FIRST TIME HEARING Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues REACTION

FIRST TIME HEARING Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues REACTION
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[@ericstaton6896]

Bob Dylan was indeed a poet, and was the voice of an entire generation! A true icon in American popular music! Peace & Love!!! 😎

[@tombeyerlein3813]

And he still is!

[@mikepaulus4766]

What's this "was" stuff?

[@coy0te9]

And still singing!

[@paul.kristoff]

You guys gotta react to INXS - Meditate. Both the song and the clip are a homage to this. And yes, there's a sax solo. :)

[@paulwilson2651]

World music he was huge everywhere.

[@mfwriter959]

Watching kids digging Dylan for the first time warms this 73 year old heart.

[@RDRussell2]

Ironic that you identify the "folk" quality to this song. At the time, everyone thought this was anything BUT folk. This is one of Dylan's earliest "Dylan goes electric" songs, and folkies felt very betrayed. If you want to hear Dylan's folk side, my favorite is probably "A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall." I also love "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'." That's what folkies think of when they think of folk music. Don't forget: "They keep it all hid. Twenty years of school' and they put you on the day shift. You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Those became mantra for a rebellious 1960s movement.

[@michaelthibault6106]

And the Weather Man was a direct reference to the Weather Underground, which was all over the news at the time.

[@Lensmaster1]

This song came out in 1965. The Weathermen formed in 1969. Of course they knew this song well, and took their name from the lyrics becausectheyvwere now goingbto be the weatherman who told you which way the wind blew.

[@KFBK1530]

I agree with Richard Russell. I have always loved this song but it does not represent the folk music of Dylan. The songs Mr. Russell listed above ARE examples of his folk music. Subterranean Homesick Blues is political commentary sung to a very fast beat. It has been referred to as "the first rap song." Not that I am a fan of rap as I am definitely not. My suggestion of a great Dylan song for The Rob Squad is "Desolation Row" from the 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited."

[@michaelthibault6106]

@@Lensmaster1 Sorry, flipped the script on that one. My bad.

[@keithdf2001]

@@michaelthibault6106 The Weather Underground came years later and Dylan has never said what you claim he said so I am not sure how you would come to that concussion

[@dennislockhart7678]

"...twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift..." That's the greatest line in the history of rock and roll.

[@ericwillison4011]

I'm partial to "better stay away from those who carry around a fire hose" myself.

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

@@ericwillison4011 You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

[@brianherrington7226]

Don’t follow leaders watching parking meters.

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

@@brianherrington7226 Watch YOUR parking meters.

[@matthawkins8880]

“You don’t need a weatherman to know the way the wind blows.” One of the greatest lines ever.

[@williamfragaszy6016]

Some members of the left group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) , who went underground in the late 1960s, early 1970s called themselves the Weathermen after this lyric.

[@matthawkins8880]

@@williamfragaszy6016 Cool, I absolutely know who The Weathermen were. I had no idea they got the name from this.

[@oldstudent2587]

@@williamfragaszy6016 And then blew themselves up in a basement apartment making bombs.

[@neilmalone798]

Students for a democratic Society (SDS) Weathermen, took their name from this incendiary lyric. And it still doesn’t “take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”

[@deniseg812]

Absolutely

[@michaelnelson3877]

