Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm - Reaction (First Time Listening)

Here I react to Bob Dylan's Shelter from the Storm for the first time and share my quick thoughts on it.
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[@EwanReviews]

This video had to be disputed! It's about 3 weeks old so keep that in mind, but hope you all enjoy!!

[@thorsluter7835]

This is the second Dylan reaction vid of yours that I've watched, the 1st being "It's all right Ma (I'm only Bleeding). In both you said, "This may be one of my Favorite Dylan songs", well, keep listening to Bob, and you'll find yourself saying that quite a lot, and meaning it every time.

[@EwanReviews]

Haha you bet!

[@bert0522]

Always glad to see someone from your generation enjoy part of ours. Thank you Jim

[@sharontesta6566]

Without a doubt the best songwriter and wordsmith of all time, I said the same thing about A hard rain is gonna fall when I first heard it!

[@Bear78420]

He’s the only songwriter I know of that’s won a Nobel prize in literature. He really is an amazing storyteller ☺️

[@EwanReviews]

Oh yeah!

[@squaaaaak3178]

Or an emperor with no clothes. Yes he wrote some great songs, but not that many when you think about it, and there are a lot of great songwriters who are better than he is. I think he said himself and not so many words, that his lyrics are kind of just nonsense. There is a place and a Time where beautiful people like Bob Dylan appear and are relevant, but then there are truly thoughtful and timeless lyrics that come from other people that are better I believe. That's just my opinion, shoot me.

[@dntnawall]

@@squaaaaak3178 i know i'm replying 5 months later but who would you place above dylan? just curious. i personally love his stuff and he's the reason i got into folk music and learning guitar but i also wouldn't say he's the absolute best

[@gentryxc]

A very special Dylan song to me. Makes me recall a special someone from a prior life who was always a source of peace, calmness and tranquitlity to me in an otherwise crazy world. If you've got or had someone like that, you'll understand.

[@deanwimbridge9318]

Most Dylan songs are my favourite after hearing them . Been that way for 50 years that’s . Thanks 👏

[@CorrineSunQueen]

Great Dylan album. LOVE the song Tangled Up in Blue.

[@EwanReviews]

Reacting to that soon!

[@1nelsondj]

That entire album is amazing, perfectly tuned guitars add to the beauty of it. I've been listening to music since the late '60s and "Blood on the Tracks" is my #1 favorite album. Every song is perfect, and yet the live versions are even better. Definitely listen to this song on "Hard Rain", listen to how he tweaks some of the words such as 'non-eventful morn' become 'uneventful morn'. It's a slight difference but it's there, same goes for 'Idiot Wind'. I suspect Bob gets the basic concept first then finds the rhymes before creatively coming up with the verses. Yes he's released his earlier take 'Up to Me' on his "Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3" and it's good but not as good as the final version. He recorded the album in NYC but after returning home he decided to re-record a few of the songs, I think for the better, I've got the illegal bootleg.

[@stevewilson6017]

Think I like the stripped down NY sessions better,but I am not sure !

[@doriwiljt]

This was Dylan’s album after he and his wife parted ways. “If you see her say hello” is amazing too. The whole album is.

[@anfieldarcher8545]

Bob Dylan's delivery phrasing and imagery songwriting is insane

[@Whatzzzz999]

One of the best vocalists in the history of vocalists. Seriously.

[@karlschwaber7006]

I remember going home after buying this album, tearing off the plastic, putting on the turntable and listening to both sides. Then I had to listen to both sides again, this I have only done a few times. My favorite songwriter, the best of all times.

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

Oh yes that voice💗... he is super cool.. always has been

[@katec8796]

Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding

[@EwanReviews]

Will do!!

[@loveliness1219]

Bob Dylan - Lily, Rosemary and The Jack Of Hearts

[@siouzsie]

I’m so glad you like his voice. I think it’s amazing too.

[@squaaaaak3178]

I bought this record 40 years ago. I still have it.

[@lindawilliams2211]

I have bought more than one. Lol. Album, tape , cd. Kind of like Pink Floyd's DSOTM.

