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[@robertlear2735]

The first time I heard this song it was in 1966, I think. A high school friend called me and said "You have to come over and hear this album by Bob Dylan! " So I went to his house and we listened to the album "Highway 61 Revisited". It really blew my mind, especially this song and "Like a Rolling Stone" and the title track, "Highway 61Revisited" The album has since been described as one of Dylan's best works and among the greatest albums of all time, ranking No. 4 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". It has a very strong blues influence used a lot of electric guitars, which was new for Bob Dylan at the time.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Seemingly new at the time, yes.....but his folk fans then had no idea that he had already fronted a couple of LOUD rock bands in his teens, playing electric instruments ("Elston Gunn and the Rock Boppers" and "The Golden Chords"). He'd already been deep into electric music in his high school years, and was simply returning to it after several years immersing himself in acoustic folk and blues. His favorite musicians in the late 50's were Buddy Holly, Elvis, and Little Richard. His folk fans in the early 60's were completely unaware of that, so they misunderstood his reasons for wanting to do electric music (again). He liked both electric and acoustic music, but with more serious lyrics for the most part, and he wanted to do both. That's all there was to it. It had nothing to do with "selling out" for commercial reasons or anything like that, but that's what many accused him of doing. Dylan always just played whatever style of music he most *felt* like playing at the time. Up to now he's done acoustic blues, acoustic folk, traditional songs, rock, electric blues, folk-rock, country, gospel, Sinatra-era standards, and some other kinds of songs that can't even be defined by any known label. Good for him!

[@Thomas-aka-TomD]

It would be good to hear his early works like "Pawn in Their Game", "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"....he brought civil rights awareness in the early 60's to the young white kids. That can also be a reason not everyone was a fan. "Mr Tambourine Man", "Like a Rolling Stone" deserve listening too also. There is a body of work that literally is a lifetime that deserves listening. Glad you are doing just that. He is a significant figure in music and influence

[@musicairplanes4884]

Bear Mountain.

[@mattjohn4731]

@@musicairplanes4884 Yes! Funny way to start a picnic

[@musicairplanes4884]

@@mattjohn4731 Those songs are the real " early Dylan".

[@brettnheather]

I elated that your driving into Dylan.. Keep it going ease He will continue to make a profound impression no matter the period.. And anyone who thinks he can't sing isn't listening properly. I get that they don't like his voice, okay, But the way he emotes and delivers makes him an amazing singer. He's the most influential songwriter of out time. A lot of that has to with way he sings. Thanks for the amazing reaction. Someone I truly respect listening to my favorite artist is such a treat.

[@chipjones817]

By the way Chod, Dylan's band is "The Band" except for Levon Helm who couldn't take the booing. The organ player is the great Garth Hudson

[@more5600]

You should do his song "Hurricane", the true story of boxer Ruben Carter who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Dylan wrote Hurricane to tell his story and he was eventually released. Great song, fabulous storytelling, a piece of history as well.

[@joelliebler5690]

Then done as an. Excellent movie!

[@vincentvancraig]

i get a little nervous w/ the younger kids hearing that....amazing song no doubt, but im 45, so i understand the context of the use of...ya know...."the word"....but, a younger person may be turned off by it....i subscribe to a fantastic reactor who was so, so in love with bob, reacted to hurricane a few months ago, and hasnt reacted to bob since----i dont know, it makes me nervous, because of the nature of language, and language use/manipulation these days...i dont know, i just dont know.

[@Pahdopony]

More Bob Dylan please! I listen to Bob every morning when I wake up to start the day and get my head right. He has so many great songs, Mozambique, Maggie’s Farm, Positively 4th Street, Jokerman and too many others to mention. Another great artist who also writes killer lyrics and has a deep catalog is Neil Young. If you want to listen to the best female singer/songwriters then take the Indigo Girls out for a spin. Their harmonies are out of this world!

