Bob Dylan - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Reaction (First Time Listening)

Here I react to Bob Dylan's It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) for the first time and share my quick thoughts on it.
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[@Taveren]

"He not busy being born is busy dying" That's truly A-line to live by, My teacher my English teacher in high school had it written above his door. It means that every day you should be trying to change yourself Is the reborn in that constant evolution allow yourself to die and love yourself to be born, But if you're wasting your life not doing anything you're just kind of marching towards death

[@bollykecks]

And Bob really lives by that line. You can see it clearly when following his career: Bob became famous playing folk in the early 60s, went electric in 1965, was booed and called a traitor for that by a lot of people, but continued on this path anyway. Then made a country album using a completely different singing voice just a few years later ('Nashville Skyline'). Estranged a lot of his 'fans' again with his gospel albums 'Slow Train Coming', 'Saved' and 'Shot of Love' in the 80s - or with his Frank Sinatra cover albums just a few years ago. Thing is: Bob's constantly changing, unpredictable and can't be 'typecast' in a certain genre. Some people don't like that. I, however, admire him precisely for that. And for his lyrical prowess, of course...

[@gratefulkm]

The line is more brutal than that To be born means no pre conceptions That means no language, no learning, no teaching no remembering If you attempt to remember anything then you are already dead if you know anything, then you have stopped looking If you look at a tree then name that thing a tree in your mind, then you have stopped looking at it But if you look at the tree without naming it, then your brain continues to actively look at it

[@davidalexander3320]

They used a version of that in Shawshank Redemption. "Get busy living or get busy dying"

[@davebrokenshire1086]

There' a line from The Shawshank Redemption, "Get busy living or get busy dying". So many people love that quote but so few of them realise it can be traced right back to Dylan. I'm sure Stephen King knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote that line.

[@joannevincent2035]

I'm 72 - old enough to remember all the milestones in pop music. This song and this album reset all the rules that were being followed in the mid-60s. It's just historic!

[@warrenhughes911]

Well put

[@thelennybreauarchives5675]

This kid's reaction is the same as mine---55 years ago: goose bumps and incredulity that have never diminished.

[@hohaia01]

It's the kind of song you could listen to a thousand times and still discover new meaning with each listen

[@joshmcbee2069]

Probably the best lyrics of any song ever written.

[@phillipwalker6517]

This is said of 70% of all his lyrics ever written. It´s genius.

[@neilc1803]

Debatable

[@johnfrombrm]

This and Hard Rain

[@richfox91]

not even the best song on that album. but it is a smoker!

[@elijahgiter9559]

Agree john... hard rain lyrics are great too... like a rolling stone lyrics are amazing as well

[@timlynch5710]

One of my favourite songs ever. It's embedded in my brain for decades. An early rap. It's perfect.

[@jackdawes120]

God, I was almost in tears watching you react with so much 'wonder' (?) to the lyrics. It was like watching myself in 1965...being absolutely smitten by the TRUTH of the words, the rhythm of the guitar, the breath control and the enunciation. I felt you were recognising all that...but possibly with less wonder (since I think young people know far more than my generation did about the 'wicked' world) but more with affirmation and recognition...hope I'm not second guessing you there. For me, some of those lines were seared into my brain...start any verse even now and I could carry it oto the end, though I'm not sure I could carry off the entire song without cues haha! "Old lady Judges"; 'Money doesn't talk it swears"; "Bent out of shape from societies pliers..." etc. They still stand up strong; forever young! Cheers, Ace!

[@dreweganfilm]

Keep reacting to Bob Dylan! His lyrics consistently give me goosebumps and have many times brought me to tears.

