Bob Dylan Press Conference 1965 Part 1

[@j.johnson2270]

Such a genius, this young guy. What a chill press conference, everybody smoking and laughing.

[@Ela.elizabeth]

Imagine taking these reporters, throwing them into a time warp, and throwing them into the White House briefing room in present day. I wish I could see that - I feel like half of them would end up having a heart attack. 😂

[@teresagomes6491]

Interviewing him is the ultimate nightmare of a journalist.

[@MrEdkern]

he is a GENIUS. I met him in cleveland, ohio on july 17, 1991. he was very nice to me. came over to me and shook my hand. did not say a word to me.

[@martinbueno821]

:)

[@Gatorhunter-mb7uk]

Like he said nothing at all?

[@Ela.elizabeth]

TheOneTold - I saw Van Morrison in the early 2000's, and he was exactly the same. Except he didn't bow at the end, he just kinda wandered off the stage.

[@FiremanOly]

Miles Davis used to turn his back on the whole audience an d play all night with out even facing them. Savants

[@LGAussie]

FiremanOly Miles Davis liked to be called “Millie” after 10pm...He used to like to dress in drag at that time. Yup, the world is a funny place.

[@evole73]

Wrote incredible songs, influenced a shit load of bands / artists and the dude introduced The Beatles to weed, what a legend.

[@BalotelliFan713]

in the same way Charles Manson is a legend no doubt

[@darevblue]

OMG, he was so cute when he was young, he had incredible lips...and his way to laugh and trying to hide it sometimes, his being so nervous, full of life and his attitude generally....his way of kidding most of the time...I love it!

[@allsystemsgo8678]

Thank you.

[@darevblue]

Really and truly...I thank you too...with all my heart, Mr. Sarcastic!

[@trolabee]

I'm a heterosexual male and I still crush on Dylan sometimes. Twenty four yr old Bob singing It's All Over Now Baby Blue on Don't Look Back, how could you not? If I was a girl in that room and he looked at me with those eyes and that smile while singing that amazing song, I would totally fall in love. I still don't understand how someone so young can write songs like that

[@darevblue]

@Will K Shilling Ok, I know about this generally. But it´s basically a sign of his intensity and vividness, I am sure...

[@Patrick96322]

@@trolabee Maybe you're in denial !!?

[@typingnoises]

Man he is practically eating those cigarettes

[@kingkong4934]

Two or three in 26 mins isnt so bad for 65 lmao

[@peanutgallery7753]

I think he was taking on stimulants at the time, benzedrine I believe. Like an earlier version of adderall. That stuff makes smoking feel real right.

[@BopLouie]

That's why he has no lungs

[@robertcronin6603]

He smoked about 80 or so a day - that's quite a bit of smoking 🚬

[@natetaiapa2218]

So sad to see good people being victim to the smoking trap. A classic western money making trap.

[@sakuwagtail8743]

I love how the first dude is trying to be so smart and analyze dylan, and dylan's just annoyed

[@Patrick96322]

And everybody in the background just thinking: ''Shut the fuck up !!!!!''

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

He’s not annoyed he’s just playing it cool

[@Olivetree80]

It meant something to the guy personally, and that's okay, but he was pushing to find out if it was Dylan's meaning, when it wasn't.

[@cpar5468]

Dylan is a pawn

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

C Par what does that even mean? Sounds like casuistry to me.

[@Icarusj2124]

This is great. Not even two minutes in... "what did this picture mean to you?" Dylan: ** cheesy grin** Umm I never looked at it that much." I love this, every reporter is laughing, everyone is having a good time.

[@kfdublin]

Heather Briana yes it's great. So enjoyed it myself.

[@peanutgallery7753]

12:07 Reporter :"What do you think of Donovan ... is he a good poet of love ballads?" Dylan: "No. He's a nice guy though." Boom, roasted.

[@emmywang346]

I came here for some Atomic Science and riddles & rhymes answers.

[@Mr.Technical77]

You must've been sorely disappointed as he could barely answer a question about his own art. Thank god nobody asked him what his favorite color was. For all the depth that's attributed to this guy, it's never been demonstrated in a single public appearance

[@rosswylde]

This is incredibly clear video and sound! Thanks for sharing.

[@avimo54]

Ross MacNeil j

[@azazaelmaher6468]

This was the media. The people who genuinely wanna know about the works, about the art.