[@barbarascotto3873]

"Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again"

[@Theimbennn]

The Mr Jones figure in the song is long time rumoured to be a “journalist” whether Dylan wrote it with one person in mind or “journalism” as a profession in general the character is put in all these surreal situations that he doesn’t understand because he’s close minded or doesn’t want to see or learn and Dylan at the time he was getting criticism from fans,journalists and other musicians for going electric and creating a hybrid genre between folk and rock so this is kind of a response to people not liking what he was currently doing calling them “Mr jones” He’s giving it his everything in this performance extra loud punk style in 1966. He’s not trying to sing perfect it’s about delivering those words to his doubters (in the audience) with feeling and venom.

[@otisdylan9532]

What I always found interesting about the song's lyrics is that he seems to be criticizing or mocking Mr. Jones, while at the same time putting Mr. Jones in situations where it's understandable that he's confused, as if at the same time that Dylan is mocking him, he's also partly looking at it from Mr. Jones' point of view.

[@derekellis7831]

Best descriptor of the sub context to the song... one of my favs.

[@rhwinner]

The series of London concerts he gave in 66 are legendary, if you care for a deeper dive...

[@blitztim6416]

John Lennon references this song in the Beatles song 'Yer Blues' 'The eagle picks my eye The worm he licks my bone I feel so suicidal Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones'

[@greghale6272]

Saw him play this great song in 1966 when I was 15. He, and the group ( the Hawks later the Band, minus Levon Helm) were all high. Dylan slid off his stool playing this. Guitar intro by Robbie Robertson. For a 15 year old, it was a life affirming concert.

[@slimpickins9124]

Ya Chod, some more classic Bob Dylan!

[@marianclough8577]

Dylan never sings his songs the same way twice. I discovered him when I was in HS and that was in the early 60s. Loved his poetry immediately.

[@richarddefortuna2252]

Great song, and very visceral in the context of the '66 British Tour, where many of his earlier "pure-folk" fans went to the shows just to heckle and interrupt Dylan's electric sets (a fan at the Manchester Free Trade Hall show, which may have been the one immediately following this gig, infamously broke a short silence immediately after Ballad of a Thin Man, and right before the closing number, Like a Rolling Stone, by screaming, "Judas!" to which Dylan famously responded by very audibly telling the band to "Play f@cking loud!"), as they were angrily disappointed with Dylan for "plugging in" and "going electric." You can hear a bit of that banter as this song begins, and is the reason for Dylan's "shhhh," because the folkies tended to get louder and more insistent as the electric set went on. Otherwise, you may recognize some of the organ riffs there, as I see that you've caught some of The Band recently: Dylan's band on this tour was The Hawks, who became The Band the following year, accept for the drummer, as Helm wasn't involved.

[@markpollmann7635]

Bob's backing band is "the Band"

[@jeffharry9675]

Went I was in high school in the mid 60's, Bob Dylan's music was a complete inspiration to me; all of his lyrics and melodies. I learned to play harmonica from Desolation Row, and to this day sing all the verses of Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands and Just Like A Woman. He was part of the pantheon of great musicians I grew up with. God, the memories and, despite arthritis, I can still play some guitar thanks the cortisone shots in my hand and wrist.

[@ushermore]

Great song, a favorite. The studio version is truly great.

[@bobschenkel7921]

I believe this footage is from the D.A. Pennebaker film Don't Look Back In Anger, which chronicled Bob Dylan's 1966 tour of The U.K.. Here he shows his true talent as he plays the piano as well as his known talent on the guitar, and his...voice. This is another Dylan song the Grateful Dead would cover, with Phil Lesh taking lead vocals. "Let Phil Sing, Let Phil Sing" the Dead Heads would chant.

[@maggiebryan2355]

Always loved dylan

[@lathedauphinot6820]

Bob Dylan actually was a way I bonded with my dad. At first he didn’t like him. When I pressed him he said he didn’t like his voice. I finally got him to listen to ‘Time Out Of Mind’ when it came out. Then I got him to go see him play. Then I played older stuff and he got it. He admitted that he’d decided not to like him when he was younger, saying, “He seemed to be against the soldiers, and I was a soldier.” I said he was born in May, 1941, same as you, and he wasn’t against the soldiers; he was against the war, and a lot of his friends were being drafted and sent to the war. He said that he was beginning to understand that. We’ve gone to see him three more times since, including once when he played at one of Willie Nelson’s 4th of July picnics in Fort Worth. We were in Colorado one morning and saw that Dylan was playing that night. We went to the gig to see about tickets and they had sold out, but his bus was in the parking lot, we wandered around following the sound of music and caught his sound check. Pretty cool.

