Watching this bland reaction, the expression "pearls before swine" springs to mind. The depth of meaning in this seemingly simple performance went right over her head. I guess that's what happens when you grow up on rap music...?
Young lady, it was a famous protest song of the early sixties, for civil rights, also anti war. He sang on the steps of the mall in DC right before MLK's "I have a dream" speech.
Everyone has to learn their own way. Bob Dylan’s lyrics spoke to my generation strongly. He took on racism “before they call him a man”. War “cannonballs fly”, peace “white dove”. I was there. I lived through it. YMMV
@@daniyalnaqvi2569 yah, I've only seen video of March on Washington, and my memory 1st said Dylan sang Blowin' but you're right, Peter Paul Mary did their popular cover of Blowin in wind and Dylan did Pawn in the Game. I was like 7 at the time and probably saw 1963 March on Washington on PBS, not many, but a few years later...
It wasn't Bob's singing that made him the voice of a generation, it was the lyrics he wrote. He recently won the Nobel prize for literature for his lyrics over the last 60(?) years.
Definitely check out “Like A Rolling Stone” and “Shelter From the Storm” and “A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall” three of my favorite Bob Dylan songs and very powerful songs, listen closely to what he has to say
This song changed everything, opened the eyes for many people, like a slap to the face or a bucket of cold water poured onto the naked body. A powerful protest-Civil-Rights tune of the 60's.
I had just become a teenager when Blowing in the wind was brand new in the early sixties. It hit me right in the heart even though English is not my first language.
Back during segregation, a black man was usually referred to as a boy as a way to oppress him. And that is exactly what the first lyric is about. Dylan just knows how to make a point...poetically.
The 'N' word was routinely used in public by officials and politicians. In some States pink and brown people had to sit in different parts of a bus or train, eat in separate establishments and drink from separate fountains. Guess who got the worse bits. Lynchings went unpunished. In some ways it's a relief that some young people live in a present in which those things are unknown, but such horrors may be unleashed again at any time if bigots get their way. Women of any colour are the latest targets, and try to get a fair chance of a vote in certain States... We still need Dylan, and fearless conscientious teachers in his mould.
Part of his genius is that everything is metaphorical in the song, so it always applies to something. That’s why it’s probably the greatest protest song ever written.
Sweet lady, this song, really a poem, when it was released rocked a nation to its core, and immediately became the Civil Rights Anthem, brought tears to the eyes of people of all ages and across generations, and was shot across the bow of establishment, imploring them to evolve, change or become irrelevant.
There's a common misunderstanding in younger listeners about the first line. The line is not about being a man, it's about being called a man. This song was written in an era when it was still common to call all black men "boy".
Shirley- perhaps someone didn’t hear you: “Bob Dylan IS one of the greatest songwriters of a generation. He is a voice of the 60s and 70s. “. HE IS THE voice of THE generation.
This is a masterpiece of of civil rights and freedom for all ppl written and sung by a genius and Shakespeare of out day, the master Bob Dylan,, God's blessings on him always and what he wanted to achieve for all man kind,
I think he is talking about how people turn their backs or shut their eyes or plug their ears to the suffering going on around them,and what does it take to make people aware .
Blowing in the wind was an awareness song during the Civil rights movement era 1960's, also a dressed the brutality of war. Other songs to checkout would be "with God on our side," "the times, they are a changing," and "like a rolling stone."
This song encapsulates both the Civil Rights Movement and the Peace Movement. "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man," black men in the Jim Crow South weren't called the dignified title of "man," bigoted white men often degraded black men by calling them "boy." "How many times must the canon balls fly before they're forever banned," is obviously about an end to war.
One man band . he played guitar and harmonica. Greatest lyricist ever. So many meaningful songs. So much understanding in such a young man. He won the Nobel prize for his writing. That about says it all. He wrote about the times he lived in, and i did also. I have tried to write songs that do the same, but he is the best. Please play more?
I think it's a song about discernment. The refrain, "How many times" is questioning how often do we turn our backs on other people's suffering, then wonder why society seems to be on the wrong path. Because it's a rhetorical question, "The answer is blowing in the wind," but we all know right from wrong and it covers more than one subject. Only we corporately can make the world a better place but the song questions people's apathy. But you then get Bob Dylan in 2001 as a sixty old, not the fresh faced twenty one he was here and he wrote, "I used to care, but things have changed." All I can think of in response is, it's not the long march ahead that wears you out, it's the grains of sand that get inside your shoe.
