Musicians Love Making Fun of Bob Dylan

[@andrehof7876]

George Harrison and Bob Dylan had the long running joke that they would make remarkable grotesque claims about each other in interviews..Harrison finally won it with his statement that Dylan's poetry was so great , he made William Shakespear look like Billy Joel. They decided to stop their game as this was undoable to top.

[@allanwilson8878]

Lol. I didn’t know that. That’s great. Thanks a lot.

[@someoneelse293]

I don't get it... billy joel is great

[@andrehof7876]

@@someoneelse293 it must be an honor to be named like that...even if it is taunting a bit.

[@someoneelse293]

@@andrehof7876 a person once came up and tapped me on the shoulder, when I turned around they said, "oh, sorry I thought you were someone else.... " I replied, "I am someone else".

[@andrehof7876]

@@someoneelse293 Oh I love those, are the best...lookup the story David Bowie told about John Lennon ..."I wish I had his money"..

[@henrypark3829]

At the first Dylan concert I saw, he parodied The Beatles by hitting one chord and singing one word, "Yesterday".

[@iulia1690]

You could understand words at a Bob Dylan concert?! Not plausible

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

@@iulia1690 One must speak Dylanese to understand hat he's saying on stage.. lol

[@andrealanzillotta4388]

@@Piggy-Oink-Oink all you need is knowing the words of the songs

[@Mr-Realism]

@@andrealanzillotta4388 In my experience he regularly changes both the key the song is in and the lyrics, to some degree at least, in live shows. I usually go with my dad and we play "guess that tune" and see who works out what it is first

[@mikeminno5956]

@@Mr-Realism I saw him live in Wellington NZ and had NO idea of what song he was singing........I walked out.....It was aweful.

[@jebatman756]

"Imitation is the highest form of flattery"

[@jkvz7184]

Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!

[@josephbehanan722]

@@jkvz7184 Michael!

[@213ordog]

@@josephbehanan722 Michael! :)

[@unclerhyss5506]

- Dwight Schrute

[@linjicakonikon7666]

Imitation is also the easiest form of personal insult. The "flattery" quote obviously came from someone who was made fun of pretty often.

[@gothicwestern]

"Dylan, everything he sings has two meanings. He's telling you the truth and making fun of you at the same time. " (Paul Simon) Yep.

[@linjicakonikon7666]

Paul Simon has had a lifetime of feeling made fun of.

[@AliciaB.]

@@linjicakonikon7666 why ??

[@Brennan0906]

@@AliciaB. Horrible haircut?

[@kenkaplan3654]

Not really. If you understand him he is quite clear in what he wants to say.

[@chaosmos24]

'Stuck in the Middle With You' is the best Bob Dylan song that Bob Dylan didn't write.

[@tannakaobi1]

Nah, not while Hunky Dory exists.

[@allandnothing5338]

"Eve Of Destruction" interpreted by Barry McGuire is a strong contender for the title as well (not intended as a parody, though).

[@WhiteCamry]

@@allandnothing5338 "Eve of Destruction" doesn't have any double meanings.

[@thebacons5943]

Ironic if they were actually trying to make fun of him, it’s they’re biggest hit

[@allandnothing5338]

@@WhiteCamry Not all Dylan songs have double meanings. "Masters of War" lyrics are straight forward, yet have the signature Dylanesque rambling.

[@jessenicoletta4160]

my personal favorite Dylan parody is "Flakes" by Frank Zappa. You are just listening to the song, and then all of a sudden, one of the musicians starts doing a pitch perfect Bob Dylan impression, and then the song goes on like it never happened. He never comes back at the end, he's never referenced later in the song, the impression just happens.

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

That's Adrian Belew on the Sheik Yerbouti album.

[@TimothyReeves]

“Wanna buy some mandies, Bob?” (Mandies refers to Mandrax, a drug containing methaqualone.)

[@musamusashi]

Great song, Belew do an amazing Dylan interpretation.

[@boguslawpiskorz2208]

"But they charge me double on Sunday"... 😲

[@4scended498]

Take it away Bob!

[@lance4842]

That "And i blushed brightly when she showed me her, perfume that she buys" got me.

[@FrankValchiria]

Bob, you can poke fun at him but can't ignore him. long live Bob.

[@sarahssentongo2587]

He’s still alive lmao

[@Finneagan]

I can. Don't listen to his crap music at all.

