está pasando pero no sabes lo que es. ¿Verdad, Sr. Jones? En fin, entras en la habitación como un camello, y luego frunces el ceño Pones los ojos en el bolsillo y la nariz en el suelo Debería haber una ley que prohibiera que vinieras por aquí Deberian obligarte a usar auriculares Porque algo está pasando y no sabes lo que es ¿Verdad, Sr. Jones?

[@rakunettin]

#EZBEREYAŞAYANLAR bogomillere selam olsun

[@halfwaydowntheroad]

As a classic rock fan, i plead guilty of not paying this man the attention he merits all these years. He's a beast. Scorsese's documentary brought me here. The live performance of this song got my absolute attention. When i found out that song currently on a commercial, the one that goes "oooooo ooooo la la la la la la la," was by dylan i was blown away as well. My respects to you Mr. Dylan.

[@jgfunk]

That's "The Man in Me"... Also well-known for being in The Big Lebowski.

[@jazzy0708]

I oddly knew exactly what you were talking about with "ooooooooo lalalalala", "the man in me" lives consistently rent free in my head.. what a set of tracks!🤌💥

[@anda6963]

I was 17 or 18 when l first caught glimpse of this record in a record store. Listening to this tune gave me goosebumps and got me stuck on Dylan. What a powerful delivery n to my teenage angst ears of the time..

[@Zionsol777]

this was the song that opened my eyes and mind to the sheer genius of Dylan.

[@that_trans_dude942]

I saw Bob Dylan perform this live: greatest moment of my life

[@deeclark8769]

I saw him in concert in Dallas Texas at SMU. I was a Sophomore in High School at the time. I am now 75. It was that tour when the first set was acoustic and the second set was this stuff. It was so awesome (and I argue the word is not hyperbolic in this context). His career too has been awesome but to me this era was his peak!

[@that_trans_dude942]

@@deeclark8769 That's amazing, dude! I'm only 18 now. I'd kill to have seen Dylan in his prime especially on the legendary 75 tour. Was it the Rolling Thunder Revue tour? Dang, you got to see some Gods in their prime. I envy your generation in that regard.

[@deeclark8769]

@@that_trans_dude942 No it was in 1965 ('66?) and he was playing with a group of musicians who later became The Band (minus drummer Levon Helm). He was so young. We were so young. And it was quite a time to be alive.

[@michaelgibbons8229]

In the mid to late 60s is when I'm guessing.

[@deeclark8769]

@@michaelgibbons8229 Yes, I looked it up. That tour was in 1965 and 1966. It was just after the 1965 tour in England documented in the great D.A. Pennebaker documentary, Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back (released in 1967). That film is a must see for Dylan fans.

[@DentistJoe]

Dylan I'd so poetic. I find myself lying in the dark listening to him every night .

[@brantley2171]

“How does it feel to be such a freak?”

[@mikepatrick5909]

I feel with me fingers...

[@guilhermealencar3891]

Impossible

[@henryporter_001]

Brian Jones grows moss

[@ferociousgumby]

You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground.

[@peterbaruxis2511]

Is what mine?@@guilhermealencar3891

[@rogerrrubin]

You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand Just what you will say when you get home Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says, "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" But something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone And something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You have many contacts among the lumberjacks To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well-read, it's well-known But something is happening here and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan" And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How" And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home" And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground There ought to be a law against you comin' around You should be made to wear earphones 'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?

[@kevincoutant9665]

I grew up with this album in France as a kid, spent nights to translate every words and finally saw him live in Brittany 2010 and you know what? It was a disaster in term of voice but I was dancing and crying all long thinking about the monument this man is

[@reaganwiles_art]

Bob Dylan saved the world so far as it goes.

[@jamescurtis8899]

Could be the greatest blues song ever. Yes, after another listen, I'm gonna make the call.

[@michaelmbithi2755]

Never gets old. Finding this song more and more relevant now in my life in 2023. "Somethings happening and I don't know what it is..."