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking about the government The man in a trench coat Badge out, laid off Says he's got a bad cough Wants to get it paid off Look out, kid It's somethin' you did God knows when But you're doin' it again You better duck down the alley way Lookin' for a new friend A man in a coon-skin cap In a pig pen Wants eleven dollar bills You only got ten. Maggie comes fleet foot Face full of black soot Talkin' that the heat put Plants in the bed but The phone's tapped anyway Maggie says that many say They must bust in early May Orders from the DA Look out, kid Don't matter what you did Walk on your tip toes Don't tie no bows Better stay away from those That carry around a fire hose Keep a clean nose Watch the plainclothes You don't need a weather man To know which way the wind blows. Ah, get sick, get well Hang around an ink well Ring bell, hard to tell If anything is gonna sell Try hard, get barred Get back, write Braille Get jailed, jump bail Join the army, if you fail Look out kid You're gonna get hit By losers, cheaters Six-time users Hanging 'round the theaters Girl by the whirlpool is Lookin' for a new fool Don't follow leaders Watch the parkin' meters. Ah, get born, keep warm Short pants, romance, learn to dance Get dressed, get blessed Try to be a success Please her, please him, buy gifts Don't steal, don't lift Twenty years of schoolin' And they put you on the day shift Look out kid They keep it all hid Better jump down a manhole Light yourself a candle Don't wear sandals Try to avoid the scandals Don't wanna be a bum You better chew gum The pump don't work 'Cause the vandals took the handles.

[@gregorymoore2877]

Maggie's warning him about the DA. I wonder if this was before he told her wouldn't work on her farm no more. 🤔

[@pegatheetoo1437]

@@gregorymoore2877 Love that song ... I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

[@wardlafferty5022]

The line “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”…is a reference to the radical group from the mid 60’s The Weathermen.

[@nedludd7622]

@@wardlafferty5022 It is the other way around.

[@fastnbulbouss]

@@nedludd7622 Absolutely....the Weathermen took their name from the song. 😎

[@ericlevi5729]

Check out this post: Hailed as the Shakespeare of his generation, Dylan sold tens of millions of albums, wrote more than 500 songs recorded by more than 2,000 artists, performed all over the world, and set the standard for lyric writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

[@bobm3434]

Yes, and it was deserved.

[@MrRonkard]

Also he did cover in studio or live around 600 songs.

[@ericlevi5729]

@@MrRonkard Dylan was a genius and is still going strong thanks for your input

[@markallan5484]

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." A typically brilliant, incisive Dylan lyric.

[@benanddaniellereviews]

“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”

[@bradsullivan2495]

"Hurricane" Is a powerful Dylan song from 1975 that could easily be adapted to today because of the issues discussed within it.

[@patrickgattiker9765]

The guy who it's about actually ended up being guilty fun fact. But it is a good story

[@denismansfield8876]

It was Reuben Carter and he was imprisoned 18-19 years then released ... due in large part to the song "Hurricane". There was a movie too with Denzel Washington playing Reuben. The song is a good example of being in the wrong place at the wrong time especially when a prosecutor wants a conviction ... he may have been up for reelection, but I don't recall all of the details. Anyhow, Dylan helped activate petitions and interest in serving justice.

[@Kunsoo1024]

@@patrickgattiker9765 - He was released, so courts apparently disagreed.

[@Kunsoo1024]

Yes, but listen to the recorded version, not the live version which is missing some key verses.

[@lisarhae9692]

YES!!

[@cometogether999]

I highly recommend "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan. Or "Shelter From the Storm."

[@Bekka_Noyb]

I 2nd these!

[@dellafenton2417]

Tangled up in blue. A masterpiece

[@paulalane2176]

Tangled up in Blue is fantastic.

[@mikeyhau]

Anybody who questions Dylan's Nobel Prize should listen to this.

[@eh-i1841]

The bearded man,on the left,is beat poet,and Dylan mentor,is Allen Ginsberg.It was filmed in England.

[@Darrenski]

The bearded nonce you mean

[@Darrenski]

Yeah what a 'hero'. How I'd have made him howl alright..

[@Darrenski]

It was filmed behind the savoy actually

[@marleybob3157]

"It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" is the next Dylan song you MUST react to. While not as well known as some of his hits, it has everything you say you like about him, mostly lyrics that will blow you away. It is also arguably the first rap song. Trust me on this.

[@korybeavers6528]

Yes! The talking blues...precursor to rap

[@timdore1131]

100% agree! My favorite Bob by far. I can’t stress enough how his 3 albums that came out back to back to back (Bringing it all back home 1964, Hwy 61 1965 and Blonde on Blonde 1966) is the most fertile musical period by any artist of the 20th century.