[@FrankValchiria]

@@Finneagan what would it be a great song for you?

[@Maelli535]

You definitely can ignore him, I have for the last 50 years or so, other than his love songs, his music has no intellect, it's just empty rhymes.

[@romo2674]

@@Maelli535 Ok, that was somehow funny

[@aritra7258]

I can't believe you missed out Syd Barrett's iconic "Bob Dylan Blues", possibly the most direct parody of Dylan ever

[@claudianicula9317]

i know right, i poened the video waiting to see his remarks on the song/ disappointed

[@AliciaB.]

was waiting for it too. But to be honest, it resembles the S&G song a lot, to the point where I'm wondering if Syd wasn't more inspired by them to write the song than by dylan

[@ericcampbell6370]

Dylan took lyric-writing to a level which few have ever come close to attaining. Let it also be said that those few only did so after being inspired by him.

[@Alfredocap]

Who do you think did after him?

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

@Evan Hodge he got it for literature

[@yinjinggoblock2635]

​@@Alfredocap Hozier hits some of it lol

[@MicheleMcAdoo]

​@@yinjinggoblock2635take me to church!??!? Oh

[@kenkaplan3654]

@@Alfredocap Cohen, some Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Richard Thompson many others but intermittingly. "Hotel California" and "The Last Resort" on the same album, for example, are lyrically great songs. Dylan opened doors through which many artists followed. There would be no Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood Mac, or hundreds of others if not for Dylan. Dylan and the Beatles hit popular culture the way the asteroid that wiped out the Dinosaurs hot Earth.

[@juffan]

It's a shame that Bob Dylan's legendary early protest music and controversial switch to electronic music completely overshadows the wonderful love songs he wrote throughout the 60's and 70's. You come for Like a Rolling Stone, you stay for Girl from North Country

[@joshevers9033]

True

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

Basically the whole album of The Times They are a Changin' Is the most beautiful music around

[@juffan]

TheGuyWhoIsAustralian With God on Our Side, Boots of Spanish Leather, and The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll. It’s one of his best for sure. But Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and Desire are my favourites.

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

Freewheeln' is great too. I guess I just like the whole of The Times They are a Changin' as appose to a select few from Freewheelin'

[@juffan]

TheGuyWhoIsAustralian it’s a classic album for sure!

[@carbono12videos]

"I once had a girl Or should I say She once had me"

[@douglasdahlstrom949]

"I once had a life Or rather Life had me " Spot that one ;)

[@ragingnalgas]

I don’t think that was meant as parody was it?

[@carbono12videos]

Edwrds Lee Not exactly, I think

[@HotStrange]

Douglas Dahlström Funkadelic :)

[@dolphwong]

Carbono 12 Dylan mocked this song with 4th Time Around

[@bobbluered8984]

I refuse to see Dylan as anything other than pure, unfiltered genius.

[@DMBfan36]

Nailed it!

[@Dmhlcmb]

Meh, his importance and influence are obvious but I never liked his sound.

[@DMBfan36]

@@Dmhlcmb You just have to dig then. This MF has 50 years of music, somewhere in there you'll find a song that sends chills. I understand that many will not dig any further under the surface then the songs played on the radio. Try 'Who killed Davey Moore' or 'Not Dark Yet'

[@imannonymous7707]

Hell yea

[@janseendiguiseppiThomasMC]

Bob Bluered I agree but recently heard a rumor that he stole a lot of his work from other artists. Is there any truth to this?

[@gabedogen]

Another example is Syd Barrett’s “Bob Dylan Blues”

[@johnhenrymills4517]

Shine in you crazy diamond.

[@yahaharjo3072]

I've got the Bob Dylan Blues And the Bob Dylan shoes, And my clothes and my hair's a mess But you know I couldn't care less

[@toddubow2599]

Making fun of Dylan just increases his myth since he must be so interesting that his peers actually spent so much time thinking about him. Dylan was comedian who loved to party. He created a character to have fun with people. The public took it seriously and created an image he never intended. So anyone trying to diss Bobby is dissing the public.

[@Mraquanetchris]

Madonnaesque.

[@花びらの旅]

All those artistes once loved Bob Dylan, they only hate the person who replaced Bob Dylan since late1966. They all know but you don't know.