This song came out during the Civil rights movement. Coming from a folk protest-song tradition, he taught pop & rock music that you can sing deep meaningful lyrics while you groove. His poetic word-play is legendary & has influenced many top artists & songwriters. Also worth hearing: The Times They Are A Changing, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Hurricane, Like A Rolling Stone, Tangled Up In Blue & Murder Most Foul.
Dylan is a musical poet so listening to the words is an important part of the journey into his music. He got a huge amount of derision from the folk genre when he decided to 'go electric' some of whom never forgave him.
He comes from the 60s folk movement. It's a protest song - - the 60s was about a lot of movements - civil rights and anti-vietnam war in particular. This song kind of represents that. Check out Mr. Tambourine man. It's pretty deep lyrically and has a really cool vibe musically. Good reaction.
He wasn't the greatest singer but it was more about the content of his lyrics that what set him apart from most of the singer songwriters of the time,even when he went to an electric guitar 🎸 Check out Like a Rolling Stone
Yes, the question of when is a man a man...the answer's relative to his/her life experiences. You hear the expression "he grew up real fast," about someone coming up in a hard way. You earn your voice, in a way.
Bob's voice in this song is soothing. First time I heard Dylan was in '67. The teacher had us listen to Dylan for English class. Vinyl on a crummy school industrial record player. She warned us about his voice, but to get past that and listen to his words. Us little kids got a kick out of him. He creates intense imagery with words. Not so much in this song, this song is more thought provoking. Love Bob Dylan. He changed me, for real.
Shelter From The Storm,The Times are A Changing,Like A Rolling Stone and Lay Lady Lay are some of my favorites by Dylan,you need to check them out if you haven’t already!
I'd say his voice is not great, but it IS unique, and that makes it special. His song-writing is superb. Didn't care for the way he treated Joan Baez though. She got back at him, though, in her own song, "Diamonds and Rust." A funny story, when he heard the Turtles do a cover of his "It Ain't Me Babe," he was so drunk or high that he didn't even remember that he wrote it.
bob dylan had so much life meaning in this song, and many others. this is very thought provoking. another good song is by an artist called donavan, called universal soldier. techicnally that song was written the lyrics by some lady in canada but donavan sings it perfectly. if you haven't already i would listen to that one as well. i think you will like it
Dylan without doubt is the greatest song writer of all time. I dont think anyone will ever come to close to him. You need to check out Idiot Wind and Visions of Johanna by Dylan :)
You should hear his newest song. I forgot what it's called but it's so good. It's not really a song with medley more of a spoken song but still good. It's called murder most foul. It's also 17 minutes long
This is literally the definition of "3 chords and the truth". Some others of Bob's tunes to listen to are Lonsome Death Of Hattie Caroll, Hard Rain, It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Talking World War III Blues, and even this is just the tip of the ice-berg when it comes to Bob Dylan.
Tangled up in blue is my personal favorite but hurricane tells a story everyone should hear. They made a movie of the story too n Denzel plays Hurricane.
The Irish Bands U2's song Pride, In the Name Of Love, is about Martin Luther King Jr. One man come in the name of love One man come and go One man come he to justify One man to overthrow Early morning, April four Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride
Love Bob Dylan!
Same with me
Watching this bland reaction, the expression "pearls before swine" springs to mind. The depth of meaning in this seemingly simple performance went right over her head. I guess that's what happens when you grow up on rap music...?
Young lady, it was a famous protest song of the early sixties, for civil rights, also anti war. He sang on the steps of the mall in DC right before MLK's "I have a dream" speech.
Everyone has to learn their own way. Bob Dylan’s lyrics spoke to my generation strongly. He took on racism “before they call him a man”. War “cannonballs fly”, peace “white dove”. I was there. I lived through it. YMMV
I think he sang "Only a pawn in the game" at the march on Washington. If I'm not wrong, Peter, Paul, and Mary sang Blowin' in the wind at the march.