[@ashlealabine6937]

I can get behind that. Definitely a must hear.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" is my favorite Dylan tune but there's too many to mention. One of the GOATs

[@jas2039]

I was 14 when Dylan released "The Times They are a Changin' " in 1964. The previous year Governor George Wallace had stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to prevent black students from attending. Sit-ins, marches and civil disobedience were in the news daily. The times they were changing. Dylan spoke from my generations point of view. The generation gap was coming into full view. Truly remarkable lyrics with this one.

[@highpath4776]

I was younger than that in 64, but even then I thought that America was a backward country, compared to England that seemed positively progressive. American needed the angst to bring its change, and its music, England was more of a playground (despite the hard work). I think American song writers wrote about THE situation, British ones wrote about THEIR OWN situation (includes Folk. Rock and the Easy Listening genres )

[@donpietruk1517]

Never forget the man won a Nobel Prize for literature. Dylan was indeed a poet. And always remember he called another great American songwriter, the great Motown artist Smokey Robinson, a great American poet as well.

[@Cheryworld]

with MKL day coming up, a bit of history, Bob Dylan at age 22 performing Only A Pawn In Their Game at the March On Washington 1963, shortly before King gave his famous speech. Historic

[@douglaschoe6723]

Yes. How about a double dose of Bob and follow it up with "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll."

[@ptournas]

I remember watching that on TV as a 15 year old kid. He also did "Blowing in the Wind" and a couple of other songs. I also remember watching newscasts before the march to Washington showing police beating demonstraters who marched in peaceful protests in the South with billy clubs (including woman and children) and attacking them with dogs. It was pretty horrifying and senseless to me, even at that young age.

[@miguelnavarrete3893]

The story of the “HURRICANE” is a Dylan must!

[@Kunsoo1024]

Again, the recorded version. Skip the live - not because it isn't good, but because for some reason they skipped some key verses. Or maybe they hadn't been written yet.

[@beriandavies2111]

Definitely HURRICANE.

[@stevemuldoon9451]

Bob has a sense of humor too. Some of his work is very serious, but sometimes he just likes to have fun.

[@robertrodes1546]

Don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows is the line that has always stuck with me the most.

[@JerisEve]

I always have reservations about suggesting this song to young people for fear they'll never get the lyrics. Many people claim it's the first rap song. All the stuff about Maggie is a little complicated. Maggie had a farm where people on the run could hide out IF they were willing to work the farm. (See Dylan's song Maggie's Farm.) In this song he says, "Maggie said the heat (cops) put plants (planted names of people who weren't really there) in the bed book (registration record.") The farm got searched often looking for Draft Dodgers, Weathermen, Black Panthers, etc. Hence the line "You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Some lines are kinda nonsense, like the pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Bobby won the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature for his song lyrics. {The man in glasses sitting behind and to the left was poet Allen Ginsberg.} His greatest lyrics in the old songs IMO are in Mr. Tambourine Man and my very favorite A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall. Both are full of extraordinary imagery. Oops, also It's Alright, Ma, I'm Only Bleedin'.

[@diceportz7107]

There is so much cultural reference in this song that even those of us in the middle of the country struggled with some of the lyrics. Slang has changed so much and while certain phrases are still around, they don't mean what they once did. But, on the other hand, I don't want to see Bob's music die out.

[@ronalddobis6782]

And The Times They Are A Changing. It's always current because the times are always changing.

[@RDRussell2]

I just posted my own reply and then I read yours and thought, "Doh! I forgot 'It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding.'" That song has haunted me from the first moment I heard it. "He not busy bein' born is busy dyin'" has never left my thinking since I first heard it 30+ years ago as a teenager. The "problem" with Dylan is it's easier to identify what NOT to recommend. Like any artist, he wasn't always hitting them out of the park. He did indeed release a stinker or two. ("Under the Red Sky," anyone?) But when you are consistent excellent as Dylan, with a career that spans 5 decades, where do you begin with recommendations?