[@neilredmond1011]

His lyrics are so good ? He’s the greatest singer songwriter ever ! Nobody sings Dylan like Dylan simple as that

[@adamhuston9955]

I love Bob Dylan blood on the tracks Album he is a great musician . I really respect his lyrics are so wonderful. Keep up the great work Bob Dylan. I hope you have a great year Bob Dylan. Love from your friend Adam.

[@Mike-rk8px]

Great choice, Ewan, you can’t go wrong with Dylan! The only problem is picking a song to review by an artist who has written over 500 of them. A great Dylan classic you’ll love is “Positively 4th Street” , one of his best known songs that was also recorded by many other artists. It came out in September 1965 as a single, it was supposed to be on his album “Highway 61 Revisited” which came out the month before, but there wasn’t enough room to fit it on the LP. It’s a unique song because the music has a happy feel to it, while the lyrics are full of anger directed at one or more persons who treated him badly.

[@CorrineSunQueen]

Yes! Another Dylan great.

[@jnagarya519]

"Twas in another lifetime One of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form" That is a description of the creative process -- brining chaos into order.

[@christians6199]

Congratulations for discovery Dylan! It will be a bumpy, enriching, lovely journey. Thanks for the reaction!

[@musicairplanes4884]

Every track on this album is a classic!

[@EwanReviews]

Awesome!

[@AndrewHindley]

Even the ones left off,always liked up to me and all the alternative versions, yes u r correct, an absolute classic

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

So like that you appreciate his voice 💕

[@edprzydatek8398]

"Tangled Up in Blue", "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" and "Simple Twist of Fate" are songs from this album that I've done at open mics but the whole album is great. I've got to dig it out and listen to it again sometime. Nice reaction. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@steveullrich7737]

Yes these are great selections from Blood on the Tracks.

[@trenaesumter2902]

New to your channel. It's so cool to see young people enjoy his amazing music! Have you heard "Diamonds and Rust" by Joan Baez about her romance with Bob Dylan? I love it. He was a poet and a wordsmith.

[@Whatzzzz999]

Yep! THAT VOICE!

[@HamiltonRb]

One of my favorite Dylan classics, but my favorite is Hurricane. Such emotional powerful lyrics

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Tangled Up In Blue should be next!

[@ubilo]

This song was featured in an episode of Mad Men. Bob Dylan was totally confident from the moment he broke out. He knew he was a genius from the get go. He helped Jimi Hendrix to be comfortable with a less than ideal singing voice.

[@greghale6272]

As a "baby boomer" (I'm 72 now) it's great to see young folk experiencing music like this. I was 12 when I first heard Dylan. First saw him when I was 15, with the Hawks ( Later the Band) on his 1966 world tour. Half acoustic to appease the "Folkies" half electric. I had just bought Highway 61 album. ( after buying Bringing it All Back Home) So we got to see him play Ballad of a Thin Man, Desolation Row, Highway 61, Like a Rolling Stone etc. We also heard Visions of Johanna, which no one had heard as it was on the as yet unreleased Blonde on Blonde. He played it acoustic. No booing as they thought it was a new " folk" song. There's a great film clip of him playing it acoustically in the UK in 66.

[@tayamorris4758]

Hi am also 72 followed dylan from the beginning just brilliant and such wide range music ,my mum loved this .❤

[@jnagarya519]

"Tangled Up in Blue," "Idiot Wind," "If You See Her, Say Hello" -- same LP.

[@ianlaker9161]

The great thing about Dylan's writing is it's absolutely effortless. Like Joni Mitchell, the words just fall into place without cliche or force. Genius.

[@cindyphifer970]

Love Bob Dylan. Don't think twice, it's alright and It ain't me, baby are two more great songs by him

[@nickseifert9891]

Check out Most of the time one of my favorite Dylan songs in the 80s.

[@doriwiljt]

Watch this live from rolling Thunder tour. Very different and amazing.

[@annakermode6646]

YES!

[@JerisEve]

I'm in total agreement with you. This is one of my favorites from Blood on the Tracks. Second only to You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go. His lyrics, as always, are brilliant. His ability to rhyme is second to none. "Old men STRANDED without love" What a word choice! I'm not a man, but I am old, and I can vouch for the feeling of being stranded. How did he know that when he was so young? He has the ability to use simple words to express the deepest truths of the human condition. Tangled up in Blue is considered one of, if not THE best of his songs. I don't agree. In fact I don't really care that much for it. It's good; there isn't a bad song on this album. A couple of other songs that I think are really special are Idiot Wind and Simple Twist of Fate. It was fun to watch you get excited over Shelter from the Storm.