@@daniyalnaqvi2569 yah, I've only seen video of March on Washington, and my memory 1st said Dylan sang Blowin' but you're right, Peter Paul Mary did their popular cover of Blowin in wind and Dylan did Pawn in the Game. I was like 7 at the time and probably saw 1963 March on Washington on PBS, not many, but a few years later...
The voice of a generation, you should experience ''the times they are a changing"
Dylan HATEDDDDD being called a voice of Generation
The voice of all time
It wasn't Bob's singing that made him the voice of a generation, it was the lyrics he wrote. He recently won the Nobel prize for literature for his lyrics over the last 60(?) years.
John Lennon said it is not how Dylan voice sounds it's how he says it. ( Sings it).🎸🥁
The best storyteller in music. A truly unique man.
It's between him and Johnny Cash.
@@benjaminlundback8394 no, its not. Dylan is 1000x better songwriter and has much better albums, not sayng cash isnt a great performer, but no
Bob has been great for so long that he played before Martin Luther King gave his historic “I Have a Dream” speech.
Dylan is a poet genious !!!!!!!
Definitely check out “Like A Rolling Stone” and “Shelter From the Storm” and “A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall” three of my favorite Bob Dylan songs and very powerful songs, listen closely to what he has to say
Dylan is a huge rabbit hole. These three would be a very good start
Shelter from the storm Yes
"Before you can call him a man" - you know - instead of calling him "boy" .....
This song changed everything, opened the eyes for many people, like a slap to the face or a bucket of cold water poured onto the naked body. A powerful protest-Civil-Rights tune of the 60's.
ok we need a Bob Dylan marathon. Bob Dylan so many great songs that still resonate.
I had just become a teenager when Blowing in the wind was brand new in the early sixties. It hit me right in the heart even though English is not my first language.
Back during segregation, a black man was usually referred to as a boy as a way to oppress him. And that is exactly what the first lyric is about. Dylan just knows how to make a point...poetically.
The 'N' word was routinely used in public by officials and politicians. In some States pink and brown people had to sit in different parts of a bus or train, eat in separate establishments and drink from separate fountains. Guess who got the worse bits. Lynchings went unpunished.
In some ways it's a relief that some young people live in a present in which those things are unknown, but such horrors may be unleashed again at any time if bigots get their way. Women of any colour are the latest targets, and try to get a fair chance of a vote in certain States... We still need Dylan, and fearless conscientious teachers in his mould.
Part of his genius is that everything is metaphorical in the song, so it always applies to something. That’s why it’s probably the greatest protest song ever written.
Bob. We grew up on Bob and with Bob....he has songs throughout the decades!
Sweet lady, this song, really a poem, when it was released rocked a nation to its core, and immediately became the Civil Rights Anthem, brought tears to the eyes of people of all ages and across generations, and was shot across the bow of establishment, imploring them to evolve, change or become irrelevant.
Bob Dylan is a 1960s music icon. "Blowin' In The Wiind" is one of his most famous songs. It was later recorded by folk-group Peter, Paul, and Mary.
There's a common misunderstanding in younger listeners about the first line. The line is not about being a man, it's about being called a man. This song was written in an era when it was still common to call all black men "boy".
What ever you are on it has got you spaced out. This is an iconic song and powerful song. It has inspired millions over the years
Bob Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters of a generation he's the voice of the 60s and 70s generation
Oh jes Lennon, Young, Morrison, Davies, Simon, Bowie are my Favorites too.
Shirley- perhaps someone didn’t hear you: “Bob Dylan IS one of the greatest songwriters of a generation. He is a voice of the 60s and 70s. “. HE IS THE voice of THE generation.
This is a masterpiece of of civil rights and freedom for all ppl written and sung by a genius and Shakespeare of out day, the master Bob Dylan,, God's blessings on him always and what he wanted to achieve for all man kind,
Dylan was singing about the civil rights movement. He sang this song at March on Washington.
I think he is talking about how people turn their backs or shut their eyes or plug their ears to the suffering going on around them,and what does it take to make people aware .
He was such an influence of the generation of singers/songwriters that followed him.
Amazing song....very relevant to the times it was written. and still, today...
Oh please try Bob Dylan's "Tangled up in Blue" or the Live 76 version of "Shelter from the Storm" :)
Thank you for respecting this amazing piece of art
If you dig Dylan check "Tangled Up In Blue", one of my favorites. I think you'd like Van Morrison: "Moon Dance", "Brown Eyed Girl"..