[@robertpatterson3321]

Oh, sure you do. Otherwise you wouldn't be here! Cheer up comrade!

[@Phantompfart]

Dylan toured England in '65, and hung out with the Stones. This song totally freaked out Brian Jones.

[@michael-lt3jh]

Love Dylan but this is not a brilliant song its not epic its clickish he's flexing in a contemptuous way if I had found people that appreciated me and made those connections that bring about an awakening I could have written this song in my sleep or chose not to have written it at all its sad because it makes me relies that if you go through life with people that reject you you truly are here all alone

[@TheCrazystupidpeople]

I absolutely love that line.. "something is happening but you dont know what it is" totally reflective of the time it came out that something big was happening with the youth and the way the 60s was leading which ultimately became the hippie movement

[@PatrickHenry-pz1pd]

And to the communist movement

[@mrmrsearly3462]

I use it all the time!

[@kevincooke281]

It had nothing to do with the communist movement. Dylan was an absolute star. The press couldn’t get enough of him. People showed up in droves. It was the start of the hippie movement and Dylan crossed from folk to rock, suddenly. He was booed at concerts and reviled for a while. Then the album this song is on came out and his fame skyrocket. The press absolutely hounded him before and went crazy after. This song was in response to the press. Remember, there wasn’t any paparazzi photographers, only reporter’s with Press cameras. He was tired of the reporter’s asking stupid questions about the crossover from Folk and Beat Generation to rock beginning of the Summer of Love. Dylan had to have the answers so the press hung in his every word and he got tired of it and wrote what turned out to be a long lived great song about his inner troubles with stupid questions trying to figure out the beginning of hippie.

[@flamencoprof]

@@kevincooke281 Thanks for describing what I sort of organically thought he was saying when I was only 14 yo. It took me years to solidify what I thought, but you have added the extra element of his reaction to the press.

[@jeanneobrien7381]

the squares totally misunderstood this man

[@richardschock4220]

This is what the Beatles were talking about on the white album: "Yer Blues" "feel so suicidal, just like Dylans Mr Jones"

[@jimhunt2283]

I love Sabbath, Purple, AC/DC, but this is just... beautiful. Awesome.

[@clintdoney598]

This songs gotta be about the media and bobs stance with them

[@smokiebird06]

Fuck you and fucked Donald Trump.

[@gordo1441]

nah its about counter culture

[@stevenmilliman412]

No it’s about a fraud that wants to be part of two conflicting cultures and the one he’s grifting off sniffs him out.

[@cognitivedissident2881]

Someone did a video explaining how this was about the media at that time, I can't remember who it was.

[@iamd.j.7590]

"Give me milk or go home" 😂

[@aleksanderfinstad5785]

Only Dylan can write word like that 😉😅😏

[@7pazzainteramala]

*give me some milk or else go home

[@iamd.j.7590]

@@7pazzainteramala yes, you're right 😂

[@suchapill3077]

Harsh

[@Thermopylae66]

I don’t quite get it :/

[@Oliviacaptain]

You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand Just what you will say when you get home Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says, "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" But something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone And something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You have many contacts among the lumberjacks To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well-read, it's well-known But something is happening here and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan" And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How" And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home" And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground There ought to be a law against you comin' around You should be made to wear earphones 'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

🎸🎹 Oct 1966 The Black Panther Party was formulated. Bobby Seale writes about this song in his book "Seize the Time". There's a couple pages about it... I'll just give an excerpt: Bobby Seale wrote" ".... in the background we could hear a record, and the song was named "Ballad of a Thin Man" by Bob Dylan. Now that melody was in my mind. I actually heard it. I could hear the melody of this record. I could hear the sound and the beat to it. But I really didn't hear the words. This record played after we stayed up late laying out the paper. And it played the next night after we stayed up late laying out the paper. I think it was around the third afternoon that the record was playing. We played that record over and over and over. Lots of brothers stayed right over there with lots of shotguns for security. Huey P Newton made me realize the lyrics. Not only the lyrics of the record but what the lyrics meant in the record. This song is hell. You've got to understand that this song is saying a hell of alot about society." Bobby Seale of BPP... Breakfast Program Power... (really Black Panther Party 🤭)

[@cathulucraftian]

You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand Just what you will say when you get home Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says, "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" But something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone And something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You have many contacts among the lumberjacks To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well-read, it's well-known But something is happening here and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan" And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How" And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home" And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground There ought to be a law against you comin' around You should be made to wear earphones 'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?

