Saved, you are a poet. Listen to your own reaction words. I’m 82, seen and experienced a lot of things. You do a better job of putting yourself in our lens than any other person who does react to old songs. Thank you. 8:12
The voice had been used to sing Woody Guthrie songs just before Dylan started writing his own songs and the Guthrie kind of singing sounds old, weathered, austere. Dylan sounds much younger three years later when he recorded Like A Rolling Stone. Great reaction again, thank you!
Pure poetic magic. Bob Dylan transcends time. This song is as great today as when it was written, recorded, and released all those years ago. It is hard to imagine that there will ever again be artists like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, etc... Their words and music defined a generation. What treasures they are.
Sadly this song is so relevant today - I'm 71 and it seems like we're revisiting so many of the things that we foolishly believed were somehat resolved
"Blowin' In The Wind" was my first exposure to Dylan in 1963 when I was 14 years old. "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" was my first Dylan album bought the same year. It was in a music appreciation class where we were played the Peter, Paul, & Mary cover of the song followed by the Dylan original and told to note the difference, and sincerity in the performance and delivery. I was hooked and have been a Dylan fan ever since.
Thanks, Saeed. You've inspired me to delve into Dylan's early work again. John Prine was another one that wrote many of his classic songs in his early 20s.
It’s like he crystallizes the core essence of a thing and puts that into word form for us. With music. And a harmonica. And that “voice of a generation.” And, like you said, at 21.
Freewheelin Bob Dylan is his second album but first with mostly original songs. This album announced to the world that a major songwriter has arrived on the scene. It's still my favorite Dylan album with so many classics. Blowin is just one classic on the album. Just going on memory, this album came out around 1963. Bob was so young too.
Great song! Bob Dylan's music has been recorded by so many artists. Peter, Paul & Mary do a great version of "Blowin' 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", "Chimes Of Freedom" etc. Some of Bob Dylan's early hits were "The Times They Are a-Changin'", "It Ain't Me Babe", "Shelter From The Storm", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" etc.
That's how he sounded. I was a lot younger than him at that time but I loved his music, his lyrics. And I never minded his voice. Sometimes I think that the poetry flows better when you're so young and just discovering life and asking all of those questions.
Of the early Dylan period I would suggest his more personal love songs off this album, “Girl From The North Country” and Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” equally impressive and as poetic as his early protest work. Endeared him to college campuses around the world. He wasn’t just one of them, he was them.
I love your expression, "Economy of Words". It's so impressive when a writer can pack a whole picture into one short phrase. I always feel like you're comments are a mirror of my mind. It still surprises me. Deep connections... Great thoughts and insights. The thing about this song and so many of the era, is that they're timeless in meaning. Profound, in the past, present, and future. Great spending time with you. THANKS ❤️
You can’t imagine anyone writing this at 21 these days can you? Lyrically the more I listen to Dylan the more I feel he’s on another level to everyone else who has ever written a song.
if you want a shiver, listen to Peter, Paul, & Mary's version. Love Bob's voice and lyrics, but the gentleness of PP&M helped change a nation from war to Peace. Can you imagine the talent to write such poetry at 21-22 years of age? It is dumbfounding; "gifted" doesn't even begin to describe it. Favorites (after BITW), Lay, Lady Lay, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Restless Farewell, Forever Young, Love Is Just A Four-letter Word, Boots of Spanish Leather, Hurricane, Just Like A Woman, Girl From The North Country, (actually, the entire Nashville Skyline album), One Too Many Mornings, Boots of Spanish Leather , Bob Dylan's Dream (the one that starts " . . . while riding on a train rolling west, I fell asleep for to take my rest . . . ."
Great reaction! I also want to say that i appreciate you sticking around after and talking about the song. So many reaction videos say thanks and don't forget to subscribe right after the song ends. Refreshing!
This was the Vietnam War days and words did mean something. I was in college when this song was popular. Dylan came to our campus for a concert and it was super great.
At age 20, when Bob released his first album, he was already a grizzled, old, blues-singing, black man. The guy is a shape shifter! I'd love to hear your reaction to "Isis" from '76 Desire album.
This is closer to Hillbilly than Blues. Bob shaped Folk and Blues with Hillybilly on his first 4 albums on a lot of songs, but Bob can be closer to Hillybilly, Folk or Blues on some songs during his purely acoustic period. Hillbilly is America's version of European Folk. I grew up listening to Hillybilly, Bluegrass, Folk, Country, Blues, R&B and Rock N Roll.
