FIRST TIME HEARING Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues REACTION

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  • FIRST TIME HEARING Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues REACTION
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  • @ericstaton6896
    @ericstaton6896 Před 2 lety +344

    Bob Dylan was indeed a poet, and was the voice of an entire generation! A true icon in American popular music! Peace & Love!!! 😎

    • @tombeyerlein3813
      @tombeyerlein3813 Před 2 lety +27

      And he still is!

    • @mikepaulus4766
      @mikepaulus4766 Před 2 lety +24

      What's this "was" stuff?

    • @coy0te9
      @coy0te9 Před 2 lety +13

      And still singing!

    • @paul.kristoff
      @paul.kristoff Před 2 lety +5

      You guys gotta react to INXS - Meditate. Both the song and the clip are a homage to this. And yes, there's a sax solo. :)

    • @paulwilson2651
      @paulwilson2651 Před 2 lety +4

      World music he was huge everywhere.

  • @mfwriter959
    @mfwriter959 Před 4 měsíci +31

    Watching kids digging Dylan for the first time warms this 73 year old heart.

  • @michaelnelson3877
    @michaelnelson3877 Před 2 lety +132

    "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
    Johnny's in the basement
    Mixing up the medicine
    I'm on the pavement
    Thinking about the government
    The man in a trench coat
    Badge out, laid off
    Says he's got a bad cough
    Wants to get it paid off
    Look out, kid
    It's somethin' you did
    God knows when
    But you're doin' it again
    You better duck down the alley way
    Lookin' for a new friend
    A man in a coon-skin cap
    In a pig pen
    Wants eleven dollar bills
    You only got ten.
    Maggie comes fleet foot
    Face full of black soot
    Talkin' that the heat put
    Plants in the bed but
    The phone's tapped anyway
    Maggie says that many say
    They must bust in early May
    Orders from the DA
    Look out, kid
    Don't matter what you did
    Walk on your tip toes
    Don't tie no bows
    Better stay away from those
    That carry around a fire hose
    Keep a clean nose
    Watch the plainclothes
    You don't need a weather man
    To know which way the wind blows.
    Ah, get sick, get well
    Hang around an ink well
    Ring bell, hard to tell
    If anything is gonna sell
    Try hard, get barred
    Get back, write Braille
    Get jailed, jump bail
    Join the army, if you fail
    Look out kid
    You're gonna get hit
    By losers, cheaters
    Six-time users
    Hanging 'round the theaters
    Girl by the whirlpool is
    Lookin' for a new fool
    Don't follow leaders
    Watch the parkin' meters.
    Ah, get born, keep warm
    Short pants, romance, learn to dance
    Get dressed, get blessed
    Try to be a success
    Please her, please him, buy gifts
    Don't steal, don't lift
    Twenty years of schoolin'
    And they put you on the day shift
    Look out kid
    They keep it all hid
    Better jump down a manhole
    Light yourself a candle
    Don't wear sandals
    Try to avoid the scandals
    Don't wanna be a bum
    You better chew gum
    The pump don't work
    'Cause the vandals took the handles.

    • @gregorymoore2877
      @gregorymoore2877 Před 2 lety +21

      Maggie's warning him about the DA. I wonder if this was before he told her wouldn't work on her farm no more. 🤔

    • @pegatheetoo1437
      @pegatheetoo1437 Před 2 lety +6

      @@gregorymoore2877 Love that song ... I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

    • @wardlafferty5022
      @wardlafferty5022 Před 2 lety +3

      The line “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”…is a reference to the radical group from the mid 60’s The Weathermen.

    • @nedludd7622
      @nedludd7622 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@wardlafferty5022 It is the other way around.

    • @fastnbulbouss
      @fastnbulbouss Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@nedludd7622
      Absolutely....the Weathermen took their name from the song. 😎

  • @dennislockhart7678
    @dennislockhart7678 Před 2 lety +63

    "...twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift..." That's the greatest line in the history of rock and roll.

    • @ericwillison4011
      @ericwillison4011 Před rokem +4

      I'm partial to "better stay away from those who carry around a fire hose" myself.

    • @NoLefTurnUnStoned.
      @NoLefTurnUnStoned. Před rokem +14

      @@ericwillison4011
      You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

    • @brianherrington7226
      @brianherrington7226 Před rokem +2

      Don’t follow leaders watching parking meters.

    • @NoLefTurnUnStoned.
      @NoLefTurnUnStoned. Před rokem +2

      @@brianherrington7226
      Watch YOUR parking meters.

    • @petersmall1574
      @petersmall1574 Před 9 dny

      I was really impressed, by the way, with how the young woman, listening to the song for the first time, caught that line and commented on it. Very sharp.

  • @matthawkins8880
    @matthawkins8880 Před 2 lety +51

    “You don’t need a weatherman to know the way the wind blows.” One of the greatest lines ever.

    • @williamfragaszy6016
      @williamfragaszy6016 Před 2 lety +11

      Some members of the left group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) , who went underground in the late 1960s, early 1970s called themselves the Weathermen after this lyric.

    • @matthawkins8880
      @matthawkins8880 Před 2 lety +4

      @@williamfragaszy6016 Cool, I absolutely know who The Weathermen were. I had no idea they got the name from this.

    • @oldstudent2587
      @oldstudent2587 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@williamfragaszy6016 And then blew themselves up in a basement apartment making bombs.