[@tonikay3062]

Bobby is an Amazing songwriter! It is frustrating when someone is miss quoted deliberately! Oscar Wilde said it best, when he said: What is the difference between journalism and literature? Journalism is not worth reading and literature is not read at all

[@evangelinadimarzable]

Bob, the best composer in the USA. I love him

[@SeanLawlorNelson]

"You have many contacts among the lumberjacks to get you 'facts' when somebody attacks your imagination." - Bob Dylan

[@BopLouie]

This song is on P0rnhub, I know because I put it there.

[@jamesv.4662]

Link it up

[@nathaly6822]

good job

[@liamcronin8110]

very clever well played

[@zackzallie8735]

''You see somebody naked and you say who's that man?'' lol

[@liamcronin8110]

@@zackzallie8735 the sword swallow comes to and then he kneels Here is your throat back thanks for the loan 😂😂

[@howardmenkes2926]

The funny thing is, this all happened to me Tuesday

[@kevinobrien1602]

I had to find bob Dylan on my own. But at least my dad threw this song out for me. Hadn't heard it before he mentioned it. Definitely in my top 3 of Bob's music.

[@Aether_Star]

RIP Yoda. He fought a long battle and lost to ketamine in the end.

[@MrDan708]

A reporter breaks and enters the room of a gifted songwriter, and the world gets this. Thank the Lord for "Mister Jones"!

[@ThePlastickowy]

hunting me all my life. Love you mr Zimmerman.

[@mohtoadh]

“Thanks for the loan.”

[@Endy9]

Alternative before anyone knew what alternative was!

[@eslovexc]

Example of why Dylan won the Nobel Prize.....

[@maryp9466]

Protest folk was alternative. And controversial. But no one was better at it then. Or ever really.

[@michaelj8647]

And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is ...

[@iamd.j.7590]

Michael León Mr. Jones

[@mohtoadh]

Michael León Now, you see this one-eyed midget, shouting the word “Now.”

[@SwinginPig]

@@mohtoadh And you say, "For what reason?"

[@mohtoadh]

Swingin’ Pig And he says “How?”

[@rosswylde]

And he says, "Oh my god, what does this MEAN?!"

[@normannoury4934]

A masterpiece.

[@mostafaeid3969]

Who's here after last episode of peaky blinders

[@مستر-ب4ذ]

Mostafa Eid me broo💔💔

[@christopherprice2235]

Me, but Ive had the album since 1965

[@renevercruijssen8829]

Me !!

[@cher128bx]

Dear God, how predictable are we?

[@nicholasarbogast7277]

Richard Hawley sing that song on blinders Dylan’s the original but I like hawley a version better

[@G8GT364CI]

I bought this album when it was brand new in 1965, I was either 11 or 12, I had no idea what he was singing about but I loved the whole thing, the music, the vocals and the mysterious feeling I got when I listened to it, I knew something was going on there but I didn't know what it was but I had an excuse, I was so young, haha!

[@jvs333]

In 1966 I was a 12 yr old paperboy I bought this LP for “Like a Rolling Stone” I played the LP over and over in my room on my old Zenith Record player

[@geoffbaxter1509]

You were Mr Jones therefore?! Too many Mr Jones still unaware. Especially in UK and USA

[@G8GT364CI]

@@geoffbaxter1509 Not many people understood Mr Jones when they were 12 years old.

[@RayBrookes1954]

Exactly the same here with me; same age when I bought this album and half the time did not have a clue what he was singing about (still do not in some cases). Then I bought Blonde On Blonde and I was lost even more. A magical poet.