[@Ela.elizabeth]

I didn't get that from most of them. I got sort of a condescending sort of vibe, like today the reporters who interview rock stars tend to be super into music themselves. I got the impression that a lot of these reporters were the type that probably considered themselves much more "professional", and probably didn't take him as seriously as their other work, a lot of the stuff they were investigating was pretty important at the time. There was obviously a pretty big gap at the time between the parents, the adults, the "over thirties", and the kids, with their rock and roll shenanigans. I think sometimes they were laughing at him, sometimes with him. I think most of the time if not all, Dylan wasn't laughing with them. Not in a mean spirited kind of way, but in a way that is very aware of the social distance between him and most of them.

[@goodboybuddy1]

One of THE best things on youtube ever. Thanks to whoever posted this.

[@adamgunn2885]

You're welcome!

[@ericaanne19bebe]

He’s such a doll. My gosh! So sarcastic and clever, and so sexy. I adore him

[@judewessel5713]

Imagine an artist nowadays having an importance and influence on culture that was grand enough to hold a press conference and all in attendance would actually care deeply about what they had to say.

[@late4suppa1]

A lesson in the art of speaking cryptically. Never answer a question directly and avoid being labeled, even positively. How Dylan knew not to get involved in all the drama of the times is beyond me. The level of discipline is rare, ESPECIALLY for a guy in his early 20's. Fun to watch!

[@coverholser7]

I LIKE HOW HE PLAYED WITH THEIR MINDS....HE REALIZED THE SILLINESS OF IDOL WORSHIP...HE SEEMED TO BE HAVING FUN...FUN!!!

[@kfdublin]

Charles Overholser agree with you Charles

[@AnonymousQwerty]

Charles Overholser FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@seanpages__]

Shakespeare was the Dylan of his time

[@ronanodonnell7145]

Sean Page you’re kinda devaluing how groundbreaking Shakespeare’s work was

[@LeScandal]

Easy now

[@seanpages__]

@@ronanodonnell7145 that's the joke dummy

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

Ronan O'Donnell A number of academics have compared Dylan to Shakespeare. Certainly his best poetry and lyrics were astoundingly good. He also influenced his genre massively and was an innovator.

[@freebird3004]

He always seemed so amused

[@nochannelmusician769]

By Napoleon in rags and the language that he used

[@EliotDaBeatle]

Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse

[@crisp9929]

@@EliotDaBeatle When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose

[@deanparker5542]

Highway 69 you’re invisible now you got no secrets to conceal

[@wilhelmagell7943]

The Mosquito Master To be on your own

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

It was a very strained dialogue , on both sides, unprepared, awkward and random but also candid

[@amiyth4670]

Things are less formal now

[@MrPotatoMind]

I bought this on CD back in the 90s. This KZbin malarkey is too easy!

[@merkazoidduff7651]

Bought a bootleg… I can’t disagree more, KZbin is the essence of the bootlegger’s creed ‘Share freely, never sell’.

[@GerardGray]

A genius is talking.We shall listen to him.Great man.

[@kfdublin]

Gerard Gray genius for sure

[@srg123ify]

I don’t know what I would do if I met bob Dylan during the release of highway 61

[@kristianj.8798]

1:54 That could be a very great creeper GIF

[@mfallen4277]

Oh god, I missed that! Nice catch, lol

[@canadianroot]

"We all like motorcycles to some degree." "I do." (Manson stare)

[@matthewsaints350]

Wtf lmao

[@jpollackauthor]

That guy is Eric Weill, a mental hospital patient who later called Jim Dunbar's show in October 1969, claiming to be the Zodiac Killer.

[@phish1]

I like how the first thing Dylan says is "oh my God" under his breath after that whacky introduction. He's just like, wtf did I get myself Into lol

[@TheKoderius]

What`s impressive about this is that Bob is still alive after 70 years of smoking!

[@natepressnell5890]

Cigs back then we’re more natural , not filled with all the crap they put in them today , but too your statement he’s .... immortal

[@peterburlin8198]

God, those questions!!! So so awkward. I do feel for Dylan, but he seems like in a good mood, just rolling with it

[@kaidentautjo1877]

Like a rolling stone!!!!!

[@olasmcc7266]

I mean noone made him do this

[@IsaacRoyer]

"Was that taken right here with a Polaroid? Hm. Good god, I must leave right away." Sarcastic bastard c:

[@MorrisseyPython]

so honest and funny as hell

[@kfdublin]

MorrisseyPython agree totally

[@cindyrowean9823]

"Oh yes, oh sure", maybe even sell a Chrysler during the superbowl! ,"not with the guitar though", I love his shout out to Charlie Rich, he always recognized the other artists.