You can try - Like a Rolling Stone, Just Like a Woman, Lay Lady Lay, It Ain't Me Babe.
Yes yes yes
Blowing in the wind was an awareness song during the Civil rights movement era 1960's, also a dressed the brutality of war. Other songs to checkout would be "with God on our side," "the times, they are a changing," and "like a rolling stone."
This song encapsulates both the Civil Rights Movement and the Peace Movement. "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man," black men in the Jim Crow South weren't called the dignified title of "man," bigoted white men often degraded black men by calling them "boy." "How many times must the canon balls fly before they're forever banned," is obviously about an end to war.
Folk music at its best! Bobs son is the lead singer of the wallflowers. He is so good looking and very talented! Js...
Thanks for playing Bob!!!!!!
Greatest songwriter in modern music.
One of the first great protests songs of all time. Bob Dylan is probably my favorite singer/songwriters of all time.
The song is about awareness. Some people never question anything especially themselves.
WOW now you've really opened a huge rabbit hole. Enjoy and keep listening. Love your reactions. Peace and love girl
He's a Legend
WARNING! Extreme rabbit hole!
Bob Dylan "hurricane "....knockin on heavens door.....subterranean homesick blues ....to many to choose from 😊
..He was saying: Folks, stop killing one-another..pawns for the Wealth-Power.
Bob Dylan was in his early twenties when he wrote Blowin in the Wind to me it's kind of like a national anthem
'How many years must some people exist before they're allowed to be free'
Beautiful words by a poet of both folk and rock. Try Hurricane next, another powerful (true) story.
Yes!!!!
God, Dylan is brilliant!!!
One man band . he played guitar and harmonica. Greatest lyricist ever. So many meaningful songs. So much understanding in such a young man. He won the Nobel prize for his writing. That about says it all. He wrote about the times he lived in, and i did also. I have tried to write songs that do the same, but he is the best. Please play more?
I always viewed it as "if you want to view yourself as a man you need to stand up for all injustices in the world as much as you can"
Check out version by Peter, Paul and Mary's version --they sang it at MLK- speech at the Lincoln Memorial in D.C --in 1963
a wonderful reaction, your commentary at the end was enlightening, thank you.
Bob was our generation of a poet, political singer songwriter. A modern day woody Guthrie so to speak.
I think it's a song about discernment. The refrain, "How many times" is questioning how often do we turn our backs on other people's suffering, then wonder why society seems to be on the wrong path. Because it's a rhetorical question, "The answer is blowing in the wind," but we all know right from wrong and it covers more than one subject.
Only we corporately can make the world a better place but the song questions people's apathy. But you then get Bob Dylan in 2001 as a sixty old, not the fresh faced twenty one he was here and he wrote, "I used to care, but things have changed." All I can think of in response is, it's not the long march ahead that wears you out, it's the grains of sand that get inside your shoe.
Nobody sings Dylan better than Dylan. His delivery and phrasing are impeccable.
Give a listen to hurricane you will love it. It's about Rubin hurricane Carter. It will blow you away. Dylan is the poet l'Oreal of the 20th century.
This song came out during the Civil rights movement. Coming from a folk protest-song tradition, he taught pop & rock music that you can sing deep meaningful lyrics while you groove. His poetic word-play is legendary & has influenced many top artists & songwriters.
Also worth hearing: The Times They Are A Changing, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Hurricane, Like A Rolling Stone, Tangled Up In Blue & Murder Most Foul.
This song is a little piece of history.
Bob Dylan and “soothing voice” are words not usually in the same sentence. But I agree here, it is soothing and it reeks of wisdom.
Dylan is a musical poet so listening to the words is an important part of the journey into his music. He got a huge amount of derision from the folk genre when he decided to 'go electric' some of whom never forgave him.
Bob won a Pulitzer prize for literature for his music
Great voice, great story teller.
It's 1960's anti racist folk music. there were a lot of these songs.
holy spirit ty ty ty
Best lyricist of all time
He comes from the 60s folk movement. It's a protest song - - the 60s was about a lot of movements - civil rights and anti-vietnam war in particular. This song kind of represents that. Check out Mr. Tambourine man. It's pretty deep lyrically and has a really cool vibe musically. Good reaction.