[@warrenhughes911]

One man!! No drums..no bass..like he is sitting on your couch...GOAT..Fuck Shakespeare..lol

[@warrenhughes911]

He has many, many, many,more..lol

[@electrafone]

The creativity that Bob displayed in that short span between 1965 and 1967 is probably the most astonishing output of any artist in any field. Not only did he create 4 amazing albums (Bringing it all Back Home, Hwy 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and John Wesley Harding) but he also recorded all the Basement Tapes material with the Band. Incredible! To me, the most amazing song of the period is Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands. Yet he continued to produce masterworks in all the decades since. Some of his lesser known songs that are definitely worth a good listen: Blind WIllie McTell, Dark Eyes, Abandoned Love, Things Have Changed. But trying to make a short concise list is impossible. The number of absolutely incredible songs in his catalog is mind-blowing. He simply has no equal.

[@Whatzzzz999]

Those 7 albums - Freeweheeling through to JWH - represent the finest consecutive output of any musician, in any genre, ever. World-changing stuff, shaped and informed a generation... more words fail me...! PS - what a great singer he was. I love that voice.

[@letsif]

Pleasure to watch you react with awe and wonder upon hearing this song for the first time. Dylan is a bottomless pit of creativity that just keeps on giving. You've got a lifetime of listening ahead of you, but still won't scrape the bottom of this great artists deep well of limitless creativity.

[@EnRaiter14]

Truth! He made a good trade with the Chief Commander. His ability to reach into a rich vein of his unconscious and pull it into our collective world with such dazzle is extraordinary! Lump in his consistent hesitancy for public glory and he's just one of a kind. He would make Shakespeare sweat.

[@GD-rd6ig]

Your reaction reminded me how lucky I feel to be a lifelong Dylan fan

[@thorsluter7835]

This is one of many Dylan masterpieces. He's at the top of his game with the rhyme scheme, and the guitar and harmonica are extraordinary, but that all takes a back seat to the lyrics... You asked at the end of the video to name a favorite Dylan song, well, that's an impossible question to answer. Ask me on Tuesday at 4:14 in the afternoon, and it will be "Buckets of Rain", ask me Sunday evening, and it will be "New Pony", they're all my favorites, depending on my mood.

[@IrishFootyVlogs]

It's amazing how his long songs never seem long... His voice is amazing too...

[@georgecoventry8441]

I had the same reactions as you to this song back in 1965, when I was 17 years old. It was just stunning. It's a genius level song. That whole album is amazing. I suggest you also check out "Gates of Eden", "Jokerman", "Mr Tambourine Man", "Changing of the Guards", "One More Cup of Coffee", "Tangled Up in Blue", "Visions of Johanna", and well...a couple hundred other extraordinary Bob Dylan songs. There is no one else like Bob Dylan. He communicates so powerfully on every level...lyrics, voice, and music. Just nothing else like it.

[@timothyjones3410]

It's the best rap song that anyone will ever write. Nobody could produce a rhyme scheme like that, keep to the point, and keep it coherent, except Bob Dylan. It's an architectural achievement among other things. Also, something not enough noted about Dylan, is that he has been exploring the ground between singing and talking from his very first songs. It's not just his expressive song creations, it's his constant commitment to types of performance that have never before been tried.

[@Mike-rk8px]

This album came out in March 1965, followed by “Highway 61 Revisited” in August 1965. Both of these albums are mandatory for any Dylan fan, not one bad song on either. On “Highway 61 Revisited” is the 11 minute poem set to music “Desolation Row”. In 1966 he released what most Dylan fans consider to be his best work, the double album “Blonde On Blonde” which also doesn’t have one bad song.

[@SeanDaRyan]

Blond on Blond is overrated. New Morning is better

[@EnRaiter14]

@@SeanDaRyan agree with both points. Blond is amazing obviously but yes new morning is imo way better. Oh Mercy needs love too with that hitting trio of man in the long black coat, most of the time, and what good am I.

[@SeanDaRyan]

@@EnRaiter14 honestly Blond on Blond is my Least fav of his albums in the 60s …Dylan’s 90s are VASTLY underrated!

[@Richb144]

@@SeanDaRyan Or at least as good. Many are critical of New Morning. But there is some great stuff on there: Went to See the Gypsy, Sign on a Window, etc.

[@BillyBertie1965.]