[@drhall343]

12:05 what the hell was going on with the cameraman and the guy holding the paper? 😂

[@markj.8491]

How can a human being be so cool?

[@arricammarques1955]

Difficult for artists to answer esoteric inquiries. Good sport playing Q & A press game.

[@bgrace94]

I like how Ben Schwartz, David Cross, and Bill Graham are all in this clip

[@godinithagod5828]

17:31 wff

[@trumpisacreepoid554]

Smokey Robinson is great. And I find very underappreciated, as well.

[@aaronmartinez6819]

He made a deal. He was doing what he really wanted and doing it non-stop. Always wired just take make music. It helped him become a genius though. These interviews are very rare and he answered these questions to the best of "his" knowledge. I hope he got some type of sleep after this interview. Thank you for the upload.

[@bennybandit988]

Aaron Martinez what deal

[@DryLikePotatoes]

Benny Bandit ** a bargain with the devil himself

[@TheBornnaked]

Someone teach this man how to light a cigarette

[@hamidmusik7691]

Rich Well he made long breaks and the fire was out

[@TheBornnaked]

Eli Malaga you gotta get that cherry glowing then let it simmer

[@mattlandonmusic]

The issue is that he didn’t have a parking meter on which to light the cigarettes.

[@shizzy35]

Ralph Gleason is one of the reporters. Founder of Rolling Stone magazine and great jazz critic

[@AlexDeLarge1]

Subterranean Homesick Blues isn't even ON THAT ALBUM was that guy on DRUGS or something?

[@sakuwagtail8743]

It made me confused as well, Subterranean homesick blues is on Bringing it all back home!!

[@Psyfi85]

He’s the same guy that claimed to be the zodiac killer in 1969 on television. Probably should be on drugs.

[@GamingOneOnOne]

Rusty Nailz what’s his name?

[@Ela.elizabeth]

Rusty Nailz - Whaaaat? I want to know more about this dude. Was he actually a reporter??

[@jpollackauthor]

@@GamingOneOnOne His name was Eric Weill.

[@suemclean1348]

I love thes videos of the young Dylan!

[@suemclean1348]

He is charming.

[@TweedSuit]

6:29 - Good to see David Cross showed up.

[@robertpallson]

6:29 My God, David Cross has not aged at all!!! WTF!

[@Vojife]

Such a fun atmosphere. The questions are awkward, but noone's sore about that.

[@MicahLoughman]

Probably the best interview of all time!

[@ErikK.]

6:24 he references Allen Ginsberg, 6:29 camera shows Allen Ginsberg

[@jasmincohen2715]

21:09 Allen Ginsberg asks a question

[@trumpisacreepoid554]

I love how unashamed he is about being human and having faults.

[@amiyth4670]

he probably feels all his shame for humanity when he listens to people like Kurt Cobain and John Lennon. In this time, I guess it's those poets that he mentioned. I've been focused too much on female poets and their pain. But reading Ginsburg and others I haven't touched yet would probably give a better perspective on things

[@trumpisacreepoid554]

@@amiyth4670 Yes, do that. It's funny, cuz all i'm reading right now is Edna Saint-Vincent Millay. She brings me to tears every time.

[@flaxbank2185]

Great mind he is. Thankyou for this.

[@MoneyMyChains]

Bruh he’s high af lmao

[@dannycurran2388]

Riiiiiight?

[@aphexlynch9463]

2:29 Some guy: saying "Could you speak a little.. louder?"

[@rygdoomed442]

Aphex Lynch that’s creepy as hell

[@brendantaylor3570]

You can tell Bob is in his mind all the time. Amusing, fucking with you and revealing the world.

[@DarkStormProduction5]

Title should be changed to Bob Dylan Trolls For 26 Minutes Straight.

[@nicholasdove5109]

All I see is Cate Blanchett when I watch this interview

[@Papelito-bd6vq]

Cate Blanchett truly got his vibe for that movie man

[@TheBluewaterBlonde]

The first guy to ask a question, the one with the glasses, looks like a crazy dangerous guy,.

[@janetwebb1507]

He was still so young, sweet & innocent. Good Character & wit.

[@ghislainedevaynes336]

Ty!