[@muzikman4399]

What is nonsense about his verse “the pumps don’t work, cause vandals stole the handles”? Back in the day they had to hand pump water from the wells (no electric pumps back then) if vandals (hooligans) stole the pump handle “then the pump don’t work” til you replace the handle.

[@chris...9497]

The first rap songs were square dances.

[@user-yk1cf8qb7q]

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature.

[@TheBham54]

He's rappin, (basically)...stream of consciousness poetry from the master. Two of my favorites from Bob are "Leopard skinned Pillbox Hat" and "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again." Fearless artist and American musical icon.

[@jimmonroe8532]

According to Bob the flow was provided by Satin himself!

[@JohnDoe-lc9yj]

@@jimmonroe8532 so not "glossy" nor "flat" but "Satin"? Interesting. Was is a white or off white?

[@velvetundergrad2843]

Those are my favorite from BoB. And sad-eyed lady

[@twiggyb01]

@@JohnDoe-lc9yj is what he used to paint his masteroiece

[@tombeyerlein3813]

You guys are starting to "get" Dylan, and it's a joy to see! Dylan isn't just another singer-songwriter. He's head and shoulders above the rest, endlessly fascinating and endlessly rewarding. You can literally spend years studying his decades-long body of work. A giant.

[@ronaldasher3149]

You should dig into some of his early folk stuff "Times They Are a Changin", "Blowin in The Wind" "It Ain't Me Babe" he's got some great stuff from early middle 60s.

[@Bastikovski99]

He's definitely at the very precipice of songwriters. I put him in my Mt. Rushmore with Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Townes van Zandt, and Warren Zevon. With Bob in the center of course.

[@yeahbee8237]

Neil and him are both up there

[@yeahbee8237]

@@Bastikovski99 Neil Young ffs

[@Bastikovski99]

@@yeahbee8237 nahhh…..

[@tedcole9936]

Yeah, guys! great reaction... Try Dylan's "Tangled up in Blue" or "Idiot Wind" or "My Back Pages" - or the classic "The Times They are a Changing" you'll get a hundred suggestions for more Dylan songs, but those are my votes!

[@steveullrich7737]

I was going to recommend "Tangled Up in Blue" too.

[@slebahn]

Definitely "Tangled up in Blue" for the lyrics and story telling

[@ronalddobis6782]

And Hurricane.

[@beatledad]

dylans anger in IDIOT WIND....just next level

[@adamlorenz4748]

My back pages is an all timer for me

[@balloonfarm5903]

In 2016 the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan

[@gavinreid2741]

I October 2016 Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

[@LynneConnolly]

You can't overestimate Dylan's influence, or his importance to music. (He even has a Nobel prize for literature!) Start at the beginning, with his folk roots, when he portrayed himself as a sharecropper-type singer through the Greenwich Village phase, and on, and on...With artists like this, real artists, it's best to start at the beginning and go through it, instead of dipping in and out. Having said that, you could try his later career and The Hurricane. Or just go to the Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands from Blonde On Blonde.

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

I agree, and say the same thing about artists, that you said about starting at the beginning and moving on. It's much easier to really dig a song that you may not otherwise, simply because it seems too far removed from what you expect from that artist. I mean, if I'd heard " Achilles Last Stand", and then heard " Long Black Wavy Hair" I'd think " this is still Zeppelin??"

[@jonm7888]

I think it's hilarious that he didn't attend the Nobel Prize ceremony.

[@robmontoya8618]

Dylan and George Bernard Shaw are the only Nobel Prize winners that also won Academy Awards.

[@dbradx]

Great choice guys - Bob started as a pure folk artist, this song was from the first album where he started branching out into rock, alienating a whole bunch of his folk audience. In fact, when he went out on tour after this album was released, he would get booed - someone even yelled "Judas" at him from the crowd at a show in England. His reply? "I don't believe you. You're a liar." He then turned to his band and if you listen to the recording, you can hear him tell them to "Play it f**king loud!"

[@richardworton4597]

What? Bob went electric!

