Bob Dylan - My Back Pages (Official Audio)

[@Rave0851]

One of the most prolific songs that Bob Dylan penned. And he has written so many.

[@jonnymajor8425]

Byrds showed him how it's done ✔️

[@b-r-i-a-n-s]

​@jonnymajor8425 wow. No one can deny they made it their own, But they would have lacked great material without Dylan's heart & mind. Give credit where it is due...

[@briancrawford7981]

​@jonnymajor8425 nobody ever showed Dylan how anything was done. 60s the Byrds was sitting around with everybody else, and waiting to see what Bob does.

[@eyesjamesq]

A brilliant shining star.

[@questionblock8949]

How the hell does someone write lyrics like this? Incredible and unmatched 💎

[@b-r-i-a-n-s]

❤

[@gloriapascoe2614]

A prodigy

[@mstakeda]

what shocks me the most is that he was 23 years old

[@johnwilson3842]

So young like most of the great poets. Youth lends itself to passionate, raw emotion. Age dulls those emotions.

[@FlatlandMando]

Even Bob Dylan said he did not know how he wrote such lines...

[@johnnyaces4290]

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" Those words are incredible

[@kathleen2287]

And so true.

[@Noitisnt-ns7mo]

To know how much that you don't know .

[@michaelcraig9449]

That is the best par of the song!

[@MrJoeybabe25]

What does that mean?

[@toko34]

When I was young, I thought I knew it all, but at my older age, I’m younger than when I was older then.

[@marthastephens2179]

And this is why he's a Nobel literary prize winner. God bless Bob Dylan

[@brianwade879]

Etched in my consciousness. 🎸

[@sebasdebordeaux8347]

Yeees ! this song alone deserved the price !! most beautiful lyrics ever written for a song !

[@Samu93c]

This is poetry. One of the greatest songs ever written by the greatest artist of our times.

[@apexxxx10]

*Samu93c, Merci infiniment for the lyrics. On the same page, too. J'adore. Bangkok-Johnnie from Thailand. Thanks, again.* kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6fWfpx8obN-bac

[@marcpelletier1366]

Kissasss

[@fredericokeyser5628]

Agreed...

[@jimgleeson98]

Slightly gushing over statements but. Agreed 1 of the greatest.

[@robinrobyn1714]

Bobby is a heavy dude.......

[@jimcolhoun5881]

Dylan will never be gone ,as I said to a street singer blowing in the wind will be played in a thousand years time

[@annehajdu8654]

Wow. His command of the English language is unsurpassed. His talent, ageless.

[@imannonymous7707]

Yes

[@milesjolly6173]

Anne Hajdu he is a musical Shakespeare

[@thebacons5943]

The greatest to put pen to paper

[@thebacons5943]

@@milesjolly6173 yes. “The Bard”

[@Voodoochil111111]

“Unthought of, though, somehow.” It’s lines like this that are just brilliant.

[@johnrubio3140]

This song messed with my head when I was 13. I am 57 now, got a Ph.D from a good American college and this song still messes with my head! What a delight!

[@philipdobson8941]

I am 71 and likewise. In 1968 or thereabouts the news was images of a girl about my age lying in her blood in the gutter at Kent State University. In 1973 or therabouts the BBC news led with clip of south Vietnamese Officer eccecuting blindfolded zsuspec Vietcong. Whether waiting for that nuke in 1962,seeing two little girls in Kiev mortared last year or what we are seeing in Palestine does anything change except sanatisation. Sadly the times are not a changing in my lifetime!

[@Notmehimorthem]

A total masterpiece written in his youth with his old soul

[@beverlykasahara8485]

A Master in his youth. Genius.

[@KingMinosxxvi]

menh

[@KingMinosxxvi]

@@beverlykasahara8485 master of what

[@RobertDeloyd]

@@KingMinosxxvi master as in he won the fricken Nobel Prize for the fricken song... Open your ears and your mind 🤗

[@KingMinosxxvi]

@@RobertDeloyd Nobel prizes are t given out for specific works but bodies of work. Some times there is a specific usually large work that seals the deal but I'm not sure how that would work with a song. His NP was BS anyway. Also F#ck Bob Dylan

[@bille7928]

I'm 71 and this still sends chills down my spine. Perfection.

[@ghengiscant538]

In my eighties and it still does it for me as well .

[@AlterMann57]

@@ghengiscant538 Bob Dylan could really see where this country was going. I love the line about corpse evangelists, which is precisely where we're at today. The evangelists have nothing to do with religion and everything to do with grifting, that why they follow Trump and not God.