@@SeanDaRyan Have a look at the album learn it’s title spell it properly and give it another few listens. Blonde on Blonde is a masterpiece a Dylan classic and classic Dylan New Mornings a very good album but not in the same class as Blonde on Blonde. I first heard this when I was ten via my older brother I bought the album when I was 15 i retired last year and still listen to it. An Absolute Gem.

[@snakelite61]

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall has exquisite lyrics. You might also like Idiot Wind.

[@autodogdact3313]

I will always remember teaching my friend's sister to play guitar. I was teaching her Idiot Wind. Her room was right next door and for days we kept hearing her sing "Yiiidiot wind" through the wall. Lol

[@howardrobinson4938]

Dude, I love how much you dig Bob's voice given how often we hear people talk down his voice. Just goes to show you how clueless people can be. And isn't it crazy that, his lyrics aside, even his voice alone communicates the same message of his lyrics. Coherence between his message AND voice. Wow!

[@oldarpanet]

The sneering in Positively 4th Street is so appropriate for the song! His voice is a strong part of the message of the lyrics.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Amazing as the lyrics are, and the music, it's actually his *voice*...his vocal expression and tone...that is his most powerful tool...because he totally lives the meaning of the songs in his voice. He feels it when he sings it, so it's not just a "musical performance" in the usual sense of most pop music. It becomes something absolutely *real* in the moment he sings it. After a lifetime of listening to Dylan, I can say his voice is....and always has been...his greatest asset, and it delivers the best lyrics ever written in pop music in the most telling way.

[@michele-33]

@Howard Robinson, I totally agree. Bands that cover Bob's songs are better singers 'technically' but don't have Bob's ability of inflection, phrasing etc, you know what I'm saying! On the other hand I haven't attended a Dylan concert in over a decade. He makes his songs unrecognizable which I don't blame him for. I can't imagine having to sing same songs in the same style for over half a century. I know other artists can do it but Bob's not one of them. Much love and Blessings✨🕯️✨

[@georgecoventry8441]

@@michele-33 - One thing you would notice at his recent concerts, Michele, is that he does the most recent songs (that is, the ones from the most recent album) very similarly to how they are on the album. Example: his recent album "Rough and Rowdy Ways". He is doing those songs very much the same as on the album....so if you already knew the album well, you'd immediately recognize each song. It's the older songs that he is often doing quite differently, perhaps because his way of doing them has changed with time as he has tried out different arrangements and styles. Bob likes to keep moving, and trying out new things...and he was always like that, through his entire career.

[@HeliotropeCA]

I grew up in central Pennsylvania in a small farm town and somehow got into Dylan in about 1963. i remember playing this song for my Mom ❤ I left my town in 1965 to go find him in NYC but no luck. I'm now a 76 year old woman and love him and respect him more than ever. I finally saw him in San Francisco in 2013 2 nights in a row (right in front of the stage) at the Bill Graham Center. ❤❤❤ greatest storyteller of our time. Thank you for your appreciation of him.

[@breadsandwich336]

the way so many of bob dylans song still hold up today and stand out as great just as well say the did decades ago.. amazing

[@taragreenetarotastro]

March 1965 we were all lit from hearing the proper Dylan, he deserves that Nobel Prize and at 80+ he's still making amazing music, the voice is also put on, Dylan's voices changes all the time

[@roncarpenter7240]

IMO Dylan's best song lyrically is "Desolation Row". He should have won the Nobel prize for that poem alone.

[@stevewilson6017]

I agree in a way,but Desolation Row almost sounds like a song he wrote to see,"Let them try and work this one out !

[@JerisEve]

@@stevewilson6017 It wouldn't exactly surprise me. I've never been able to come up with a coherent understanding of the song as a whole. The verses make sense, but I can't put them all together. Maybe he was just playing with words or memories from literature. Probably not, but it makes me feel less stupid to think so.

[@davidwilsonBC]

'Love Minus Zero' and 'Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands' are two favorites. Best album: 'Blonde on Blonde'. God works through this man.