He wasn't the greatest singer but it was more about the content of his lyrics that what set him apart from most of the singer songwriters of the time,even when he went to an electric guitar 🎸 Check out Like a Rolling Stone
"Its alright ma, I'm only bleeding."
This is still my favorite Dylan song and when it comes to Dylan that says a lot.
Listen to him, with headphones, in the sunshine. High, if that's your thing.
Yes, the question of when is a man a man...the answer's relative to his/her life experiences. You hear the expression "he grew up real fast," about someone coming up in a hard way. You earn your voice, in a way.
Bob's voice in this song is soothing. First time I heard Dylan was in '67. The teacher had us listen to Dylan for English class. Vinyl on a crummy school industrial record player. She warned us about his voice, but to get past that and listen to his words. Us little kids got a kick out of him. He creates intense imagery with words. Not so much in this song, this song is more thought provoking. Love Bob Dylan. He changed me, for real.
I love forever young
a man from minnesota with music that mattered...
Bob Dylan is a genius.
Shelter From The Storm,The Times are A Changing,Like A Rolling Stone and Lay Lady Lay are some of my favorites by Dylan,you need to check them out if you haven’t already!
Dylan's Positively 4th Street, Masters of War, Like a Rolling Stone - tons and tons of classics
I'd say his voice is not great, but it IS unique, and that makes it special. His song-writing is superb. Didn't care for the way he treated Joan Baez though. She got back at him, though, in her own song, "Diamonds and Rust." A funny story, when he heard the Turtles do a cover of his "It Ain't Me Babe," he was so drunk or high that he didn't even remember that he wrote it.
All along the watchtower by both Bob and Jimi hendrix
bob dylan had so much life meaning in this song, and many others. this is very thought provoking. another good song is by an artist called donavan, called universal soldier. techicnally that song was written the lyrics by some lady in canada but donavan sings it perfectly. if you haven't already i would listen to that one as well. i think you will like it
Sam Cooke heard 'Blowin in the Wind' and said a black man should have written it, it inspired him to write 'A Change is Gonna Come'.
Quintessential ‘60s protest song for civil rights and anti Vietnam war - the two biggest issues of the times.
Dylan without doubt is the greatest song writer of all time. I dont think anyone will ever come to close to him. You need to check out Idiot Wind and Visions of Johanna by Dylan :)
I think he has a soothing voice. Blowin' in the Wind melody (No More Auction Block for Me - Odetta')
You should hear his newest song. I forgot what it's called but it's so good. It's not really a song with medley more of a spoken song but still good.
It's called murder most foul. It's also 17 minutes long
Firehouse - I live my life 😍😍😍
Heavily suggest the following Dylan songs: Tangled Up In Blue, Shelter From The Storm, Visions of Johanna, Things Have Changed & Desolation Row
The best story teller/song writer ever in my opinion
None compare
Bob Dylan is a lyrical genius listen to masters of war it will blow your mind true work of art x
We all must fear evil. But there is an evil that we must fear the most, the indifference of good men
This is literally the definition of "3 chords and the truth". Some others of Bob's tunes to listen to are Lonsome Death Of Hattie Caroll, Hard Rain, It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Talking World War III Blues, and even this is just the tip of the ice-berg when it comes to Bob Dylan.
Masters of war always gets me, “You that hide behind desks, I just want you to know, I can see through your masks” you should try that song
Check the Wallflowers song One Headlight, the singer is Bob Dylan son
You have done Dylan and John Prine, I love where you go and what you do!
So many good songs from Dylan.... check out his "Blood on the Tracks" album. One of his best.
Tangled up in blue is my personal favorite but hurricane tells a story everyone should hear. They made a movie of the story too n Denzel plays Hurricane.
You should react to Bob Dylan's STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN
Bob dylan postively 4th street!!!!! Please
Dylan is deep!
Rock and Roll is based on the foundation of Bob Dylan
Appreciate you
Apart from the Beatles, nobody's songs have been covered more times by other musicians than this man right here, to this very day.
The Irish Bands U2's song Pride, In the Name Of Love, is about Martin Luther King Jr.
One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow
Early morning, April four
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride