My First Time Hearing Blowin' In The Wind -Bob Dylan REACTION

[@kristiejenner9693]

This is one of the few reasons I’m glad I’m as old as I am that so many of these songs are almost part of my DNA and had a profound effect on who I am.

[@mikefannon6994]

Yes, as a white kid growing up in the south in the 50s and 60s, Dylan, Dr. King, Kerouac, the Beatles took me away to an awareness of the wider world. Dylan sang this song at Dr. King's March on Washington in 1963. This song has not lost it's power after all these years.

[@LaStarza61]

@@mikefannon6994 You do realize that's not Bob Dylan singing this song, right? It's really a pretty poor imitation from someone else singing one of Dylan's greatest songs.

[@mikefannon6994]

Yes, I caught that, still Dylan's song, still great.

[@nelsonx5326]

Yes, profound is the word.

[@williamsmith-kd4bd]

Dylan would still be a genius even if this was the only song that he ever wrote.

[@swymaj02]

The song's great yknow.

[@roncreswell6843]

The lyrics are still as relevant today as when it was written

[@jadecawdellsmith4009]

Especially the part about how many deaths...

[@felixsafire]

Profound message. Next react to Dylan’s masterpiece “The Times They Are a-Changing” you won’t regret it

[@KrystalLioness]

and Watchtower

[@dianevoyce1160]

Also The Hurricane

[@pdamn1975]

Grateful Dead's version of Masterpiece is my favorite song. He should also listen to Masters of War.

[@jennhurl]

That's not Bob's voice but I'm grateful you heard this and song!! You have such a good heart, James!!

[@shelleybleu4903]

That’s old bob dylan

[@LaStarza61]

@@shelleybleu4903 No it's not. That is not Bob Dylan at all.

[@MrBadboomer73]

@@shelleybleu4903 nope. Not even close. It’s a good impression but from the voice to the production to the guitar style...not Zimmerman.

[@nathankrush3289]

Who Is this? Impersonating Bob Dylan is a new low for anybody.

[@andrewwright9378]

can’t believe all the “Dylan fans” droppin’ their praise and not noticing it’s not even him ! weird! LOL

[@lena-mariag.louis-charles3579]

Bless Your heart for "rediscovering" a Masterpiece that was released when I was just a little girl... The answer will forever be blowing in the wind - we mere mortals will be asking that question until each one of us enters the world beyond...

[@RadCenter]

I don't know who this is singing, but it isn't Bob Dylan. The real Bob Dylan singing "Blowin' in the Wind" can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g36pm2uredqVqac

[@jenniferjacobs228]

I thought he sounded a bit different..just thought it was the audio....

[@eviekelpie1]

Yes the audio was off, or maybe the arrangement was different. Didn't sound like the original

[@ilsaruthen5478]

I heard him sing this in person many times when he was just starting out. I got the "Freewheelin'" album when it first came out and played it a million times back then, so when you said this wasn't Dylan singing I went back and played the original again. I think you're right. Not only doesn't it sound like him, but some of the lyrics are different. It might be a remastered version or it might be someone else singing. Not sure.

[@s51curtis]

Sometimes when people are posting music on KZbin they change the pitch or tempo or both in order to get around copyright restrictions. I think it's him.

[@thorsluter7835]

Sounds like Dylan to me, definitely not the album track, probably a live recording.

[@mariaarmindapinheirobarbar4885]

Bob Dylan is perhaps the most consequent Nobel prize for literature there is...he shoukd be given one every year!!!

[@sfbayareagirl]

This and many other songs by Dylan are the reason he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. Your reaction is precious, as is Dylan, a National Treasure.

[@lorilxn1597]

Bob Dylan is a legend

[@THEPATRIOT1000]

Peter Paul and Mary did a great cover of this at The March on Washington

[@kristerforsman2448]

No it was bad

[@dalem8332]

Love it! Bob Dylan is such an incredible songwriter♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦

[@switchflow5405]

If you like Dylan you should check out Donovan "Catch the wind" "Season of the witch" and "Sunshine Superman" just to name a few.

[@tessesmom]

Yes!!!

[@maritamcnichol2015]

when I was a little girl, my brother. who was 12 yrs. older than me, used to sing Catch the Wind to me. I always cry when I hear it. I am the youngest of 8 children. He had his own baby by the time he was 21, so , the singing stopped but the memories remain. He died at the age of 49 of an blood clot.

[@switchflow5405]

@@maritamcnichol2015I am sorry for your loss. The song lived in his heart as i still does yours. I believe those very memories are what keep our spirit around, but i understand completely the loss is added to the memory. I didn't know him of course, but I'm sure he would want you to remember him singing it to you. Have a blessed day.

[@maritamcnichol2015]

@@switchflow5405 thank you & yes he would. It's the bittersweet memory that last forever.