[@johnr8820]

The last song he played when I saw him fir my 22nd birthday and man he nailed it! I was mesmerized

[@reggaelove7223]

Dylan been fire since the sixties. Been a fan Thank you for this... it's one of my all time Dylan favorites!💚🖤💛🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥🇯🇲🇺🇸🇯🇲

[@maryannetubbs5332]

It's like you said, Bob Dylan is the GOAT!

[@markturpin5667]

I've been a Dylan can all my life but what you say is so fresh and insightful and eloquent and completely to the point you've really raised my spirits to see that she or generation is irrelevant and there is only "now" Your analysis is amazing. Thank You. And well.done.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

So grateful I heard this from your channel. Loved the video. And I really, really love Bob Dylan. Can tell you have a deep respect.😍 Hope we hear him again from you. 💕

[@TommiBrem]

I love this tune.

[@philfranco7598]

Dylan is the greatest of all time….. The true Master…….Long live Bob Dylan. With me tthru my life.

[@sharonpate5481]

I love Bob Dylan ☮️🌻❤️😎

[@chipjones817]

Fantastic choice, ....from another Mr. Jones

[@bh9225]

Dude! You're a great drummer and a great critic. Thanks for reacting to Dylan!

[@edprzydatek8398]

It occurred to me while watching this that you should do a reaction to the movie "Don't Look Back" filmed as a sort of documentary when he did a British tour around '66 or so. First time I saw it I sat through it twice. It's in black and white. I think you'd enjoy it. Great reaction.

[@asmahism]

Great idea. Don’t Look Back was actually from his solo 65 Uk tour. The same film maker went back (that’s actually where this footage is from) with the intention of making another film in the Don’t Look Back vein but Dylan cut it all up and created a whole weird work of art house that was apparently shown on like abc once or twice and it’s sat ever since. It’s a crime that the original and heck even Dylan’s confusing version haven’t been fully restored and released. Thankfully the Scorsese film about Dylan has a good bit of this footage.

[@cathyortiz1280]

My Favorite Dylan song!!

[@supasoulproductions]

It's extremely hard for someone young in today's music environment to get the context of Bob Dylan going from an acoustic folkie to an electric rocker. He picked up a larger following from the rock crowd. But he became intensely hated by many of the folk purists at the time for 'bastardizing their music'.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Yes, about half of them, at the time. The other half loved his new sound. Some people really can't handle change....

[@bramsteenhoek2674]

@@georgecoventry8441 idk of that was your intention but that is ironically what this song is about

[@georgecoventry8441]

@@bramsteenhoek2674 - Yes, that is certainly part of what it's about. Dylan has a talent for writing songs which are about many things on many different levels, all at the same time. I think that tends to happen in really good songwriting.

[@georgecoventry8441]

"Ballad of a Thin Man" is one of the most intense songs Dylan ever did, and a bit mysterious too, in the sense of who exactly it's aimed at. A lot of people thought it was aimed at the press who were hounding him with inane questions at the time. It could have been aimed at anyone who thought they were in a privileged position at the time, but found themselves confronted with situations they didn't understand at all. He makes it sound so menacing. The lyrics are also full of sexual images...it sounds like some kind of nightmare experience in a gay bath house of the time or something like that. Who knows? But both musically and lyrically speaking it's an incredibly powerful song, and he delivers it with absolute commitment. In terms of the chord progression, the arrangement, the message, and the tune it is totally unique.

[@bradlymiller4936]

Haha good video, they hated him when he went electric!!!! Great to see you are a believer, get ready for an amazing ride.

[@thannaske5371]

So-ooo, you might do well to react to Richard Thompson. Songwriter. Singer. One of the GOATs on guitar. Amazing, deep catalogue of remarkable songs stretching back to the seminal English folk-rock band Fairport Convention in the 1960s. Still doing his thing better than anybody out there on any given day!