[@sjw5797]

I liked it when a fan yelled at him to "Play some protest songs," and Bob replied in an honestly exasperated voice, "All my songs are protest songs. Come on, man."

[@misolgit69]

@@richardworton4597 that was at the Roundhouse in London they balled up their programmes and threw them at him and tried to slow hand clap hom off stage as History says he ignored them

[@ilikejohnhurt]

An interesting transition in his career.

[@JoseGonzalez-ez6vn]

Please react to Dylan singing "One More Cup of Coffee." Great song!!!

[@elbruces]

The only guy to ever win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his song lyrics.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

He and Johnny Cash were good friends and big fans of each other’s music.

[@larsonsrud2518]

There is a video of Johnny and Bob singing "north country girl " together on the Johnny Cash show

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

You MUST hear Jimi Hendricks cover of Dylan's original "All Along the Watchtower"

[@robinmeltzer9024]

You just don’t get a Nobel Prize when you’re a rock star… it just doesn’t happen… unless you’re Bob Dylan and you also happen to be a poet for the ages. What a joy to be living at the same time as him.

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Weird Al did it best.

[@Darrenski]

And happen to be in 'the club'

[@michaelopm1]

you guys crack us up! When Dylan went electric!

[@dagmar.6954]

Bob Dylan is a great singer songwriter poet. His music has been recorded by so many artists. Peter, Paul & Mary do a great version of "Blowing In The Wind". The group the Byrds did a few of Bob Dylan's songs such as "Mr. Tambourine Man" & "All I Really Want to Do". Some of Bob Dylan's early hits were "The Times They Are a-Changin'", "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Like a Rolling Stone", "It Ain't Me Babe" etc. Dylan co-founded the supergroup the Traveling Willburys in 1988 with George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty.

[@ericlevi5729]

500 written songs covered by 2,000 artists from 60 years of work. OMG

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

I love Peter, Paul and Mary's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"

[@ericlevi5729]

@@dustywaynemusic6297 how about PETER PAUL AMD MARY BLOWIN IN THE WIND AND OTHERS ?

[@k.t.5405]

Greatest singer/songwriter of his generation... Dylan was Lennon's God! 😎✌🌻

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

@@ericlevi5729 the OP mentioned blowing in the wind already but yeah it's great

[@oldairyheir]

Also, Weird Al does a GREAT take-off on this song called 'Bob'! ALL the lines are palindromes (read the same way backwards as they do forwards, as the title does!) You'll love it!

[@jeffreysmith236]

Finally someone mentions it, I am more familiar with and blown away by Weird Al's version.

[@Toobeegort]

After this song "Bob" is a must watch, Weird Al has put the same amount of skill in to write it.

[@tanisdevelopment]

Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!

[@peterz4427]

Love your pic, by the way!

[@bigdaddypiggy]

Bob Dylan did with words what Hendrix did with a guitar 🖤🤤🤘🏻

[@danielmcgee2879]

"Dont need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"........One of my favorite lines

[@jurgenradics155]

One of the first music videos in history

[@extdiso]

You might want to give “Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” a listen!

[@Pauba1946]

That is a great suggestion!

[@dianedarby442]

They'll love the storytelling in that one!

[@tedcole9936]

Yes! a classic example of Dylan giving you little pieces of the story, and letting you fill in the rest yourself.. a masterpiece, no doubt.

[@haroldmachroli7038]

Dylan is pure musical genius. I like all his stuff but I particularly like this one.

[@714cjp]

“ It’s Alright Ma , I’m Only Bleeding” will blow your minds .

[@bakilacat1]

Definitely not ‘hailed’ as a traditional sounding singer…. Spoke his truth, reason, compassion…. Definitely stood out among the standards!!