[@thorsluter7835]

I love the entire album, I can't even begin to say how many times I've listened to it. My absolute favorite track is "Buckets of Rain" at first listen it sounds like a throw away ditty, but the more you listen to it, the better it gets.

[@donnabruhn6907]

Love Dylan, deep lyrics, this song featured prominently in the movie 🍿🎥 Jerry Maguire. Love ii, saw him maybe 3-4 yrs back. He never sings anything the same twice in a row. He is always changing things up

[@georgecoventry8441]

That is what everyone hopes for when they marry: Shelter from the storm! Bob put a lot of hope into that marriage and it lasted for 8 good years, and then it was over. He wrote a lot of songs about Sara, and several of them are masterpieces.

[@doriwiljt]

You get Dylan. ✌🏼

[@arthurrubiera8750]

You should hear Dylan's Lay Ladies Lay. It is a beautiful love song.

[@IsisMusic]

I love that u like his voice. Been listening to idiots sayng he cant sing

[@staffgalli]

Love your reaction ❤️

[@paulhagger3895]

My favourite Dylan album. He followed it up with "Desire", another of my favourites.

[@georgecoventry8441]

A beautiful song Bob wrote about his wife, Sara. They married in 1966 at the height of his early fame, and were together for the next 8 years, and had 4 children during that time. When Bob wrote "Shelter From the Storm" in 1974 the marriage was beginning to fall apart for various reasons. Most of the album "Blood on the Tracks" is about the collapse of that marriage, so it's full of affection, pain, regret, loss, and at one point white-hot anger (in the song "Idiot Wind"). It's a stunning album. One of Bob's absolute best. He played most of the songs in an alternate tuning on the acoustic guitar, and that gives it a special sound.

[@staffgalli]

I’m glad this one as Knocked on Evan’s Door✌🏻

[@michaelmulherin9952]

its got a kinda magical flow to it it draws me in every time

[@sjw5797]

From the Blood on the Tracks album. He was going through a divorce, looking back on his marriage and how things had come to this.

[@lindawilliams2211]

I love this album. I have played this more than any. Then "Time Out Of Mind " but you cannot go wrong with any album. Dylan is the best...

[@wiggion]

I have like four artist, Dylan #1, Beatles, Paul Simon, Springsteen, the writing is beyond incredible. Dylan is best lyricist/poet. Roger Mcquin was lead singer of the Byrds who covered lots of Dylan songs. I saw Dylan, Mcquin, and Tom Petty touring together in 1986-1987 in Nuremburg while I was in Army.

[@beegeelu1244]

Easily my favorite Bob Dylan song

[@ianlaker9161]

There's a great live version on Hard Rain. It's also on KZbin somewhere as the gig was filmed from 1976. He did quite savage arrangements for that concert in the wake of his split from Sara.

[@HeliotropeCA]

Ballad of a Thin Man, Masters of War and all his words 💕

[@jnagarya519]

A brilliance of his rhymes is that they never call attention to themselves.

[@jonmorr777]

Another masterpiece

[@warrenhughes911]

Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

[@flickdasher1775]

also from this album, 'tangled up in blue'

[@joshb23]

The Master of Lyrics, channeling the heavens. Lucky us.

[@RenzoM2811]

Idiot Wind is also a must listen from this album. Actually, just listen to the whole thing, you won't regret it

[@shojaejlali1290]

Idiot wind often gets overlooked....it's an absolute masterpiece 👍

[@briankaufman7293]

My Back Pages - another masterpiece … Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts, I Shall Be Released, Hwy 61 Revisited, … so many others!

[@dwhite849]

you commented on the art work on the album cover - Dylan painted that

[@michaelmulherin9952]

this is a 'masterpeice'

[@joannevincent2035]

It's wonderful watching you appreciate Dylan. If you're unfamiliar with Roger McGuinn you must begin listening to The Byrds, who established the folk/country/psychedelic rock genre, all while exploring the pathways of Dylan, The Beatles, Pete Seeger and the banjo greats like Earl Scruggs.