    • @neilmalone798
      @neilmalone798 Před 4 měsíci

      Students for a democratic Society (SDS) Weathermen, took their name from this incendiary lyric. And it still doesn’t “take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”

    • @deniseg812
      @deniseg812 Před 4 měsíci

      Absolutely

  • @ericlevi5729
    @ericlevi5729 Před 2 lety +215

    Check out this post: Hailed as the Shakespeare of his generation, Dylan sold tens of millions of albums, wrote more than 500 songs recorded by more than 2,000 artists, performed all over the world, and set the standard for lyric writing. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

    • @bobm3434
      @bobm3434 Před 2 lety +11

      Yes, and it was deserved.

    • @MrRonkard
      @MrRonkard Před 2 lety +3

      Also he did cover in studio or live around 600 songs.

    • @ericlevi5729
      @ericlevi5729 Před 2 lety +2

      @@MrRonkard Dylan was a genius and is still going strong thanks for your input

    • @shaynewest8757
      @shaynewest8757 Před 4 dny

      Check out this post? Fucking hell. What a flog.

  • @RDRussell2
    @RDRussell2 Před 2 lety +245

    Ironic that you identify the "folk" quality to this song. At the time, everyone thought this was anything BUT folk. This is one of Dylan's earliest "Dylan goes electric" songs, and folkies felt very betrayed. If you want to hear Dylan's folk side, my favorite is probably "A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall." I also love "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'." That's what folkies think of when they think of folk music.
    Don't forget: "They keep it all hid. Twenty years of school' and they put you on the day shift. You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Those became mantra for a rebellious 1960s movement.

    • @michaelthibault6106
      @michaelthibault6106 Před 2 lety +1

      And the Weather Man was a direct reference to the Weather Underground, which was all over the news at the time.

    • @Lensmaster1
      @Lensmaster1 Před 2 lety +11

      This song came out in 1965. The Weathermen formed in 1969. Of course they knew this song well, and took their name from the lyrics becausectheyvwere now goingbto be the weatherman who told you which way the wind blew.

    • @KFBK1530
      @KFBK1530 Před 2 lety +8

      I agree with Richard Russell. I have always loved this song but it does not represent the folk music of Dylan. The songs Mr. Russell listed above ARE examples of his folk music. Subterranean Homesick Blues is political commentary sung to a very fast beat. It has been referred to as "the first rap song." Not that I am a fan of rap as I am definitely not. My suggestion of a great Dylan song for The Rob Squad is "Desolation Row" from the 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited."

    • @michaelthibault6106
      @michaelthibault6106 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Lensmaster1 Sorry, flipped the script on that one. My bad.

    • @keithdf2001
      @keithdf2001 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelthibault6106 The Weather Underground came years later and Dylan has never said what you claim he said so I am not sure how you would come to that concussion

  • @markallan5484
    @markallan5484 Před 6 měsíci +8

    "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." A typically brilliant, incisive Dylan lyric.

  • @benanddaniellereviews
    @benanddaniellereviews Před 2 lety +9

    “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”

  • @Cheryworld
    @Cheryworld Před 2 lety +31

    with MKL day coming up, a bit of history, Bob Dylan at age 22 performing Only A Pawn In Their Game at the March On Washington 1963, shortly before King gave his famous speech. Historic

    • @douglaschoe6723
      @douglaschoe6723 Před 2 lety +6

      Yes. How about a double dose of Bob and follow it up with "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll."

    • @ptournas
      @ptournas Před 2 lety +1

      I remember watching that on TV as a 15 year old kid. He also did "Blowing in the Wind" and a couple of other songs. I also remember watching newscasts before the march to Washington showing police beating demonstraters who marched in peaceful protests in the South with billy clubs (including woman and children) and attacking them with dogs. It was pretty horrifying and senseless to me, even at that young age.

  • @stevemuldoon9451
    @stevemuldoon9451 Před 19 dny +1

    Bob has a sense of humor too. Some of his work is very serious, but sometimes he just likes to have fun.

  • @eh-i1841
    @eh-i1841 Před 2 lety +13

    The bearded man,on the left,is beat poet,and Dylan mentor,is Allen Ginsberg.It was filmed in England.

    • @Darrenski
      @Darrenski Před 3 měsíci

      The bearded nonce you mean

    • @Darrenski
      @Darrenski Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah what a 'hero'. How I'd have made him howl alright..

    • @Darrenski
      @Darrenski Před 3 měsíci

      It was filmed behind the savoy actually

  • @bradsullivan2495
    @bradsullivan2495 Před 2 lety +102

    "Hurricane" Is a powerful Dylan song from 1975 that could easily be adapted to today because of the issues discussed within it.

    • @patrickgattiker9765
      @patrickgattiker9765 Před 2 lety

      The guy who it's about actually ended up being guilty fun fact. But it is a good story

    • @denismansfield8876
      @denismansfield8876 Před 2 lety +5

      It was Reuben Carter and he was imprisoned 18-19 years then released ... due in large part to the song "Hurricane". There was a movie too with Denzel Washington playing Reuben. The song is a good example of being in the wrong place at the wrong time especially when a prosecutor wants a conviction ... he may have been up for reelection, but I don't recall all of the details. Anyhow, Dylan helped activate petitions and interest in serving justice.

    • @Kunsoo1024
      @Kunsoo1024 Před 2 lety +5

      @@patrickgattiker9765 - He was released, so courts apparently disagreed.