[@barkebaat]

Grow up, Gramps! 🙂

[@s.a.adams-ford1216]

I'm 71 now and hard core country. But this song is one of the exceptions. Greatness just has a way of crossing over.

[@bradcobb3418]

snap!

[@javiermendoza2942]

Is is wrong that I equate this man with the greatest minds in history. One of the geniouses of our generation. Gawd we were so lucky to live when we did.

[@cynthiamackenzie2273]

There will only be ONE DYLAN and I’m thankful I grew up with him.

[@kimberlystratton7585]

This man has spoke more truths in his life than any politicians ever will.

[@jussitikkuri6991]

It makes me emotional 😥

[@PaulWooten23]

Kimberly, right on. I'm still looking for the first politician to utter a single truth...or even move their lips without lying

[@ronmullard5718]

I wish I could put a thousand or more likes to your comment.....

[@filofilo1178]

I don't mind what people say... for me his voice is incredible... just perfect

[@carlygrayson956]

Agreed 💯

[@donlofting4268]

Personified perfection 👑

[@pitspro]

... you're not wrong ... perfect ...

[@mariawildman1299]

I agree - magical

[@georgecoventry8441]

Yes. Though this eludes a great many people....his voice and his intense vocal delivery were his greatest single asset of all! And that's really saying something, considering how amazing his lyrics and music are.

[@alexwabinski1343]

Wow. This song hurts. The master at work. What a writer.

[@jorgejohnson451]

“…I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now…” Happy 83rd, Bob. Thanks for all of the tunes and memories.

[@chriswilliams5982]

@@jorgejohnson451 that lyric says everything if you understand it. Sadly it requires thinking about it which to many can’t do.

[@Thewestslope]

Played this for my 68th birthday. "Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now" Long been a fan of Dylan but it still took me decades to fully comprehend Dylan's monumental critique of the Counterculture.

[@TCH-2009]

Moves me to tears every time I listen. Thank you, Mr. Dylan. You touch my soul.

[@paulkinsella6536]

This is my favourite Bob Dylan album. Every song a gem! 👍👍👍 🇺🇸

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

Bob may not be one of the greatest singers or guitar players...but he is the greatest poet-songwriter of all time. No one comes close. No one.

[@donlofting4268]

He is vocally musically correct opinion got nothing to do with it😎

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

@@Nonesovile96 yes

[@denisjames]

I actually like his voice. I guess it's pretty damaged now though.

[@moggiesmusic]

I think he has an amazing voice, so distinctive.

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

Yes,his true genius was as a songwriter.

[@jacobjinglehymer8789]

He was 22, yet had the ability to realize he DIDN'T have everything figured out and owned up to it. Very few artists in their 80's have that kind of self awareness.

[@yannick245]

He said that the songs "just came to him". Like a divine inspiration and that's whx he was never able to be as good as in his 20's. Listening to "The Times Are A-Changing atm. It's a relevation!

[@handrm]

Many artists have performed and recorded this song because it is such a great song, but no version comes close to capturing the beauty and power of the original. A true masterpiece.

[@michaelcraig9449]

I cover it also

[@KingMinosxxvi]

menh

[@TheKocksmanArchives]

Nah this version sucks

[@alos4025]

I disagree. The Byrd’s version is much better.

[@edwarddalton9710]

I totally agree. His voice is just so great in it...

[@katshotz6033]

Love you Bob Dylan. I’m 74 now. This really hits me now❤️

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here.

[@DonnaLena1]

The older I become, the more these words break me

[@questionblock8949]

I love this song. I love the "yelling" sound of his voice and the slight echo ❤

[@connieblue8121]

I had this album back in the sixties. Bob became my light. I was in High School then. Thank you dear Bob! ❤

[@juliovicenteperez7172]

Bob Dylan's voice, in addition to his original style, has a melancholic accent and a very special sincere feeling. I have always considered him The Goat!

[@bobbyunavailable]

Listening to this with my 3 year old, he’s trying to sing along. Magic.

[@dinosaursr]

Your boy will grow up fine.

[@Bluesmn9]

The Poet Laureate of the late 20th Century. His lyrics allow your mind to think freely.

[@Rave0851]

One of my favorite Dylan songs of all-time.

[@anthonymaccherone]

One of the most profound songs ever written.

[@andrewmoore5044]

Super vision

[@raygarafano3633]

I really like the words and the somber tone or rythem that goes w the lyric, so serious. So great.

