Bob Dylan - Hurricane (First Time Reaction) OMG!!! 😅😂😲

[@matthewzuckerman6267]

It's a true story about Ruben Carter, a middleweight boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder. The song helped get him a retrial and he was eventually freed.

[@mmaaddict78]

There’s a movie about it starring Denzel Washington who plays Ruben Carter.

[@88pjtink]

He corresponded with Ruben quite a lot while he was imprisoned to write the tune.

[@Hexon66]

This is exactly why *context* is so important. I understand he got around to understanding later, but knee-jerk stopping mid-lyric just stirred the confusion.

[@captainkangaroo4301]

Exactly

[@Arkinals]

The Nobel Prize committee announced on October 13, 2016, that it would be awarding Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

[@jeffreyflint6286]

Racial prejudice was rampant in those days. Yay Bob Dylan for his guts to write this song. 👍👍🤟🤟⚘⚘⚘❤

[@jnash202020]

Jeez, glad those days are far beyond us. Not.

[@jeffreyflint6286]

@jnash202020 Sadly they're not. It's truly disgraceful and disgusting.

[@maryhanrahan]

Bob Dylan - always a social commentator and sang truth to society no matter what

[@warrenhughes911]

Keep BOB coming..he has hundreds..no joke.m

[@jeffmartin1026]

Bob never shies away from telling the truth in the language it needed to be spoken in.

[@trustenwilliams5112]

Really glad you played this song...and heard Bob for the first time...a good one to be introduced to him with...I liked your honest reactions and commentary...Bob's the man...

[@Kunsoo1024]

Strongly recommend the movie Hurricane, where he is played by Denzel Washington. Carter was eventually freed by an appellate court decision, but it took years.

[@TommiBrem]

Bob is thoroughly pissed off on this one. That's about all the swearing you'll ever hear in any of his recordings.

[@pilotavery]

Somebody said they think Bob Dylan is racist because they heard he said the n-word in one of his songs. I had to actually make him listen to the song because, like literally the exact fucking song that you're complaining about, did you even hear the lyrics? How the fuck can you call Bob Dylan racist? That's like calling an actor racist because they played a white racist person in a movie specifically about racism, he's just an actor who says the n-word it doesn't mean anything

[@Pahdopony]

They’re just words. Dylan meant them to be shocking because he was defending an innocent man who was rotting in a prison cell. Eventually, and partly because of this song, the Hurricane (aka Reuben Carter) was released from prison. The Hurricane was a champion middleweight boxer.

[@tamaramontoya6939]

Yes and the strong use of the n word was to convey that his own community , not just white people , abandoned him in his fight for freedom

[@peterginger]

It would be goodto read background of the story behind this song. Great reaction. Dylan has been around a long time and gone through many changes. Many of his socially conscious songs are from his early days and then switched from folk music to rock in 1965 and all hell broke lose.

[@rhwinner]

Incredible song. Enjoyed your reaction.

[@peggylovato8720]

And he sang this on live TV as well!

[@kevinogracia1615]

Ya gotta understand the story. Peace on earth.

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction.. We love to hear BOB tell a story!!! D.Miller W.P.B.

[@jeffreyflint6286]

An excellent choice Dyce! Great reaction! Written about the boxer that was wrongly accused and convicted. Been loving this man since the sixties. Keep on rocking brother! 👍👍🤟🤟

[@88pjtink]

Oh, and if anyone wants to know more about Ruben Carter, there was a pretty good film made about him in around the turn of the century.

[@williamlovett619]

A great introduction to Dylan

[@Mehwei]

He spoke up often - this is one of his many protest songs

[@espenvippen]

Bob had something to do with him finally being released. If you haven't seen the film, you must see it. The Hurricane with Denzel Washington. Greetings from Norway. 😀

[@jeffreyflint6286]

The movie was great too.

[@pilotavery]

Also to be clear a lot of the black community still felt that he was guilty and the sentiment was that he was just a crazy murderer. I think that the words make it more powerful, also he used the word specifically because it's a word that people were using and the song is supposed to be impactful. This song was a very powerful protest piece written in extreme anger.