[@ElSantoLuchador]

I was watching a Yale course on literary deconstruction and the professor kept making a reference to "there's something happening here, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?" Judging from the reaction of the kids in the room they had no idea WTF he was even talking about.

[@peterbaruxis2511]

I often say to friends "I'm ready when you are , senior."

[@ElSantoLuchador]

@@peterbaruxis2511 That's some Sancho Panza shit, and it's the right answer.

[@peterbaruxis2511]

Sancho Panza, LOL- I had to go look that up, I never read the book. Now I'm confused.@@ElSantoLuchador

[@bellgab]

Timeless prose that resonates louder than ever in 2020

[@jerewarden2963]

Highways 61 his best album

[@filthyphillyboy]

At face value the song is like a Chicago blues number. But this particular conglomeration of sound involves more. Dylan biographer Robert Shelton has compared Dylan’s piano, especially the intro, to the theme song of the old courtroom TV drama “Perry Mason”, helping to subconsciously prod the listener that, in Shelton’s words, “Someone’s on trial here.” Al Kooper’s exaggerated organ sound gives a dreamlike (more like nightmarish) tone to his solo and makes me feel a little sorry for Mr. Jones.

[@mohtoadh]

I always thought this song had something to do with law, especially since he alluded to legislation: “There ought to be a law against you coming around.”

[@marycatherineclark5677]

I absolutely love this song and the lyrics. A masterpiece truly. Bob Dylan is a poet in his own right. ✌

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here

[@donhamson6048]

Walking thru Harvard Square heard this tune coming out of the Braddle theater asked at the box office what was going on Bob Dylan just stopped to play a concert to celebrate his start at this theater for anyone that was on the street at the time the guy is sensational

[@Al-himathy]

No way 2 years in Boston?? Live?

[@NCR-RangerFromBaja]

R.I.P Yoda

[@riggel8804]

I'm listening to this with 2 people right now and they know something is happening but they don't know what it is. Beautiful absurdity.

[@ilovedylan3943]

Love it love it love it!!! I've always loved this whole album but this song really gets to me. I truly don't know what it's about but I remember singing it in my head at one of my jobs... Sort of like"you know something is happening but you don't know what it is, do you MRS. . JONES". IT'S JUST TOO MUCH I LOVE THIS SONG AND ALWAYS WILL. THANK YOU!!!

[@suchapill3077]

Being a poet I like to think this song has many meanings: *abstract, situational, self reflective and zeitgeist."* I find myself reflecting on the title at certain times.

[@seanbassfilm]

Pluto girl I’m pretty sure it’s about the media constantly questioning Bob and never understanding him

[@nebbynoo1127]

Sean Bass ding ding ding!

[@MingusDynastyy]

There is no right or wrong way to interpret anything

[@colmcostello2945]

Hearin this live was 1 of the best experince ever

[@michaeldonovan4793]

first time i heard this i was fifteen, thought i died and gone to heaven...somebody, finally, understood me...

[@johnnyaces4290]

I don't blame you, it's easy to believe you're in heaven when his music is playing

[@imstuff9882]

Are you the person this distrack was directed towards then?

[@ianmichalski7997]

@@imstuff9882 No. I am

[@jcforrester2]

Yeah, Me too at 13. Best song on that record. So haunting and so real.

[@somapoet1814]

One of the best Dylan songs

[@ronaldomimessi]

Essa é a minha preferida! A melhor parte é quando ele diz: "But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you To all give a check To tax-deductible charity organization"...

[@johnswimcat]

This song must have scared a lot of people over the decades. Rightly so. We could do with a lot more people listening to it now

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

Love the album. Love the song. Love Dylan's music...Love Highway 61; I grew up and live on Highway 61 in Missouri.

[@turaldashdamirov2860]

ESG-den geldim:)

[@gratefulkm]

The best thing about this song, is that it's still the same Very few know what was happening