[@regimiro4888]

tod dubow “What you say about his company, is what you say about society”

[@ghandisporridge5511]

花びらの旅 what happened in 1966?

[@derekgiesbrecht2929]

Really good observation, "created a character". That totally fits his making up stories about his past, to play with peoples minds.

[@42awww]

Dylan's great originality and genius often brought imitators, most of which didn't have the talent in their entire lives to match Dylan's baby finger. Enough said, Dylan is unassailable.

[@pablobeltran3028]

i wish your post would always remain on top....

[@ChandlerTV100]

8:00 I’m not a big Lennon fan, but. That. Is. Hilarious.

[@AvanRoyOfficial]

Wish you are now 😎✌️

[@benpietrzykowski9216]

How don’t you like lennon

[@bobdylanlovr69]

@@benpietrzykowski9216 he was a horrible person?

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@benpietrzykowski9216 because he beat every wife he ever had

[@benpietrzykowski9216]

@@WrangleMcDangle hit 2 woman and all the sudden everyone’s a critic.

[@grumpyavocado7725]

Pink Floyd’s fascination w live show antics like the wall shows. Might be a good vid

[@pablobustamante8458]

Grumpy Avocado yeah, or some of the shows they did at the end of their time with Syd Barrett

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Yes! I want a Pink Floyd Video on Evolution of the Trippy live shows! :D We went to Brit Floyd this year and it was awesome!

[@sintonia4339]

I think it would be better if the video was from 72/73 to 77

[@mediaproductionfilms3665]

Grumpy Avocado any video about the Floyd would be awesome!

[@ramona.vargas7298]

anything pink floyd is a good video

[@camilleparent9548]

I see "A Simple Desultory Philippic" more as an hommage to Dylan than a parody though

[@stephenjones101]

Absolutely. I was a fan of both Dylan and S&G when I bought that album. I still love that song. It is a very loving and funny take on Dylan. Same is true about Joan Baez in the 197os. She frequently mocked his singing style l e, but the love always shone through.

[@johnparadise3134]

3:52 “Dylan everything he sings has two meanings. He’s telling you the truth and making fun of you at the same time.”

[@hitlereinstein8935]

Gotta love the zim. Gets a nobel prize, and quotes elvis. “Thank you very much”. And looks like he would rather be over at dave’s place, watching him paint.

[@meh6823]

How is this man able to upload such high quality so frequently?

[@MEGAHIMFAN]

Meh probably has them all made beforehand and just uploads them at specific dates

[@meh6823]

That feels a little underwhelming i have to admit.

[@TheLuizSouza]

MEGAHIMFAN Either that or he's not really a man, but a god.

[@peanutbutterrobot]

or..and hear me out...this is his only job.

[@meh6823]

Yea but many full time youtubers doesn't even match up to this guy. Since he has *that* level of quality on his content.

[@redpiper9836]

Dylan is a natural hard-nosed introvert. He is undeterred to such philanderies.

[@imannonymous7707]

Tru dat thats the difference between posers and real artists

[@ProMrLecoq01]

im annonymous what do you mean exactly

[@oldaccount5217]

He’s not introverted. Like at all.

[@musicman1124]

Zappa's song "Flakes" has a Bob Dylan impression

[@GiubenRova]

I was just about to write this ❤️

[@nadir7467]

Sung by Adrian Belew!

[@mocthezuma]

Take it away Bob!

[@NewErsatz]

"...target of satire over the last century..." Ahhh, remember all the Bob Dylan jokes in the 1920's - 1950's? Classics

[@captainsatellite2112]

Andy Russell Moe did a great impersonation. Talkies were invented so people could hear some of the early ones.

[@jamessilver6429]

@@captainsatellite2112 i agree

[@isaacjones6323]

It's incredible how good Dylan is though. Every time you play the Dylan song after the parody, the Dylan song is musically just so so good

[@flacidhouse350]

No it isn't. It's terrible.

[@flacidhouse350]

@neal cassady No. She knows Dylan sucks too.

[@imkool51391]

@@flacidhouse350 bob dylan wrote some of the greatest music of all time. Deal with it

[@flacidhouse350]

@@imkool51391 He wrote like 4 songs that were good once someone else arranged them.

[@nikoazure5235]

@@flacidhouse350 all look at the edgy boy look at him unable to under stand his taste is subjective and responding he sucks makes h8m look bad awww how cute. Grow the fuck up.

