How Bob Dylan Won The Nobel Prize (Hip Hop Fan Reacts)

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[@paulgerard347]

As a 65 year old, who has loved Dylan since mid 60’s. I am loving following your discovery of this wonderful wordsmith. Great channel

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Hats off to you if you loved Dylan in elementary school. I was in high school and college during the 60’s and he was a difficult nut to crack even then for me and my chums. We loved him, but he was a mystery.

[@derraumdeuter3671]

Weren't you born in the mid 60's if you're 65?

[@paulgerard347]

Do your maths 2023 - 66 = 1957 Amazingly I had 2 older brothers who introduced me to Dylan mid 1960’s when I was 8 years old. Does that solve your suspicion Der Raumdeuter Maths is quite simple Just in case the maths still confuses you, I’m turning 66 this year

[@jbellinger99]

"I Dreamed i Saw ST Augustine" is an astonishing, beautiful song. I have mentioned this before - give it a listen! THANK YOU

[@ryanjensen7210]

I have always loved this analysis and have wanted to recommend it to folks who react to Dylan's songs, but never felt they would take the time or understand. I'm glad you did, I think you appreciated it properly, and I look forward to your continued discovery of Dylan and other music. And the Townes I recommended... 😀

[@armandogarza6181]

Great recommendation BTW...

[@ziggymarlowe5654]

Wow, just wow, this essay on 'All Along the Watchtower' gives me more food for thought. And a greater respect for Dylan.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Syed..,because of your background in rap and hip-hop and resultant respect for the use of poetry to a beat in music, your love and high regard for Dylan’s work, because you give such insightful and intelligent breakdowns of his work, and also because so few reactors can or will do that…..what would you think of picking an album of his and going through it…perhaps one track a week? Make Dylan YOUR special calling card as a reaction channel. I know I for one would be totally onboard with that…..Anyway, it’s just a thought. 😁

[@LeeKennison]

Great idea Helene. Although, I think I might prefer a one album side per video approach. If he were to do only two albums, I would pick one of his key albums from the 60s (very tough choices) and "Blood on the Tracks" from the 70s. Much harder to pick only one from the 60s, but I think "Blood on the Tracks" is the more obvious 70s choice. Although I like "Desire" almost as much in the 70s. Syed could of course make the choices easier by not limiting it to two albums. 😁 Of course in speaking in terms of album sides, someone will need to send him the vinyl versions, so Syed can experience albums like we did back in the day. I guess they might have to throw the turntable into the shipment as well if he were to actually listen to them. Although there is value in just holding, reading, and experiencing the album art alone.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

@@LeeKennison considering the deep dive he does into the lyrics, I don’t think album sides are feasible with Dylan….although with concept albums I definitely agree with you. Dylan though…….I think needs one song at a time. Each is a poem.

[@LeeKennison]

@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Good point. Although in several cases he has already done some of the individual songs, but there are still many that he hasn't done a deep dive on. I would be willing to watch longer videos, but I think the majority prefer the shorter videos. So your method may be the best.

[@armandogarza6181]

Really stoked that you're thinking about Robert Johnson.

[@doriwiljt]

I suggest watching “Don’t Look Back” and “No Direction Home”

[@triscat]

And then, for someone who is deeeeeeeep into the Bob-o-verse....his film Masked & Anonymous is required viewing. Also, I'm Not There by Todd Haynes is essential.

[@tahangrant]

💯 There is nothing like Don't Look Back to this day.

[@jameslyons3320]

The writing and music that Dylan created was awarded the Nobel Prize in the hopes that his absolute creative genius might be compared to the often irrelevant creations awarded previously. It is his brain and heart that glued our world to his every utterance. It moved us, enormously!

[@michaelf6705]

I watched him in concert the night He won it, and they had osters of it up, and he was amped awsome concert that night.

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction again.. You are awesome..smart man....keep Bob coming . try..Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts . They could make a movie about it ... UNREAL storytelling.. Shakespeare with a guitar!!!