[@thomasohare2881]

Pretty good reaction my good man. If you want to know anything about American music you NEED to check out this genius. HE influenced EVERYBODY! Simply put , Bob Dylan has been the hippest dude on the planet for over 60 years!

[@charsibaba6960]

You've got a picture of Bird [Charlie parker] on your set Respect !

[@warrenhughes911]

Hurricane is.. Reuben 'Hurricane'Carter Middleweight boxer...

[@antoniocunha8772]

masterpiece my channel, bob is a top 3 artist in all genres off art, something unique in his soul and voice , tnks from brazil

[@heyskipj]

I'm NOT CRYING!

[@jeffreyflint6286]

This really happened!

[@tamaramontoya6939]

I wish reactors would pull up the lyrics to songs while they listen. I think it helps so much in understanding what the song is about rather than trying to guess what the artist is saying

[@88pjtink]

Surprisingly, I don't believe it was very controversial. Because we were used to bands that actually sang about something back then, for one thing. And also, he was only recounting exactly what happened, as it turns out. So, you know....don't shoot the messenger. I think he played it live on PBS even. It was a less sensitive time.

[@warrenhughes911]

Reuben 'Hurricane'Carter.. Check out movie... Hurricane.. starring Denzel Washington.!!!

[@jillk368]

Read the lyrics over and maybe look up the story of Ruben "Hurricane" Carter online and give the song another listen. Hurricane wasn't on any crime spree. He was innocent. The song is the story about the people who framed him.

[@jeffreyflint6286]

Next up from Bob Dylan. Try out LIKE A ROLLING STONE! Go man go!!!

[@azmanothman]

this song is about rubin "hurricane" carter.

[@dawnmoore4329]

Powerful song. Now I'd like to see you react to a song that Dylan had wanted to cover and the performer who wrote it- "I Could've Had Religion" by Rory Gallagher. Check out his audio of the 1978 performance of the piece at the Agora Theater. It's killer raw blues by a master. Enjoy!

[@warrenhughes911]

Bingo..you got it .1960+1970.. Racial tension..

[@jnash202020]

Racism is rampant. Then and Now.

[@elishuk9942]

It was the 60s in America and race was an issue in places. "Hurricane" Reuben Carter was a black boxer who was framed for a murder that he didn't do. The song is in his behalf highlighting the injustice of the trial. This song was bold for sure! Loved watching your reaction when we knew what was coming. Reuben eventually was let free after many years in jail. Try- Like Rolling Stone, next!

[@jnash202020]

In places, got it!

[@TommiBrem]

"Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a great one.

[@cactuszak4454]

Bob Dylan is addressing racism in this song as well as corrupt cops. In this case a famous boxer is framed for a triple murder in New Jersey with the help of the actual murderers. The hurricane is one person. Bradly was a robber (white guy), and the actual killer. THE SONG WOULD BE REAL CONTROVERSIAL IF IT WASN’T 100% TRUE.

[@IsisMusic]

I want that poster of Alicia Keys. Saw her live once in Sweden

[@batman_jones]