[@debrabeck9630]

Great reaction, thank you!

[@jamesbassett1484]

To me, Bob Dylan came into my awareness around 1963 as someone Joan Baez was introducing to the world. Joan Baez already ha somewhat of a buzz as a member of the Folk Music movement. Think Peter, Pu, and Mary, The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger. Richard and Mimi (Jon's sister) Farina... Music up until then was strictly the three minute song you heard on the AM radio. The Beach Boys singing about surfing and hot rods, the Four Seasons singing about women, Del Shannon singing about women, Pettula Clark singing about downtown, The Four Tops singing about women..... You get the picture. Musca was entertainment, something in the background. It was a world of big American cars, beehive hairdos, trying to get to first base, etc... It was VERY CONVENTIONAL! Everything was under control. Folk music challenged and confronted that world view but from a place of good intentions such as justice, racial equality, economic justice, and such. Then the Beetles happened. They didn't look how our parents thought we should and the girls went wild! My parent's generation was truly alarmed. This was out of control! Then the Rolling Stones happened with their even more confrontational sound and lyrics and content. Our parents were pretty much horrified. But the Stones were still of the same world. Then, to quote Joan Beaz, Dylan "...burst on the scene already a legend, the unwashed phenomenon, the original vagabond." He was of the New York Greenwich Village scene. His hair wasn't long, it was WILD! And his songs were about a world our parent couldn't comprehend and they didn't want to. Most of us could not comprehend that world either, but we wanted to find it and experience it. Our parents just didn't know what to think! So now we get to this song. It is supposedly about a totally clueless "music journalist" arriving to interview Bob Dylan and the scorn Dylan felt for him

[@blackeyedlily]

I don’t know of any other songwriter who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. I think that speaks volumes about the significance of his writing compared with others.

[@otisdylan9532]

Within a span of a few hours, you reacted to 2 of my very favorite Dylan songs. For this one, I prefer the version from the Highway 61 Revisited album, but this version is fine as an alternative version, and there is an appeal to seeing him perform it. A great follow up to this would be "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", which is also on the Highway 61 Revisited album.

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

The Guy is NOBEL PRIZE OF LITERATURE 2016(?) For some reason.!! It's a life achievement Award for having created a new form of expression in English/ American language ☯️✌

[@alphajava761]

I love that you are getting into Bob. I wish you would get back into the other Bob Dylan, Neil Young. Please react to Hey Hey My My live at Farm Aid 1985 by Neil Young (19M views).

[@brandonflorida1092]

Excellent choice. Thank you. Around this period, some people were very mad at Dylan for abandoning folk music for rock.

[@frankvisco8279]

More Bob Dylan!!

[@BrianR.]

Being on this Bob Dylan journey, you should check out his latest work for context. Murder Most Foul is a mind blowing recent release and well worth checking out.

[@lawrencesimon7355]

Thank you for the Bob Dylan reactions much appreciated. anything you want to know about Dylan I have the answers, you should do Hurricane, only a Pawn in their game and Lonesome death of Hattie Carroll, but my favorite is Every Grain of Sand and I don't think there are any reaction videos to every grain of sand,. Also, another way of showing his diversity would be to play some covers of Dylan, a couple of covers I love are Chicago Mass Choir doing Pressing On and Judy Collins cover of Dark Eyes, and since Dylan released an album last year it might be nice to do a song from the new cd like I contain Multitudes and Good-Bye Jimmy Reed or Crossing the Rubicon. he is the greatest song writer in American history and has been now for close to sixty years. I woukd love to see you react to my second favorite songwriter after Dylan Tom Waits, see what you think of him since you like Dylan so much. Tom Trauberts Blues love at Rockpalast is a good place to start with Waits.

[@dylanpl9613]

I’d suggest my favorite Bob Dylan Track “Boots of Spanish leather” from 64 truly a great lyrical genius.

[@frederickpando9444]

Bob Dylan performing on Speed!

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Love your response to Dylan 🌹.