[@lawrencesmith6536]

I feel the same about "Masters Of War". And it was written so early on....1962? I was lucky enough to see him at the Rolling Thunder Review in the Astrodome in Houston. Great show!

[@robinmeltzer9024]

I don't always agree with your specific takes, but you do the most enjoyable Dylan reactions because you are clearly respectful of the work, you think deeply about it and your aren't worried about putting an actual point of view out there.

[@hlawrencepowell]

One of the best video reaction videos yet! Well done!

[@LeeKennison]

Excellent video. My first time seeing it. Thanks in addition for the great synopsis, insights and commentary by you Syed. Thanks for bringing this video to our attention.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Check out my comment and give it a thumbs up if you agree! 😁👋

[@michaelserkey6951]

"Every Grain of Sand" is a lyrical masterpiece .

[@thebacons5943]

It’s Alright Ma and My Back Pages are both pretty astounding contortions of the human language

[@richardgibson5232]

Your dylan reviews are so much better than the other jokers out there

[@bendancar]

Dylan not only mixes chronology, but also mixes perspectives and first person narration all the time. Tangled Up in Blue is a great example of that. I saw her. I saw him. He (I) went up to the great north woods, but I (she) had to sell everything I own. Yes, great writing.

[@marklerner8963]

The entire "thing" Dylan does, the entire package....lyrics, melody, music, intonations, pauses and arrangements that is his "poetry". It's NOT just the words on the page. And you know, poets of old were chanters, singers, musicians. Poetry was oral, and aural. Dylan returns us to those roots.

[@PeterBuwen]

I think the right moment has come now to react to 'American Pie' by Don McLean. We are down in the rabbit hole.

[@dickvanlunteren8953]

Bedankt voor dit. Ik geniet ervan. Meer Dylan svp!!!

[@michele-33]

Writer William Burroughs used a "Cut-up Writing Technique" reversing parts of story or poems. There's a short clip of Bob explaining the same technic he also used called "Bob Dylan explains cut-up writing technique". I always thought he did this on AATW.

[@mejbarron]

Syed! The entire album youtube search string: Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind / reimagined In the comments: Love Sick 0:00 Dirt Road Blues 5:19 Standing in the Doorway 10:55 Marchin’ to the City 18:27 Tryin' to Get to Heaven 25:08 Not Dark Yet 32:12 Cold Irons Bound 37:49 Make You Feel My Love 44:04 Can't Wait 48:30 Highlands 53:17 How can so many great songs be on the same album? To anyone who has come to at least accepting Dylan's voice, this maybe his most perfect album, an album that proves that he is the greatest pop singer song writer and recording artist ever. Just try to think of someone who could produce a cover better than the original release. Perfection is everywhere; recording, lyrics, delivery, vocals, band, musicianship. I think this is my sixth listen to TOoM. I still need to listen more to get Cold Iron Bound. I have listened most to the peculiar song (2 chord?) Highlands, which I believe to be his longest song. Often I find the greatest versions by Bob are live. A good cover seems impossible. Keep up the good work.

[@Chapps1941]

An excellent album

[@edkeen9378]

Syed, Love your thoughts. Please don't stop. ❤

[@citizenghosttown]

Great video. As someone whose loved and admired Dylan's artistry for years, I really appreciate your insights - including a hip-hop perspective" that values the power of words and the rhythm of the delivery. And the subversiveness of it all. May I offer 2 recommendations? First, you'll enjoy Martin Scorsesse's documentary "No Direction Home" (which borrows heavily from D.A. Pennebaker's clips from the 1960s). And while there are so many brilliant songs to choose from, I propose "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" --- it's an early one that captures so much of what makes Dylan Dylan.

[@doiminiclynch5208]

Great video thanks

[@steveullrich7737]

Great choice to dive deeper into his musical genius and is why so many of us enjoy your reactions and insights into Dylan as well as other artists. I'm sure there are other videos that cover Dylan's unique place in music which would be interesting to see you react to.