[@DarqJestor]

@@maritamcnichol2015 I always tear up on Catch the Wind too. Your words make it even more sad...yet it's still beautiful. 😔

[@VS-pp1fp]

What a beautiful reaction! Love this! THANK YOU!

[@tonypastor705]

I agree,I always loved this song. It's so simple, yet so powerful. And Beautiful!

[@johnduggan218]

These songs by Bib Dylan were an awakening for the sixties generation and are so profound.

[@SweetThing]

Check out Bob Dylan's: "Lay, Lady, Lay".

[@saflynn14]

Love that song.....completely forgot about until I saw your comment....thank you!

[@KrystalLioness]

My husband of 30 years would play this continually on his guitar in the other room. He passed away in August and I miss hearing the sounds of his love of Bob Dylan and other genius musicians echoing through the house. Also listen to Jimmy Hendrix's version of 'All along the Watchtower'

[@sst3d]

You know, your honesty, your personality, and intelligence...really informs your reactions....I feel you man

[@marieweiss1634]

The soundtrack to our youth in the 60s.. so grateful for this music. How wonderful to see it moving you now!

[@margheritahooi1266]

Hi. I live on the other side of the world to you and am old enough to be your grandma. It's kind of a jolt to me to realize that there's a generation that probably has barely heard of Dylan, and especially of his astounding songbook of the 60s. (And beyond, of course) Blowin' in the Wind? Well, if you could only choose one song that would be the one. As I watched you discover it, I felt relieved that the future may be in some good hands afterall. It gave me much joy to recognize in you a sensitivity and openness to important, universal ideas and ideals. There is much wisdom in heeding words from the past, to question and to learn. May I encourage you to keep exploring your world - be awed, be challenged, be connected, be delighted. I would be so proud if you were my grandson. 💛 🇦🇺

[@sfsf3847]

I enjoyed your response ,it is so great to see young people with the music from my day I love it

[@lancevaughn432]

Bob Dylan, "Like A Rolling Stone", "Shelter From The Storm", "Tangled Up In Blue", "Mr. Tambourine Man'. and more

[@sheilagimino6685]

Would love to hear from Peter Paul and Mary!! 🐘🐘🐘

[@donnasavage6703]

True movement song . one of the first for civil rights in the early 60s

[@iseeyou736]

Amazing how relevant these songs from my youth, are to today.

[@celestebyrd5192]

God's got you. You are so real.

[@jonnno2439]

The test of a great song is if it is relevant now as it was then. In this case about 60 years ago.

[@sharenwhitlock1926]

Universal soldier please. Powerful message - words to this song stay with you.

[@tracilmoser1677]

A Classic by a Legend

[@browniewin4121]

Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, John Prine top my list of greatest songwriters

[@mainakchakraborty7564]

Undoubtedly the greatest lyricist of modern era... Though he doesn't have a top song in us musical charts but his songs did get top spot as covers. He has his songs covered more than any other singer/ songwriter ever... One more small fact for you and your other subscribers : He is the second lyricist in the history of Nobel prize in Literature. The first winner (lyricist) was one of the greatest poets of all time Rabindranath Tagore from India in the year of 1919 (The first Asian to win the Nobel prize in any segment). Thank you for reacting to this LEGEND

[@1videonut]

Love seeing you again, James. I'd like to suggest you have a listen to "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens. It's from way back in 1970. Many of his songs are masterpieces and this is one of them. Hope you'll check it out. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqmnfpx6bc6Ua5I

[@flash1660]

It will get you in the feels ! Great song

[@shella5963]

Oh yes, definitely well worth a listen

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Outstanding song. Please don't make the mistake a listening to a cover version.

[@cooksmary]

I have been listening to this song for many decades now and it still gives me goose bumps. Genius. Do a review of his song, "Sara."

[@cherylsyoutubies]

Hope you are feeling okay, James. You seemed a little quiet. Take good care of yourself so that you completely heal.

[@emilybazeddi1914]

Poets and Philosophers are the heartbeat of our species.

[@josephscally6270]

This song is more poetry than music. Well all songs are, but this one more than most.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

A legend singing a legendary song. Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy new year, James!

[@davisworth5114]

THIS IS NOT BOB DYLAN. Happy New Year and God Bless You and Yours!

[@ailishadoyle4660]

Great to see you back James, hope you are not over doing it. Bob has a huge backlog, think you will enjoy him! Happy New year JB, sending love and light and healing your way, stay safe xxx

[@mondeoman1954]

Dylan was really prolific, he was a poet and philosopher as well as song writer. The best lyricist of all time, he led, everybody else followed.

[@mattshaw6180]

This song hasn't aged a day even though all of us have. Remember to play this one for your own kids one day, ok?