    • @Kunsoo1024
      @Kunsoo1024 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes, but listen to the recorded version, not the live version which is missing some key verses.

    • @lisarhae9692
      @lisarhae9692 Před 2 lety

      YES!!

  • @cometogether999
    @cometogether999 Před 2 lety +65

    I highly recommend "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan. Or "Shelter From the Storm."

  • @smooch2955
    @smooch2955 Před 2 dny +1

    Bob Dylan...rappin before rappin was cool 😎

  • @mikeyhau
    @mikeyhau Před 4 měsíci +2

    Anybody who questions Dylan's Nobel Prize should listen to this.

  • @miguelnavarrete3893
    @miguelnavarrete3893 Před 2 lety +20

    The story of the “HURRICANE” is a Dylan must!

    • @Kunsoo1024
      @Kunsoo1024 Před 2 lety +1

      Again, the recorded version. Skip the live - not because it isn't good, but because for some reason they skipped some key verses. Or maybe they hadn't been written yet.

    • @beriandavies2111
      @beriandavies2111 Před 2 lety

      Definitely HURRICANE.

  • @marleybob3157
    @marleybob3157 Před 2 lety +74

    "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" is the next Dylan song you MUST react to. While not as well known as some of his hits, it has everything you say you like about him, mostly lyrics that will blow you away. It is also arguably the first rap song. Trust me on this.

    • @korybeavers6528
      @korybeavers6528 Před 2 lety +5

      Yes! The talking blues...precursor to rap

    • @timdore1131
      @timdore1131 Před 2 lety +3

      100% agree! My favorite Bob by far. I can’t stress enough how his 3 albums that came out back to back to back (Bringing it all back home 1964, Hwy 61 1965 and Blonde on Blonde 1966) is the most fertile musical period by any artist of the 20th century.

    • @ashlealabine6937
      @ashlealabine6937 Před 2 lety

      I can get behind that. Definitely a must hear.

  • @jas2039
    @jas2039 Před 2 lety +33

    I was 14 when Dylan released "The Times They are a Changin' " in 1964. The previous year Governor George Wallace had stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama to prevent black students from attending. Sit-ins, marches and civil disobedience were in the news daily. The times they were changing. Dylan spoke from my generations point of view. The generation gap was coming into full view. Truly remarkable lyrics with this one.

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 Před 2 lety +1

      I was younger than that in 64, but even then I thought that America was a backward country, compared to England that seemed positively progressive. American needed the angst to bring its change, and its music, England was more of a playground (despite the hard work). I think American song writers wrote about THE situation, British ones wrote about THEIR OWN situation (includes Folk. Rock and the Easy Listening genres )

  • @TheBham54
    @TheBham54 Před 2 lety +49

    He's rappin, (basically)...stream of consciousness poetry from the master. Two of my favorites from Bob are "Leopard skinned Pillbox Hat" and "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again." Fearless artist and American musical icon.

    • @jimmonroe8532
      @jimmonroe8532 Před rokem +2

      According to Bob the flow was provided by Satin himself!

    • @JohnDoe-lc9yj
      @JohnDoe-lc9yj Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@jimmonroe8532 so not "glossy" nor "flat" but "Satin"? Interesting. Was is a white or off white?

    • @velvetundergrad2843
      @velvetundergrad2843 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Those are my favorite from BoB. And sad-eyed lady

    • @twiggyb01
      @twiggyb01 Před 4 měsíci

      @@JohnDoe-lc9yj is what he used to paint his masteroiece

  • @dustywaynemusic6297
    @dustywaynemusic6297 Před 2 lety +38

    "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" is my favorite Dylan tune but there's too many to mention. One of the GOATs

  • @LynneConnolly
    @LynneConnolly Před 2 lety +89

    You can't overestimate Dylan's influence, or his importance to music. (He even has a Nobel prize for literature!) Start at the beginning, with his folk roots, when he portrayed himself as a sharecropper-type singer through the Greenwich Village phase, and on, and on...With artists like this, real artists, it's best to start at the beginning and go through it, instead of dipping in and out.
    Having said that, you could try his later career and The Hurricane. Or just go to the Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands from Blonde On Blonde.

    • @masterofsparkshwy6974
      @masterofsparkshwy6974 Před 2 lety +1

      I agree, and say the same thing about artists, that you said about starting at the beginning and moving on. It's much easier to really dig a song that you may not otherwise, simply because it seems too far removed from what you expect from that artist. I mean, if I'd heard " Achilles Last Stand", and then heard " Long Black Wavy Hair" I'd think " this is still Zeppelin??"

    • @jonm7888
      @jonm7888 Před 2 lety +1

      I think it's hilarious that he didn't attend the Nobel Prize ceremony.

    • @robmontoya8618
      @robmontoya8618 Před 2 lety +1

      Dylan and George Bernard Shaw are the only Nobel Prize winners that also won Academy Awards.

  • @robinmeltzer9024
    @robinmeltzer9024 Před 2 lety +14

    You just don’t get a Nobel Prize when you’re a rock star… it just doesn’t happen… unless you’re Bob Dylan and you also happen to be a poet for the ages. What a joy to be living at the same time as him.

  • @JoseGonzalez-ez6vn
    @JoseGonzalez-ez6vn Před 2 lety +5

    Please react to Dylan singing "One More Cup of Coffee." Great song!!!