[@Bandstand]

Polyphonic is one of the few youtubers that inspires me, amazing work

[@lortomcon]

Bandstand hey, fuck genius right?

[@brantleylansing7696]

Hell yeah bandstand I didn't know you watched polyphonic too man, btw awesome videos kepe up the good work the both of ya

[@qdfxrg]

nice picture dude

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

NOIDED

[@coleradcliff8023]

Bandstand nice profile picture lol

[@Ayden_B]

“Oh I hate the government, more than you and me. The government stole my hamster and they unplugged my tv”-Animaniacs

[@gothicwestern]

The best imitation of Dylan's voice is by Joan Baez, it's uncanny.

[@dolores111]

Having a style that is easy to parody has to be one of my biggest creative aspirations

[@hopscotchoblivion7564]

Would've been nice to mention how Bob Dylan parodied Beatles for parodying him with Norwegian Wood and 4th Time Around.

[@kenhymes4900]

What people seem to miss when they mock Dylan's delivery and tone is that he has profoundly influenced the way all pop singers sing. He is the raw form of an approach which now pervades the many genres. He took Billie Holliday's talk singing thing and went all in, bringing a vast number of devices into the art form which now go unnoticed because virtually everyone uses them. When i hear that he sounds like an old blues guy it makes me laugh/cry at the ignorance of what old blues guys actually sounded like - big bold tenors with heaps of vibrato. Dylan is difficult, doesn't give AF about us, and his concerts are a mix of the intensely frustrating and the sublime. But his singing is simply.... everywhere.

[@Mandrake591]

Is that so? I like Dylan quite a bit, but you think “everyone” was/is influenced by his singing? Taylor Swift? Dolly Parton? Elvis Presley? Morrissey? Elizabeth Fraser? Jim Morrison? Freddie Mercury? Prince? I don’t hear it……..

[@kenkaplan3654]

@@Mandrake591 If not singing, the very idea of bringing lyrical meaning to Rock and Roll did not exist before Dylan. It existed in country and folk circles, but not in Rock.

[@Quatermassx]

Syd Barrett's Bob Dylan Blues is another great poke at Dylan.

[@yourendable]

thank you!

[@LarryWolf1919]

You beat me. Was waiting that to come, but got lil' bit disappointed. But as a Dylan fan I say - GREAT content nonetheless! I didn't know some of the parodies. Polyphonic rules!

[@ajzn97]

I'm glad someone else mentioned it too!

[@denisse8906]

zephyra yep but he didn't moke of him at all

[@alisonoverton]

I was going to mention his song, too!!! God bless Syd Barrett. X

[@0live0wire0]

Bob Dylan's 115th dream - It's captain Ahab. He's referencing Moby Dick.

[@joshhale9355]

Hasn’t Dylan always made fun of himself too? I always thought he took jabs in good jest.

[@jeannesandner1918]

ben oui, il a été 'the right person at the right time ,in the right place! he has not made himself what he is, the youth of the time did do it!

[@SpaceCattttt]

And yet, none of the parodies are funnier than Dylan himself. They just make fun of the surface stuff (his voice, inflections, complex lyrics, etc). But if you're in on the joke; if you know the musical and literary references that Dylan throws into his songs, you'll often be rolling on the floor! The greatest thing about him, though, in my opinion, is that you don't have to be well-read or have a great grasp of music history to enjoy his songs. He has the ability to make you feel smarter than you probably are, which is something people always like. And at the same time, he pulls you in with a great sense of wit, and a palette of emotions that run from gallows humor to desperate cries for redemption, and everything in between. His jokes can be blunt or very subtle, but they're always there on each and every album. Even on his religious ones. And his sad songs have the power to break the heart of the soulless.

[@dmannevada5981]

Wow, you're weird.

[@dmannevada5981]

@Joe Cosgrove Looks like your statement was a joke. Thanks for the fail...lmfao.

[@TheEmperorOfTheWorld]

"He has the ability to make you feel smarter than you actually are". Wow, I've never thought about it that way but you're actually so right. The thing about that is that doing so often turns out condescending and pseudo-intellectual but not with Dylan. His songs actually are smart both on the surface and when you dig deep, and can be enjoyed by everyone.