[@davisworth5114]

this isn't Dylan.

[@jayleigh4642]

Love your reaction to this. 🙏🏻👍🏻❤️

[@mikimike]

Although Bob Dylan is the original artist there have been many cover versions. One of my favorites was Stevie Wonder's cover.

[@LaStarza61]

THIS is a cover version. That is not Bob Dylan's voice. It's an awful imitation.

[@mikimike]

@@LaStarza61 You're right. I didn't even notice. Also, if this was Bob Dylan the video would have been blocked. Bob Dylan is heavily copyrighted.

[@sharonunger4444]

This is Classic and forever will be.. 💯🙏😥😎

[@Mustangs73]

Dylan is a poet that sings

[@roybergeson4212]

Fabulous reaction. You got it!!!!

[@mikmaqwoman]

Dylan is iconic. A word genius. Lots of his songs are about social standing and politics..he is a very deep thinker

[@carollittle1059]

King of folk music.

[@1tishhead]

I have to agree this is not Dylan but the song itself is worth reacting to. If you havent yet, you should do The Times They Are A-Changin.

[@Myfriendvinny]

Don't understand. This is dylan.

[@davidtullis2810]

Nobel prize for poetry because his songwriting is poetry

[@jmhaces]

Dude won the Nobel Prize in Literature because of his lyrics. That's how good he is.

[@stevewalsh4850]

Glad to have you back brother, stay healthy and stay strong

[@wiggion]

his lyric poetry here is simple and straightforward, references to the sea, mountains and sky; the bignesses, as close to eternal things as people can maybe reference, then he speaks of humankind problems; and until we grasp those problems... the answer my friend 'is blowin in the wind'

[@loramacrae-lopes6293]

As others have said, what a musical genius! Dillon wrote this song in 1962, and his anti war, human rights, etc., message has resonated through the decades and is still as relevant today as all those years ago...

[@pamelaevancha4337]

He was 16 when he wrote that.

[@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052]

Wow!!! Did you know Jackson Browne wrote “Doctor my eyes” at age 15 ???

[@stevenmeyer9674]

nope

[@pamelaevancha4337]

He has a new one out, Murder Most foul. Masterpiece!!! Blow your mind

[@talltulip]

Of course, there a tons of great Dylan songs to suggest. So, here are my favorites: Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Hurricane, Just Like a Woman, It Ain't Me Babe, Tangled Up In Blue, Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

Poet of the century....No wonder he won the Nobel prize for literature in 2016.

[@lanr2402]

Beautiful video brother. Respect and love

[@Hugatree1]

Hey JB I'm a new subscriber and I absolutely love watching your reaction to these timeless incredible songs. Protest songs brought young people together regardless of race color creed background sexual orientation or religion. No one cared, it was never an issue. We wanted equality and equal rights for everyone. I pray we can find that common ground and come together again for peace love and understanding. A great Dylan song to look into is A Hard Rains Gonna Fall. Peace and love to all! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Kirkunik1]

Peter Paul and Mary’s cover of this Dylan song was a hit. Many folk singers and others like Joan Baez sang his songs. Dylan was a folk genius.

[@nelsonx5326]

Bob Dylan's music changed me, for real.

[@leisastalnaker3790]

This song applies to now as then.

[@roseofsharon8826]

You have such a sweet soul! Love your reaction. I'm 70 years old and grew up listening to Bob. Keep in mind the era that this music was written......Viet Nam war raging, Civil Rights Movement, assassinations of JFK, MLK and RFK. Unsettling times to say the least. But Bob, never stopped searching for truth, ultimately finding peace in his faith. May you find your peace as well!!!

[@sharidyer4332]

Me too, Rose. 70, and totally agree with your comment.

[@murdoch691]

Dylan is a lyrical genius I remember the first time I heard his songs, I went into a glorious trance my mum banned me from the house coz I would play him 24/7 she couldn't understand but I understood I was listening to a genius

[@flash1660]

Another one of his is like a rolling stone

[@struantaylor158]

You need to listen to " times they are a changin " the lyrics to that are just as important now as it was when he wrote it

[@georgiatoday1508]

You can't even imagine how many masterpieces and treasures there are in the world... I recommend you react to: 1. Songs from The Voyager's Golden Record 2. The most famous folk songs 3. The most famous hymns

[@shirleyjones9460]

Such a great song

[@nickcollins2413]

So happy to see you healthy man! Dylan is THE poet of American music, he was 22 when he wrote this! He has a catalogue that is unmatched and hope to see more from you. "A Hard Rains Gonna Fall" is one of many I would recommend from him

[@aerynoftalyn1307]

Sometimes the wisdom is in the questions.