[@isaia273]

He is having a duel. They say that in Wild West there was never a duel performed in a way as acted in movies. But this is a duel. More like European stile.

[@JohnHarding-j3n]

What an exquisite mind! Even the books he wrote are like reading his song lyrics.

[@hch49]

The older I get, the more I understand this song. I'm 69 now, wonder how I'll think it about it in ten years?

[@jpeluso50]

From one old person to another, good luck with that.

[@hch49]

@@jpeluso50 ;)

[@fernandocifre4545]

You'll be younger then.

[@BopLouie]

Nice.

[@Azabaxe80]

Considering that this is a 24 year old young man we're hearing, that's a lot of mature introspection there. I wonder what the current Dylan thinks of THAT Dylan.

[@LeGrosB]

As good a lesson on humility as you'll ever find.

[@memeexclusive]

Yes Bob there is no way a wise man won't be humbled mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally by age and life.

[@davidkroll4360]

One of his most prolific songs along with Desolation Row. He never stops amazing me ! The finest songwriter of my generation. A National Treasure !

[@razafimbelorobert6213]

a global treasure

[@ToffeenoseToffee]

The finest songwriter of any generation 🙌

[@davidbamford9284]

Could not have said it better,yes our generation I feel we all could have lived our dreams don't hate me but DYLAN DID TAKE THE MONEY,HE HAD THE POWER. US

[@larrysawchuk370]

@@davidbamford9284 You would refuse the money when your actions would not affect the future? He knew and stated that music (alone) wouldn't bring change. In brackets is my addition

[@chrisgeoffrey8793]

My favourite song of Bob Dylan's I have all his Albums. I'm 70 but I still love him and always will. On a gloomy note I might put this in my will for my funeral

[@davidsouthwick6802]

Only Bob Dylan could offer such an elegant & gracious apology to his original folk followers, whilst simultaneously adviting them to accompany him on a more mature voyage of enlightenment, all encapsulated in an absolutely epic & irresistible piece of art. We will not see his like again.

[@Blackbird58]

You get it!

[@freewheelinprincess]

This song in it's original recording as posted makes me cry every time I listen to it. One of the most poetic song of Dylan's . I love everything about Bob.

[@joeboyd8361]

Marry me.

[@christianbradford8815]

Long time...ago...so now I know..why I'm a fan...happy birthday..xo

[@LaVitaNuova]

Some of the sweetest guitar I'm ever likely to hear in this fleeting life.

[@thanos2101]

One of the best poems by Bob. Truly an amazing poet and songwriter

[@jacobjinglehymer8789]

A "self ordained" professor, spouting out that" LIBERTY, is just equality in school". Another line of his that's more meaningful now than ever.

[@imisseveryone2716]

Absolutely, I find myself wanting to share this line with everyone I talk to these days - it's the simple truth

[@plusfour1]

Yes, but the grand word is EQUALITY. The word of the woke. People are not equal. Equality of opportunity is just. But equality of ability is naivete.

[@swinedance]

I've been listening to t his song for 55 years and I still get something new out of it.

[@basilfomeen9995]

I know what you mean. Hearing the line, "equality" I spoke the word, as if a wedding vow" took thousands of times of hearing until understanding what it meant. If you say the word "equality" as if you're asking someone to marry you, (as if you're asking in earnest) it comes off as, "are you kidding me? If students have rights, that means everyone in the world has rights"?

[@meyou-dv8ns]

I don't get it?

[@jorgeespinosa3179]

Same here. My wife gave me the LP for my birthday decades ago. My Back Pages struck me as a genius' work, and it will be played at my funeral.

[@devinjerryfreedomisfree4599]

Jorge Espinosa so at your funeral will you be a newborn?

[@ronnybjarneolsson4578]

Me only 50 years, but I agree! My friend!

[@jordangerstman9814]

Damn the way the meanings of Dylan’s song morph for me over time is amazing. True art.

[@MultiGuitarDave]

This is music! Bob Dylan was/is one of my father's favorites. So grew up with real music from birth.

[@ceebee6452]

TLDR

[@vaughanweatherley4670]

"my guard stood hard when abstract threats too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect" Some of the best words of poetry ever written.

[@joshb23]

So true, just stunningly profound and beautiful.

[@patriotofthearts117]

Agreed

[@medygaces7097]

Great voice, great guitar

[@CarlMCole]

Yeah, I can definitely relate to those lyrics-----or could when I was so much older than I am now !