[@pms0806]

Every line is absolutely genius. Been a fan for at least 55 years, listen to his music everyday still. Happy to be working from home and just being able to ask Alexa to play Dylan. ❤

[@kevinmccarthy4088]

When this album came out on vinyl I was 12. This song was on the second side one of the four acoustic songs on the album. Listening to that second side over and over again just blew my young mind to pieces as apparently happened with millions of others.

[@jackdawes120]

Oh yes!!

[@JerisEve]

@@jackdawes120 Yup!

[@HeliotropeCA]

Perfect reaction! I've loved him since 1963.... it's always his words ❤️ so right on! And his voice...OMG.... I left my little PA. town the first time in 1963 to go to NYC to find him, didn't find him but he was my catalyst through most of my life.....I still adore him. I saw him for the first time in 2013 at the Bill Graham center in San Francisco. Love everything he does but Masters of War is deep. I'm a 76 year old female flower child ❤🎶🌹

[@EwanReviews]

That’s amazing :)

[@philfranco7598]

Bob Dylan…….. The True Master……… Greatest of All Time. Long live the great Bob Dylan.

[@jillybe1873]

Thank god for showing me Bob Dylan at 13, what would my life have been? 😇

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Thanks for the honest reaction. Check his age when he did his first albums up to Blonde on Blonde. We’ve been very privileged to witness this comet.

[@jthaw]

You might want to listen to Dylan's "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands".

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

My favorite is still Mr Tambourine Man the lyrics are in the Norton anthology of literature in the Poetry section. Been listening to him since 1966. And it never gets old

[@canalcosmos2390]

There’s a live version of this song from his 1974 tour which is really energetic and powerful! You have to listen to it, it’s on the album Before the Flood!

[@RkreationsUSA]

Agree, the intensity in that version is next level.

[@warrenhughes911]

Yo.check out..'Oxford Town'....'Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll'...Lily,Rosemary,and Jack of Hearts(they could make a movie from this one..I can't wait)....Hollis Brown..

[@alandavies3727]

There’s an Australian tour when he sang this song which is absolutely incredible. He speeded it up. It’s the most unbelievable thing I’ve ever seen.

[@RexWeylerMusic]

So much fun to watch you listening to these great Dylan songs .. reminds me of me -- hearing these for the first time 60 years ago .. I'm old now .. but when I watch you hearing this, I feel what I felt in the 1960s. "Oh, my god!" This was the voice that exploded pop music, changed radio music forever, and created what we think of now as "the sixties." Dylan nailed it, as you clearly hear. thanks for doing this ..

[@gentryxc]

You've just listened to the tip of the iceberg of Bob's song. You sound like your ready for a deep dive into his music. I'm a child of the '60s and Bob is definitely the poet of my generation.

[@SirRobinDeSway]

I saw Dylan live twice back in the 60s. No “costume” no chat beyond maybe “This song is called…..” We fell completely silent; no one talked, no one moved. Dylan alone on the stage, single Mike, guitar, harmonica in a harmonica holder. A rather elfin figure. I can remember being mesmerised. In fact I think I still am.

[@darrelpattison7611]

The greatest songwriter of all time.

[@jimbrown6323]

i do feel this was his best , "desolation row " is very close , and the sentiment in " its a hard rain" is just fantastic

[@steveneardley7541]

I listened to Blonde on Blonde when it first came out, and began to understand what he was saying. It was like a revelation. I was so excited that I went to a friend's place at midnight and banged on his door. He was a big Dylan fan. We spent the next three hours going over the lyrics of several of the songs. Music was so important to us back then. It was a centerpiece of our lives. I was at Antioch College when Magical Mystery Tour came out. Someone was walking down the road and held the album up and yelled "The new Beatles album!!" A whole crowd of strangers began following him, like the Pied Piper. We ended up in a totally darkened room and listened to the whole album in complete silence.

[@chrispoole2438]

I love his old testament stuff, Jokerman is one of these. I also adore Tangled up in Blue and Not Dark Yet (and so many more)

[@SaxonsGlory]

I have been a Dylan fan since I first heard him so many years back in my youth as I am only a year or two younger than he is. He had so many incredible songs with brilliant, brilliant lyrics, but this one has to rate as the best lyrics I have ever heard in a song. So deep and so many aspects to it that allow the listener so many different variations on its meaning and just what he is saying or who this song represents. I have been a blues and rock vocalist my entire life, but Dylan remains an icon and a legend to me. Nobody has ever attained the levels he did with his lyrics and I seriously doubt anyone ever will. Bob Dylan is a once in a lifetime phenomenon.