  • @dagmar.6954
    @dagmar.6954 Před 2 lety +86

    Bob Dylan is a great singer songwriter poet. His music has been recorded by so many artists. Peter, Paul & Mary do a great version of "Blowing In The Wind". The group the Byrds did a few of Bob Dylan's songs such as "Mr. Tambourine Man" & "All I Really Want to Do". Some of Bob Dylan's early hits were "The Times They Are a-Changin'", "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Like a Rolling Stone", "It Ain't Me Babe" etc. Dylan co-founded the supergroup the Traveling Willburys in 1988 with George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty.

    • @ericlevi5729
      @ericlevi5729 Před 2 lety +7

      500 written songs covered by 2,000 artists from 60 years of work. OMG

    • @dustywaynemusic6297
      @dustywaynemusic6297 Před 2 lety +2

      I love Peter, Paul and Mary's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"

    • @ericlevi5729
      @ericlevi5729 Před 2 lety

      @@dustywaynemusic6297 how about PETER PAUL AMD MARY BLOWIN IN THE WIND AND OTHERS ?

    • @k.t.5405
      @k.t.5405 Před 2 lety +4

      Greatest singer/songwriter of his generation... Dylan was Lennon's God! 😎✌🌻

    • @dustywaynemusic6297
      @dustywaynemusic6297 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ericlevi5729 the OP mentioned blowing in the wind already but yeah it's great

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 Před 2 lety +14

    He and Johnny Cash were good friends and big fans of each other’s music.

    • @larsonsrud2518
      @larsonsrud2518 Před 2 lety +1

      There is a video of Johnny and Bob singing "north country girl " together on the Johnny Cash show

    • @petersmall1574
      @petersmall1574 Před 9 dny

      Kindred spirits.

  • @donpietruk1517
    @donpietruk1517 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Never forget the man won a Nobel Prize for literature. Dylan was indeed a poet. And always remember he called another great American songwriter, the great Motown artist Smokey Robinson, a great American poet as well.

  • @robertrodes1546
    @robertrodes1546 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows is the line that has always stuck with me the most.

  • @oldairyheir
    @oldairyheir Před 2 lety +56

    Also, Weird Al does a GREAT take-off on this song called 'Bob'! ALL the lines are palindromes (read the same way backwards as they do forwards, as the title does!) You'll love it!

    • @jeffreysmith236
      @jeffreysmith236 Před 2 lety +3

      Finally someone mentions it, I am more familiar with and blown away by Weird Al's version.

    • @Toobeegort
      @Toobeegort Před 2 lety +4

      After this song "Bob" is a must watch, Weird Al has put the same amount of skill in to write it.

    • @tanisdevelopment
      @tanisdevelopment Před 2 lety +2

      Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!

    • @peterz4427
      @peterz4427 Před 2 lety

      Love your pic, by the way!

  • @JerisEve
    @JerisEve Před 2 lety +54

    I always have reservations about suggesting this song to young people for fear they'll never get the lyrics. Many people claim it's the first rap song. All the stuff about Maggie is a little complicated. Maggie had a farm where people on the run could hide out IF they were willing to work the farm. (See Dylan's song Maggie's Farm.) In this song he says, "Maggie said the heat (cops) put plants (planted names of people who weren't really there) in the bed book (registration record.") The farm got searched often looking for Draft Dodgers, Weathermen, Black Panthers, etc. Hence the line "You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Some lines are kinda nonsense, like the pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Bobby won the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature for his song lyrics. {The man in glasses sitting behind and to the left was poet Allen Ginsberg.} His greatest lyrics in the old songs IMO are in Mr. Tambourine Man and my very favorite A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall. Both are full of extraordinary imagery. Oops, also It's Alright, Ma, I'm Only Bleedin'.

    • @diceportz7107
      @diceportz7107 Před 2 lety +1

      There is so much cultural reference in this song that even those of us in the middle of the country struggled with some of the lyrics. Slang has changed so much and while certain phrases are still around, they don't mean what they once did. But, on the other hand, I don't want to see Bob's music die out.

    • @ronalddobis6782
      @ronalddobis6782 Před 2 lety +2

      And The Times They Are A Changing. It's always current because the times are always changing.

    • @RDRussell2
      @RDRussell2 Před 2 lety

      I just posted my own reply and then I read yours and thought, "Doh! I forgot 'It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding.'" That song has haunted me from the first moment I heard it. "He not busy bein' born is busy dyin'" has never left my thinking since I first heard it 30+ years ago as a teenager. The "problem" with Dylan is it's easier to identify what NOT to recommend. Like any artist, he wasn't always hitting them out of the park. He did indeed release a stinker or two. ("Under the Red Sky," anyone?) But when you are consistent excellent as Dylan, with a career that spans 5 decades, where do you begin with recommendations?

    • @muzikman4399
      @muzikman4399 Před 2 lety +4

      What is nonsense about his verse “the pumps don’t work, cause vandals stole the handles”? Back in the day they had to hand pump water from the wells (no electric pumps back then) if vandals (hooligans) stole the pump handle “then the pump don’t work” til you replace the handle.

    • @chris...9497
      @chris...9497 Před 2 lety +2

      The first rap songs were square dances.

  • @gavinreid2741
    @gavinreid2741 Před 2 lety +2

    I October 2016 Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • @user-yk1cf8qb7q
    @user-yk1cf8qb7q Před 6 měsíci +2

    Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature.