[@CarlMCole]

Yes, those lyrics are brilliant.....no doubt about that !

[@BadBricksProductions]

I wish so many people today had the courage to look at themselves as Dylan does in this song. I wish they possessed he strength to admit their nativity, and take a step back, and realize the truth.

[@rodriguezdiazlaura]

Honesty. And humble

[@maryellenjones333]

Dylan's songs speak.

[@Stevorific1]

...as long as you meant "naivety" for what you had.

[@popscola2574]

Yea but how the hell does he write this shit. I dont think anyone has figured out what hes doing. Its almost as he said magic. Possibly used spirits to write this or hes just a master

[@nathanharrison5076]

The slight changes in his vocal melody at the end of each of the choruses are infectious. Genius.

[@abzafox7777]

I think this is because he hasn't completely learned the song yet and he keeps changing the chord progressions during the song.

[@andrewroberts8139]

Dylan goes straight for the heart - more than anyone other songwriter I can think of

[@smartalek180]

Not even Leonard Cohen? You must've heard the anecdote where they each shared how long it took them to write a song? Dylan asked LC how long it took to write "Hallelujah;" he answered, "two years," which was not entirely true -- it'd actually taken five years. Cohen then asked His Bobness how long it took him to write "I and I." Answer: "15 minutes." Source: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-bob-dylan-covers-leonard-cohens-hallelujah-121224/

[@johnnyM809]

Springsteen is a brilliant songwriter, for me he is the closest to Dylan.

[@hllyenaylleth9576]

@@smartalek180 Not really.

[@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312]

Happy 80th Birthday to BOB DYLAN The Greatest Singer/Songwriter/Musical Artist EVER! "Ahhhhhh but I was so much older then/I'm younger that now! May your hands always be busy/ May your feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation when the winds of changes shift May your heart always be joyful May your song always be sung May you stay FOREVER YOUNG!

[@0otee]

Dylan uses language like mouldable clay.. Knowing exact expressions for every thought/feeling! These lyrics are hard to understand, trying to grasp the essence but it does give the right feel❣️👌 Thanks DearDylan for this lovely song❤️🌹🌞🌹❤️

[@MerkinMuffly]

"Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that." - Bob Dylan

[@basilfomeen9995]

And Joan Baez is still trying. LOL

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Save us from those who would save the world.

[@joachimdahl233]

he is wrong.. music is the very beginning and end. understand it you who can.

[@loganreece3263]

That's a great quote. When did he say that?

[@hargovinddayal9327]

Yes, that's true, songs can't save the world......( Perhaps, the "Saviour" can, but only if we human beings are not so bent upon destroying it...) But, let's leave this business of "saving the world" out of it for now. This song, songs, music, across genres, is about joy, fun, sharing, creating a more positive feeling, reducing the negativism in the 'individual' mindspace..... If the songs help you feel better, get better, hear them.... Or. pass on..........! Let's not get into saving the world..... Please!

[@donnahall3902]

I thank God for Bob Dylan.

[@donlofting4268]

Me too and I don't even believe in God 😎

[@LouisSpeciale-vp9sl]

Lennon and McCartney also

[@oldsoldier64]

The greatest lyricist of his generation.

[@mikebarker7626]

Of all time

[@danisezweifel381]

of all fuckin time

[@geoffreyedwards8227]

No-one else comes even close.

[@elstonngunn4193]

@beyondthegreatdivide six couldn't have put it better myself

[@thebacons5943]

Of all time, without a doubt

[@internetuser777]

This was one of my favourite songs when I was a hotheaded 16 year old religious nut. It was beautiful and it sounded like something profound, but I couldn't understand what it meant for the life of me. It was only after I sobered up from the dogmatism of my youth that I was able to make sense of the lyrics and realize he'd been talking about me. And God, did he capture my condition well.

[@fabricioassismg5622]

The Ramones bring me here! Bob Dylan it's always a genius!

[@lardo444]

all HAIL Dylan. the voice of a generation. much love to you Bob.

[@Pale_Mooncalf]

His most introspective and impressive work. My pathway led by confusion boats Mutiny from stern to bow

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

...absolutely amazing song. Thought provoking lyrics that make you think and what a great melody.

[@richardgreen62]

Poetry in motion lol amazing man 👌

[@ekalionosvar6897]

Siempre bien

[@memzepper6096]

There is no ‘most ‘ when come’ if I am so’s to Bob...

