Bob Dylan - Interview with Klas Burling (1966, audio only)

A 10+ minute Bob Dylan interview from 1966 with a helpless man named Klas Burling who doesn't seem to be much of a fan.

[@klasburling3679]

I oppose the inclusion of this interview. I did the interview with a helpless Bob Dylan, high as a kite. The copyright is mine. There is a lot to be said and corrected as to what really happened. You should know the full story behind this disastrous interview. Klas Burling

[@furrygoose94]

Amazing, please share the story!

[@matteoambrosi3821]

Amazing, man!

[@itsgonnbeok7249]

Klas, you have no idea what copyright is. Maybe you could explain the full story if you are so inclined?

[@neilbush9873]

If you like, this interview is a classic ,so typical of the time back then, good effort.

[@juliet3827]

This is, without a doubt, one of the most painful interviews I have ever heard. The abysmally low quality of the interviewer and his abysmal questions is just pathetic. Why on earth would Bob Dylan even stay in the same room with this guy? I would've left. There is nothing to be said or corrected, Klas Burling, it's all here on tape. What a dull, unimaginative, unprofessional "interviewer" you were/are. Same old boring questions that Dylan had already been asked a thousand times. I couldn't even listen to the end, this was so bad. Poor Bob!

[@JohanMartinAarstein]

- Oh my God! How long ago was that?! - A year ago. Priceless.

[@MarloMaravillas]

"Very protesty...very, very protesty...and one of the protestiest of all things I ever protested against in my protest years."(4:49)

[@squaltch]

"I happen to be a swede myself." Gets me every time.

[@letsif]

Not only was Dylan a musical innovator, he was also an honest and difficult interview subject innovator.

[@juliet3827]

Difficult? How was he supposed to react in front of this ludicrously boring and unprofessional "interviewer" asking him such stupid questions?!?!

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

People like to criticize the media when it was Bob who simply was never a good communicator

[@MrGandharva108]

Bob Dylan doesn't fit into any category. It's Bob Music. His description of the trajectory of music at that time is brilliant.

[@kurtland2685]

It's tough to be young, it's great to be young. I wish I still was. Thanks Bob, for the fun and awareness these last years. I've been a Quad for the last 21 yrs, bored, and thanks for the songs. Kurt Sjogren Bennington , Vermont, 05201

[@EricScottBloom]

"It takes a lot of medicine to keep up this pace...."

[@GoonOnFire]

Can't stop laughing at how he goes "It would be interesting to me.... it should be just as interesting to you!". Knowing damn well it's not that interesting, but that awkward silence that follows.

[@rlfstr]

My fave part is when Bob asks the interviewer what he would ask Mozart, the interviewer says he wouldn't do that and Bob goes "Well how can you do that to me..."

[@johnthemachine]

idk...Bob Dylan might have been an avid KZbin user watching random carpentry videos at 3am had it existed in 1966....I could totally see it.

[@peacebwithu97]

I really like the sound of his speaking voice. 💗

[@jasondylansargent2195]

Dylan is a one off make the most of him now you will not see another one like him ever in musical history. sargey

[@davidbezat99]

"I just took a bunch of pills" hahaha

[@MrFrankieTeardrop]

People should realize that this occurs in 1966 and he had been asked all these questions a million times before. I'm sure everyone of us would get sick of that. Especially people who didn't strive to become famous and don't get off from being displayed to the world.

[@RomeAndMarty4Ever]

The second I heard the interviewer say "I was wondering if you could explain a bit more about yourself and your kind of songs, what do you think of the protest songs" I immediately thought oh no Dylan does not take kindly to those questions but how will he handle it on a guest on a foreign news station... two seconds later Dylan starts moaning at the ridiculousness of the question then mutters "oh God" then after a brief silence "noooo, no I'm not going to sit here and do that" CLASSIC

[@evancodsworth2]

Bob is high as a kite here. I recognise that laugh from when he was in a car with Lennon.

[@explorermike19]

truly, you can listen to dozens of Dylan interviews and the biggest problem is that the questions were so bland and pointless. no wonder Dylan was bored and annoyed.

[@angelicaquirarte]

What he wants??? the man is always like that don't justify his arrogant actitude , we are not to overprise him

[@psychedelicheadcandy]

"I'd rather have you play Tombstone Blues than Pretty-Peggy-O" - hilarious

[@thesoulmoversswe]

I love when he answer with a question. Thank you for this rare clip!