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@TheEmperorOfTheWorld Well, I said "probably". If you knew for certain that he makes you feel smarter than you actually are, then the ambiguity would be gone and then he'd come across as being condescending. The great thing about Dylan is that he doesn't exclude anyone with his music. If you get it, great. If you don't, you're welcome to listen whenever you want to.

[@karenlyon1733]

Well said!

[@shadowknight9807]

On the Simon song he also added "Lost my harmonica, Albert" - a reference to Albert Grossman (I always thought).

[@stevedotwood]

Zappa's flakes is a great parody, and if i remember well, Frank also once said that Dylan and him were sort of kindred spirits.

[@scottflowe9099]

Check out Flakes by Frank Zappa for a really funny Dylan parody that starts at 1min 23 seconds . Right after Frank says " Take It Away Bob"

[@Edward_T_Martin]

Scott Flowe yeah, I wondered how he overlooked that one in this video.

[@kenm.3512]

That was Adrian Belew doing the vocal. "I asked them as nice as I could, if my job would....somehow be finished by Friday......well the whole damn weekend came and went Frankie (Frank: "want some mandies Bob ?") and so on. Really hilarious. I loved it !

[@Icebergslim91]

Bob Dylan had the biggest impact on my perspective and way of thinking more than anyone in my life and not just with music. Before I discovered Bob ( and I still vividly remember the day) I only listened to Punk Rock but then I realized who the original Punk was and there was no looking back.

[@Smokey94462]

They're just jealous of his lyricism lol.

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687]

yes because they can't write poetic lyrics

[@joero4610]

Jealous? All of these piss takers were not only friends with him but accomplished lyricists themselves

[@joero4610]

@@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 and plenty of them were just as, or even more poetic than him

[@bryant7542]

Bob is a straight poet. Deep lyrics every time.

[@joselefian8129]

Lil Sandwich Yes, you’re right. Even later wrote the song “Jealous Guy” ¿?

[@vollsticks]

Never been into Simon & Garfunkel but damn that was fucking savage. Everyone needs to listen to Blonde On Blonde at least once a year, though (Great video btw, man!)

[@ryanwaggoner6974]

vollsticks They missed Simon mumbling "I lost my harmonica, Albert".

[@thecritic4598]

I love S&G and man I love that song

[@Gustov]

once a week is best for some people

[@patriciofernandez2711]

Paul Simon wishes he was half the songwriter Dylan is. Resentful stuck up woman-beating midget.

[@AntonioCendid]

Blonde on Blonde needs to be listened to once a week

[@mikeandyholloway]

"Dylan often spun wild yarns like this song...115th Dream..." > Proceeds to play one of the most biting criticisms of imperialism ever put to page in 4 phrases Dude, you cannot be serious?

[@paulgifford4688]

Lennon’s ‘Serve Yourself’ is an awesome send-up of ‘Gotta Serve Sonebody’

[@akankshadash7129]

I'd LOVE to see a Comedy Central Roast of Bob Dylan

[@lovetheobscurities]

Dylan is a true artist. He cares about his craft, which is genius, and gives not one turd who thinks what about it. Neil Young is also a pure artist.

[@edvonblue]

Paul Simon wasn’t mocking Dylan, he was trying to tap into Dylan’s vibe. Same can be said about Raffery and the other examples used. Where is the Dewey Cox clips?

[@shawnreap]

Neil Young on his song "Bandit": "You're invisible now, you've got too many secrets Bob Dylan said that - or something like that" I've always loved the layered reference there with the line from "Like a Rolling Stone" as well as "Talkin' World War III Blues": "Half of the people can be part right all of the time Some of the people can be all right part of the time But all of the people can't be all right all of the time I think Abraham Lincoln said that I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours I said that" I don't know if it counts as making fun, but I always got a kick out of that one.

[@ErrachidiMohamedAmine]

Everything in this channel is meticulously calculated and chosen. That reflects an enormous accuracy and attention to details! Good job Polyphonic !

[@jamstonjulian6947]

The thing is, Bob Dylan was trolling his critics in a lot of his lyrics. He was painfully aware of how seriously some of his fans took his music, which is part of the reason he kept changing it up.

[@marcscordato4385]

Controversial in many ways but one can’t argue the fact that he had a profound impact on American culture.

[@ethanht9668]

A great Dylan parody is located in Zappa’s Sheik Yerbouti album in the song Flakes. Its hilarious how they nailed Dylan’s impersonation

[@morningbell3690]

I am honestly shocked that Frank Zappa wasn’t talked about in this video.