[@imisseveryone2716]

*my "existence" led by confusion boats

[@jacquismith3277]

This song melts my heart. So many thanks, Bob. ❤❤

[@Sockpuppet2012]

"My existence led by confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow" Yeah ... that's the ticket! ;-)

[@niallmcevoy5518]

My favourite lines in this song

[@worldlyconcerns]

@@niallmcevoy5518 among my favourite lines in popular music

[@imisseveryone2716]

@@niallmcevoy5518 mine : "LIBERTY is just EQUALITY IN SCHOOLS"

[@tonyreid6224]

Yes, that just about sums it up. Great poetry but the thoughts behind it are very much confused, IMHO. We do need to make judgements and discriminate good from bad and right from wrong in our lives.

[@kurt-foster5925]

the older i get the more i am impressed with his early recordings. how could a boy as young as Dylan was, write all that stuff with so much insight? and his guitar playing is perfect while not. there's something VERY special going on. he's got to be an old soul. not his first rodeo i suspect.

[@mariawildman1299]

He is unique and a genius, but I also feel the younger generation of his time had so much more about them than present generations. There was certainly more inspiration and creativity. I'm a Boomer and found Dylan in 1976!! It changed my life.

[@changeme8035]

Beautiful poetry. The meaning is always both in the lines and between the lines

[@michaeloliphant665]

PURE GENIUS.....SO MANY CODED MESSAGES....I REMEMBER GROWING UP IN THE 60'S........NEW MUSIC EVERY DAY......WOW...LIVE ON BOB.....!!!!!!!

[@egbun]

Dylan's finest poetry.

[@lesbarbour4534]

When lyrics collide with phrasing to create a masterpiece...timeless

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Agreed plus his melodies. Some of Dylan's melodies are ordinary but this one and MTM are astonishing. I had a Duane Eddy LP where he did all Dylan tunes and as instrumentals , Dylan's song were utterly superb.

[@patearly9492]

Love this man and the song. God bless everyone this Easter season and always

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here.

[@owenmcgee8496]

a hymn to a world without ideologies will ring true. this song will allow one to see through the vanity of a young college student even if you are a young college student. old students too, come to think of it. Dylan's best early solo song, imho

[@Samu93c]

“I was so much older then. I’m younger than that now.” ❤️🙏🏾

[@mistery-ed7900]

This is most likely my favorite Dylan album.

[@daniyalnaqvi2569]

This album is greatly underappreciated.

[@joaobrazdeoliveira7474]

Especial. Magnifica.Bob meu cantor favorito. Tenho 61 anos.

[@elstonngunn4193]

If only it didn't do had when it came back out

[@jpeluso50]

I was old when I first heard this song, but I'm younger than that now.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

No you're not. You're 55 years older. And Dylan was a lie.

[@KingoRichie1990]

@@javiergilvidal1558 Don't be silly.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

@@KingoRichie1990 I'm not, so your wish is granted....

[@AleMadison]

@@javiergilvidal1558 Thank God we got the truth from you

[@javiergilvidal1558]

@@AleMadison You ain't got the truth, either from me or from Zimmerman. But you can have it from God. Read the Bible, go to Church, and toss away all these half-baked false prophets.

[@timkis64]

in my opinnion & many others.bob dylan is the greatest songwriter that ever lived.not the greatest musician or singer. but as songwriting. even john lennon & paul mccartney were awestruck by his writing talents.

[@juerv1]

I think, Lennon, McCartney, Jager, Richards, Harrison, Springsteen and everyone else knew that Dylan was the Number One Songwriter of the world - and one of the most signifikant artists in human history. I am sure that in later centuries they will look back on him as we look back on Mozart, Michelangelo, Shakespeare or Van Gogh.

[@margaretirvine3267]

Greatest singer too.😊😊

[@iananderson441]

You can learn so much from this song I learn something everytime.

[@woolhall]

Brilliant , fantastic and never tire of hearing this gem

[@hermiley7590]

😘

[@maxout7306]

"It's hard being free in a song - getting it all in. Songs are so confining... You can bend the words and bend the metre, but it all still has to fit somehow?" -Bob Dylan. New York 1966.

[@dmitriguerriero5879]

these words are endlessly illuminating

[@tennisfanstefan]

The greatest songwriter in the history of music period! As someone who is half Swedish, I am proud he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

[@davidjordan2336]

Perhaps my favorite Dylan song. There's so much wisdom in this, if you have the courage to let it in.