[@KHmusic57]

Imagine if people would be like this in interviews today. People would think they're jerks. But Bob is just something special

[@angelicaquirarte]

He was a jerk people come on, this was a terrible interview because dylan make it like this, he was hight as a kite

[@audreymanfredi3615]

Bob makes journalists thinking deeplier about Them questions i love that

[@HiTherePalHowAreYou]

"I happen to be a Swed myself."

[@pollyanna1986]

"very protesty. very, very protesty. One of the protesties of all things I've ever protested against in my protest years." haha his sarcasm cracks me up.

[@letsif]

Even the young Dylan is miles ahead in wisdom than the the media types who ask facile, immature questions.

[@peacebwithu97]

YEP!

[@bobbingbass]

the interviewer kinda sounds like Robin Williams when he was in good will hunting

[@billygowhoop]

These do sound like the kinds of questions that he probably got in every interview.

[@robertcronin6603]

Exactly - unanswerable and enigmatic questions that are borderline condescending... I've seen this over and over and it's no wonder he was either rude in most of his interviews or just flat out refused to give them at all - there are a couple where the interviewer is actually asking good questions and he responds in kind.

[@joebloe1401]

BAD INTERVIEWER - STONED INTERVIEWEE

[@sandrawadsworth5173]

Dylan is priceless ❤️ You cannot label Bob so just don't try. He's an enigma.💎

[@blah_blahx]

I'm sure it looks like every other Bob Dylan interview. Just him sitting at a shady place with blank expressions on his face after making subtle witty remarks that journalists seem to overlook / ignore. Possibly in black and white.

[@Michael69]

Blas-puff-phemy

[@roy_for_real2674]

he's very sleepy and messed up

[@philovance1940]

I sometimes think Dylan had his ‘motorcycle accident recuperation hiatus to get away from the press and the over exposure and same old questions. He sounds completely fed-up in this interview .

[@sujitphatak]

This interview is so great, that swedish people is now a metaphorical figure for me.

[@43slevesque]

thanks a ton for the upload what a gem

[@h2bizzle]

No wonder he was disgusted with interviewers. The questions they ask are so stupid and most of them never even heard his music at the time. Bob is a pretty tough nut to crack though.… But I like him that way

[@angelicaquirarte]

He is a pain in the arse

[@connerdearing]

He sounds exhausted here, definitely needed sleep and some kind of decent meal. It is funny how people say Dylan was a dick in most interviews but at the same time it must’ve been so frustrating wanting to change your music to something new and having people keep asking about your other music. It must be infuriating being asked the same questions about protest songs constantly.

[@blah_blahx]

He's saying when Rock N' Roll died (the old, true sense), that Folk came along and took its place for a bit because it had some of the same messages.

[@1961axis]

I can’t believe the nonsense people write about Dylan; it’s perfectly obvious what’s going on here...what amazes me is that he manages to be so fucking funny in the face of bone crunching fatigue and endless vacuous questions.

[@cooliodiddy]

"Yea, I know the Beatles"

[@lojken6]

This is Dylan. Hahah he's so great

[@markkubiak8296]

" Rock'n roll is kid's music" Perfect.

[@cholinar]

bob is really manipulative lol he's asking the questions to the INTERVIEWER !!

[@synysterjazmyngates]

This is great. Bob Dylan

[@MarloMaravillas]

Dylan is the father of trolling.

[@caterpillakilla]

His comments on Positively 4th St are actually quite revealing in a metaphorical way

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

"I like earning a lot of money." Super cool.

[@vatopself]

Jeez Bob! Come back when you're having a better day.....

[@mousetrouble]

Klaus Burling is being interviewed by Bob Dylan

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

“How long ago was that?” “A year ago”

[@Eat0401]

klaus burling did about as well as anybody could do

[@3lena1319]

At least the beginnings of what indie music is about today;o

[@mattlandonmusic]

“What is it you want to do?” “Nothing.” Man, poor Bob. He sounds so disillusioned with his entire life and career. So glad he made it through this crazy period.

[@robertcronin6603]

I think most of his responses here are a direct result of the ridiculous and enigmatically unanswerable questions like this -it's what he generally got whenever he agreed to do an interview and it's really no wonder he was generally rude and uncooperative.