[@nikkiharris6091]

James, this guy is a legend from way back and so sincere.💖💖. This is Carol clements I'm on my granddaughters phone and will get my phone soon. I've been with you James 1 year and I love your reactions. 💞💞

[@LaStarza61]

Bob Dylan is a legend. Whoever is trying to imitate him in this video is not. That is not Bob Dylan singing.

[@sandrasmith8568]

Bob Dylan is one of God's greatest masterpiece.

[@gymratcarpediem7761]

Whenever I hear Bob Dylan I feel like he is primarily a poet

[@BintyMcFrazzles]

Dylan was an amazing artist, "the spokesman for a generation" as he was called. He was an outstanding lyricist and there are so many great songs he wrote. Listen to: The Hurricane Tangled Up in Blue Mr Tambourine Man Just Like a Woman All Along the Watchtower Just DON'T go and see him live, he's terrible! I've seen him twice (the second was us giving him a second chance). We saw him in Hyde Park in London a couple of years ago, and young fans (and us) simply left, a young lad we got talking to was virtually crying as Dylan was his hero and he'd been let down.

[@mikmaqwoman]

Thank you for reacting to Dylan young sir

[@museborn7703]

bob dylan and leonard cohen are true poets.

[@dirkdemeirleir264]

You are a beautiful person :)

[@3DJapan]

There was an old rumor that cops were burning down weed crops they found, which would make a huge cloud of smoke. According to the rumor truckers driving by would open their window. Supposedly that was the answer blowing in the wind.

[@donnabruhn6907]

This song I think was one of his most influential and important

[@juliearmstrong3131]

Try Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35' - always lifts the spirits.

[@BigPete44]

James my brother! ✊

[@stephanietip]

This song used to make me cry so hard.

[@debravirden7130]

An older schoolmate sat in a chair on stage and she nearly was expelled for singing this song at School Assembly. It was late 1960's and Vietnam War protests were ramping up.

[@albaPhenom]

I don't think this is Bob Dylan singing, this is his song but it sounds like someone trying to impersonate him.

[@eviekelpie1]

Bob Dylan, real name Robert Zimmerman...a true poet. He's been writing songs since the early 60s, and he's 80 in May. Bob and Joan Baez were musical partners and lovers at one stage. Many of his songs were covered by other artists eg, All along the watchtower by Jimi Hendrix. Knocking on heaven's door by Guns n Roses. He also appears in We are the world!

[@woodysthoughts4032]

Bob Dylan, "The Poet" is not much of a singer, but is a hell of a song writer. Other singers have had big hits from his songs.

[@walterpalmer2749]

Also, it's important to remember Bob Dylan was not a singer, but a poet. (Lay Lady Lay - A Dylan Classic you should react to) A great hit.

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

yes, a masterpiece!

[@espenvippen]

Not without reason he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The jury's justification .. "Bob Dylan receives the award for having created new poetic expressions within the great American singing tradition", it is stated in the jury's justification.

[@steve55sogood16]

Do the original, please!

[@catherineciferni1145]

written over 50 years ago, Could havebeen written today. just as needed.

[@philging]

That ain't Bob Dylan singing - listen to the real Bob even if you don't review it.

[@djspotti7624]

This could be Johnny Rivers version!?

[@cheyanndoyle1688]

💙Dylan.This song is good by Peter, Paul and Mary too. Great reaction.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

Not Dylan on the recording, but a good impression of the original. An the song itself (which definitely is Dylan's) is a masterpiece.

[@LaStarza61]

It's really not a good impression at all. Sounds nothing like him.

[@karaminalee]

I’m gonna request Joan Baez again. It’s been a few months since I bugged you about her. 😁Truly iconic American folk singer. She wrote and performed her own songs but mostly interpreted others’ songs or old folk classics. Try Silver Dagger, All My Trials, With God on Our Side, Birmingham Sunday, Amazing Grace...I just keep on you about her because I love your open mind and true passion for music, and I can’t wait to see you see her.

[@JBLETHALTV]

Will react today ❤️

[@karaminalee]

@@JBLETHALTV seriously?!? James!!! 😃 You just made my damn day! Her voice is a gift. Thank you! So so happy you’re doing well now. We were all so worried about you.

[@Ellie.12866]

@@karaminalee 'Diamonds and Rust' is my suggestion by Joan Baez 😉

[@karaminalee]

@@Ellie.12866 I would have suggested that but I was thinking he may have seen Jamel react to it for me the other day. But if not, definitely Diamonds and Rust! 😃🙌

[@bornonthesideofahill]

Agree. You can’t do Dylan without Baez. I prefer her singing his songs half the time anyways. Lol

[@karenkoe7096]

Love a lot of Bob's songs. Usually like most of them better when they are performed by other singers. Try this song done by Peter, Paul and Mary.

[@sst3d]

Nice choice, whoever suggested it ...well done...

[@26shedan]

tears