[@robertcronin6603]

Good lord - the questions...so many of them are insultingly enigmatic and unanswerable - he fields them pretty well, tho and wasn't especially rude or sharp during this press conference - it's always intriguing to hear him talk 🔥

[@fubar8229]

How time changes people . They are all old now , probably so are we . Only the songs remain the same through time ....

[@truthhitman7473]

I heard Bob Dylan wrote Blowing In The Wind for black people, which inspired Sam Cooke to write A Change Is Gonna Come.

[@chapialcala9638]

his skin is so C L E A R

[@diegodelgado9764]

Was that allen ginsberg chillin right there

[@mattlandonmusic]

Diego Delgado Yeah. Bob and Allen had a great admiration for each other.

[@jace5449]

The guy who asked the first question had his heart broken lmao. “Triumph must mean something”... “well I haven’t really thought about it a lot”... “well I have”... “lol”

[@Awesomebaconman123]

I love how so many people are looking a lot into Bob Dylan in this interview. There's a high chance he was on something or just simply having fun, why people overdefine his public appearance is odd. He isn't his work, he is Bob Dylan a human being.

[@r3d3y3si]

Bob dylan is part of his work. A made up character he wears like a mask. Bob Zimmerman is a human being.

[@felixfelix7447]

Did they give out free valium on the way in? And who is the guy who introduced Bob? He keeps the whole thing on wheels and believes Bob to be the funniest thing ever. He couldn't enjoy himself more. Ask many questions himself too....

[@Nowhereoh]

Ralph J. Gleason jazz & early rock critic. S.F. Chronicle & the original Rolling Stone mag. I watched this when it was broadcast . I was 13. I like all the laughter. KQED was the leading tv station in the U.S. Way hipper than NYC & Boston.

[@samuellustig4434]

this is david cross @6:29

[@Savvakisssss]

Look at him.. Intoxicated, smoking, laughing, and ignorant to the all questions.... This is the Nobel Prize Man! Well done Bob!!!

[@Borreaoud]

I think you are the only ignorant here... He answers stupid questions with stupid answers to make them face their stupidity. Intoxicated yes... and so was Baudelaire, Bukowski, Poe, Dickens, Hemingway, Nabokov, Sartre, Rimbaud, Balzac and so on

[@Savvakisssss]

My friend I do know that, I commended this ironically towards the stupid reporter questions!

[@kfdublin]

Savvakisssss it is what it is.. doesn't have to answer questions a certain way he is just been him in the moment of time... interesting video regardless.

[@arricammarques1955]

Touring, traveling, performing, press, etc. Quite a madding lifestyle.

[@peterburlin8198]

He's not ignorant of the questions, you are the ignorant one it seems. The questions are really really daft as a rule, but this was a different time, before the internet etc different context

[@hellbent6344]

@6:43 holly molly what kind of hair cut is that? Looks like a toupee

[@ibrasoetandyo728]

I thought is a raccoon hat at first

[@apexxxx10]

“Is that a toupee your wearing or did you cat die?” Johnny BikeSanooK straight from sunny tropical Thailand 🇹🇭 www.CarSanook.com

[@KvanderHolyfield]

6:33 David Cross is a time traveler.

[@mohtoadh]

That's actually Tobias Funke.

[@creme8338]

Falcon Punch right?? thought i was the only one that noticed that.

[@jg5887]

is that Allen Ginsberg at 4:20 at the back of the crowd?

[@evangelinadimarzable]

He's a genius! I love him and his music 💕

[@sheepthehack]

WTF???? TIME TRAVELLING DAVID CROSS at 6:29.. ;p

[@peanutgallery7753]

That's a time travelling Tobias

[@mockturtlesuppe]

@@peanutgallery7753 It's Allen Ginsburg. David Cross played him in "I'm Not There" though.

[@peanutgallery7753]

@@mockturtlesuppe Yeah, I know

[@tommychinn3089]

Legend x

[@nikitachauhan664]

1:54 what he on

[@bobquack1]

What question is asked at 4:15?

[@megp.4440]

I’m in love with him That’s all

[@sirdouglas.2870]

This category should be comedy.

[@stevestroh2267]

What would you do if you were drafted? I don’t really speak in terms of what if, so I don’t really know. What a way to avoid to avoid a question.

[@shaysreblog]

I've posted about this on another video. I found his view of being drafted into Vietnam to be very glib. Joan Baez was once asked if Dylan is coming to the demonstration. She replied that Dylan never comes to the demonstrations.