[@Squeekyleaks]

My absolutely favorite jaw-dropping song of his is "With God on Our Side" from 'The Times They Are A-Changin' album 1964. I'm still hoping someone will react to it. Mind blowing and still relevant, another masterpiece!

[@maxout7306]

Mesmerising. 1965. I would recommend this album to anyone who wants to find out about Dylan as around this time he was considered to be the hippest guy on the planet. Thanks for sharing.

[@tenisalot]

You are right...just look at him on the album cover...only to be outdone by the Hwy 61 Revisited cover!

[@jasondylansargent2195]

Bob Dylan is the man the greatest songwriter of all time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ❤️

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

The poet ! Aw Bob.. 💗 wish this song went on forever.

[@simonebomprezzi8227]

one of Dylan's most extraordinary pieces. the acoustic version of tour 86 with Tom Petty my favorite. powerful electric versions in the latest live performances of this masterpiece. a phrasing and a rhythmic cadence of the words and verses that is almost hypnotic. bob dylan, a giant. thanks for the reaction

[@Harvestersz]

I can not tell you when I first heard this song. But I can tell you that all these years later the line 'Money doesn't talk it swears' has stuck with me. It's burned deep down into my soul.

[@barryderby]

There are so many greats to choose from. Try One More Cup Of Coffee, live from the Rolling Thunder Review, Like a Rolling Stone of course, Forever Young, Brownsville Girl, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat, Just Like a Woman, Visions of Johanna - the list goes on and on, hundreds of brilliant songs. You could just react to Dylan and never run out!

[@thorsluter7835]

Well said. And you're just mentioning his old stuff. He made a lot of great music in his "christian" era that I believe flew under the radar because people were turned off by it, also, "Infidels" is definitely up there with his great albums. I saw him in Nashville in 2001 supporting his "Love and Theft" Album (another one of the greats), it was by and far the best concert I've seen. But on the flip side, I saw him in Syracuse NY in 1979, and that was, without a doubt, the worst concert I've attended. Sorry for the rambling post, but Dylan is so multi-faceted, that, as you said, the list goes on, and on, and on...

[@barryderby]

@@thorsluter7835 I agree. Slow Train Coming, Every Grain of Sand, Gotta Serve Somebody, Thunder on the Mountain, Make You Feel My Love, right up to the amazing Murder Most Foul.

[@grunntalll]

@@barryderby Precious Angel, What can i do for you. Check out the live version with video of What can i do for you. It's his best performance with video on youtube imo

[@steveneardley7541]

I'll put in another vote for Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat!

[@zimmee]

Impossible to pick a favourite Bob Dylan song. They're all so brilliant and special to me. Bob has a unique singing and talking voice that communicates and connects with us. I write songs and just about everything I go to write about I think, oh no Bob's wrote about that too. Not only that, he's still doing it. There's been a million wows here. 😎 💛🎶

[@samlewis7878]

Check out NOT DARK YET . This is a more contempory masterpeice. This will also blow you're mind. Love your review. - Yes--- Bob can make you speechless.

[@paulorobertojunior4672]

The most powerful rock'n roll song ever made.

[@lextek.]

Part of the citation for Dylan's Nobel Prize reads "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". And this album is from 1965 and he's rappin' better than any current or past "rapper".

[@Heretic2609]

Hi Ewan, Greetings from England. I have just watched your review of It's alright Ma, and love it. I heard this when I was 16. It had the same impact on me as you show. I will check out more of your reviews. Keep it up mate. Great work.

[@marianclough8577]

I was in HS when I first discovered Dylan. I loved his lyrics because I was busy writing my own poetry. I've never stopped listening over the following 50+ years of Dylan songs.