[@anfieldarcher8545]

Raw talent

[@anfieldarcher8545]

Mickey Jones on drums what a drummer R. I. P. Mr Jones

[@sandrasmith8568]

Love Dylan and only watch the ones that love him too. Great site. I subscribed. Good job!

[@bobfleming7665]

Fans hated that Dylan switched from folk to rock, this is an artist essentially at war with his fans. To his credit he never blinked.

[@dannybaseball2444]

Another great video. Love your appreciation for Bob. If you get the chance, check out some of the videos from his latest album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, released in 2020. Key West, Crossing the Rubicon, I Contain Multitudes, Goodbye Jimmy Reed and more, ending with the 17 minute long, Murder Most Foul about the JFK assassination and the loss of America's soul. Was 78 when the album dropped, he started touring again this year. Check out old Bob too.

[@whogrl]

The interview with fans was done because he went electric and the folk purists in the audience were unhappy about it. Someone even yelled out ‘Judas’ . If you would read a little background on his songs before you react to them it would give you more insight as to some of the interpretations of his lyrics. Once again, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. He is definitely a modern day Shakespeare and we are blessed to be living during his time on this earth.

[@allanelliot9234]

Love your reactions!

[@LONGMAN772]

You cant put him into a category . he writes what he sings and no one else does this period!

[@frankvisco8279]

I also recommend the studio version of this song

[@brianmusson2789]

Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands is a fabulous song to react to. Long but brilliant !

[@michaeldrake2146]

Wilburn with this song and this tour it's the first time he started using electric instruments into his music and I guess the fans in England weren't to happy with Bob. The album this song was released on is called Highway 66 revisit. In my opinion it is one of the best albums he put out. It's the first time he used electric instruments into his music and I think it gave him a great sound.

[@stuarthastie6374]

Only a few in the audiences protested.

[@anfieldarcher8545]

Love how you get Dylan

[@flutesong5527]

Genius!

[@juliethompson5160]

Mid sixties. Dylan bashing in England. Beatle bashing in the States. Time has shown that this was a growth period for the cultures though it didn't always go smoothly. Explains maybe why the 70's took it easy and went to the discos.

[@vedantapdx]

When you see that adversity regarding Dylan, the English kids in the early 60's were reacting to his moving, evolving from simple songs with his guitar, to more abstract themes with his group The Band who backed him with an electric sound, and all those who fell in love with Dylan because of his folk songs just hated him evolving as a performer and a person. His next phase was a type of rock music that nobody had ever heard before. He was not abandoning folk idiom, he was evolving into something new and new to people. That was when Michael Bloomfield was brought in to provide the baddest ass guitar backing, same as he did on the Butterfield Blues Band in Chicago and later he hired The Band to be his backing band, and the young people who had worshiped his acoustic folk forms lost their minds and than? He changed again and spent time recording with Johnny Cash, a genuine folk idol with that Nashville, Grand Olde Oprey sound. Dylan never stands still, he just keeps evolving and that is one reason why he has the Pulitzer Prize and is writing things like A Murder Most Foul, pointing his finger at Kennedy's assassination for 17 minutes. Dylan is who all contemporary musicians are measured by. Have any other artists given a private concert for the Pope? Yes, Dylan is singular.

[@danilleblanc7487]

It was because he was switching from folk to rock music. The folk crowd thought he was selling out. It wasn't that they thought he couldn't sing, That wasn't an issue. People in the folk crowd or especially in the rock crowd weren't looking for packaged artists like say Celine Dionne type voices. It was a movement away from the standard Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin type singers. The only people who didn't like Dylan,s voice were not fans of the changing dynamic of the whole music scene. The Beatles kicked off the new music and led the way. Opening the door so that everyone was welcome, Bob Dylan was progressing too and he gladly adapted to playing rock music with a band. But in the beginning of his career his fans were mostly folk music fans. Again, they didn't like the fact that he had made the switch. Most of them eventually changed their minds after a while and came round to loving the rock revolution!