[@simonedevlin7710]

He makes mention of Allan Ginsberg and "lo and behold" his poet buddy is in the audience. Imagine if he had mentioned the late Martin Luther King Jr. or Mohammed Ali. Saying that Donovan was a nice guy was perfect! The reference to W. C. Fields was brilliant and his sense of humor so dry! The multi dimensional allegory in the sense of future concise albums hints at what he was capable of doing in his golden years. The interviewers seem rather clueless about length of song. It should only matter if you really love a song i.e. Eric Clapton's masterpiece song "Cocaine". Hence the artist will most likely do an extended version.

[@victord6940]

If I were to asks some question to him, I'd ask about specific verses of songs. Would be harder to get away from that. Of he did, meant there was no hope to get him revealing something about his lyrics.

[@cheetahlip]

If someone gave a press conference like this nowadays they’d get vilified on Twitter

[@dreamchaser0524]

I'm only here cause I just found out that bob Dylan and I share the same birthdate which is may 24 and we have the same life path number which is 8 and same mbti type too which is infp and we are both song writers and singers this is insane !

[@mockturtlesuppe]

I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A GREAT DEAL

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

BOB DYLAN 24 DE MAYO DE 1941 81 AÑOS. (82). (83)

[@Ale-ig6xm]

Could anyone tell me what he says at 5:38?

[@Ale-ig6xm]

Noah Gerometta thank you

[@queenvictoria8947]

The first reporter though hhhh

[@hwinkler4343]

queen victoria colin Kaerpernick

[@douglasfrench6998]

queen victoria If you ever saw the movie Zodiac, you may recall the scene where lawyer Melvin Belli was on Jim Dunbar's radio show and someone called in claiming to be Zodiac. It wasn't Zodiac - it was someone calling from a psych ward who couldn't be Zodiac. But it was the same guy that you are talking about - "motorcycle picture guy". Apparently he was committed to Napa State Mental Hospital some time after this press conference.

[@miningburrito]

yeah I thought this was Rob Dierdeks promo skate video. Doesn't matter though can't even watch it in my geometry class and now I'll never analyze the personality of Bob Dylan.

[@huflungdung8252]

Red Flavored cool story

[@Franz19970]

"...I do" Creepy dude-

[@bobquack1]

Bill Graham at 25:27

[@graciemartin4206]

Wait really?

[@lorrainephonsavanh1393]

I may be wrong but I think the reason he food this press conference was because he had recently changed his style from the acoustic guitar to electric. The change had a lot of his fans upset. I wonder if this was his agent’s attempt to confront that issue.

[@user-ki4uu2zx7d]

legend dance singer

[@mjcamck]

"I've thought about it a great deal." OK; just looks like an artist simply wearing a T-shirt with a motor vehicle on the cover of an album with the word "highway" in it. How deep can the meaning be? Otherwise. As we all know, Mr. Dylan had a serious motorcycle accident in July of 1969 which caused him to drop from public sight for a while. I was fortunate enough to gain tickets to his first concert tour after his recovery which was in 1974. He was backed up by The Band. It was a well planned and produced show. Mainly, I recall how "Like A Rolling Stone" brought down the house. PEACE to all.

[@oliveeisner8964]

yeah that tee shirt significance guy was stalkerish. poor Bob having that as the very first question. probably reconsidering the wisdom of agreeing to the press conference.

[@jpollackauthor]

That guy was mentally ill. He later called Jim Dunbar's show in October 1969 from a mental institution, claiming to be the Zodiac Killer.

[@trumpisacreepoid554]

I bet Ginsburg was flattered as Hell.

[@LGAussie]

@25:27 Thats Billy Graham, the rock promoter who passed in a helicopter accident in 1991.

[@goodmorning1237]

14:13 Kate Mckinnon, and Louie CK sitting in front of her. For real tho, Ferlinghetti is looking molto macho.

[@badkarma804]

He was so far ahead of everyone in that room.

[@corinneblanchon2589]

Dommage qu'il n'y ait de sous-titrage...

[@trumpisacreepoid554]

Donavon is great, but he just aint Dylan. They're kinda different ballgames, really, in the end. And I bet if you talked to Dylan 10 years later about Donavon, he'd say "Donavon is a great artist, man!!".

[@dovestones]

TV camera looks like a Dalek

[@arricammarques1955]

Vacuume tube technology., turret mount fixed lenses. 525 NTSC Tech.

[@nochannelmusician769]

Why do you think Dylan is so nervous?

[@trumpisacreepoid554]

I think the Byrds did an excellent job with his songs. But this might be a little pre-that.