[@Luca-pl9hd]

In these sad Times the only one Voice that cares my heart again !! I loved this artist in my whole life !!!

[@chriscarlson516]

His songs make me nostalgic for memories I don’t have.

[@pitspro]

... such a profound and inspiring statement Chris ... I think I know what you are suggesting ... but Dylan evokes so much and I cannot be certain as to your meaning ...best to you

[@MARTINETHILL-s3t]

MERCI MR BOB DYLAN POUR LES MÉLODIES PAROLES LE PRIX NOBEL DE LITTÉRATURE VOUS L AVEZ BIEN MÉRITÉ ❤ FAMILLE DYLAN QUE DU BONHEUR LA VIE PASSE TROP VITE

[@randyking3057]

One of the best ever written.

[@edwarddalton9710]

I'm so glad this version is available. It's my favorite October song. I think his voice is great in it, positively great. Wow!

[@eddisstreet]

My favourite October Song is October Song by The Incredible String Band

[@edwarddalton9710]

@@eddisstreet I was a young man back in the 1960s...

[@eddisstreet]

@@edwarddalton9710 I'm acting much too well and procrastinating

[@edwarddalton9710]

@@eddisstreet Forgive my lack of erudition. Hopefully it,s not from The Incredible String Band song I just quoted. Opinions are my fingernails, of course...

[@eddisstreet]

@@edwarddalton9710 Hello, I must be going, I only called to say I hear my mother calling and I must be on my way

[@Sarah-cu8fz]

it’s very clear that in this songs he is conveying his feelings on being the “voice of a generation” and how he’s given up on it

[@Bryanadamsmusicinc]

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here.

[@pocrack5714]

And even in his "voice of a generation" era, he crushed everyone else....

[@FatmanPops]

Perfect. As are the lines in ‘To Ramona’. Amazing.

[@AbdulAli-mg2xh]

One of my favourites. An incredible musical legacy.

[@iamd.j.7590]

"Good and bad, I define these terms, quite clear, no doubt, somehow, I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"

[@Dracopol]

...with all the certainty of youth.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Dylan is one of the world's miracles.

[@davesouthwick970]

A song conjured by a uniquely gifted writer & performer, on the cusp of a frontier of comprehension of the complexity of the problems facing mankind that we have completed failed to grasp & is now culminating in our ultimate destruction. I have lived a relatively fortunate life & will be content to have these lyrics playing out in my final moments 😌

[@ceebee6452]

TLDR

[@Shambar18]

I saw him last year. Since I’m working from home I am able to listen to music. Just discovering how great his songs are. Wow

[@joshuavasquez9701]

I posted this for my ex, who I'm still close with, who was so sad about turning 40. She was so happy. This song changed her view. She embraced she wasn't old at all. I was happy to help.

[@SkippingDog1]

This is one good reason he's a Nobel laureate.

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

"It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously." H. L. Mencken . . . Will

[@646oleg]

idealism is the tool to hoard the sheep and steer the cattle

[@NagoyaHouseHead]

Bob realized that in order to grow as an artist he needed to free himself from the political movement he was associated with. He realized that writing protest songs, while good in and of its self, would end up being an artistic cul de sac. He had already written several immortal and timeless classic protest songs. He had reached that peak and said all he had to say. He was right, it was time for him to move on. Yeah man, dont follow leaders, watch parking meters !

[@maryellenjones333]

His songs stand even today. Dylan is a prophet. I was elated when he went through a different and deeper spiritual journey. Trials of mankind. His words speak even if he wasn't totally aware himself of how much and to how many. Certainly spoke to me. To each their own. Free choice is yours.

[@bobski7032]

He also pointed out that if they can kill JFK and get away with it they can kill anyone…but I prefer your version of events Andy

[@maiarts5035]

No doubt the best song writer ever!! Yess i said it !!

[@pinanti]

Pure genius.

[@keithwenger8532]

I came across this by accident...brought tears to my eyes...way older than that now !!!

[@jimm3454]

The Words are AMAZING!

[@turboturtle5575]

I remember the line from the past---" I was older than, but I'm younger now" hope you all can say the same !!! ( 40 yrs. later ) God Bless , XXXXX} {SO MUCH }

[@robertp411]

It’s easier to appreciate the lyrics now that I am older yet despite the pitfalls and pain inflicted by life, we all wake up daily somehow younger than yesterday, somehow.

[@howardherrnstadt7367]

It's interesting to me now to notice how clear his diction is. He really wanted the world to hear his poetry.