[@87ventus]

Hi great reaction to a fantastic song. My favorite line is "for them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely".✌

[@RandyHall324]

So glad you decided to react to this (just subscribed), and to see your reaction matching mine from ages ago. I was a young teenager when I discovered Dylan - it was somewhat life-changing. No exaggeration. I'd encourage you to go down the rabbit hole - it's deep! Favorite lyric? That's a million dollar question. For pure poetry, I might go with Mr. Tambourine Man; He's got a few visceral put-down tunes (dis-tracks?) that are classic, Positively 4th Street and Idiot Wind (don't cross Bob unless you want the whole world to know about it); and some absolute epics like Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts (listen dozens of times, and you'll still be piecing it together), and perhaps my favorite, Desolation Row.

[@EwanReviews]

I’ve gotta react to that one too!!

[@heatherc2939]

In these divisive times it gives me great joy to to see YOUR joy. 🥰😍🤩

[@doriangrey1650]

I see myself reaction to Bob 50+ years ago. Good on you. It's good to see young people listening to Bob's spoken word poetry, grasping the meaning and understanding the continuing relevance. I suggest you dive deeper with Desolation Row, The Times They are A Changing, Masters Of War............ Another master wordsmith of similar style and skill level I would recommend listening to is Gil-Scott Heron; The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Gun, The Bottle........ The Bloods I hung out with in the Corps in the 60s turned me on to him and I turned them on to Bob. Fair Exchange.

[@oldarpanet]

One thing that always amazes me is realizing he wrote this when he was 23 yrs old! For a lighter side of Bob, for tremendous story telling, try Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts. Great story song. (also from Blood on the Tracks album.)

[@kellygrace7967]

A thoughtful, active and insightful listener. Subscribed.

[@dennisrecklaus2469]

My honest opinion is if you have a favorite Bob Dylan song you need to listen to more Bob Dylan, for me Dylan is mood music, a diffrent favorite for every mood you're in, Masters of War, Hurricane, are special, when Dylan went electric Tangled up in blue is a masterpiece...

[@AliasMark69]

Bob Dylan walks out to center stage.... Doubleday Field- Cooperstown N.Y. Crowd of around 7,000. He sits down with his guitar and sang the first verse of this masterpiece and the crowd went crazy screaming their approval that Bob stopped playing to say Thank You, then started the song over again. I was about 25 feet away and will never forget the way I felt and the crowds reaction. A Standing Ovation lasted for many minutes before Bob started doing...."Like A Rolling Stone" and that song was beyond description how everyone was blown away. A life changing event for me and my family.

[@HeliotropeCA]

Thank you Ewan....for your perfect reaction, you get him. I love him so much.

[@DanJamesJames]

Try Visions of Johanna from the Blonde on Blonde album

[@kenhoyer8601]

I've been listening to this song and even memorized a couple of verses for over 50 years and just starting to understand the lyrics.

[@davidstenton4365]

*Ewan* Putting the ENORMOUS influence & contribution Bob has made to music, everyone from The Beatles to Jay Z and everyone on between, one COULD argue Bob was the first rapper.! I wrote this before watching your reaction.... I did so because *THIS SONG* might be his closest to a modern artist such as Eminem... David .....

[@donnabruhn6907]

The music of the 60's and 70's was groundbreaking. So much talent

[@DogFish-NZ]

I only just found you , this is one of the greatest , most influential songs of all time. Bob played it himself at his 30th anniversary concert. nobody else was allowed to touch it lol

[@anfieldarcher8545]

His phrasing delivery, and the imagery is insane. When you get into Dylan and start looking into the meaning of his lyrics trying to figure him out you go deep, anyway enjoy BIABH. My first BOB DYLAN album I bought and my best with BLONDE ON BLONDE

[@gesualdo1613]

Very interesting video. I thank the editor mr. Ewan the diffusion of that jewel of this song of the 20th century. It is to be expected that the younger generations can appreciate this work of a true artist (not a singer like Elvis, or an elite guitarist, not a defender, against the history of an immovable style). This jewel has turned more than half a century and shines like the first day. (I apologize for my poor English).