  • @dbradx
    @dbradx Před 2 lety +41

    Great choice guys - Bob started as a pure folk artist, this song was from the first album where he started branching out into rock, alienating a whole bunch of his folk audience.
    In fact, when he went out on tour after this album was released, he would get booed - someone even yelled "Judas" at him from the crowd at a show in England. His reply? "I don't believe you. You're a liar." He then turned to his band and if you listen to the recording, you can hear him tell them to "Play it f**king loud!"

    • @richardworton4597
      @richardworton4597 Před 2 lety +2

      What? Bob went electric!

    • @sjw5797
      @sjw5797 Před 2 lety +8

      I liked it when a fan yelled at him to "Play some protest songs," and Bob replied in an honestly exasperated voice, "All my songs are protest songs. Come on, man."

    • @misolgit69
      @misolgit69 Před 2 lety +3

      @@richardworton4597 that was at the Roundhouse in London they balled up their programmes and threw them at him and tried to slow hand clap hom off stage as History says he ignored them

    • @ilikejohnhurt
      @ilikejohnhurt Před 2 lety +2

      An interesting transition in his career.

  • @cynthiaschultheis1660
    @cynthiaschultheis1660 Před 2 lety +14

    You MUST hear Jimi Hendricks cover of Dylan's original "All Along the Watchtower"

  • @balloonfarm5903
    @balloonfarm5903 Před 3 měsíci +1

    In 2016 the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan

  • @peter13111000
    @peter13111000 Před 5 dny

    And some people think rap was invented in the late70’s/early 80’s. Never more essential, relevant or poetic than this.

  • @bakilacat1
    @bakilacat1 Před 2 lety +11

    Definitely not ‘hailed’ as a traditional sounding singer…. Spoke his truth, reason, compassion…. Definitely stood out among the standards!!

  • @jurgenradics155
    @jurgenradics155 Před 2 lety +6

    One of the first music videos in history

  • @elbruces
    @elbruces Před 2 lety +5

    The only guy to ever win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his song lyrics.

  • @showmesomethingnew2678

    Dylan is the undisputed master of language. Go down that rabbit hole. You’ll be impressed. There’s a reason he won the Nobel prize for literature.

  • @tombeyerlein3813
    @tombeyerlein3813 Před 2 lety +158

    You guys are starting to "get" Dylan, and it's a joy to see! Dylan isn't just another singer-songwriter. He's head and shoulders above the rest, endlessly fascinating and endlessly rewarding. You can literally spend years studying his decades-long body of work. A giant.

    • @ronaldasher3149
      @ronaldasher3149 Před 2 lety +1

      You should dig into some of his early folk stuff "Times They Are a Changin", "Blowin in The Wind" "It Ain't Me Babe" he's got some great stuff from early middle 60s.

    • @Bastikovski99
      @Bastikovski99 Před 2 lety +1

      He's definitely at the very precipice of songwriters. I put him in my Mt. Rushmore with Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Townes van Zandt, and Warren Zevon. With Bob in the center of course.

    • @yeahbee8237
      @yeahbee8237 Před rokem +1

      Neil and him are both up there

    • @yeahbee8237
      @yeahbee8237 Před rokem +1

      @@Bastikovski99 Neil Young ffs

    • @Bastikovski99
      @Bastikovski99 Před rokem

      @@yeahbee8237 nahhh…..

  • @tedcole9936
    @tedcole9936 Před 2 lety +52

    Yeah, guys! great reaction... Try Dylan's "Tangled up in Blue" or "Idiot Wind" or "My Back Pages" - or the classic "The Times They are a Changing" you'll get a hundred suggestions for more Dylan songs, but those are my votes!

    • @steveullrich7737
      @steveullrich7737 Před 2 lety +6

      I was going to recommend "Tangled Up in Blue" too.

    • @slebahn
      @slebahn Před 2 lety +3

      Definitely "Tangled up in Blue" for the lyrics and story telling

    • @ronalddobis6782
      @ronalddobis6782 Před 2 lety +1

      And Hurricane.

    • @beatledad
      @beatledad Před 2 lety +2

      dylans anger in IDIOT WIND....just next level

    • @adamlorenz4748
      @adamlorenz4748 Před 2 lety +1

      My back pages is an all timer for me

  • @TheGoldenCapstone
    @TheGoldenCapstone Před 2 lety +1

    He has this really fun song that no one ever reacts to called Bob Dylan's 115th Dream. Enjoy!

  • @714cjp
    @714cjp Před 2 lety

    “ It’s Alright Ma , I’m Only Bleeding” will blow your minds .

  • @extdiso
    @extdiso Před 2 lety +30

    You might want to give “Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts” a listen!

    • @Pauba1946
      @Pauba1946 Před 2 lety +4

      That is a great suggestion!

    • @dianedarby442
      @dianedarby442 Před 2 lety +4

      They'll love the storytelling in that one!

    • @tedcole9936
      @tedcole9936 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes! a classic example of Dylan giving you little pieces of the story, and letting you fill in the rest yourself.. a masterpiece, no doubt.

  • @waltw4537
    @waltw4537 Před 2 lety +25

    The "roots of Rap", IMHO. That last phrase about the "vandals took the handles" refers to a hand-action water spout in the Woodstock, NY green. (15 miles from my house.) Someone stole the handle of that water pump. Don't think it was ever found. Very early Dylan. The Weathermen anti-establishment movement of the 1960s supposedly took its name from this tune. Beat poet Alan Ginsburg in the background. Yes. 5 more times may be needed, lol. A great love song by Dylan: "Most of the Time".