[@vincentvancraig]

part of the anger is that they loved him so much acoustically...then he "went electric" (which he had been since his youth, in reality, little richard was his chilhood hero)....but yeah, when he went electric, and "sold out", it pissed people off

[@dantean]

The objections in the middle of the performance refer to his having "abandoned" left-wing folk music songwriting to venture out on his own and become a poet expressing his own feelings rather than serving as a vessel for a political agenda as folkies wanted/demanded. He's called "Judas!" by a true believer during his tour of England after his break with those who would tell him what he has to do with his art and his gift. I'm glad you've taken on this task of experiencing his original and most important work. Anyone incapable of getting it is entirely without a soul the way people who can't figure out Ray Charles, James Brown, and Otis Redding are going through life like vampires incapable of casting an image when they walk past mirrors. Bob was the sun, the moon, and the stars between the early 60s and the early 70s, as were The Beatles, the Motown artists, countless artists spawned by the music companies situated in New York's Brill Building at the time, and the aforementioned giants of soul music, Ray, Otis, and James. There's nothing that matters in music of the last 60 years that doesn't come out of them (given the demise of jazz, sad to say) and the influence of the blues (and early rock 'n roll) on rock music beginning in the middle of the 1960s, as well. There's been nothing that doesn't trace back to those influences since.

[@ptournas]

Coincidentally, just a few days ago I read an interview with Harvey Brooks, the bass player in the studio version of this song. He said he was called by Mike Bloomfield and asked if he'd come down to a Dylan recording session because the bass player there wasn't working out. He didn't even know who Dylan was at the time, but he went to the session. The interviewer asked if Dylan told them how to play it. He said no, he just played it and I wrote down the chords and followed him. Then the reporter asked if he had a sense that this was going to be something important, and Harvey Brooks said "I don't usually think in those terms, but I knew something was happening and I didn't know what is was." Harvey, besides being a great bass player who played with practically everyone in the business, obviously had a great sense of humor too!

[@andythrush3341]

Great song. Bob's the man. Thanks for posting Chod. I love the angry Dylan! Much like the Beatles Bob, was tired of constant outside pressure on their lives and the criticism of their art choices..

[@augustinewestley7310]

"1966 Bob Dylan" was him moving beyond his fanbase's expectations from just a good folk singer to "rock-n-roll" star. The fans here are pissed because they came to see a folk singer, but really they got Dylan being Dylan. The reason I love Bob is his ability to do what he wants without giving a Shite about what his fans what him to be. He recently put out a number of '40s and 50s crooner albums. (like Dean Martian and Bing Crosby sounding songs.) Listening to his 60-year catalog shows the listener his life, his growth, and his independence as a human and an artist.

[@damonhines8187]

With the Band backing him up!! From England, '65-'66 is my guess. He was taking heat from the folk community for going electric. Awesome. Historic. ;>D

[@nelsonx5326]

This song is heavy.

[@vincentvancraig]

good lord....bob was "medicated" up to his EYEBALLS on this '66 tour, lol....its all blindingly brilliant stuff----u REALLY should go to netflix, and watch martin scorsese's 2005 "no direction home" documentary, its educational about the entire 60's, not just bob---but it just focuses (in a VERY in depth 3.5 hours, on only the first 6 years of his career)----it wont really ruin any possible reacions for you (maybe a few), but wow, Chod, i really think you'd find it fascinating, its long, but worth every second, because like every story scorsese tells, its a RIDE....my god, is it a ride, good lord....just epic

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

To us young people back in the day…..the line “Something is happening, but you dont know what it is” was a direct reference to the counter culture, the anti-war movement, the social unrest….everything that was going on, and our parents generation were often seen as clueless ……..they didn’t know WHAT was happening….they just knew they didn’t like it. It was a succinct statement of the generation gap.

[@vincentvancraig]

they were BOO-ING the F out of him for using electric instruments, thats what the beginning was all about

[@brunosm.l2267]

He got problems in London don't remember exactly why, but it wasn't just because ppl didn't like his music, otherwise they would not have gone to the shows. I think it is portrated in the first Scorsese documentary about him, but I haven't got the chance to watch it yet (speaking on that, if someone knows a page where I can't see it online would appreciate ti comment here. I couldn't find it).

[@doriwiljt]

Please watch the Dylan Doc called “Don’t Look Back” this is a clip from it.