[@anfieldarcher8545]

Love how you get Dylan

[@zenhaelcero8481]

In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm "come in," she said "I'll give ya shelter from the storm" Dylan is one of those songwriters who comes up with these lines that seem preternatural

[@davidsmith-white4212]

This is my tribute to Bob Dylan: Song: A Master of the Blues It was another country. It was another place. But the songs he sang were relevant, to the whole damn human race. His name was Bob Dylan. A master of the blues. You know just what he's feelin' by the way he sings for you. His name was Bob Dylan. A poet of his age. He sung of rank corruption in tears of blinding rage. It was in another country. In a different world. The knot of fear and hatred, he loosened and uncurled. He fought a thwarted justice, that something must be done. He warned us of the price we'd pay, and the things that were to come. It was a different country. It was another land. But he made us see, possibilities, that we could understand. He knew all the elements that would conspire: the lusting heat of cold desire, the wind, the rain, the creeping fire, the child within the man. A vision sought is a vision gained, he saw it all and he explained, and through it, with him, we were sustained. We went on as he began. It was another country. In a different hemisphere. And in speaking truth to restless youth Bob Dylan had no peer. It was a dream, or so it seemed, but they were the golden years. Among the young, he spoke their tongue, as a prophet or a seer. His name was Bob Dylan. A master of disguise. He'd see right through the hurt in you to the pain sunk in your eyes. His name was Bob Dylan, and it comes as no surprise, he struck a note in what he wrote: how love both lives and dies. It was another country. It was a different time. He gave us goals and set our sights on mountains left to climb. His name was Bob Dylan. He was honest if not wise. And the cards you knew he was dealin' you were not a pack of lies. Through every moment his songs require an open mind and trust inspired to raise us up from within the mire that we call: existence. A vision sought is a vision gained, he saw it all and he explained, and though it left him tired and drained, he went on with quiet persistence. It was a different country; in another past. He found the evidence of my deceit bound down within my heart. It was another lifetime. If its' vision did not last who could blame that passionate flame, illuminating art? His name was Bob Dylan. He blew a funeral horn. And heralded the winds of change from within the social storm. His name is still Bob Dylan. He's a master of the blues. And you know just what he's feelin' by the way he sings to you. DSW ©David Smith-White 2021

[@mimig3904]

You'll really like "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"

[@Victorprossart1]

Dylan's MASTERS OF WAR.

[@markamos1911]

Another from this album that's up there is "Idiot Wind". "Blood on the Tracks" as an album was said to be about the break-up of his first marriage, and was his most successful album in years and is regarded as one of his best. Dylan commented, while denying it was about his marriage breaking up, "A lot of people tell me they enjoy that album. It's hard for me to relate to that. I mean ... people enjoying that type of pain, you know?"

[@rodbutler9864]

Blood on the Tracks......All killer No filler.

[@paulschmidtke425]

Steel eyed death ,,, wow

[@tsb7911]

Ewan, you say you like lyrics, so I'm going to try to narrow it down to 10 Dylan songs. 1. It's Alright Ma..... I'm Only Bleeding 2. Visions of Johanna 3. Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 4. Ballad Of A Thin Man 5. Crossing The Rubicon (2020) 6. Where Are You Tonight? 7. Ain't Talkin' 8. Series Of Dreams 9. Desolation Row 10. Senor Please give these a listen to to quote the title of another Bob song, "You'll Never Be The Same Again.

[@EwanReviews]

Thanks for the suggestions!

[@psychedeliccodfish]

Blood on the tracks is great

[@VIDSTORAGE]

I wore out Blood on The Tracks cassette 5x over in the car stereo That tape lost all of the high end treble luster from the oxide the tape heads had worn off ...

[@allanrosen3230]

I don't understand why, Darkest Hour by Arlo Guthrie comforts me in the same was as Shelter from the Storm. If you have time check out Darkest hour.

[@EwanReviews]

Will do!