I'd say Bob becomes a consistent grizzled old Blues artist with Oh Mercy in 1989 and continues that style to this day on most of his songs up to his last album in 2020 Rough and Rowdy Ways. He's a genius at mixing music genres. Mainly, Bob is partial to a Blues/Rockabilly/Bakersfield Sound mix over the last 35 years. Although Bob didn't get along well with Daniel Lanios, Bob did change his sound to more of the soundscape production style of Lanios after 1989.
The first Dylan song I heard, via Peter, Paul and Mary; it came out the same year as 'Puff the Magic Dragon' which had a sing-song quality and narrative that delighted young ears even as they were aware they were being played, targeted, perhaps. This one though was clearly about something more consequential. His succinctness, concision is definitely remarkable in one so young. I believe we're in agreement on that. Thanks to whatever forces conspired or combined to give us Bob. An unmatched and irreplaceable oracle for a time. ✌🏼😊🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🦤
Mr Dylan has had such a long and varied career it is impossible to encapsulate in a few sings, but here is my attempt at 10 that span his career. From Freewheelin, 1963, Don’t think twice its alright. Great breakup song. From The Times they are a changin,1964, the title track. Song of generational rebellion From Hwy 61 revisited, 1965, It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry. A whole new sound. Beautiful melody. From Nashville Skyline, 1969, Tonight I’ll be staying here with you. Bob embraces country music. From Blood on the Tracks, 1975, Shelter from the Storm. Lovely song, maybe about his pending divorce? You tell me. From Slow Train Coming, 1979, Slow Train. Dylan embraces christianity and gospel. From Oh Mercy, 1989, Man in the Long Black Coat. Hypnotic storytelling From Time out of Mind, 1997, Not Dark Yet. Beautiful song. Thesis on the aging process. From Triplicate, 2017, The Best is Yet to Come. Bob croons the standards. Go figure. From Rough and Rowdy Ways, 2020, I contain multitudes. He certainly does
One of Dylan's most iconic songs. Such a simple truth to the message. I recommend listening to the cover by Peter Paul and Mary. Same message but it hits different with the trio.
I grew up with Peter Paul and Mary singing this over and over and over in my household... They're 10 years together album had their greatest hits... It was a staple at my house then and now.
I have always loved this song but sometimes I am reminded of the fact that I haven't listened to this in decades. That is precisely why we need you and your channel. Brilliant! So glad I found your channel way back. TX so much. Greetings from South Africa
Hi. Wow just thinking of another Dylan song bc of what you just said.. How you can't put yourself back to that era & how people felt then.. In the 60's we youngsters were "so much older then..we're younger than that now'..from the song 'My Back Pages'.✌
That album cover is SO familiar to people of my generation. This was released when I was in high school…the beginning of Dylan’s great fame. His voice was with us through the turbulent years to follow…and…innocently and naively, we actually thought we could fulfill the message of this song. Alas, we could see the answer, but its fulfillment has remained elusive. And now so many have turned cynical and believe it’s all an illusion: humankind is too deeply flawed and will never find true Justice and freedom from conflict. But honestly, back then, in our wise-eyed innocence, we thought we’d give it a try. And no, Saeed,, you cannot feel the zeitgeist of that time now. It is gone.
Another great , and very early Dylan song is Masters of War. Written in 1962 and put out on this album in 63. Well worth a listen, especially in light of todays world
'Economy of words..." My mantra my entire writing career spanning more than 45 years. Well said. Great response. I think 'sleeps in the sand' is more about the tiring effort of striving for peace in the world before we can rest. Nothing to do with the Middle East.
The answer is elusive as you say and we just can't seem to grasp it as it blows out of reach every time we try to catch it; seemingly forever out of mankind’s reach. In his early recordings Dylan was mimicking the voice of his hero and inspiration the folk singer Woody Guthrie, adopting Guthrie's distinctive Oklahoma accent and nasal twang. When Dylan first came to New York he sought out Woodie who he knew of from his autobiography "Bound For Glory". Woody was dying from a terminal neurological disease at the time and Bob would play Gutherie's own songs to him. The song "This Land Is Your Land" is probably Gutherie's most famous but he wrote hundreds of them.
Back in the 60s in America, we sang this in elementary school. Everybody knew the song. The Vietnam war was going on but protest songs like this one were well known, even to children.
In the 60's the music world and radio were taken over by the "younger generation". Iconic music that is still recognized today as changing (or at least commenting on) society at the time was basically created by a bunch of "kids". Amazing times indeed.
Great reaction again bro.. Yo, you might like...."Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.."and.. Black Diamond Bay..or ..Hollis Brown .lol . keep digging..enjoy..
A brilliant choice...every word he utters in any of his songs has something to say, his lyrics are clear and his messages loud. Regardless of the era it relates too.. I still have this album in my collection, half a century later.. check out Joan Baez too..