[@miltonslocum8957]

As ya'll are finding out, Bob Dylan has a tremendous amount of depth In his music. The poetry and social consciousness of his songs is why he's regarded as one of the greatest song writers of all time. He's an American treasure! Also, I'd like to suggest a song by Dan Fogelberg that would be great to react to. It's Same Old Lang Syne. It's a beautiful song so appropriate for New Year's Eve. Brings back so many memories! Continued success in the New Year!!🎊🎉

[@brizzle2026]

I have never seen or heard of your channel before, just kind of randomly arrived here. I just wanted to say that this young woman on the right is completely adorable. She is so beautiful, vibrant, and cute. Keep keeping on. ❤

[@jayarr961]

One of his great lyric songs (and there are many) It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

[@gkiferonhs]

Songwriters like Dylan are one reason this generation spent a lot of time just sitting and listening to music. This music had a lot going on.

[@brianorzel1873]

As a follow-up, you absolutely have to react to Weird Al Yankovic's parody video of this song - "Bob".

[@rbb9753]

Cannot upvote this enough

[@TheGoldenCapstone]

He has this really fun song that no one ever reacts to called Bob Dylan's 115th Dream. Enjoy!

[@classiclife7204]

"It's Alright, Ma, I'm Only Bleeding" - a must.

[@colibri1]

Dylan was also Jimi Hendrix's favorite lyricist. Hendrix carried around a book of Dylan's writings wherever he went and had a hit in 1968 with a cover of Dylan's 1967 "All Along the Watchtower."

[@russallert]

Trivia: the bald bearded guy with glasses in the background is poet Allen Ginsberg, who was one of Dylan's literary heroes and became friends with him. Also, Dylan's then-girlfriend Joan Baez (a folk legend in her own right) helped paint the cue cards. Musically, this song was actually Dylan's transition from folk to rock, and believe it or not it was a very controversial move back in 1965.

[@ronreynolds1610]

Probably more Original Punk music than most will understand ...

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Songer Donovan also helped with the cards. The man Ginsberg is talking to is musician Bob Neuwirth.

[@condor7810]

@Rus: Yes, and Ginsberg's famous 1955 poem "Howl" nearly got him "canceled" when it was published in 1956. Really, it was his publisher and friend Lawerence Ferlinghetti who was arrested and charged with obscenity (a ridiculous charge in retrospect). He was eventually cleared. I am a Gen X'er and have loved Dylan since I was 16. I also saw Ginsberg give an in person poetry reading when I was a teen in the 80's. Both Dylan and Ginsberg are/were great poets.

[@showmesomethingnew2678]

Dylan is the undisputed master of language. Go down that rabbit hole. You’ll be impressed. There’s a reason he won the Nobel prize for literature.

[@m.ericwatson968]

"The pumps don't work 'cause the vandals stole the handles" ...Love that last lyric

[@waltw4537]

The "roots of Rap", IMHO. That last phrase about the "vandals took the handles" refers to a hand-action water spout in the Woodstock, NY green. (15 miles from my house.) Someone stole the handle of that water pump. Don't think it was ever found. Very early Dylan. The Weathermen anti-establishment movement of the 1960s supposedly took its name from this tune. Beat poet Alan Ginsburg in the background. Yes. 5 more times may be needed, lol. A great love song by Dylan: "Most of the Time".

[@wpl8275]

If these are the roots the try is diseased now. How many rap artists even come close to this level of thought?

[@nancyhallatr]

Dylan was a rapper, for sure, but the roots of rap go back to the blues.

[@clintonhunt3197]

You guys gotta do "Don't Think Twice It's Alright", great song!

[@jeffhowser6270]

One of my favorite karaoke songs!

[@TheVoodooVegetable]

One of the guys standing in the background is the legendary poet, Allen Ginsberg.

[@TerryD15]

A real poet he was awarded the prestigious Nobel prize for literature a few years ago.

[@donnacorey1877]

You guys gotta check out Tangled Up In Blue next. Incredible lyrics and Incredible storytelling. Dylan at his finest!

[@bradsullivan2495]

Dylan's writing was so iconic that he became the first songwriter to ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

[@stevejette2329]

Amber "feels" the music. Closes her eyes, sway with the tune, smile to it.

[@User2718218]

Just Like a Woman - pure Bob Dylan beauty.