[@lbell8510]

Poor Bob is so tired answering same questions time after time. He's just needing fresh stimulating conversations. Fella do some research!! Maybe interviers should submit questions before interview and get approvals

[@macksoda]

blas-pah-phemy

[@drewsyg191076]

He admits at the start of the interview that he has been up all night. He wrote songs, he didnt ask to be pigeon holed as a 'protest singer'. He is write to refuse to indulge this banal line of questions!

[@thomasroth4533]

RIP Klas Burling.

[@musictuto1300]

The full transcription here: y-fine.com/bob-dylan-interview/

[@michaelkietzman2827]

I feel sorry for the people who interviewed Dylan during thid period of his life. He was tired from all the touring and recording and he was using drugs. he wasn't always nice to his interviewers but then again there was no music press at the time like Rolling Stone magazine, many of his interviewers were middle aged and didn't know or care about rock music , rock wasn't seen as art but as a passing fad.

[@angelicaquirarte]

Easy at the time the press should ignore him for a while, and let see the way he reacts and need promotion

[@AnimalMySoulconniegordon]

To the haters, If you want to say something nasty about Bob,..say it somewhere else and not where you could upset others!! Jeez give Bob and Bob's fans a break!!

[@slye1991]

Careful with your choice of words. You could also say that Woody Guthrie ripped off all of his mentors while creating his own style, or you could say he was inspired by them. Just as Dylan was inspired by Guthrie.

[@vatopself]

What the hell is going on in this interview? I'd love to see the video of this if there is any!

[@anUHkins]

I always hear them ask if he would decribe himself as a poet, singer, writer..etc...it's the dumbest question. one could flow so fluidly through all of those or one of those at the same time. and then what defines a poet. do you have to publish poetry to be a poet? its just a dumb question. why does it matter what he calls himself, the outcome/art will still be whatever it will be.

[@AnimalMySoulconniegordon]

how do you know? he would only be being honest anyway

[@ZeeDDD65]

I can't tell if he's stoned or just really tired.

[@lunacorn.my.unicorn58]

Both probably

[@timbrittain]

Off his tits probablyjust done some tuinal

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH YOUNG BOB YOU ARE THE BEST

[@oleggorky906]

Dylan has a reputation for being surly but the strange thing is that he's actually trying to be nice to the man; he just doesn't get it though! There is no warmth from the interviewer, in fact he sounds like a psychiatrist trying to interview a patient. He's so obviously trying to probe his mind for subconscious reasons for meaning in the songs. He doesn't seem to understand that Dylan is a song and dance man. ;)

[@coreysturner2748]

he was hungover as shit

[@TrolleyPower]

Bob was super depressed at this point

[@AnimalMySoulconniegordon]

fair enough

[@gideonbrownmusic]

Bob Dylan is no Mozart, and Mozart is no Bob Dylan.

[@HSBYDANCE]

my video playing stops at 04:55 :c

[@deathbypowerglove]

You can try.... lol classic Bob

[@nicolafisher1782]

Mr pulpit pounder please tell me more about your early life I am sure it will be rewarding to all of us I await your potted bio

[@AnimalMySoulconniegordon]

he didn't say it was great did he? you can't possibly decide that he was arrogant to say just that

[@bangbangdivine]

What do u mean? Swedish people are metaphorical for you?

[@vinniemcclung693]

Bobs view always seems cloudy

[@robertcronin6603]

These are the typical enigmatic and ridiculous questions that Dylan had to build whenever he agreed to give an interview and it's no wonder he was generally rude and uncooperative... How can anyone answer questions like this? It shows a complete lack of understanding of the human condition and where art and music actually stem from... He seemed to generally score far higher on the IQ points chart and just about anyone who ever tried to ask him these ridiculous questions... But I do appreciate the post.

[@angelicaquirarte]

Daamm the man was doing his fucking job what do you expect from her , bob dylan should not became famous his fucking pretencius im not like anyone else actitude is boring and arrogant

[@rukusband]

Ive heard this interviewer before with other artists , He is a fan of the music and is asking senseable questions . Dylan doesnt want to be interviewed here and he is Rude and arogant to the disc jockey , but of coarse thats his style.

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH BOB HONEY YOU ARE THE BEST

[@KaijuKing89]

Put yourself in his shoes: Higher than a kite, getting booed at EVERY gig he's done, being classified and labeled, so called critics analyzing evrything you write and sing, loved at first and the second you add more sound to your music, you are called "judas". Not to mention this interviewer is either complete tool and going off the gossip stories. Bob, at this point in the career, had every right to be pissed. God, even John Lennon was "crucified" (by the public who couldn't understand)

[@angelicaquirarte]

Is not reason to be a pretencius jerk he choose fame by herself

[@KaijuKing89]

@@angelicaquirarte You need help with your grammar and spelling kid.