Check out "Bob Dylan's Dream", and marvel as a 21 year old is able to provide the perspective of a man looking back on his youth with the wisdom of someone much older.
I believe back then folk called black men "boy" so the reference "Call him a man" relates to that I think - I read that somewhere although could mean lots of things too. Iconic song of the times then and now. This song influenced Sam Cooke to write "A Change is gonna come" Listen to" Bob Dylan's dream" and listen to a 21 year old reflecting on friends etc. "The Times they are a changing" for what was going on socially back then relates to today too !
Joan Baez's duets with Bob Dylan are legendary. It's been said (including by Bob himself) that she was the only one who was able to follow Bob in a duet. Here they are during Bob's mythical Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1976 - singing Blowin' In The Wind together. ua-cam.com/video/OmbICdoGqU0/v-deo.htmlsi=KW45HFvP-dhFOYCt
These simple Folk Songs, that became standards in the Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements, had a powerful effect on my Generation, they were like a Portable Philosophy, that changed the World, by creating a sense of Community and belonging, that transcended Race, and Country of Origin
This is way longer than I expected. I apologize in advance. You hit a nerve. No, the difference does not lie in the difference between America and Belgium. It lies in the difference between the times. You were facile in saying that “maybe video games did rot our brains” but there is a hint of the truth in there. Not video games per se. Back then ( I’m 77 now, so was in high school in 1963) what did we do in school and in our leisure time? In school, we were exposed to music: I studied flute in elementary school and we had band …we sang songs in class so that we were exposed to music. We played together at recess. Free time? We played outside with our friends when kids. Older, we listened to music together…many of us read for pleasure. Actual books. It’s not that we grew up faster, we were socialized differently, and we were taught literature and music. We had free time for our imaginations to take flight. We could be BORED, and told by our parents to think up something to do. Go outside and play, we were told. Ditto for Britain and Europe Im sure Then, starting when?…..Younger people here would know…..kids started being kept inside. Too “dangerous” to play outside unsupervised. Funding cuts led to less music in school. Recess stopped. A child’s time was filled by activities scheduled by the parents. There was NO TIME TO BE BORED…..hence no time to learn to entertain yourself…to let the imagination wonder. And then with social media, life online became more “real” than actual life. Where and how would a child these days have the time, and the space to think? Young people now say “wow, he was only 21! And Robert Plant was only 20!” People married younger then, they took on responsibility younger then. Now, people try to stay “kids” until they’re 30. Speaking historically, most people died around 35. So yeah, you’d best be an adult by 20! Of course, in 1963, expected life-span was into the 70’s, but we still followed the older expected maturational expectations.
Another song you should definitely add to your list with some beautiful imagery is Vincent by Don Maclean, a great tribute to a tortured soul born not too far from the Belgian border 👀
When we would have hootenannys in Catholic high school, we would sing the last line of this song as, The answer is resting in our hands. I guess we all agreed that this line was more hopeful because of the Vietnam war.
Bob Dylan was raised and grew up not far from my home. Finishing school he left to venture into the big wide world. Along the way he met many artists and musicians including one Joan Baez. They performed together in those early years and one day Joan Baez wrote and recorded a hit song, "Diamonds and Rust." She includes her relationship with Bob Dylan in not so cryptic words.
@@SaeedReacts. I will look for it! I only found you not too long ago! (There are videos of Joan Baez performing and she makes comments about Bob Dylan and also imitates him and how he sings! In fun, of course!!) EDIT: Didn't find Joan Baez anywhere on your listings.
Thank you! So many reactors criticize these songs and forget the signs of the times. Try Peter, Paul & Mary's version. This is what the younger generations call woke😢.
React to Janis Ian society's child a song She Wrote when she was 13 and it was so controversial it was blocked by half the radio stations in the USA also react to at 17 by Janis Ian
Does "The answer is blowing in the wind" means the answer is elusive, or the answer is just out there in the air? For an anthem of social movement, many people would think it must be the latter, but the line could mean the former. That's the tricky art of Dylan's writing. call it poetic ambiguity.
All things he sings about, are all the things that matter. The human race has so lost sight of reality that it has doomed itself. All the things people waste their time on now (and I'm guilty of it too, don't get me wrong) are so unimportant, and the things we should be doing to ensure our future are tossed aside like rubbish. Caring about and helping others, helps you care about yourself, and these are the only important things in life. Society literally forces us to believe that other things are more important.✌❤
Yeah, more Bob Dylan! I see Bob Dylan, I stop. Yes, he sounded "old" at 21, he before writing his own lyrics and still is majorly influenced by pre-him blues and folk... and when he was 19, 20, 21 etc he could/can bring out the old blues/folk/etc singer in many songs. I love hime because he passports me to different times and he does it with respect, dignity, hope, and imagination. Bob's always been "old" I think... of course, he was "so much older then, he much younger than that now."
Dylan said he wrote this song in about 10 minutes. ITs hard to put ourselves in that time but in the US the Vietnam war was escalating but also civil rights marches and protests were taking place through out the country. SO its really an antiwar civil rights song. "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man" "How many years can people exist before they are allowed to be free"
I recently saw an interview with Dylan sometime for the past 20 years with him talking about how he has no idea how he wrote all this stuff so quickly and easily. He says it’s not like that anymore but at the time it was like he was on fire with his words.
He went out and played it for Ian Tyson shortly after he wrote it, and Tyson went home and wrote "Four Strong Winds." There was something in the water in Greenwich Village in '62.
Pete, Paul and Mary had the big hit with this song. However they played the same chord pattern on every line of the verse. Dylan's pattern makes more musical sense. He played it so he goes back to the root chord on lines 1 and 3. But on line 2 he goes to the "5" chord. P, P, and M went to the 5 chord on every line, too repetitive musically. Why did they do it that way? Weird.
This was Bob's first hit albeit it was The Peter Paul and Mary or John Lennon called them Piizza Pooh and Magpie which went up the charts Bob's manager also Peter Paul and Mary's manager arranged the whole thing and I like Peter Paul and Mary but prefer Bob!!
The economy of words distinguishes AI-generated content from that of skilled writers. To uncover the essence and eliminate the fluff, one must possess genuine intelligence and self-reflection. As a linguist, I spend considerable time post-editing AI-generated translations, and it’s disheartening to see AI’s influence on language. Non-English languages may also face cultural decline, as AI often relies on simple English translations, leading to the loss of diverse thought processes rooted in other cultures. I was surprised you didn’t know the song. I am a year older than its release, and it has been a significant part of my journey into adulthood-one of the first songs I learned on guitar. As always, I enjoyed your reaction.
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live) is a good one to react to ua-cam.com/video/v0DpBnUznd0/v-deo.htmlsi=nhadVEH1_O_rhAPM. Another good one is Fall of The Peacemakers by Molly Hatchett for a southern rock band vibe.
You don-t know how he wrote it ? well neither does he... many artists alude to that fact that they were just channeling... they tuned in to something... and Bob tuned in.. the deepest :)
Again, since you are enjoying a singer-songwriter with only an acoustic guitar (and sometimes harmonica), check out some solo Neil Young, such as this classic performance: ua-cam.com/video/OuVIJlSDOs0/v-deo.htmlsi=Sm5BvGkRbkmO6hx7
Saved, you are a poet. Listen to your own reaction words. I’m 82, seen and experienced a lot of things. You do a better job of putting yourself in our lens than any other person who does react to old songs. Thank you. 8:12
Thank you so much for the kind words.
This truly is an incredible song as are many of his others. Looking forward to discover more.
Bob Dylan's lyrics are epic. There's a reason he got awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 -- it was well-deserved.
The voice had been used to sing Woody Guthrie songs just before Dylan started writing his own songs and the Guthrie kind of singing sounds old, weathered, austere. Dylan sounds much younger three years later when he recorded Like A Rolling Stone. Great reaction again, thank you!
“All his words matter. There’s no filler in there.”
You are so right. The music is simple, the voice sometimes croaks, but all the words matter.
Pure poetic magic. Bob Dylan transcends time. This song is as great today as when it was written, recorded, and released all those years ago. It is hard to imagine that there will ever again be artists like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkel, etc... Their words and music defined a generation. What treasures they are.
lyrical genius with a unique voice. love Dylan
Sadly this song is so relevant today - I'm 71 and it seems like we're revisiting so many of the things that we foolishly believed were somehat resolved
This was the anthem of my youth. Peter, Paul and Mary sang a lovely version of it and so did Joan Baez.
"Blowin' In The Wind" was my first exposure to Dylan in 1963 when I was 14 years old. "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" was my first Dylan album bought the same year. It was in a music appreciation class where we were played the Peter, Paul, & Mary cover of the song followed by the Dylan original and told to note the difference, and sincerity in the performance and delivery. I was hooked and have been a Dylan fan ever since.
Thanks, Saeed. You've inspired me to delve into Dylan's early work again. John Prine was another one that wrote many of his classic songs in his early 20s.
It’s like he crystallizes the core essence of a thing and puts that into word form for us. With music. And a harmonica. And that “voice of a generation.” And, like you said, at 21.
A timeless song. Such great writing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Freewheelin Bob Dylan is his second album but first with mostly original songs. This album announced to the world that a major songwriter has arrived on the scene. It's still my favorite Dylan album with so many classics. Blowin is just one classic on the album. Just going on memory, this album came out around 1963. Bob was so young too.
Great song! Bob Dylan's music has been recorded by so many artists. Peter, Paul & Mary do a great version of "Blowin' 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", "Chimes Of Freedom" etc. Some of Bob Dylan's early hits were "The Times They Are a-Changin'", "It Ain't Me Babe", "Shelter From The Storm", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" etc.
That's how he sounded. I was a lot younger than him at that time but I loved his music, his lyrics. And I never minded his voice. Sometimes I think that the poetry flows better when you're so young and just discovering life and asking all of those questions.
"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." Bob's a genius, one of our finest lyricists.
A very special song and very appropriate for today
The truth in his words is very telling, frightening, humble and timeless.
I've been hoping someone would finally react to this one. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Of the early Dylan period I would suggest his more personal love songs off this album, “Girl From The North Country” and Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” equally impressive and as poetic as his early protest work. Endeared him to college campuses around the world. He wasn’t just one of them, he was them.
I love all the poets who sang their poetry. (Leonard Cohen...another great poet!)
I love your expression, "Economy of Words". It's so impressive when a writer can pack a whole picture into one short phrase. I always feel like you're comments are a mirror of my mind. It still surprises me. Deep connections... Great thoughts and insights. The thing about this song and so many of the era, is that they're timeless in meaning. Profound, in the past, present, and future. Great spending time with you. THANKS ❤️
Excellent reaction. Listening to you reacting as you hear it for the first time makes the song brand new again!
This song inspired Sam Cooke to write his iconic song “A Change Is Gonna Come”. You would appreciate this song also.
That is amazing. I reacted to that song.
You can’t imagine anyone writing this at 21 these days can you? Lyrically the more I listen to Dylan the more I feel he’s on another level to everyone else who has ever written a song.
if you want a shiver, listen to Peter, Paul, & Mary's version. Love Bob's voice and lyrics, but the gentleness of PP&M helped change a nation from war to Peace. Can you imagine the talent to write such poetry at 21-22 years of age? It is dumbfounding; "gifted" doesn't even begin to describe it. Favorites (after BITW), Lay, Lady Lay, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Restless Farewell, Forever Young, Love Is Just A Four-letter Word, Boots of Spanish Leather, Hurricane, Just Like A Woman, Girl From The North Country, (actually, the entire Nashville Skyline album), One Too Many Mornings, Boots of Spanish Leather , Bob Dylan's Dream (the one that starts " . . . while riding on a train rolling west, I fell asleep for to take my rest . . . ."
Bob's the best. Love your reaction.
Great reaction! I also want to say that i appreciate you sticking around after and talking about the song. So many reaction videos say thanks and don't forget to subscribe right after the song ends. Refreshing!
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment! Have a great weekend!
This was the Vietnam War days and words did mean something. I was in college when this song was popular. Dylan came to our campus for a concert and it was super great.
Oh wow!
Great reaction....still waiting for "Chimes of Freedom".
One of my favourite Songs ever my School Would Play this for remembrance Day rest in Peace Our fallen Soldiers
LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!! 😊
At age 20, when Bob released his first album, he was already a grizzled, old, blues-singing, black man. The guy is a shape shifter! I'd love to hear your reaction to "Isis" from '76 Desire album.
This is closer to Hillbilly than Blues. Bob shaped Folk and Blues with Hillybilly on his first 4 albums on a lot of songs, but Bob can be closer to Hillybilly, Folk or Blues on some songs during his purely acoustic period. Hillbilly is America's version of European Folk. I grew up listening to Hillybilly, Bluegrass, Folk, Country, Blues, R&B and Rock N Roll.
I'd say Bob becomes a consistent grizzled old Blues artist with Oh Mercy in 1989 and continues that style to this day on most of his songs up to his last album in 2020 Rough and Rowdy Ways. He's a genius at mixing music genres. Mainly, Bob is partial to a Blues/Rockabilly/Bakersfield Sound mix over the last 35 years. Although Bob didn't get along well with Daniel Lanios, Bob did change his sound to more of the soundscape production style of Lanios after 1989.
@@alphajava761 True. Oh, Mercy onward is the golden renaissance period. At 20 he was cosplaying
@@alphajava761I guess I was thinking of In My Time of Dying from his first one with the blues influence. But, yeah…I hear hillbilly. What a kid!
grew up and have the records.
The first Dylan song I heard, via Peter, Paul and Mary; it came out the same year as 'Puff the Magic Dragon' which had a sing-song quality and narrative that delighted young ears even as they were aware they were being played, targeted, perhaps. This one though was clearly about something more consequential. His succinctness, concision is definitely remarkable in one so young. I believe we're in agreement on that. Thanks to whatever forces conspired or combined to give us Bob. An unmatched and irreplaceable oracle for a time.
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Sometimes asking the questions is just as important as answering them.
Mr Dylan has had such a long and varied career it is impossible to encapsulate in a few sings, but here is my attempt at 10 that span his career.
From Freewheelin, 1963, Don’t think twice its alright. Great breakup song.
From The Times they are a changin,1964, the title track. Song of generational rebellion
From Hwy 61 revisited, 1965, It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry. A whole new sound. Beautiful melody.
From Nashville Skyline, 1969, Tonight I’ll be staying here with you. Bob embraces country music.
From Blood on the Tracks, 1975, Shelter from the Storm. Lovely song, maybe about his pending divorce? You tell me.
From Slow Train Coming, 1979, Slow Train. Dylan embraces christianity and gospel.
From Oh Mercy, 1989, Man in the Long Black Coat. Hypnotic storytelling
From Time out of Mind, 1997, Not Dark Yet. Beautiful song. Thesis on the aging process.
From Triplicate, 2017, The Best is Yet to Come. Bob croons the standards. Go figure.
From Rough and Rowdy Ways, 2020, I contain multitudes. He certainly does
One of Dylan's most iconic songs.
Such a simple truth to the message.
I recommend listening to the cover by Peter Paul and Mary.
Same message but it hits different with the trio.
I grew up with Peter Paul and Mary singing this over and over and over in my household... They're 10 years together album had their greatest hits... It was a staple at my house then and now.
You're so deep sometimes! I love that and your love of the written word....that's why I subscribed 💚 Reacting to alot of great songs also helps! 🎶🎵
I have always loved this song but sometimes I am reminded of the fact that I haven't listened to this in decades. That is precisely why we need you and your channel. Brilliant! So glad I found your channel way back. TX so much. Greetings from South Africa
Binge watching your channel man, it's addictive! Greets and gratitude from 🇫🇷
Thanks so much for being here! Greetings from Belgium! Bonne journée!
That's the original sound. The Vietnam war was hotting up, the Civil Rights Campaign was a big deal. And the Cold War was at its height.
Hi. Wow just thinking of another Dylan song bc of what you just said.. How you can't put yourself back to that era & how people felt then.. In the 60's we youngsters were "so much older then..we're younger than that now'..from the song 'My Back Pages'.✌
Will add it to my list. Thanks.
Thanks My friend,hugs from chile !!!!!
That album cover is SO familiar to people of my generation. This was released when I was in high school…the beginning of Dylan’s great fame. His voice was with us through the turbulent years to follow…and…innocently and naively, we actually thought we could fulfill the message of this song. Alas, we could see the answer, but its fulfillment has remained elusive. And now so many have turned cynical and believe it’s all an illusion: humankind is too deeply flawed and will never find true Justice and freedom from conflict.
But honestly, back then, in our wise-eyed innocence, we thought we’d give it a try.
And no, Saeed,, you cannot feel the zeitgeist of that time now. It is gone.
Another great , and very early Dylan song is Masters of War. Written in 1962 and put out on this album in 63. Well worth a listen, especially in light of todays world
Yes! Masters of War! Also, love Eddie Vedder’s version especially at the Tribute to Bob Dylan.
'Economy of words..." My mantra my entire writing career spanning more than 45 years. Well said. Great response. I think 'sleeps in the sand' is more about the tiring effort of striving for peace in the world before we can rest. Nothing to do with the Middle East.
Great mantra to have!
Thanks for shedding some light on the 'sleeps in the sand' line.
The answer is elusive as you say and we just can't seem to grasp it as it blows out of reach every time we try to catch it; seemingly forever out of mankind’s reach. In his early recordings Dylan was mimicking the voice of his hero and inspiration the folk singer Woody Guthrie, adopting Guthrie's distinctive Oklahoma accent and nasal twang. When Dylan first came to New York he sought out Woodie who he knew of from his autobiography "Bound For Glory". Woody was dying from a terminal neurological disease at the time and Bob would play Gutherie's own songs to him. The song "This Land Is Your Land" is probably Gutherie's most famous but he wrote hundreds of them.
I think Woody's disease was Huntington's disease.
@@thomastimlin1724 You are correct. Fortunately, his son Arlo didn't inherit it.
Another great Dylan song; another wonderful Saeed reaction. Both so predictable!
Incredible song! Thanks so much for watching!
Back in the 60s in America, we sang this in elementary school. Everybody knew the song. The Vietnam war was going on but protest songs like this one were well known, even to children.
Timeless song. To me kind of goes along with John Lennon’s “Imagine” but even closer to a new song by Romain Axisa “Time After Time” live.
This was when my preference for music changed. America changed. It predated the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
In the 60's the music world and radio were taken over by the "younger generation". Iconic music that is still recognized today as changing (or at least commenting on) society at the time was basically created by a bunch of "kids". Amazing times indeed.
This is so relevant to what is happening today. Love your reaction!
It really is. Thanks for watching.
Not only was he 21 when he wrote it, Dylan said he wrote it in less than ten minutes.
Great reaction again bro..
Yo, you might like...."Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.."and..
Black Diamond Bay..or ..Hollis Brown .lol . keep digging..enjoy..
Hard to believe how much poetry Dylan has written in his life.He is worth approximately a half billion for it.🍻
He wrote this song in less than 15 minutes ❤🎉
A brilliant choice...every word he utters in any of his songs has something to say, his lyrics are clear and his messages loud. Regardless of the era it relates too.. I still have this album in my collection, half a century later.. check out Joan Baez too..
Check out "Bob Dylan's Dream", and marvel as a 21 year old is able to provide the perspective of a man looking back on his youth with the wisdom of someone much older.
I believe back then folk called black men "boy" so the reference "Call him a man" relates to that I think - I read that somewhere although could mean lots of things too. Iconic song of the times then and now. This song influenced Sam Cooke to write "A Change is gonna come" Listen to" Bob Dylan's dream" and listen to a 21 year old reflecting on friends etc. "The Times they are a changing" for what was going on socially back then relates to today too !
Joan Baez's duets with Bob Dylan are legendary. It's been said (including by Bob himself) that she was the only one who was able to follow Bob in a duet.
Here they are during Bob's mythical Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1976 - singing Blowin' In The Wind together.
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These simple Folk Songs, that became standards in the Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements, had a powerful effect on my Generation, they were like a Portable Philosophy, that changed the World, by creating a sense of Community and belonging, that transcended Race, and Country of Origin
You really need to check out Peter, Paul and Mary's covers of Bob Dylan.
Please keep playing dylan songs...u always have a great reaction towards him
Thanks! Will check out more.
This is way longer than I expected. I apologize in advance. You hit a nerve.
No, the difference does not lie in the difference between America and Belgium. It lies in the difference between the times.
You were facile in saying that “maybe video games did rot our brains” but there is a hint of the truth in there. Not video games per se.
Back then ( I’m 77 now, so was in high school in 1963) what did we do in school and in our leisure time? In school, we were exposed to music: I studied flute in elementary school and we had band …we sang songs in class so that we were exposed to music. We played together at recess.
Free time? We played outside with our friends when kids. Older, we listened to music together…many of us read for pleasure. Actual books.
It’s not that we grew up faster, we were socialized differently, and we were taught literature and music. We had free time for our imaginations to take flight. We could be BORED, and told by our parents to think up something to do. Go outside and play, we were told. Ditto for Britain and Europe Im sure
Then, starting when?…..Younger people here would know…..kids started being kept inside. Too “dangerous” to play outside unsupervised. Funding cuts led to less music in school. Recess stopped. A child’s time was filled by activities scheduled by the parents. There was NO TIME TO BE BORED…..hence no time to learn to entertain yourself…to let the imagination wonder.
And then with social media, life online became more “real” than actual life.
Where and how would a child these days have the time, and the space to think?
Young people now say “wow, he was only 21! And Robert Plant was only 20!” People married younger then, they took on responsibility younger then. Now, people try to stay “kids” until they’re 30. Speaking historically, most people died around 35. So yeah, you’d best be an adult by 20! Of course, in 1963, expected life-span was into the 70’s, but we still followed the older expected maturational expectations.
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Another song you should definitely add to your list with some beautiful imagery is Vincent by Don Maclean, a great tribute to a tortured soul born not too far from the Belgian border 👀
When we would have hootenannys in Catholic high school, we would sing the last line of this song as, The answer is resting in our hands. I guess we all agreed that this line was more hopeful because of the Vietnam war.
Bob Dylan was raised and grew up not far from my home.
Finishing school he left to venture into the big wide world. Along the way he met many artists and musicians including one Joan Baez.
They performed together in those early years and one day Joan Baez wrote and recorded a hit song, "Diamonds and Rust."
She includes her relationship with Bob Dylan in not so cryptic words.
Thanks for sharing some info.
I reacted to Diamonds and Rust.
@@SaeedReacts. I will look for it!
I only found you not too long ago!
(There are videos of Joan Baez performing and she makes comments about Bob Dylan and also imitates him and how he sings!
In fun, of course!!)
EDIT: Didn't find Joan Baez anywhere on your listings.
I found it. Just typed Sayeed Reacts Joan Baez in the youtube search bar and it popped right up.