[@Sumotori.]

Thank you Syed for this insightful video about Bob Dylan, the mystery really. I suggest a reaction if you can to these other masterpieces in my opinion, as I know Dylan has so many, and also the only artist to date to be in the 40 for the last 6 consecutive decades : “ Chimes Of Freedom “ , “ A hard rain a gonna fall” “ Not Dark Yet” and “ Forever Young” if you did not react to it. I’m new to the channel, and really appreciate you as a music fan primarily not a one genre, and you’re open minded about music in general and artists.

[@smallbizdigitalmedia]

I was with you all the way until forever young lol which imho is way below his god tier standards but like football it’s all about opinions lol

[@JadeJackles]

When I found Dylan it was a revelation . I couldn't get enough and I'm so pleased to see others fall under his spell. His songs are unique, fascinating and surreal. I'm not eloquent so it's wonderful to hear your thoughts on this genius.

[@billshine401]

Great review. Thank You.

[@alphajava761]

Positively 4th Street, I Want You, Just Like A Women, Neighborhood Bully, Man In The Long Black Coat, Most Of The Time .. to name a few. You've got to do Positively 4th Street, the ultimate f*ck you song.

[@nedludd7622]

At the Nobel ceremony, Patti Smith sang his "It's A Hard Rain's A'Gonna Fall". It is one of the most moving live performances I have seen, and of maybe my favorite song by him--depending on the day.

[@kensilverstone1656]

Wonderful commentary. Wonderful find of the interpretation of Dylan and song related to the Nobel Prize. The mystery remains. But so do the lyrics, the melody and, of course, Dylan's unique vocals. Thanks so much for your presentation.

[@DennisMantin]

Really enjoying your takes on Dylan and his lyrics.

[@roaring_angels]

I am so impressed with this video and you are very fun and insightful. I like how you go deep into Dylan, this is great content, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us

[@konradv7]

I've heard that after Hendrix' version came out, Dylan changed the way he performed the song.

[@bobguitarlearner8007]

great post.

[@davescurry69]

Thanks for sharing that, Syed. I wonder how long before you check out Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" and the legendary Robert Johnson.

[@maggiebryan2355]

Love your takes

[@ronreynolds1610]

Dylan writes JWH after his ''crash'' in 1966...He goes from the top list of artists to going into hiding (got away from the business that nearly killed him).... This is prior to ''country rock'' which he helped to catapult into a popular sound ....and during the time ''psyche rock era'' was at its peak ..

[@Sunshineandhydrangeas]

My third favorite Dylan song is “Masters of War”. Eddie Vedder did a great cover of it. “All Along the Watchtower” will always be first. “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” is second. Love the Guns N Roses version.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

I LOVE that cover by Eddie. Wish Syed would react to it!

[@mdf3962]

Syed, love the channel! Huge Dylan fan. May I suggest "Man of piece" sings about the hidden places satin hides in the world, and "slow train coming" sings about the inevitable return of jesus. They're great musically as well. Keep it up. You're doing great!

[@lunadyana3330]

I recommend you check out the Scorcese film, "The Last Waltz." It was a farewell concert from Dylan's one time band, The Band, and features an all-star cast of musicians and stunning collaborative performances.

[@dustinboucher8102]

“That’s a wild take” It really was. You and I had the same reaction lol

[@danwood4171]

Great Review.

[@a2zme]

Nobody has taken Bible lines & turned them into masterpieces of 'modern' life like Dylan. #theMaster

[@AliasMark69]

Joe Cocker - Now That The Magic Has Gone (LIVE in Dortmund) HD.....You will say...THAT WAS PHUCKING AWESOME.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Bob Dylan "Simple Twist Of Fate" & "Things Have Changed"

[@bernardwright2264]

Can’t wait for you to check John Wesley Harding out.great songs👍✌️🙏

[@georgecoventry8441]