[@Henry-Paget]

@@angelicaquirarte How is it prentious being mad when you get asked the same idiotic questions over and over again. Bob treated the press with disdain because they deserved disdain, that is the opposite of prentious, that is honesty. You can find other interviews where he is much more open and jovial, Bob can be nice as long as the people he is dealing with are not freaking idiotic bores.

[@3lena1319]

Indie music? I would call it indie music;)

[@codyjackschwartz3044]

he was on columbia records and is now on Sony. about as far from the "independent" labels system as possible. god, what do you listen to, shit like mgmt or something? stoked for coachella? boring

[@3lena1319]

Cody S. umm, yeah, i do like mgmt and maybe i will end up going to coachella so i guess you can say that im pretty stoked. but as for the "independent" label part i just mean that he kind of was one of the first who started the whole independent sort of concept,like the basis i guess. in the way that he didn't like being put in a box so he was free to do whatever the fuck he wanted without people,like the ones in the labels you mentioned, telling him what to do and what to sound like. at the same time i feel like to him it didn't matter regardless if he was on sony,columbia or on an indie label. he was still going to keep on doing what he wanted and wasn't going to do what people expected of him. And it worked for him.

[@HiTherePalHowAreYou]

your mom I don't really think this is indie.... at all.

[@OneCrazyDanny]

Blaspuffmy

[@Charlito732]

Two years ago, exactly (Times Are a Changin). I don't think that Dylan' is being a dickhead here, but some of the questions are dumb, questions from somebody that's doesn't know much about him. Off course Dylan was very wasted in that last tour, and his erratic mood was the result of no sleep and drug taking.

[@breathize]

Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@480720]

How the f*** can he even think of himself and Mozart in the same day....?????

[@maryroot2599]

What horrible invasive questions

[@oliveeisner8964]

"I've been up all night and I've taken some pills"....is this how he comes up with the mathematical music? I've often thought there must be some connection.

[@MrBlazerdude7]

Olive Eisner he was taking heavy amounts of amphetamines during 1965-1966. He would famously sit at a typewriter and type all night. Look at him during the film Dont Look Back. He cant sit still. Luckily after the 1966 drug fueled world tour he got his shit together.

[@oliveeisner8964]

Kevin. Haha! my pathetic attempt at humor fails again! oh I'm very aware of how much of a speed freak our dear boy was especially 65-66. the red wine writing marathons- I think by 66 there was a point he was probably on every drug but acid every day. Anyway I think he said mathematical four times in this interview! Dylan!!!!

[@heartoftheworld]

ARBORYST

[@snowpea100]

Why the fuck does everyone keep writing this?

[@larrycreature7292]

hahaha

[@TrippingTheTube]

lol

[@peterpulpitpounder]

The reality is that Bob Dylan was a rebellious clay jar with a guitar in his hand, failing to use his talents and abilities to bring glory to God.

[@nicolafisher1782]

Sir why don't you try understanding the perspectives of some Jewish man beings instead of beating yr own notion of God bothering like a dead horse. Do listen to the Bob Fasse radio WBAI program where in the opening section the 2 Bobs talk about the rumour that God is not with us as being greatly exaggerated (to paraphrase what was said into an actual live microphone)

[@nicolafisher1782]

I wrote Jewish human beings NOT "man beings" what is it with autospellcorrection?

[@peterpulpitpounder]

@@nicolafisher1782 My point is valid. Dylan took a lot of drugs early in his career, chummed with other drug users, and did not use his talents to bring glory to the God.

[@bStylesf]

@@peterpulpitpounder the God? Mr. Preacher dog, who is the God you speak of?

[@peterpulpitpounder]

@@bStylesf The James Webb telescope was just launched a short time ago. A few images have been received in conjunction with getting all the mirrors aligned, and these images are even sharper than what scientists had expected. More amazing images will arrive in the near future. Um, what God was I speaking of? Well, the God who made the unfathomable universe, of course. And it's the God that gave Bob Dylan His brain, and his ability to play guitar, and who has commanded all men to repent, believe the Gospel, and to glorify Him in all things.

[@deebadubbie]

Rambling clap-trap, with all due respect.

[@apexxxx10]

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