[@steveullrich7737]

No apologies needed you conveyed your meaning perfectly!

[@pablolazaromartinez3541]

Try Things have changed. I LOVE It!

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction.. Tyr Lily, Rosemary and Jack of Hearts.. Black Diamond Baby...

[@ghraydon]

It's so fun to watch you young people discover the genius of Bob Dylan. You think his songs are "shocking", well you should have seen how shocking they were 57 years ago when this album was released. In an era when songs like, "What's new pussycat" and "I'm Henry the Vlll I am" were topping the pop music charts, BOB comes out with THIS SHIT! It was like a chain saw ripping through cotton candy. I first saw him playing at the Wilson High School Gym in 1964. The show wasn't sold out because most people in Long Beach, California had never heard of him. My life changed that night Forever. My eyes were opened wide, to a new and deeper reality. After that, I hung out at the local record shop itching to buy his next release. When this album you're discovering came out, I had it back at my house on the first day of release. By the next morning I had every song on the album memorized. No other musical artist in American history has had such a profound and lasting influence on our culture. So next time you see some geezers shuffling down the sidewalk, ponder the fact that they were hip to this stuff before your parents were even born. Keep discovering... there's no end to his genius. I'm so happy for you.

[@steveclark95]

It is so fascinating to watch someone so at your age delving into Dylan. It also is comforting in some ways. I remember listening to this album over and over while tripping my ass off on acid in 1968. Really intense night it was too. Dylan’s music has been so much a part of my life and I am very grateful. It is kind of like watching a tree grow as it gets bigger and bigger as time passes. An older song you may enjoy is “ Masters of War”. The final verse never fails to bring tears to my eyes. It is a “must listen”

[@brendanc.8019]

In some universe Bob never stopped and is still spitting bars out to this song!

[@JumpingCow]

So hard to pick a favorite! I was just listening to "You Gotta Serve Somebody" earlier today, and it is terrific (in words and delivery). I happen to like "Ramona", and of course, "Visions of Johanna". I mean, "Don't think twice it's alright " is a masterpiece, for its genre. Who can't relate to "Dear Landlord"? "The times they are a changing" is a cliche at this point, but when it was written, this was what was really happening. "Masters of War" - I used to hum this on my way to my job at a defense contractor. "I Dont' Believe You" ("she acts like we never had met...") is hilariously funny, and depressing at the same time. "It ain't me babe" - great song, despite Sonny and Cher. I could go on. Nobel or not, Bob Dylan has changed the world. He is a True Original, and marches to his own beat, for sure. Brian Wilson may not be made for these times, but Bob Dylan helped create them.

[@peter2010900]

Dear God ~ thank you for Bob Dylan

[@charlesbogle6544]

Amazing song... I remember thinking there is something very uniquely powerful about this poetry and performance, so I listened to it over and over and memorized it as well as I could. And it amazes me that this was written in 1965, the original rapper Bob. Check out John Taylor Gatto - showed me how our systems are set up to oppress creativity and individuality through Prussian oppression military industrial complex style schooling... Great video reaction man, very cool to see you really groove and feel the reality of this bold honesty. Rock on SOULfully!!

[@Victorprossart1]

React to MASTERS OF WAR.

[@keef7224]

As incredible as this song is, it’s just one out of dozens of masterpieces that Dylan has written, and he’s not done yet. Most artists don’t have even one song that comes close to this, but for him it’s just a drop in the bucket.

[@electraruby4078]

What a genius a GENIUS!

[@Pinkcloudsky1]

Dylan is the Master....so many are great! Can't pick one

[@dennisg.582]

WOW!!!! A young man listening to Dylan for the 1st time!!!!!!

[@ChipG3000]

You’re right, a great song! There’s a video on KZbin of Dylan singing it live, just him and his guitar and harmonica. A powerful performance.