I just posted this on your other video about Dylan's performance of "All Along the Watchtower". I'll post it here too. I interpret this song as dealing with a crisis that is coming to an entire society....the place that exists with all the businessmen, the princes, the powerful people who are in charge at the top....and the women, and the plowmen, and the barefoot servants, who are the underclass, the powerless. The Princes are at the very top, in the watchtower. They are all there, doing the things they usually do, caught up in their ordinary activities and habits, as an apocalyptic storm approaches from the distance. The Joker and the Thief know what's coming. They are like 2 prophets who can see the approaching storm. They'd like to get out of that place of confusion and graft before it all comes crashing down around their ears. The Thief reminds the Joker that they, at least, have seen through the false illusions that this whole city (or society) is built upon, and that they will not suffer the same (spiritual?) fate that awaits those who have not seen through it. "So, let us not talk falsely now...the hour is getting late!" Doom is about to fall upon that place...and the ominous music foreshadows it. One is reminded of the doom that fell upon Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible. This has very much the same feel. As the storm nears, two riders are seen approaching. Are they like two Angelic messengers of destruction? Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Or are they the Joker and the Thief, seen at another point in the story? That question remains unanswered. As the storm descends upon the city/society the eerie howling of the rising wind (heard in the harmonica) announces it...a terrifying scene, as when a hurricane approaches landfall. That's just my interpretation, of course. There could be any number of other interpretations. Most of the songs on this album have a strong spiritual and moral message, delivered in a very dour and concise fashion. It's all about sin, repentance for past misdeeds, deliverance, and redemption. It's an extraordinarily strong album in which I think Dylan is to a great extent writing about (as usual)...........himself....and his own spiritual journey through suffering, trial, and error toward redemption. And he was writing about society in the largest sense as well. It's a very interesting change of direction, musically speaking, from the 3 albums that preceded it, and it surprised people at the time....just when most of the rock groups were turning to ever more complex instrumentation, Dylan was stripping it down to the bare essentials: 1 acoustic guitar, his voice, a harmonica, a drum set, and a bass. He went exactly the opposite way that the other most famous musical acts were going at the time. They went toward excess. He returned to musical simplicity...but with the usual incredible lyrics. In Dylan's case, the music always is there to serve the lyrics, and that's why I like his material the best. Rock bands are usually more about showcasing exciting instrumental riffs.

[@greenhandle]

Many Dylan songs are like passing across two people telling a tale, but you can only get what you can in the seconds you could consume. You think about it all day and by the night you have filled in much of what you want or need from someone else's story. In this way Dylan songs have always disturb me in a great way.

[@MartinLindnerDigital]

brilliant work.;

[@astrolurch6653]

I’d love to see you reacting to some clips of that 1965 press conference, if there’s a good compilation. (The whole interview is about an hour and a half if I remember, but well worth watching!)

[@musicairplanes4884]

Please check out Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts. A complete story of a western scene.

[@bkaczmarski]

I tend to think of this song & “It’s alright ma, I’m only bleeding” as Dylan awaking back into duality from transcendence and seeing how circular and I trapped the matrix of duality is 🙏

[@reallynow1445]

Never understood why people preferred Jimi’s cover over this original. So much more texture to Dylan’s version

[@patrickclark1742]

As a longtime Dylan fan, I’ve enjoyed watching your trip down the Bob highway. Every fan you meet has a different entry point to the canon….sometimes separated by decades. I’m sure you’ve had numerous recommendations do I’ll throw out a couple: Maggie’s Farm (first f so one gf gif amplified at Newport in 1965) and If You See Hef Say Hello, from Blond On Blonde.

[@lisadarley8756]

I shall be free no. 10 and Chimes of Freedom

[@vedantapdx]

I have mentioned the song Pretty Saro, sung by B. Dylan. His voice was just beautiful and I am of the opinion that he recorded this quite early in his career, perhaps as an example of what his great idol, Woody Guthrie might have sung in his time. Beautiful tone in Dylan's voice here.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

You really should check out the original “Watchtower” from Dylan’s Album. It a bit different. The Joker and the Thief are both Dylan. He wrote a lot of songs in which he’s talking to himself. Imo

[@LeeKennison]

I would also like to see him do "Black Diamond Bay" from the "Desire" album. A great example of Dylan telling a detailed fictional story in a mysterious place. Just as you are really involved in the story, he pulls you out of it back to the real world of today. Or at least the today of the 1970s.

