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 2 года назад

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

@tombeyerlein3813 2 года назад

And he still is!

@mikepaulus4766 2 года назад

What's this "was" stuff?

@coy0te9 2 года назад

And still singing!

@paul.kristoff 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

World music he was huge everywhere.

@mfwriter959 7 месяцев назад

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

@dennislockhart7678 2 года назад

"...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 Год назад

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

@NoLefTurnUnStoned. Год назад

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

@brianherrington7226 Год назад

Don’t follow leaders watching parking meters.

@NoLefTurnUnStoned. Год назад

@@brianherrington7226 Watch YOUR parking meters.

@petersmall1574 3 месяца назад

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.

@RDRussell2 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@Lensmaster1 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@keithdf2001 2 года назад

@@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

@matthawkins8880 2 года назад

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

@williamfragaszy6016 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@oldstudent2587 9 месяцев назад

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

@neilmalone798 7 месяцев назад

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 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely

@ericlevi5729 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

Yes, and it was deserved.

@MrRonkard 2 года назад

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

@ericlevi5729 2 года назад

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

@shaynewest8757 3 месяца назад

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

@markallan5484 9 месяцев назад

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

@michaelnelson3877 2 года назад

"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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@wardlafferty5022 2 года назад

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 8 месяцев назад

@@wardlafferty5022 It is the other way around.

@fastnbulbouss 5 месяцев назад

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

@justaguy2365 2 года назад

As others have said, Tangled up in blue, The times they are a changing, Hurricane is a personal favorite too. Very emotional tune

@bradsullivan2495 2 года назад

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

@patrickgattiker9765 2 года назад

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

@denismansfield8876 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@Kunsoo1024 2 года назад

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

@lisarhae9692 2 года назад

YES!!

@benanddaniellereviews 2 года назад

“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”

@stevedotwood 2 года назад

He's spewing the words. That's what I like about it. ("It's allright Ma - I'm only bleeding" is another great one like this)

@marleybob3157 2 года назад

"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 2 года назад

Yes! The talking blues...precursor to rap

@timdore1131 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

I can get behind that. Definitely a must hear.

@jas2039 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 )

@dustywaynemusic6297 2 года назад

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

@TheBham54 2 года назад

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 Год назад

According to Bob the flow was provided by Satin himself!

@JohnDoe-lc9yj Год назад

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

@velvetundergrad2843 Год назад

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

@twiggyb01 7 месяцев назад

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

@cometogether999 2 года назад

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

@Bekka_Noyb 2 года назад

I 2nd these!

@dellafenton2417 2 года назад

Tangled up in blue. A masterpiece

@paulalane2176 2 года назад

Tangled up in Blue is fantastic.

@eh-i1841 2 года назад

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

@Darrenski 6 месяцев назад

The bearded nonce you mean

@Darrenski 6 месяцев назад

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

@Darrenski 6 месяцев назад

It was filmed behind the savoy actually

@tombeyerlein3813 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

Neil and him are both up there

@yeahbee8237 2 года назад

@@Bastikovski99 Neil Young ffs

@Bastikovski99 2 года назад

@@yeahbee8237 nahhh…..

@taragreenetarotastro Год назад

Bob Dylan is a genius. He deserved the Nobel Prize. Joni Mitchell deserves one too

@Cheryworld 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@ptournas 2 года назад

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.

@robinmeltzer9024 2 года назад

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.

@emsleywyatt3400 7 месяцев назад

Weird Al did it best.

@Darrenski 6 месяцев назад

And happen to be in 'the club'

@dbradx 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

What? Bob went electric!

@sjw5797 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

@@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 2 года назад

An interesting transition in his career.

@User2718218 2 года назад

Just Like a Woman - pure Bob Dylan beauty.

@tedcole9936 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@slebahn 2 года назад

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

@ronalddobis6782 2 года назад

And Hurricane.

@beatledad 2 года назад

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

@adamlorenz4748 2 года назад

My back pages is an all timer for me

@cathyortiz1280 2 года назад

"Ballad of a Thin Man" is my fav Dylan song. Voice of a Generation.

@dagmar.6954 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@dustywaynemusic6297 2 года назад

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

@ericlevi5729 2 года назад

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

@k.t.5405 2 года назад

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

@dustywaynemusic6297 2 года назад

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

@gilevin100 9 месяцев назад

Pleasure to see you young folks loving Dylan and discovering his genius.....keep going!

@LynneConnolly 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@robmontoya8618 2 года назад

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

@haroldmachroli7038 7 месяцев назад

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

@JerisEve 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@RDRussell2 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

The first rap songs were square dances.

@markturpin5667 2 года назад

You guys got it ! First time straight off ! A-amazing ! I could feel the excitement ! You are both so SMART Thank for this !

@miltonslocum8957 2 года назад

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!!🎊🎉

@jflaugher 2 года назад

Bob Dylan was a magnificent poet. He won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for the poetic quality of his lyrics. Also, just an FYI, in the video, the two men chatting animatedly in the background are Bob Dylan's road manager, Bob Neuwirth, and Beat Generation poet, Allen Ginsberg. Allen Ginsberg is one of the great poets of American literature.

@anotherjoshua Год назад

is a magnificent poet. present tense

@colibri1 2 года назад

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."

@JoseGonzalez-ez6vn 2 года назад

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

@Grateful_Dad_54 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@Toobeegort 2 года назад

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

@tanisdevelopment 2 года назад

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

@peterz4427 2 года назад

Love your pic, by the way!

@davesivirn2283 2 года назад

You are on the right track. He won a Nobel prize in literature. For his lyric-poetry.

@donnacorey1877 2 года назад

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

@iche50 2 года назад

Another great song of him is "Just Like A Woman".........

@miguelnavarrete3893 2 года назад

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

@Kunsoo1024 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

Definitely HURRICANE.

@Riatzi Год назад

Bob, the great wizard of words. I love him. His voice is of a very old soul. Like he's channeling someone from way back when, trying to get an important message across.

@taun856 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@JoshuaTanzer 2 года назад

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

@taun856 2 года назад

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

@Mftjan2000 2 года назад

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

@Mftjan2000 2 года назад

Oh and "A Hard Rain Gonna Fall"

@129robertp 2 года назад

It's impossible to tie Dylan down. He is a master of many voices. The greatest songwriter of the 20th century.

@cynthiaschultheis1660 2 года назад

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

@jennifermartin9787 2 года назад

I took this song as, the bewildered feelings of a young person when adult life is coming at him way too fast. Bombarded with “adult” advice in a world that is changing every second. Still true today.

@sjw5797 Год назад

Holden Caulfield on an acid trip.

@russallert 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@jamesdignanmusic2765 2 года назад

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

@condor7810 2 года назад

@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.

@debrabeck9630 2 года назад

You can definitely go down a fascinating rabbit hole with Bob Dylan. Subterranean Homesick Blues has always been a favorite. Thank you so much!

@clintonhunt3197 2 года назад

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

@jeffhowser6270 Год назад

One of my favorite karaoke songs!

@ProdigyBowlersTour 2 года назад

Now try to imagine that we were listening to all this fabulous music in the ‘60s on AM radio. That’s where all the great top 40 radio stations were.

@gkiferonhs 2 года назад

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.

@dk7934 2 месяца назад

I remember hearing this song when I was about to graduate. That one line blew me away. 20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift.

@21burt15 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 Год назад

Also don mclean.

@scholarr3138 Год назад

Paul McCartney wrote a lot of great songs too.

@TheDivayenta Год назад

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

@rhender3911 Год назад

I was a sophomore in high school in 1962 and was well aware of Bob Dylan’s amazing gifts and influence on the times we were living in. There have been many greats but he is in a world of his own.

@elizabethfranco1284 2 года назад

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

@larsonsrud2518 2 года назад

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

@petersmall1574 3 месяца назад

Kindred spirits.

@elbruces 2 года назад

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

@extdiso 2 года назад

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

@Pauba1946 2 года назад

That is a great suggestion!

@dianedarby442 2 года назад

They'll love the storytelling in that one!

@tedcole9936 2 года назад

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.

@gardnerdan17 2 года назад

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

@jurgenradics155 2 года назад

One of the first music videos in history

@Joshuadgog 2 года назад

Iconic music video. This is my favorite song by him.

@josephcote6120 2 года назад

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.

@ProdigyBowlersTour 2 года назад

You need to do his 1969 number one hit, “Lay Lady Lay.” And his 1966 classic, “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35.” (Sometimes referred to as “Everybody Must Get Stoned.”)

@lindenarden667 2 года назад

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

@stevemuldoon9451 3 месяца назад

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

@bradsullivan2495 2 года назад

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

@jayarr961 2 года назад

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

@chelseastephens2990 2 года назад

Love Bob Dylan. My favorite of his for me is “Only a Pawn in Their Game.” I was raised on him. My dad and mom went to his concert when she was 9 months pregnant with me so I guess you can say he was my first “concert” lol.

@NialasDubh 2 года назад

I was never the biggest Dylan fan but this video is astonishing. 10 years before Bohemian Rhapsody, more than 15 years before MTV made videos basically compulsory. Incredible.

@kevinbuchholz3496 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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!

@smooch2955 3 месяца назад

Bob Dylan...rappin before rappin was cool 😎

@bakilacat1 2 года назад

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

@TheGoldenCapstone 2 года назад

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

@nicklynch8092 2 года назад

Bob Dylan is just genius. My personal fave of his is "Buckets of Rain". It's beautiful.

@laurateall8847 2 года назад

I played this in my car for three days over and over until I had the lyrics down...and that was a couple of years ago. I think Dylan was truly inspired during these years--living in NYC, taking in the vibe, crashing w/ friends, writing the most amazing songs as if he was on a whole different plane than the rest of us. Prolific, introverted, passionate. He never could quite handle the fame, or should I say the idolizing that was heaped upon him--which was just everywhere, and he didn't want to carry that mantle at all. Can't say as I blame him.

@waltw4537 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@nancyhallatr 2 года назад

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

@GTLyons 2 года назад

The mistral wordsmith genius of Dylan.... good reaction kids, thumbs up and Happy New Year Rob Squad!!!

@edprzydatek8398 2 года назад

As Don McLean said about Dylan: "A voice that came from you and me." This is another one of those Dylan songs where the title is nowhere to be found in the lyrics of the song. If you're going to look into the meanings in this song bring a flashlight and a lunch 'cause it's gonna be an all-night job. Hope you react to more Dylan. A sad one you might like is "If You See Her, Say Hello" that he wrote after his marriage ended. Great reaction.

@angiebervinkle1575 Год назад

Dylan win a Nobel peace prize for literature

@FizzFop1 2 года назад

Another song of his that sounds completely different is "Lay Lady Lay." It's totally different from the other two songs you've listened to.

@patches1589 2 года назад

Wonderful song! Love it to this day!

@willasacco9898 2 года назад

You have just jumped down the deepest rabbit hole of anytime. He was awarded a Nobel prize for literature- first ever and only time for a singer-songwriter.

@cynthiaschultheis1660 2 года назад

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

@vickirecord5534 2 года назад

In the 1960s people used to sit around apartments trying to decipher Bob's lyrics. And here you are nearly 60 years later. And Bob's still touring. Life is good.

@debbiechang5781 2 года назад

Bob Dylan is amazing. His lyrics are amazing. Here’s a three in one suggestion for Female Friday from Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris from their second Trio album ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cnieh0Y1V-o.html. It’s called “High Sierra” and it will amaze you. Love you guys 🌺✌️

@russworks2882 2 года назад

I love their version of "After the Gold Rush."

@rockmygypsysoul9553 2 года назад

Dolly, Linda & Emmylou were sometimes known as the holy trinity. Another they sang is A Mother's Smile.

@michaelopm1 5 месяцев назад

you guys crack us up! When Dylan went electric!

@4tuneagent 2 года назад

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.

@douglasleinbach6313 2 года назад

I Want You Great song with lots of harmonica.

@bobrusso1814 2 месяца назад

What a refreshing review from you guys, our current generation. I grew up with Dylan's music, not as re-releases but original releases. he is a living Music/Cultural American Icon. Thank You.

@larryg7126 2 года назад

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.

@madhatter57 2 года назад

Bob Dylan's 115th dream !

@TwistedSither 2 года назад

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

@brizzle2026 3 месяца назад

I have never seen or heard of your channel before, just kind of randomly arrived here. I just wanted to say that this young woman on the right is completely adorable. She is so beautiful, vibrant, and cute. Keep keeping on. ❤

@brianorzel1873 2 года назад

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

@rbb9753 7 месяцев назад

Cannot upvote this enough

@leonardinghram8060 2 года назад

I got to see BOB in concert his writing is out of this world.God bless you both in the comming new year

@BoondockRoberts 2 года назад

Dylan was a writers writer. He produced so much imagery in his songs and never confirmed or denied their meanings. My Back Pages being my favorite and highly recommended. Also Bob had the balls to criticize John Lennon when he was still with the Beatles saying "I like your stuff but you guys don't say anything"

@timothynewkirk2654 Год назад

"The Pump don't Work cause the Vandal took the Handle." My Favorite Bob Dylan Song! DYLAN is a GENIUS ! Love you Guys! ...Newk from Kentucky

@surlechapeau 2 года назад

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

@susanpolice8465 2 года назад

I LOVE that ya'll LOVE DYLAN like I do!!! YOU TWO just make me smile ALL THE TIME!!!!🕊☮💯💞🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🏵! Just ran into you two by HAPPY ACCIDENT!!! Thanks for such Amazing content Every Day!!

@caseyanne967 2 года назад

I love that this song is a form of early rap, and the lyrics are amazing. And I love so many Dylan songs, but my favorite is "Blind Willie Mctell".... listen to the "Studio Outake - 1983 - Offical Audio" version. Truly a masterpiece, with so much depth and emotion. It's like you're listening to him having a vision of the old south... it's something very special.

@pattimurphyrocks 2 года назад

The reference "you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows" cracks me up. In high school, 1972 I had a class in contemporary music and our teacher had us breakdown a song every day after she handed out the lyrics and played it on her record player. We analyzed, dissected and discussed these songs in depth. This song, we decided was all about the man keeping you down, and the narcs trying to bust the hippies. It is full of wordplay and double meanings, and clever colorful anecdotes. The rhymes are funny too, "Maggie comes fleetfoot, face full of black soot, talking bout the heat put plants in the" something...I cannot remember. It is just very clever. Listen to Mr. Tambourine Man. It is full of beautiful imagery. Something I learned in class that stuck with me, lol!

@scottgotts6927 2 года назад

You guys will LOVE Tower of Power when you give them a listen, great horn band out of Oakland during the 70’s. The horn section provides soulful vocals behind the lead vocalist. While they’re a Funk/Soul band for a couple of tunes that will set your horn loving, piano smashing chops souring please, Please, Please check out “You’re still a Young Man” and “So Very Hard to Go”. Keep up the Great Vibes, Love you and Happy New Year!!

@GypsyHawk 2 года назад

From what I understand, that guy in the background with the beard was Allen Ginsberg, the beatnick poet from Greenwich Village, NYC. The story is Bob and Allen were in a hotel in Paris and worked together on creating this video, which was shot in an alley behind said hotel. Bob certainly is a great poet himself. Another great job guys! Saw many of your videos now.