I haven't seen a comment that responded to your question about whether that shocking word was socially acceptable to use in 1976 when the song was released. Especially by someone that wasn't Black. The answer then was that is it depended on how it was used. It was unacceptable to use it as a slur whether directly or indirectly. But it was acceptable to quote somebody using it (example: "Can you believe they just called that person a ******?) Or, as Dylan does here to describe a group of people that would use the word then (in this case Black people). I think everybody gets that the song Dylan is saying that he wound up in prison for 30 years because he was framed and nobody even considered he might be innocent. In the back half of the song he hits the cops for framing him and the only witnesses (career criminals who had been robbing the register when the murders occurred) for falsely accusing him and testifying against him. He hits White people for assuming the worst of him and he hits Black people for dismissing the possibility that he might be innocent. "And the media, they went along for the ride." In other words, even though there was no evidence, he didn't get a fair shake from anybody. In that line he's saying that even Black people didn't give him a fair shake. They just assumed he was guilty like everyone else. It was also socially acceptable in that era to use the word in a non-slur, poetic context like when John Lennon complained of the plight of women with his song "Woman is the ****** of the World." But the fact that it was considered socially acceptable, and completely unshackling, to use the word in 1976 and for anywhere between 10-20 years after that doesn't make it any less shocking or hurtful to hear it now, especially coming out of a White man's mouth. What Dylan did by writing and performing this song back then was unusual for how a White man stood against the fact that the system was rigged against Black people by White people. No other White popular musician was doing that then. And though it took a long time for Hurricane's conviction was overturned but the way Dylan brought attention to his case and made the injustice against him known to the world, so his intention was very righteous for those days. But even if it was socially acceptable and Dylan did a great thing by bringing attention to the case and the broader issue, I'm sure it hurt a lot of Black people to hear that word in any context in 1976 too. I think the societal context matters but I think that how it feels to hear it today matters more. It wasn't shocking then but it should have been.

[@warrenhughes911]

Check out..the movie.. HURRICANE..starring Denzel Washington..

[@genenekoebelin8707]

Ruben carter spent twenty years in jail and his name was cleared and he was released. He was known as the hurricane in the ring.

[@mikemorgan5015]

Ruben "Hurricane" Carter. Look him up. It's a bit disappointing that you didn't at least look up some information about this. I suppose you may want to go into these reactions blind, but when this was released, the Ruben Carter case was big news, so most folks knew about the conviction, but the news agencies didn't perform due diligence in telling the whole story, most likely due to his race. Dylan was a social activist/storyteller in times of great change.

[@cactuszak4454]

You won’t get de-monetized over this song. I promise. A few curse words won’t do it. Also no one can cancel you over this song, you can listen to this song on KZbin. BOB IS TELLING YOU HOW EASY IT WAS TO FRAME A INNOCENT BLACK MAN. AND THIS PARTICULAR MAN WAS ONE OF THE BEST BOXERS OF HIS TIME, IF NOT THE BEST.

[@et2petty]

Im glad you laugh at Rubin Carter and Bob dylan's attempts to free him ............poo poo on you

[@Coolrockndad]

Please read the lyrics. Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter is the boxer's name because he's a hurricane in the ring!

[@BassAce47]

If you listen a few more times you will give the track 10/10.

[@KenMusicReacts]

men you the best

[@olajohansson1678]

Some art works you need to study a bit before you try to understand. Hurricane a complicated story, you can't just listen to it and try to follow if you just expect any piece of music. It's like trying to get Bob Marley's Redemption Song by just listening to the rhythm, it doesn't work.

[@pilotavery]

Dylan gets the N-word pass because this song is literally an angry protest song written with anger towards the racial injustices at the time. It's the equivalent of a white actor playing a racist person in a movie about racism. The whole point of the movie would be to show the systemic racism of the time and about how awful it was but part of that means that you have to show it. An actor portraying a racist person and saying the word isn't bad, same thing.

[@pablolazaromartinez3541]

It can be controversial now in this glass world we live in. It wasn't in 1975, when people used the proper words to Talk things. Stupid to judge a 70s song with todas eyes

[@iancitizen6489]

Did you not listen to the lyrics?

[@IsisMusic]

Charlie Parker and Alicia Keys. :) You know your music

[@michaelhehir8116]

Well in fairness he had to find something which rhymed with trigger.

[@siriosstar4789]

Dude , read your comments. the people are explaining it .

[@gilevin100]

Your misunderstanding everything

[@gilevin100]

It's the story of Rubin Hurricane Carter...imprisoned for murder....a great professional boxer...played by Denzel Washington...in the successful film called Hurricane

[@gilevin100]

This song was part of the film soundtrack

[@garmit61]

If you want to understand Bob Dylan's politics with race issues in America, listen to Oxford Town. As well as being an amazing poet (taking his surname from my compatriot Dylan Thomas), he is a champion of racial equity.