[@hijodevecino1066]

Thanks

[@larryrubin5150]

Look up biograph. " HONEY IF WE MEET AGAIN ,BABY REMEMBER ME HOW MY OLD TIME MELODY,AND THE HARMONICA AROUND MY NECK ,I BLEW IT FOR YOU FREE COME IN NOW ILL GIVE YOU SHELTER FROM THE STORM. " Dylan chances up the lyrics. It's called UP TO ME. OUTTAKES FROM BLOID ON THE TRACKS

[@tsb7911]

Great to see young people love Dylan, from "ok-boomer." )

[@EwanReviews]

Hahahaha

[@jasondylansargent2195]

Blood on the tracks classic album

[@michaelopm1]

bobby's best

[@roberthill7444]

I agree with everything you said. No one comes close to Bob

[@gardenersgraziers7261]

TRY Changing of the Guards by Dylan = BRILLIANT also Albums Slow Train Coming + Street Legal = PRIME TIME in BOBS LIFE

[@bollykecks]

Yeah, do a reaction to 'Senor' from Street Legal or 'When he Returns' from Slow Train Coming. And prepare to be amazed!

[@sentientmlem727]

This is truly one of his best songs because of the poetry. If you liked this then you'd like "Simple Twist of Fate" on the same album.

[@EwanReviews]

Good to know!

[@ronreynolds1610]

@@EwanReviews Just get the album , it was written around time of his divorce , his son Jakob Dylan said something like- the album is about his parents talking.

[@Victorprossart1]

Hi, just came across your channel. Subscribed. Dude, listen to Dylan's MASTERS OF WAR. If you haven't heard it, you must! :)

[@yamahabobwv]

Check out the Bill Murray cover.

[@aaronhaupert3015]

Do Bob Dylan Live 76' Shelter from the Storm

[@fightingwords8955]

Listen to The Hurricane 🎧🔥

[@allanelliot9234]

Idiot wind from the same album is epic.

[@IrishFootyVlogs]

Great song, best version is a live version on "Hard Rain" check that out.

[@davidcarter3064]

If you check out Idiot Wind, as many have suggested here in the comments, be sure to listen to the one that says 1974 NYC session, after you’ve listened to the album version. It’s a more stripped down arrangement from earlier in the sessions that totally blows the album version away, in my opinion. Far more guy-wrenching, and just captures the essence of the lyrics better. I’ll try posting a link to it, but I don’t know if it will work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3Ovh5yDgdymZ5I

[@jthaw]

Dylan is clearly a lyric genius. You might want to listen to Leonard Cohen, who is, arguably, Dylan's match when it comes to lyrics.

[@stormbrewing4967]

Give Idiot Wind a go - excellent song.

[@barbaralovenvirth8726]

SFTS...Bob meets Sara.

[@mumbles215]

This whole album, according to him, is his divorce album so this song is about a woman who gives him “shelter” from the storm he is dealing with.

[@dickwilliam3793]

No bad songs on this album.

[@warrenhughes911]

Many many.. Try..Hollis Brown ..Hattie Carroll..

[@jeffpaul6341]

i know this is totally irrelevant to what we just watched but it just popped in my head, you need to react to LILIAC they are a family rock band of kids , ages 12 to 21 , 2 sisters and 3 brothers and they have some of the BEST heavy metal/rock covers you will ever hear , they also have their own music, they're an independent metal band that do it all themselves from writing,video,editing and merch, they just did a video THE LAST IN LINE by DIO , (I RECOMMEND) for the ronnie james dio cancer fund event , wendy dio (ronnies wife) asked them to do it , they had one week to practice,play,record and edit video and it fucking slays !!, ok back to this vid , you can't go wrong with BOB, that's all i'm gunna say, great reaction. \m/

[@EwanReviews]

I’ll check them out!

[@anthonynewsome]

Just as the pandemic arrived in 2020 Bob released Murder Most Foul a seismic wave which chronicled the murder of JFK, its 16 minutes 57 seconds in length, it preceded the best album of 2020 Rough and Rowdy Ways, go on ut and invest in this song

[@yamahabobwv]

Check out Bill Murray’s cover of Shelter From The Storm. Really.

[@markcasserly3992]

Hi could u please react to Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul' which was released in 2020!!!!

[@Bastikovski99]

It’s so funny watching younger people discover Dylan and say that his voice is good, because all I ever heard from people was that, yeah, he writes good lyrics, but his voice is terrible. I’m glad people are coming around to appreciate this music.