    • @wpl8275
      @wpl8275 Před 2 lety +1

      If these are the roots the try is diseased now. How many rap artists even come close to this level of thought?

    • @nancyhallatr
      @nancyhallatr Před 2 lety +1

      Dylan was a rapper, for sure, but the roots of rap go back to the blues.

  • @haroldmachroli7038
    @haroldmachroli7038 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Dylan is pure musical genius. I like all his stuff but I particularly like this one.

  • @philipadam7870
    @philipadam7870 Před 8 měsíci

    The is only one, never to be repeated. Bob is the go to man when you need the real deal… truth.

  • @brianorzel1873
    @brianorzel1873 Před 2 lety +9

    As a follow-up, you absolutely have to react to Weird Al Yankovic's parody video of this song - "Bob".

    • @rbb9753
      @rbb9753 Před 4 měsíci

      Cannot upvote this enough

  • @gkiferonhs
    @gkiferonhs Před 2 lety +8

    Songwriters like Dylan are one reason this generation spent a lot of time just sitting and listening to music. This music had a lot going on.

  • @m.ericwatson968
    @m.ericwatson968 Před 2 lety

    "The pumps don't work 'cause the vandals stole the handles" ...Love that last lyric

  • @cooked5439
    @cooked5439 Před 2 lety +2

    tangled up in blue is my personal favorite

  • @russallert
    @russallert Před 2 lety +17

    Trivia: the bald bearded guy with glasses in the background is poet Allen Ginsberg, who was one of Dylan's literary heroes and became friends with him. Also, Dylan's then-girlfriend Joan Baez (a folk legend in her own right) helped paint the cue cards. Musically, this song was actually Dylan's transition from folk to rock, and believe it or not it was a very controversial move back in 1965.

    • @ronreynolds1610
      @ronreynolds1610 Před 2 lety

      Probably more Original Punk music than most will understand ...

    • @jamesdignanmusic2765
      @jamesdignanmusic2765 Před 2 lety

      Songer Donovan also helped with the cards. The man Ginsberg is talking to is musician Bob Neuwirth.

    • @condor7810
      @condor7810 Před 2 lety +1

      @Rus: Yes, and Ginsberg's famous 1955 poem "Howl" nearly got him "canceled" when it was published in 1956. Really, it was his publisher and friend Lawerence Ferlinghetti who was arrested and charged with obscenity (a ridiculous charge in retrospect). He was eventually cleared. I am a Gen X'er and have loved Dylan since I was 16. I also saw Ginsberg give an in person poetry reading when I was a teen in the 80's. Both Dylan and Ginsberg are/were great poets.

  • @colibri1
    @colibri1 Před 2 lety +23

    Dylan was also Jimi Hendrix's favorite lyricist. Hendrix carried around a book of Dylan's writings wherever he went and had a hit in 1968 with a cover of Dylan's 1967 "All Along the Watchtower."

  • @bigdaddypiggy
    @bigdaddypiggy Před 4 měsíci +1

    Bob Dylan did with words what Hendrix did with a guitar 🖤🤤🤘🏻

  • @classiclife7204
    @classiclife7204 Před 2 lety

    "It's Alright, Ma, I'm Only Bleeding" - a must.

  • @miltonslocum8957
    @miltonslocum8957 Před 2 lety +38

    As ya'll are finding out, Bob Dylan has a tremendous amount of depth In his music. The poetry and social consciousness of his songs is why he's regarded as one of the greatest song writers of all time. He's an American treasure! Also, I'd like to suggest a song by Dan Fogelberg that would be great to react to. It's Same Old Lang Syne. It's a beautiful song so appropriate for New Year's Eve. Brings back so many memories! Continued success in the New Year!!🎊🎉

  • @clintonhunt3197
    @clintonhunt3197 Před 2 lety +17

    You guys gotta do "Don't Think Twice It's Alright", great song!

  • @paranoidplane9799
    @paranoidplane9799 Před 2 lety

    Bob Dylan is probably Rock n Roll's greatest poet.

  • @jayarr961
    @jayarr961 Před 2 lety +2

    One of his great lyric songs (and there are many) It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

  • @donnacorey1877
    @donnacorey1877 Před 2 lety +15

    You guys gotta check out Tangled Up In Blue next. Incredible lyrics and Incredible storytelling. Dylan at his finest!

  • @bradsullivan2495
    @bradsullivan2495 Před 2 lety +5

    Dylan's writing was so iconic that he became the first songwriter to ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

  • @nomchompsky2883
    @nomchompsky2883 Před 2 lety

    bob dylan is the definition of love him or hate him... those who love him... oh boy do we love him.

  • @TerryD15
    @TerryD15 Před rokem

    A real poet he was awarded the prestigious Nobel prize for literature a few years ago.

  • @stormy8207
    @stormy8207 Před 2 lety +4

    A voice of a generation. Suggest Blowing in the wind. The Times they are a changin'.

  • @MS-ro9dm
    @MS-ro9dm Před 2 lety +5

    The roots of Rap? Talk about bustin' a Rhyme"

  • @stevejette2329
    @stevejette2329 Před rokem

    Amber "feels" the music. Closes her eyes, sway with the tune, smile to it.