@@ptournas THANK YOU BRO!
Really appreciate you and relaying that information too!
I'm happy we all found Sayeed's channel!
Listen to the Peter, Paul and Mary version of this.
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short but great, Masters of war is another worth hearing. songs to get you thinking.
You might want to react to Blowin in the Wind sung by Peter Paul and Mary
It’s such a great song for the harmonies. 🎶
That’s the original recording. Bob Dylan sang like that until he went “electric” after which he changed his style.
Peter, Paul and Mary do a great cover of this song.
You should check out his Positively 4th Street
I did!
As Gen X, I promise you I sang this in more than one chorus group lol ❤
lay lady lady and knocking on heavens door. try them.
Please react toi chimes of freedom...i think you like it very.much.....
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Thank you! So many reactors criticize these songs and forget the signs of the times. Try Peter, Paul & Mary's version. This is what the younger generations call woke😢.
"How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man" is a direct reference to the civil rights movement of the day
React to Janis Ian society's child a song She Wrote when she was 13 and it was so controversial it was blocked by half the radio stations in the USA also react to at 17 by Janis Ian
Does "The answer is blowing in the wind" means the answer is elusive, or the answer is just out there in the air? For an anthem of social movement, many people would think it must be the latter, but the line could mean the former. That's the tricky art of Dylan's writing. call it poetic ambiguity.
You know Bob was a Huge Anti War Singer.Songwriter in the height of the Vietnam War
And he let loose his full rage in his Master of War.
All things he sings about, are all the things that matter. The human race has so lost sight of reality that it has doomed itself. All the things people waste their time on now (and I'm guilty of it too, don't get me wrong) are so unimportant, and the things we should be doing to ensure our future are tossed aside like rubbish. Caring about and helping others, helps you care about yourself, and these are the only important things in life. Society literally forces us to believe that other things are more important.✌❤
There have been many covers of this. Most render it a meaningless ditty. None come close to Dylan's perfect delivery.
Yeah, more Bob Dylan! I see Bob Dylan, I stop. Yes, he sounded "old" at 21, he before writing his own lyrics and still is majorly influenced by pre-him blues and folk... and when he was 19, 20, 21 etc he could/can bring out the old blues/folk/etc singer in many songs. I love hime because he passports me to different times and he does it with respect, dignity, hope, and imagination. Bob's always been "old" I think... of course, he was "so much older then, he much younger than that now."
Passports us to another time. I like that!
Dylan said he wrote this song in about 10 minutes. ITs hard to put ourselves in that time but in the US the Vietnam war was escalating but also civil rights marches and protests were taking place through out the country. SO its really an antiwar civil rights song. "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man" "How many years can people exist before they are allowed to be free"
I recently saw an interview with Dylan sometime for the past 20 years with him talking about how he has no idea how he wrote all this stuff so quickly and easily. He says it’s not like that anymore but at the time it was like he was on fire with his words.
He went out and played it for Ian Tyson shortly after he wrote it, and Tyson went home and wrote "Four Strong Winds." There was something in the water in Greenwich Village in '62.
Pete, Paul and Mary had the big hit with this song. However they played the same chord pattern on every line of the verse. Dylan's pattern makes more musical sense. He played it so he goes back to the root chord on lines 1 and 3. But on line 2 he goes to the "5" chord. P, P, and M went to the 5 chord on every line, too repetitive musically. Why did they do it that way? Weird.
Dylan was able to distill into three minutes basically the whole big picture of what was and still is wrong in our world.
This was Bob's first hit albeit it was The Peter Paul and Mary or John Lennon called them Piizza Pooh and Magpie which went up the charts Bob's manager also Peter Paul and Mary's manager arranged the whole thing and I like Peter Paul and Mary but prefer Bob!!
Those were the days of protest marches. How many roads must be marched?
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I was surprised you didn’t know the song. I am a year older than its release, and it has been a significant part of my journey into adulthood-one of the first songs I learned on guitar. As always, I enjoyed your reaction.
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live) is a good one to react to ua-cam.com/video/v0DpBnUznd0/v-deo.htmlsi=nhadVEH1_O_rhAPM.
Another good one is Fall of The Peacemakers by Molly Hatchett for a southern rock band vibe.
Another excellent song!
You don-t know how he wrote it ? well neither does he... many artists alude to that fact that they were just channeling... they tuned in to something... and Bob tuned in.. the deepest :)
Again, since you are enjoying a singer-songwriter with only an acoustic guitar (and sometimes harmonica), check out some solo Neil Young, such as this classic performance: ua-cam.com/video/OuVIJlSDOs0/v-deo.htmlsi=Sm5BvGkRbkmO6hx7