[@MS-ro9dm]

The roots of Rap? Talk about bustin' a Rhyme"

[@gabrielledormuth4634]

You have to react to the times are a changing it's definitely a classic

[@devMashcom]

Another fun way to experience Bob Dylan is to listen to the (relatively) more modern Traveling Wilburys. That was one hell of a lineup.

[@scottsmith1712]

"I feel like with Bob Dylan i always want to do lyrics". I was born in 1963 to 2 parents just getting into Dylan when I was born. I don't remember a time when Dylan wasn't playing in the background. And for about the first 18 years of my life I (might have pretended, I'm not sure) hated him. Sometime around the time I was 18 I started to 'get it', and dove in deep. Saw him for the first time in 1986, and 12 more times since then (8 of them with my dad). I've been 'studying' his lyrics since around 1980.... and I'm just as clueless as when I began.

[@stormy8207]

A voice of a generation. Suggest Blowing in the wind. The Times they are a changin'.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Dylan was all acoustic with harmonica. He went electric and fans freaked! But he is the poet of my generation. Won Nobel for Poetry!!!

[@philipadam7870]

The is only one, never to be repeated. Bob is the go to man when you need the real deal… truth.

[@cooked5439]

tangled up in blue is my personal favorite

[@josephcote6120]

In a fair number of Dylan songs he tells a story, but in little bits and pieces. One is Idiot Wind, an angry song, and someone did something to him, but he never really says what. And one of my favorites, Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts. I scratched my head over that song for years until I figured out that I was the one who was supposed to fill in the details. A fun and interesting song, and I think everyone fills it in in their own way.

[@gmRandy1530]

My favorite Dylan song is Positively 4th street and Lay lady lay...however Bobs voice sounds worlds apart between the two songs

[@paranoidplane9799]

Bob Dylan is probably Rock n Roll's greatest poet.

[@peters7025]

The best piece of advice ever put in a song. Don’t follow leaders, watch the parking meters.

[@lindenarden667]

"Bob Dylan on the street" He makes 3 or 4 rhymes on the spot using the words from the corner street signs. Phenomenal!

[@kevinbuchholz3496]

When Bob turned from all acoustic to an electric sound, The Band was the group that he took on tour with him. In fact, I guess that the reason The Band is named as they are, is that Bob apparently would say when they were going to record, get me The Band. The Band first started as The Hawks, backing band for Ronnie Hawkins.

[@RDRussell2]

Remember also that "Hawks' ended up having a political tone. Hawks were for the (Vietnam) war; doves were for peace. The Band couldn't go on calling themselves The Hawks when that name stood for everything they were against. Because of this, I always forget the Hawkins angle-thank you for the reminder!

[@headofbaphomet]

The Times They Are A Changing from before Dylan went electric is a legendary folk song.

[@danielbenson6407]

"I wanna listen to the song five more times" Listen to it 500 times and every time you'll have a different journey through his social commentary.

[@TwistedSither]

Mister Tambourine Man, All Along The Watchtower, The Times, They Are A-Changing are some great Dylan tunes.

[@taun856]

While every Dylan fan has their own idea of which of his songs has the deepest lyrics, my two choices are "Desolation Row" and "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleedin')". People have earned PhD's analyzing Desolation Row, and It's Alright Ma will amaze you with what they now-of-days call "flow". It was "Rap" before there was Rap (it was called "The Talking Blues"). I can not recommend these two songs enough!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Two more very deep Dylan songs worth mentioning (out of hundreds!) - "Visions of Johanna" and "Love Minus Zero/No Limit".

[@JoshuaTanzer]

It’s All Right Ma has a line to live by: He not busy being born is busy dying. So good.

[@taun856]

@@JoshuaTanzer That's a great one. My favorite is "While Money Doesn't talk, It swears".

[@Mftjan2000]

Subterranian Homesick Blues and Ain't gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More.

[@Mftjan2000]

Oh and "A Hard Rain Gonna Fall"

[@nomchompsky2883]

bob dylan is the definition of love him or hate him... those who love him... oh boy do we love him.