[@mocthezuma]

I'm not. This clearly isn't a very well researched video.

[@josephbisulca7957]

“Wanna buy some acid, Bob?”

[@crisprtalk6963]

Syd Barrett's "Bob Dylan Blues" is a wonderful tune with brilliant lyrics. Syd loved Dylan.

[@ThomasDeLello]

Johnny Winter made a whole album that just reeked of Dylan imitation and I might still have my copy of it somewhere in my stack of neglected old stuff... It's a very rare record.

[@tommytrullmusic]

Sad not to see Dewey Cox's "Royal Jelly" here, but was happy to see the Lennon parodies.

[@greatfelixo]

mail boxes drip like lamp posts in the twisted birth canal of the colosseum

[@greatfelixo]

oznerolk it's very deep

[@RollingOrmond]

Without Dylan Lennon would've been singing boyband lyrics till he retired.

[@jazzmaster909]

Rolling Ormond ehh nothing really wrong with that since BeatleMania years are my favorite era. No everythig needs to be complex and experimental.

[@BlondeMcGuinn]

Right?! “Royal Jelly” is a goddamn stone-cold classic two ways: As a parody and as a surreal, impenetrable love song.

[@momomoDividedBy3]

Lennon looked down upon Dylan because he became christian. Just listen to Dylan's "You got to serve somebody" and then Lennon's "Serve yourself". But it's ridiculous to make all those cheesy boi-band lemonade songs for teenage girls and then make fun of Dylan's style and exploration of profound subjects. edit: replaced "hated" with "looked down upon" to make the sentence more accurate

[@Telecasterluvr]

Милош Обровац he definitely didn't hate him at all just didn't agree with him at that time. Bob was a major influence on John

[@hellsjamfleas]

I think it's a bit much to say he liked him. He was a fan but it seems that John turned on him mid 60s. There are rumours of a meeting gone bad and by 1970 John is saying that Dylan has been bad since he went electric and refers to him as Zimmerman. John looked down on him for having a fake name. Bob doesn't seem to have returned the animosity but would be friendly with Paul and friends with George, not John. John however was heavily influenced by Dylan, I don’t think he'd have been able to admit that.

[@erestube]

It was not hate at all. Just parody or a sarcastic response.

[@paularcher7991]

Милош Обровац couldn't say the better myself spot on

[@kristinadjurasevic]

baš tako

[@carbono12videos]

The Sex Pistols' "I hate Pink Floyd" T-shirt is an evidence of their importance. The same goes to Dylan, right?

[@strangestranger3253]

Carbono 12 yes . You right

[@birdrustler]

I'm not a huge Dylan fan, but I have less respect for all of these artists now. Publicly hating someone is a bitch move, always... Especially in song form.

[@johnmillion147]

Cx Mu none of them seemed to do what they did out of mean spirit. (Accept maybe Simon)

[@johnmillion147]

Cx Mu most of them seem like homages more than anything else

[@birdrustler]

John Stanwise That's true. The Simon and Garfunkel track is the only one that seems malicious.

[@knawl]

They forgot Zappa's "Flakes", that song is a riot

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

You don't have to write a "conclusion" passage. It's not a high school essay, we were along for the ride.

[@juffan]

Bob Dylan is the best!

[@ellissenior2927]

Who else wants another Pink Floyd closer look episode? if not then who?

[@angel-loves-jazz]

*cough* Animals please *cough cough*

[@lordxenu2251]

Seeing a Bruce Springsteen video would be cool

[@Greenaresy]

The Who.

[@peachy-tay]

the fact that he has been ridiculed and impersonated and satirized so much just makes his legend even bigger. will always love bob dylan

[@dmannevada5981]

Legend, one of the fucking stupidest words and human language. You probably make a great salad tosser.

[@SW-fn7cl]

Exactly man, 'its just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing' comes to mind 😀

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

What Great hasn’t? Lord knows how people impersonate and poke fun at everything from Elvis to Micheal Jackson.

[@coreyfellows9420]

I love the jab that John C.Reiley takes at Dylan in Walk Hard ... He fucking NAILS IT!!

[@r.brookswilliams7476]

I always thought that 'Stuck in the Middle with You' was done as if Dylan tried to do a parody of Randy Newman's 'Mama Told Me Not to Come.'