  • @gardnerdan17
    @gardnerdan17 Před 2 lety +1

    Another great one is called Bob Dylan's 115th Dream.

  • @gabrielledormuth4634
    @gabrielledormuth4634 Před 2 lety +5

    You have to react to the times are a changing it's definitely a classic

  • @cynthiaschultheis1660
    @cynthiaschultheis1660 Před 2 lety +6

    Dylan was all acoustic with harmonica. He went electric and fans freaked! But he is the poet of my generation. Won Nobel for Poetry!!!

  • @peters7025
    @peters7025 Před 2 lety

    The best piece of advice ever put in a song. Don’t follow leaders, watch the parking meters.

  • @EricHenning
    @EricHenning Před 8 měsíci +1

    Dylan was such an innovator that he basically invented the music video, right here.

  • @kevinbuchholz3496
    @kevinbuchholz3496 Před 2 lety +8

    When Bob turned from all acoustic to an electric sound, The Band was the group that he took on tour with him. In fact, I guess that the reason The Band is named as they are, is that Bob apparently would say when they were going to record, get me The Band. The Band first started as The Hawks, backing band for Ronnie Hawkins.

    • @RDRussell2
      @RDRussell2 Před 2 lety +1

      Remember also that "Hawks' ended up having a political tone. Hawks were for the (Vietnam) war; doves were for peace. The Band couldn't go on calling themselves The Hawks when that name stood for everything they were against. Because of this, I always forget the Hawkins angle-thank you for the reminder!

  • @josephcote6120
    @josephcote6120 Před 2 lety +16

    In a fair number of Dylan songs he tells a story, but in little bits and pieces. One is Idiot Wind, an angry song, and someone did something to him, but he never really says what. And one of my favorites, Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts. I scratched my head over that song for years until I figured out that I was the one who was supposed to fill in the details. A fun and interesting song, and I think everyone fills it in in their own way.

  • @danielbenson6407
    @danielbenson6407 Před 2 lety

    "I wanna listen to the song five more times"
    Listen to it 500 times and every time you'll have a different journey through his social commentary.

  • @headofbaphomet
    @headofbaphomet Před 2 lety

    The Times They Are A Changing from before Dylan went electric is a legendary folk song.

  • @lindenarden667
    @lindenarden667 Před 2 lety +7

    "Bob Dylan on the street"
    He makes 3 or 4 rhymes on the spot using the words from the corner street signs. Phenomenal!

  • @gmRandy1530
    @gmRandy1530 Před 2 lety +3

    My favorite Dylan song is Positively 4th street and Lay lady lay...however Bobs voice sounds worlds apart between the two songs

  • @michaelopm1
    @michaelopm1 Před 2 měsíci +1

    you guys crack us up! When Dylan went electric!

  • @terryb5803
    @terryb5803 Před 2 lety

    You have hear "Gotta Serve Somebody"!!! Bob Dylan at his finest!!!

  • @Reani71
    @Reani71 Před 2 lety +33

    He's actually the first and only musician who won the Literature Nobel Prize for his lyrics, that's how good he is as a poet and lyricist.

    • @mattpobursky850
      @mattpobursky850 Před 2 lety

      And one of the few Nobel Prize winners of the past several decades that actually deserved it.

    • @ninjavigilante5311
      @ninjavigilante5311 Před rokem

      I've seen love go by my door never been this close before, you going to make me smile if you don't know!

    • @skyrothman8651
      @skyrothman8651 Před rokem

      Kendrick Lamar also won it

    • @Reani71
      @Reani71 Před rokem

      @@skyrothman8651 No, he didn't. Maybe you mistake the Nobel Prize with the Pulitzer Prize, KL actually won that one, but in the music category which is kind of relatable since he's a musician. Winning the Nobel Prize (which is a much more acclaimed prize than the Pulitzer Prize) in the Literature category for the lyrics to your music has to be regarded as a unique accomplishment.

  • @TwistedSither
    @TwistedSither Před 2 lety +4

    Mister Tambourine Man, All Along The Watchtower, The Times, They Are A-Changing are some great Dylan tunes.

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 Před 2 lety

    The Swedish Academy awarded Dylan the in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." In 2008, the singer-songwriter won the Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to music and American culture.

  • @phillip8443
    @phillip8443 Před rokem

    Bob is the only song and dance man to ever win the Nobel poet laureate award

  • @kestrelle5345
    @kestrelle5345 Před 2 lety +9

    His one-time girlfriend Joan Baez wrote "Diamonds and Rust" about her relationship with Dylan. You may enjoy that song.

  • @larryg7126
    @larryg7126 Před 2 lety +7

    While some lyricists write great short stories, Bob Dylan wrote novels in the same amount of lines. "Tangled Up In Blue" being a personal favorite but by no means the only great song in his extensive catalog.. He also changed before the times and the times changed many times to where he was going, much like David Bowie, who came along later.

  • @nubbypk
    @nubbypk Před 2 lety

    In 2016 Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ...."for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"

  • @kerrynewcombe1413
    @kerrynewcombe1413 Před 2 lety

    Murder Most Foul by Dylan. Long but poetic. Then at the other end of the scale he sing 'Must be Santa' mind blowned.