[@chungboislim2061]

You put it well at the end. Most of my favorite films and music I can't even bring myself to watch/listen to most of the time. It's like that line from American Beauty; "Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it." This song is almost too good. Almost 8 minutes of super dense poetry with each line being more profound than the sum of most musician's careers. Some of the other music that is probably too good to listen to too often - Ys (album by Joanna Newsom), I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (album by Bright Eyes), In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (album by Neutral Milk Hotel). If I had to pick particular songs from them; Emily, Monkey & Bear, Only Skin Land Locked Blues, Lua, First Day of My Life, We Are Nowhere and It's Now Oh Comely, King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1, Two-Headed Boy I would also put a lot of Eminem songs in this same lyrical category as strange as that might sound. Songs like Sing For the Moment, Lose Yourself, Rock Bottom, Stan, The Way I Am, White America, Criminal. So many truly beautiful songs that are conveying very profound ideas. Would love to hear if you are familiar with any of that stuff, and if not, would love to see your reaction. Cool channel bro! Thanks for the reaction.

[@markwaldman5389]

This song -- and the album -- hit us the same way back then. There wasn't anything like it -- or like Dylan -- and there never has been. he defined and enlarged a generation's experience of life and the world around us.

[@greghale6272]

It is a masterpiece young man, your spot on. Seen him play this around 3 times, last time was a tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Dylan played this solo, and yes , its him on guitar. The lady in red on the cover of "Bringinging it all Back Home" is the wife of Dylans manager at the time, Albert Grossman.

[@elston3153]

My first Dylan album I ever bought, his phrasing and delivery is insane

[@EnRaiter14]

I remember the first time I heard this record. I was just as mind blown. Bringing it all back home is my favorite album by him, but I don't think that it's his best. Try out a record from rough and rowdy ways his latest album. Then you can see how much he's changed but how well he still carries over his poetry some 50 years later. The longevity!!! I recommend false prophet, key west, I've made up my mind to give myself to you, or any other one lol

[@chipjones817]

Great review, I would suggest "Baby Blue"

[@warrenhughes911]

Hope you read this:: Lily,Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts....enough said!!! You will lov

[@dilandilanjoao4310]

In terms of lyrics? This one is top. Try also" Visions of Johanna " or "Desolation Row " "it's all over now baby blue " " the times they are a changing ". He had 3/4 records in a row witch set up his legend. 1: the times they are a changing "/Bring it all back home " / Highway 61 revisited " Blonde on Blonde " and his live acts in England had in front row the entire Beatles and wifes,Stones,Jimmy Hendrix,like going to church on a Sunday 😁 take care

[@trevorporter4776]

One of my favourite Bob Dylan songs is "Most of the Time". The song, i thing about loss, is beautiful and the Lyrics are amazing. I"m tearing up just think about this work of art.

[@larannar123]

One of my favorite, I'd love to see you listen to "The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll "... Bob wrote the song on a true story of a black maid killed by a wealthy white man at a party in Maryland...😎 Also another is "Who killed Davy Moore??" A true story of a boxer who died in a fight and Bob gives a viewpoint from all involved!!!!!👍

[@debbiewhitehead9890]

The greatest of all time and ever

[@eximusic]

Chills is the proper response to this song. I had the same reaction many years ago. Tangled Up In Blue might rival this lyrically, but more of a story than a statement.

[@paulbrown6338]

I was a huge Dylan fan and remember well when this came out. I can honestly tell you that few understood what Dylan was trying to say. It took years of listening for me to finally get the point. Still relevant 60 years later.

[@monsieurhercule]

The word you are looking for is heavy. Great lyrical tune for when you are in the right mood for a heavy one, maybe not every day.

[@bobbydylanio]

Fantastic lyrics. But his best ever? Possibly. Mr Tambourine Man is also up there, the last verse is amazing.

[@JerisEve]

It really is. Don't you think it's strange that the Byrds did it and shortened it by leaving off that particular verse of all the verses?

[@john_atco]

" Gates of Eden" and "Desolation Row". are 2 great Dylan songs along with so many others.

[@thomasmanning829]

I was 13 smoking pot with my best friend when he exposed me to Bob Dylan. This album just came out. His college aged brother had the album I've been a Dylan fan Since .