[@John-ki9ln]

I've read a book called "1965: The Most Revolutionary Year", and in the Rubber Soul chapter, it's said some things about John and Dylan's relationship. John said in some interviews that Dylan inspired him to make music about himself. In this chapter, it's said that Dylan mocked about the storyline and the rhythm of "Norwegian Wood" in his song "4th time around", because it sounded like the "type" of song that he's used to make. Then Al Kooper said about "4th time around": "It sounds like 'Norwegian Wood' ". Then Bob said: "Well, actually, Norwegian Wood sounds like '4th time around' ." He said that because he played this song to John, when they were in a hotel, and Lennon said he didn't like that much. John later said in some interviews that this drove him paranoic, and that he stopped writing songs inspired on Dylan. Maybe that's why John got a little "mad" at Dylan. Sorry for the bad english by the way!

[@oliveeisner8964]

This is the story! Lennon stole it first by turning Dylan's tune into Norwegian Wood. Then Dylan gets his own style of retribution by doing a parody of NW on 4th Time Around for Blonde on Blonde. No one got sued.

[@flacidhouse350]

@@oliveeisner8964 Dylan fans tell each other some fucked up stupid stories.

[@ag358]

These are stories by journalists , do they always get it right????

[@camilochaves4771]

Love Dylan. Love Lennon. Along with Macca, the best three musicians of the past two hundred years

[@PR-lz1oc]

I always associated stuck in the middle with you with cutting off someone's ear now i associate with bob dylan for better or worse

[@zesvo]

Traveling Wilburys, Best lyricist- Bob Dylan, Best singer- Roy Orbison, One of the best American Songwriters-Tom petty, ELO guy Jeff Lynne, and a Beatle!

[@davidcoleman757]

My favourite is Rich Hill's song. It's not an impression as such, but any Dylan fan can chuckle at the shortcomings of some of Bob's more recent live performances. Lyrically, it's brilliant.

[@caiolanglois]

Frank zappa also does it on a song called 'flakes'.

[@zappalives]

Frank Zappa brilliantly parodies Bob Dylan in the song "FLAKES" from the Sheik Yerbouti album.

[@Crushenator500]

Bob Dylan stole his whole act from Dewey Cox

[@yuletide1281]

Crushenator500 and Dewey from Johnny Cash

[@RiccardoDeStefano]

How come nobody ever asks Bob Dylan: "Why you sound so much like Dewey Cox?"

[@eliteretribution1971]

Says the mouse with the overbite

[@andrewbell2712]

Yeah, Dewy Cock, the rooster? Didn't he win the Nobel Prize for something? No, wait a sec. That was Bob Dylan who won.

[@Anjuroo]

@@RiccardoDeStefano was looking for this exact quote. thank you,sir

[@chasezly]

"That's the hand I use... well, never mind" i literally bust out laughing. i was NOT expecting that line.

[@Cryolemon]

British folk group Half Man Half Biscuit did a parody of With God On Our Side, called "With Goth On Our Side", which ends with a terrible pun on the name of a Welsh seaside town.

[@dolphwong]

4th Time Around is Dylan mocking Norwegian Wood

[@Joeden88]

Flakes by Frank Zappa has one of the greatest Bob Dylan parodies ever

[@DodoDiaz]

”I asked as nice as I coooouuuuld / If my job wooouuuuld / Somehow be finished by Fridaaaaay?”

[@josephbisulca7957]

“Wellll the whole damn weekend came and went, Frankie” “Wanna buy some acid, Bob?” “And you know what? They charge me double for Sunday” *random harmonica notes”

[@seekup241]

Good stuff man. Would love to see your take on the Talking Heads or Grateful Dead!

[@pietbliksem]

Sadly, musicians often aren't spared a good share of wannabe envy. My first music teacher, my late grandmother used to say you don't pee in the well you drink from. Bob Dylan is obviously a multi-talented genius and I only have the greatest respect for the fact that he could take it and make something wonderful out of it. Most talent lies unrealised exactly because talented people often think they don't have to do any real work to make it big. When they subsequently crash or reach a ceiling they often turn bitter and envious and lash out at those that actually kept working and made it.