  • @taun856
    @taun856 Před 2 lety +48

    While every Dylan fan has their own idea of which of his songs has the deepest lyrics, my two choices are "Desolation Row" and "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleedin')". People have earned PhD's analyzing Desolation Row, and It's Alright Ma will amaze you with what they now-of-days call "flow". It was "Rap" before there was Rap (it was called "The Talking Blues"). I can not recommend these two songs enough!

    • @jamesdignanmusic2765
      @jamesdignanmusic2765 Před 2 lety +5

      Two more very deep Dylan songs worth mentioning (out of hundreds!) - "Visions of Johanna" and "Love Minus Zero/No Limit".

    • @JoshuaTanzer
      @JoshuaTanzer Před 2 lety +3

      It’s All Right Ma has a line to live by: He not busy being born is busy dying. So good.

    • @taun856
      @taun856 Před 2 lety +1

      @@JoshuaTanzer That's a great one. My favorite is "While Money Doesn't talk, It swears".

    • @Mftjan2000
      @Mftjan2000 Před 2 lety +1

      Subterranian Homesick Blues and Ain't gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More.

    • @Mftjan2000
      @Mftjan2000 Před 2 lety +2

      Oh and "A Hard Rain Gonna Fall"

  • @21burt15
    @21burt15 Před 2 lety +70

    There is only one class of music that you can put Bob Dylan in - - - "Bob Dylan" period - end of debate. I've been around for seventy six years, have listened to and appreciated all types and classifications of music, and can say without hesitation or reservation - BOB DYLAN IS A CLASS ALL HIS OWN.

    • @Bastikovski99
      @Bastikovski99 Před 2 lety +2

      Have you listened to Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Warren Zevon, and Townes van Zandt? I agree Dylan is the best ever, because of his musical catalogue as well as the social effect he had during the 60s especially, but I can't really put those other 4 in a lower class. They all have amazing catalogues.

    • @stephendoolan1502
      @stephendoolan1502 Před rokem

      Also don mclean.

    • @scholarr3138
      @scholarr3138 Před rokem

      Paul McCartney wrote a lot of great songs too.

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta Před rokem

      Paul Simon , Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell belong in that pantheon as well. 😊

  • @armandrioux3660
    @armandrioux3660 Před rokem

    »This is litterature» said Amber. WELL, Amber, you GOTIT!!! In 2016, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Litterature!!! The highest honor one can have on this Earth!

  • @angiebervinkle1575
    @angiebervinkle1575 Před rokem +1

    Dylan win a Nobel peace prize for literature

  • @4tuneagent
    @4tuneagent Před 2 lety +10

    Bob Dylan has so many great lyrical songs.. I will recommend "I Want You", "Stuck Inside of Mobile(With the Memphis Blues Again)", "Maggie's Farm", and "Tangled Up in Blue".. Thanks.

  • @oldairyheir
    @oldairyheir Před 2 lety +9

    Originally named Robert Zimmerman, he was born in Minnesota, and while attending college, he discovered the bohemian section of Minneapolis known as Dinkytown. Fascinated by Beat poetry and folksinger Woody Guthrie, he began performing folk music in coffeehouses, adopting the last name Dylan (after the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas).

    • @ericlevi5729
      @ericlevi5729 Před 2 lety

      JEWS CANT PLAY BASKETBALL BUT THEY CAN SURELY WRITE MUSIC DYLAN WON THE NONEL PEACE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 2016

    • @sjw5797
      @sjw5797 Před 2 lety +2

      "I know a man, his brain's so small
      He don't think of nothin atall
      Not the same as you and ne
      Doesn't dig poetry
      He's so unhip, when you say 'Dylan'
      He thinks you're talkin bout Dylan Thomas
      Whoever he was
      The man ain't got no culture"
      ----From "A Simple Desultory
      Phillipic" by Simon and
      Garfunkle

    • @jillk368
      @jillk368 Před 2 lety +3

      @@ericlevi5729 Jews can't play basketball?? That's what you're contributing to this comment thread? Did I order a side of antisemitic tropes with my dinner?

    • @ericlevi5729
      @ericlevi5729 Před 2 lety

      @@jillk368 I don’t know but when someone makes a claim about ISRAEL OR JEWS it’s personal and I’m here for interesting conversation not anything else. Happy New Year to you

    • @ericlevi5729
      @ericlevi5729 Před 2 lety

      @@jillk368 it should be noted I’m Jewish obviously I’m not antisemitic. Perhaps I should avoid my comedic skills and stick to my own business LOL point taken!!.

  • @patrickkeyes5916
    @patrickkeyes5916 Před rokem

    It makes me happy to see another generation discover him.

  • @SQUATCHY614
    @SQUATCHY614 Před 2 lety

    The original rapper. Brilliant musician. Unique.

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau Před 2 lety +4

    For female Friday- all Natalie’s !
    Natalie Cole-I've Got Love On My Mind;
    Natalie Merchant- Wonder;
    Natalie Imbruglia- Torn.

  • @DocRock71
    @DocRock71 Před 2 lety +4

    Amber: "I just wanna listen to it 5 more times to get it all!" LOL. Join the club! Everyone does when they first hear it. Bob Dylan was rapping before rappers were!

  • @TheVoodooVegetable
    @TheVoodooVegetable Před 2 lety +1

    One of the guys standing in the background is the legendary poet, Allen Ginsberg.

  • @Sumotori.
    @Sumotori. Před rokem

    That was the first “ Music Video “ ever, played by the poet Bob Dylan. Genius! Suggestion : “ I Want You”