[@pompelmostique]

You need to listen... It's a story about police oppression against a black boxer. They frame the guy. You seem to think it's a racist song and that would be incorrect. It's a true story about Ruben "Hurricane" Carter who served 30 years for a crime he didn't commit.

[@jimreedy1960]

You don't understand. Bob Dylan was and is a champion of civil rights. He was friends with Martin Luther King. This is the story of a black man who was falsely charged with murder and who spent 19 years in prison. Dylan heard about it and went to the prison and met with him. He wrote this song and it was at least part of the reason Carter was released. Dylan put himself in danger by writing and performing this song because it was unusual for a white entertainer to go to bat for a black criminal in the 1970s. Listen to Blowing in the Wind and The Times They Are A-changing to get a better understanding of who Bob Dylan is. He isn't just a popular performer. He is a legend.

[@markcasserly3992]

Hi could you please react to Bob Dylan's song 'Murder Most Foul' from 2020 when Dylan was aged 79, which got to number 1, thanks!!!

[@AlexanderCommander999]

Yes, that song is about the murder of American president John F. Kennedy, and the title gives a big hint how Dylan feels about it. It would be a good one to react to but please do a little bit of research beforehand. Cheers, mate!

[@Coolrockndad]

This tune is NO laughing matter! What's wrong with you? It was the first song to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

[@Coolrockndad]

OMG next time get the KZbin with the damn lyrics!

[@constantwireless3290]

Bob Dylan is a double edged sword. He's known as the prophet and with reason. Perhaps you know he's a follower of Yeshua. If you like the fire of this man you should listen as well to Precious Angel, Property of Jesus or Along the Watchtower. For a starter that is.

[@WildBranch3]

Careful about saying whom he follows. May want to watch his 60 minutes interview.

[@constantwireless3290]

@@WildBranch3 No need for. He has been very clear about it since the late seventies till today. Check his play list of the last couple of years as well and you get the picture.

[@WildBranch3]

@@constantwireless3290 60 minutes interview. I’m well aware of his acceptance due to Lonnie Frisbee. Might want to see what he says in the 2000’s.

[@constantwireless3290]

@@WildBranch3 Sure. Do you a link?

[@pbell44]

You really need to actually listen to the song. You stopped it after almost every line. And ended up not having any idea what Bob Dylan was actually saying. You seemed more worried about the reactions of viewers. We all know what the song’s about. Maybe listen again

[@kathryntitus9647]

You keep pausing it before you listen to the rest of the line about being black on the street. What is so hard to understand that he's sticking up for black people who are persecuted? I've seen a number of reaction creators react the same way, and others don't get all bent out of shape about it because they understand exactly what he's saying.

[@jamesrowe3606]

I'd suggest you read about the song then listen again. You missed the entire point of it.

[@alberto-os1bx]

Think about this. This song was written in 1974. Who would write a song like this today? Even if someone could write something like this he or she would never be allowed to sing it.

[@Hexon66]

What are blathering about? Who would be capable of not allowing a song to be sung? Granted, it wouldn't get on the radio, but that wouldn't have anything to do with the content. Try looking around, plenty of material out there, but the public has been anesthetized by corporate dreck.

[@alberto-os1bx]

It would have to do very much with the content. These days if you are not politically correct you are cut out ...cast away from the market. And today the artists are not willing to risk their career in the business world. I look around and I don't see artists taking a position which is not politically correct today. And when it comes down to mainstream most of the music today is trash....rubbish....not worth to be listened to. There are some talents here and there, but you have to look for them very carefully because it's rare good. In the sixties, in the seventies, even in the eighties and in the nineties if you hadn't a real talent you couldn't get up a stage or record a song. Today is different, very different, and in very bad way.@@Hexon66

[@alberto-os1bx]

Plenty of material? Are you sure about that? Nobody writes about racism today because it's not politically correct and for sure the few songs with a content of this kind don't break in the mainstream charts. Who would be capable of not allowing a song to be sung? The publishers, the record companies, people that decides what's profitable and what's not. @@Hexon66

[@ericcarlson8576]

Unfortunately, things in America haven’t changed much.