[@Zombie81212]

The ad I got for this video was playing a cover of “The Times They Are-a Changing”

[@jackoo666]

dont forget Dewey Cox "mailboxes drip like lampposts through the twisted birth canal of a coliseum, rim job fairys tea pots mask the temper tantrum oh say can you see 'emmmm"

[@jethrofloyd67]

I'm saddened how far I had to scroll to find a mention of this absolute masterpiece. Royal Jelly is by far my favorite Dylan parody.

[@robierhernandez4768]

Poor Paul, he's always been jealous of Bob.

[@mccartneyfix8695]

They make very different styles of music, or at least there accessibility is variable. Paul Simon made pop folk, won Grammys, and topped charts on multiple occasions. The same could never be said about Bob Dylan, who, though brilliant, made music much less proactive to radio and Grammy culture. Dylan was a folk/ rock singer, Paul was light rock/ folk, but in many ways he was much more of a pop artist.

[@flacidhouse350]

Really? He's a much better musicians and he's got his shit together.

[@gamers7800]

@@mccartneyfix8695 Paul was a major talent but no Bob Dylan , not even on his best day, guess Paul knew this all along... sour grapes anyone? As for Lennon he had the world's biggest mean streak up his ass!

[@cianlynch6494]

Flacid House Why the bitterness?

[@flacidhouse350]

@@cianlynch6494 About what? Is it bitter to know that MaCartny is still touring and recording strong material while Dylan gets arrested for vagrancy and hasn't written a half decent song since before I was born? It looks like your bitter. You are the one that has issues with reality.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Please! Do a Pink Floyd Video on the Live shows and films over the year Including Pulse and The Wall 1982 movie! :D Bob Dylan rocks too.

[@flacidhouse350]

Pulse wasn't Pink Floyd.

[@plasticineofpower]

Anyone else having the video's audio cutting out at about 7:00? I'd guess its a copyright thing, but just wanted to make sure it wasn't just on my end somehow

[@unconquered898]

Yes

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

The Dylan parody by Lennon at 7:36 appears to be an early version of what would become 'Watching The Wheels'.

[@arturobelano6243]

I think Paul Simon reached at least similar heights as Lennon, listen to Graceland.

[@TheCissero]

Bob Dylan is a genius. Everybody beneath him. He is Father of roots rock. He combines all styles. He’s a creative genius. He’s self made Independent. Not a corporate schill tool.

[@lt7601]

True

[@flacidhouse350]

False.

[@kylem3096]

true false

[@declanroberts8934]

True False True False

[@dmannevada5981]

And he'll be dead soon, who cares.

[@unbearablelightnessofbeing2290]

Just shows what a powerful influence Dylan has/had.

[@puncturedbicycle7264]

Someone should take all the Song Making of Dylan turn into a compilation and title it "The Roast of Bob Dylan"

[@gustavofreng]

i honestly did not know that stuck in the middle isn’t by dylan lmao

[@pinetreepictures4317]

No one compares to Dylan. The man captures emotion like no other artist

[@Bobsloth13]

Better title ( musicians loved impersonating Bob Dylan. ) most of them were his buddies roasting on him,

[@mondegreen9709]

I don't think Paul Simon was taking so much the piss out of Dylan himself but rather that type of new bandwagon-jumping self-proclaimed intellectual Dylan fan who thought of himself as so rebellious and educated without even knowing who the guy was that Dylan took his name from. Btw, whatever one might think of Weird Al, writing an entire song lyric in palindromes is just a stroke of genius. Hats off to that!

[@reubenrozeyt5716]

John Lennon reading the paper and singing like Bod Dylan was a riot😂

[@jerrysbrain]

at 5:09 stuck in the middle with you was always to me a somg about a guy being really fucked up at a party and that line fits my theory perfectly

[@kevinborland2090]

POke at him all you like, he's the best lyricist of all time ! None of the artist's taking the piss can ever come close to the multiple amazing songs he's written

[@cpmcguire]

Does Bryan ferry’s voice in “Virginia Plain” count as a Dylan impression?

[@monolithsound]

It wasn’t mocking, it was a tribute, referring to Simon. He was inspired.

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

I've been listening to Bob Dylan for over a year now. I always thought Stuck in the Middle with You WAS Dylan, just later down the road. Lmao.

[@stormwatcher1299]

Heard a Bob Dylan parody bit on the radio years ago. Something about a Bob Dylan alarm clock. I'd love to hear that one again.