[@marklerner8963]

Totally totally in awe with All Along The Watchtower....always have been. It literally invokes PROPHECY! It has prophetic stature. In just 12 lines, 139 words. Just incredible! But it's not just the words-lyrics. It's the whole arrangement, music. Are certainly as important in creating the aura (and themes) of biblical prophecy as the words. This is an uncanny piece. Transcendant. Out-of-time. "Time out of mind".

[@johnsalquist5750]

Nerdwriter is a gold mine, one of the best channels on youtube.

[@TM-vq1bf]

The Nobel Prize should be honored to win a Bob Dylan Award

[@keithdf2001]

From what I have read, Hendrix was pretty obsessed with Dylan before Hendrix became famous

[@Chapps1941]

He has 300 songs that are just fantastique

[@mattw1340]

check out the Kurtis Blow track "Street Rock" with the Bob Dylan feature

[@Kant19]

he deserved the Nobel! the other musician whom I would have given it to ... is LEONARD COHEN of course, maybe you can find your way into his work too. - love your channel :)

[@davidcopson5800]

The best version of 'All Along the Watch Tower' is by British group XTC.

[@joewilson1584]

I heard this song a million times before I realized that the joker thinks he’s being robbed, while the thief thinks everything is but a joke.

[@triscat]

Is that what the thief thinks? I thought he said "there are many here around us who feel that life but a joke". But, he says he and the joker have been through that and that is not their fate. Who knows? One thing I've learned about trying to make hard understandings of Bob's lyrics is that I always end up looking like a fool.

[@contacluj758]

You should watch him doing "Forever Young" live

[@kljindiana5551]

I don't know if you've heard Hard Rain , amazing song. You really should check it out. Love your reactions

[@lunadyana3330]

For Robert Johnson, I'd check out St James Infirmary or Crossroads

[@paulcwalina7910]

Syed, you are doing a fabulous job with this channel. Congratulations. If you're looking for more great writing (lyrically), try these: Bob Dylan - "Maggie's Farm" Rush - "The Trees" Sting - "Fortress Around Your Heart"

[@TheSixtoo]

Would love to see you react to a letter that he wrote to Woody. Its called last thoughts on woody guthrie

[@Pepeekeo808]

Hendrix wrote one of the finest covers ever recorded, but if you want to hear how "All Along the Watchtower" was meant to be heard, listen to the original, Dylan version.

[@timkis64]

robert johnson supposedly made a deal with the devil at the "crossroads" intersection of highways 61 & 49 in clarksville mississippi.thats where dylan got the idea for highway 61 "RE VISITED". he later admited on "60 minutes" he made a deal with the devil to be a songwriting god.(bob called him "the chief of the seen & unseen world") it makes sence to me since bob IS considered a songwriting god.many other rock artist including led zeppelin talk of clarksville too.hell even the monkees sang "take the last train to clarksville".

[@dyl-annfan6]

After it was announced he had finally won the Nobel Prize there was a "silence" from Bob which was noted he finally ended the silence in typical Dylan fashion by saying "Winning the Nobel Prize for Literature left me speechless"

[@olibertosoto5470]

The "voice of his generation" is the perfect description for Dylan. There was lots of criticism about song lyrics qualifying as literature for the Nobel prize but this one was well deserved.

[@tomspencer1364]

Criticism of song as literature kind of sticks it to Homer doesn't it? And a lot of others slightly less famous?

[@olibertosoto5470]

@@tomspencer1364 It's a bragging rights prize and it comes along with a good chunk of money so there's always going to be bickering.