[@stevedotwood]

He's spewing the words. That's what I like about it. ("It's allright Ma - I'm only bleeding" is another great one like this)

[@larryg7126]

While some lyricists write great short stories, Bob Dylan wrote novels in the same amount of lines. "Tangled Up In Blue" being a personal favorite but by no means the only great song in his extensive catalog.. He also changed before the times and the times changed many times to where he was going, much like David Bowie, who came along later.

[@kestrelle5345]

His one-time girlfriend Joan Baez wrote "Diamonds and Rust" about her relationship with Dylan. You may enjoy that song.

[@JeannieBeanie]

Perfect for Female Friday !

[@terryb5803]

You have hear "Gotta Serve Somebody"!!! Bob Dylan at his finest!!!

[@babzcovington492]

And in 2016, Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first musician ever to do so: He had "created new poetic forms of expression ...

[@edprzydatek8398]

As Don McLean said about Dylan: "A voice that came from you and me." This is another one of those Dylan songs where the title is nowhere to be found in the lyrics of the song. If you're going to look into the meanings in this song bring a flashlight and a lunch 'cause it's gonna be an all-night job. Hope you react to more Dylan. A sad one you might like is "If You See Her, Say Hello" that he wrote after his marriage ended. Great reaction.

[@4tuneagent]

Bob Dylan has so many great lyrical songs.. I will recommend "I Want You", "Stuck Inside of Mobile(With the Memphis Blues Again)", "Maggie's Farm", and "Tangled Up in Blue".. Thanks.

[@douglasleinbach6313]

I Want You Great song with lots of harmonica.

[@patrickkeyes5916]

It makes me happy to see another generation discover him.

[@marvinstewart2499]

The most commonly quoted line used in court cases is "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

[@BoondockRoberts]

Dylan was a writers writer. He produced so much imagery in his songs and never confirmed or denied their meanings. My Back Pages being my favorite and highly recommended. Also Bob had the balls to criticize John Lennon when he was still with the Beatles saying "I like your stuff but you guys don't say anything"

[@21burt15]

There is only one class of music that you can put Bob Dylan in - - - "Bob Dylan" period - end of debate. I've been around for seventy six years, have listened to and appreciated all types and classifications of music, and can say without hesitation or reservation - BOB DYLAN IS A CLASS ALL HIS OWN.

[@Bastikovski99]

Have you listened to Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Warren Zevon, and Townes van Zandt? I agree Dylan is the best ever, because of his musical catalogue as well as the social effect he had during the 60s especially, but I can't really put those other 4 in a lower class. They all have amazing catalogues.

[@stephendoolan1502]

Also don mclean.

[@scholarr3138]

Paul McCartney wrote a lot of great songs too.

[@TheDivayenta]

Paul Simon , Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell belong in that pantheon as well. 😊

[@EricHenning]

Dylan was such an innovator that he basically invented the music video, right here.

[@stephensmith1343]

Rap b4 Rap

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

Now try to imagine that we were listening to all this fabulous music in the ‘60s on AM radio. That’s where all the great top 40 radio stations were.

[@DocRock71]

Amber: "I just wanna listen to it 5 more times to get it all!" LOL. Join the club! Everyone does when they first hear it. Bob Dylan was rapping before rappers were!

[@mikemet1744]

THE BEST songwriter of all time. Bob Dylan and Paul Simon were/are wordsmiths. You can't go wrong with any of their songs. Rock on all.

[@thomastimlin1724]

The Swedish Academy awarded Dylan the in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." In 2008, the singer-songwriter won the Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to music and American culture.

[@johnthorne4093]

It made me smile to see and hear how delighted you both were by Bob's cue-card performance. I suggest that you check out Bob's "Blood on the Tracks" album from 1974, specifically "Tangled Up In Blue". IMH opinion, this is his best song ever - not his most IMPORTANT song by any means, but the best story-telling, the best images those stories conjure, and the best arrangement.