[@bangmon1000]

😊👍

[@joelliebler5690]

Chad you hit it on the head though also many people like songs just by a voice and not the context!

[@thomascanfield9165]

Some of those young English fans clearly could not connect with Bob’s music on that tour. I saw another clip of a young teenage girl who was completely distraught after the show, and screamed out “ he’s a faker “ !!!

[@jerrymolina2623]

Do yourself a favor and watch this man speak. He is a true master of the American language. Watch his interviews. His rhetoric is most impressive.

[@jim7831]

DESOLATION ROW..

[@markpollmann7635]

This was the beginning of Bob going electric in mid 60s - great film about this concert called Don't Look Back and his concert tour in Europe- many fans of his folk music did not like the change .. I loved all his musical styles

[@keef7224]

Don’t Look Back is actually about the previous, solo acoustic tour in ‘65. This is from ‘66- the first electric tour- with The Band as backup (with Mickey Jones on drums instead of Levon). It was captured for the film Eat the Document, which didn’t even get released until the late 90’s.

[@timpindar]

The best film to watch with this content from 1966 is Martin Scorsese’s No Direction Home.

[@dougj7295]

Sounds like Al Kooper on the organ.

[@mamaflush9945]

"The Best of Bob Dylan- 1966"[Live HD FOOTAGE]" this video will give a much clearer understanding of what the culture was like, when Dylan was hitting the pinnacle of his career. The topics he chose to sing about was Controversial. But he was willing to take its own. That's also what makes him loved or hated. And there is another video that shows just how much he brought to Nashville Music as well. "Introducing Bob Dylan - The Nashville Sessions" Although, that's Controversial too. Hahaha And if you're interested in checking out an album Highway 61 Revisited would be a good place to start. There was a real anger directed at him, because many felt he was betraying the music he started out performing. "Folk Purists" the culture around music was Totally Different, from what anyone in this generation could understand.

[@dankofanz]

Those 'fans' didn't like him going electric. It was a really big deal at the time.

[@buskingkarma2503]

I wouldn't say Dylan was better than Donovan,Dylan is just better commercially known.

[@rogerwilliams7791]

Dude listen to all the Dylan you possibly can. I believe it's all good. Definitely will broaden your horizon.

[@stuarthastie6374]

His Christian faze was a drag, Dude.

[@markturpin5667]

For "She" read Age or generation is irrelevant. Thanks again for your amazing comments from the UK

[@douglasleinbach6313]

Studio version please.

[@thejoelrooganexplosion2400]

Check out Murder Most Foul - Dylan

[@bartstarr100]

Not too many people do a Dylan song better than Dylan. I prefer his version of House of the Rising Sun by a country mile.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Am I here all alone?

[@carrerlluna66]

That UK tour was famous for him getting hammered by fans and critics, as he was in the US too, for not remaining "their" reincarnation of Woody Guthrie. As soon as he moved away from pure acoustic folk and plugged into an amp he was considered a traitor and a sell out. Audience members would shriek at him during shows and his response to them ? Okay fellas..PLAY IT FUCKIN LOUD !!! I don't love everything he said and did but man he burst the doors wide open for so many things in music and culture. The Beatles loved and supported him but that tour almost killed him.

[@sandrasofiahsexton3917]

Not only an American Jew, whose population possesses incredible talent and genius in the cultural arena, but a descendant of Ukrainians, who seem to be a breed apart.

[@robertlear2735]

The album version is much better because the words are very important and they are much clearer on the album

[@thaddeus1950]

Do yourself a big favor and listen to Where are You Tonight or Up to Me

[@barbarascotto3873]

Dylan, the greatest songwriter, poet, and philosopher in history. PS he IS better than Shakespeare.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Piffle

[@31carrier]

Maggie's farm please

[@mattjohn4731]

Dylan's recent album Rough And Rowdy Ways is really good and critically acclaimed! Released at age 80! However I do think he should retire from touring because of covid. One must assume that people die as a result of his concerts. Rolling Stones, all these old artists are rich enough to survive covid but their audiences are getting infected. They should retire. Just my opinion.