[@tomspencer1364]

@@olibertosoto5470 Politics and connections make up an arbitrary component even in the hard sciences. Besides, by the time they get around to you, you're likely an octogenarian.

[@olibertosoto5470]

@@tomspencer1364 👍🏼

[@michaelsmith-st3fe]

Absolutely check out Robert Johnson. Probably the most influential musician ever! At least in modern music.

[@joshuadavies9275]

If you have not yet listened to A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (original version) please do. It is missy a transcendently brilliant piece of work.

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

I think from what I hear from other artists such as Roger Waters "indulgent " was in some way The Beatles intention.... ,Freedom , Waters said he first heard it and many have said similar, it gave them "Permission " to just do what they were, thier music soul and not seek to fit any category box, Sergeant Pepper was a musicians freedom call----

[@GD-rd6ig]

Your interpretation is the only one that counts. Art is only what it means to the recipient. My most meaningful Dylan song is Dear Landlord from John Wesley Harding album. There are writings on what Dylan meant by Dear Landlord, but it doesn’t matter. I heard something in that song on a late all alone night in Los Angeles and I go back to it often.

[@glass2467]

Hellhound on my trail

[@johnlobiondo-es6bo]

Lisren to desolation row. One of my favorite songs. I've. Always said throughout my life that if I ever. Met him one of the question I would ask is where is desolation row.

[@Rassskle]

Desolation Row is everywhere and throughout history......from Skid Row of the big cities, to the financial Desolation of a stock market crash . Every society reaps what is sows. Prospers or dies at birth, grows strong, then dissipates as greed, lethargy etc extract their price......leading us into Desolation Row.

[@zenhaelcero8481]

Edward Norton talking about Bob Dylan on Rogan's podcast is an interesting clip.

[@Trotskyification]

Robert Johnson is something else… a man out of time

[@byost06]

Best handle on the English language since Shakespeare

[@mejbarron]

Bob Dylan and the question: What is Literature. Search for :"SU in the News | Professor of English David Gaines Applauds Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize"

[@cuebj]

No. But a very good channel of Americana in relation to current issues and themes in USA. Been cranking a formula for decades

[@shocklobster6266]

Bob Dylan' 115th Dream. Just saying...

[@ChitwoodMitwood]

I went Astral Traveling and got access to Dylans aura and found out the real true meaning of all of his songs !!! Everybody else is taking a wild guess .

[@JoseLuis-iz9nq]

Dylan y Leonard Cohen los mejores letristas de la historia

[@kpodonnell7924]

Certainly top two with Joni Mitchell. Joni’s is more introspective. Depends on the day for me. They are like the electrons in the first valence shell orbiting around perfection.

[@Chapps1941]

Dylan has so many more song styles than Mitchell. And her jazz stuff l just can't hear. But I'm biased as l absolutely detest jazz

[@alansmith6111]

4 horseman of the apocalypse the joker and the thief,the other 2 are approaching

[@snakelite61]

Please take a few minutes to watch Patti Smith accept the Nobel prize for Dylan. He couldn't be there for the ceremony. She sings A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall and it's very moving. It meant so much to her, she forgets the lyrics at one point, but recovers.

[@arjaylee]

Keith Richards says he's getting a Nobel Prize for Chemistry 🤣

[@michaelmerenstein2266]

If you look at John Wesley Harding please check out I Pity the Poor Immigrant. Thank you’ll appreciate it.

[@michael-hf7tn]

Bob Dylan is the greatest poet of the last hundred or more years.

[@dougca7086]

You should react to Bob Dylan's acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize to the Nobel Committee in Sweden. it was delivered by the ambassador to Sweden from the United States and she did an excellent job.! obviously Bob Dylan couldn't make it, he had prior engagements✌️!

[@warrenhughes911]

Yo, bro.. Bob turned the Beatles onto ' weed'...TRUE...

[@bobguitarlearner8007]

I've posted this before, but if you want the same take on the Beatles then here it is.......kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIK2amSti8mpj8U