"Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan Is DEEP! | Lyrics Explained

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  • @dashinggamer7819
    @dashinggamer7819 5 років тому +26

    Woo-hoo!!! Thank you for this! Please do more of the 60s era and Dylan or The Beatles as I feel you have really interesting insights into that style. I suggested Dylan a month or so ago in the comments and am so happy you've done one

  • @killian2661
    @killian2661 5 років тому +5

    Oh god, Bob Dylan is such an amazing songwriter and I'm so glad you're talking about him ❤️
    Hopefully this video will make many revisit this classic or maybe discover it

  • @najamomo5226
    @najamomo5226 5 років тому +12

    He knew this was one of the sources for the AP Seminar exam.
    Thanks I was so confused and guessed so many things wrong. Like the dove as a symbol of marriage or retirement lol.

  • @flhxalexx
    @flhxalexx 5 років тому +5

    One of my favorite songs i was listening to it yesterday and im so happy you made this video. Bob Dylan is a legend.

    • @ThePopSongProfessor
      @ThePopSongProfessor  5 років тому +1

      Glad you're excited!

    • @alalal123421
      @alalal123421 2 роки тому

      @@ThePopSongProfessor you should do one these on a change is gonna come by sam cooke partly inspired by this song

  • @Anna-jl7gy
    @Anna-jl7gy 5 років тому +6

    Omg I'm so happy! I love this song and Bob Dylan thank you for doing this amazing song!!

  • @strawberrysakuras5319
    @strawberrysakuras5319 5 років тому +2

    i was literally watching old dylan concert videos from the 60s last night, i very much needed this

  • @allienotwithstanding
    @allienotwithstanding 5 років тому +6

    ahh I wish you could do more of bob dylan songs! I like how he does the talking blues, kinda reminds me of when Tyler Joseph raps!

  • @Anna-jl7gy
    @Anna-jl7gy 5 років тому +2

    One of my favourite songs and Bob Dylan is an artist I respect so much! It also makes me so nostalgic because my dad always listened to Dylan

  • @rish1459
    @rish1459 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you for doing this! Bob Dylan was constantly asked to explain his song lyrics & his answers were intentionally ambiguous. Like so many great artists, he wanted people to come up with their own interpretations & meanings. I find him a great songwriter & lyricist. His voice requires patience to become accustomed to hear.

  • @tktoptunes
    @tktoptunes 5 років тому +5

    Amazing video!!! Love your channel, keep up the great content in 2019 💯

  • @Jeff-zi2wi
    @Jeff-zi2wi Рік тому +1

    Maybe the answer is blowing in the wind and it won’t come down till the wind calms down.
    Maybe the answer has been right in front of us this whole time but the turmoil and turbulence of our minds makes us blind and deaf to it.
    Maybe like a lake that you can’t see the bottom of while it’s windy and wavy until a calm is reached and the water is still, maybe just like that we can’t see the answer until we in the mind are calm still and mindfully observant.

    • @carrad123456
      @carrad123456 7 місяців тому

      You mean wind is our mind ??

  • @prashantgautam9043
    @prashantgautam9043 3 роки тому +2

    I think what Bob Dylan meant by saying "the answer is blowing in the wind" is that the wind has witnessed these same things in the past and therefore it knows the answers to all these questions.

    • @hrishant6231
      @hrishant6231 3 роки тому

      Wow...that's some good observation!

  • @dthompson37115
    @dthompson37115 5 років тому +3

    Thank you digging into the treasure trove of the past. Perfect and powerful video.

  • @ginah6834
    @ginah6834 2 роки тому

    I've tried to learn different musical instruments, over the years. BUT, I'M A FAILURE!!
    BUT, I TOTALLY APPRECIATE musical artists who magically say my words.
    Thank you. Keep doing this.

  • @flhxalexx
    @flhxalexx 5 років тому +5

    I think the answer is in the wind like, is so hard to get it, to capture the answer (wind) in your hands but still hits u in the face, it’s still obvious, at least thats my opinion don’t know if it makes sense.

    • @Anna-jl7gy
      @Anna-jl7gy 5 років тому +2

      Wow I've never thought about it like that. That's very smart

    • @aliciasaracino1233
      @aliciasaracino1233 4 роки тому +1

      Well said.

  • @meganh.b.
    @meganh.b. 5 років тому

    Loving that you're taking a look at an older song, especially someone who wrote lyrics as good as Dylan. Thanks for making this video!

  • @markcondrey2297
    @markcondrey2297 5 років тому +1

    I was sitting in a lawn chair listening to the noise my American flag made, as it blew in the wind. And I suddenly made a connection to this song. Was Bob saying that as long as man has national boundaries and yes flags, that these problems (as he saw them) going to continue to exist?

  • @clairejones624
    @clairejones624 8 місяців тому

    It’s beautiful and yet it’s filled with harsh truth. This song never gets old.

  • @connortoews1897
    @connortoews1897 5 років тому

    Im sure you knew that a video like this wasnt going to atract as many viewers as other videos but im glad to see a dedication to good content, nice video, cliff

    • @ThePopSongProfessor
      @ThePopSongProfessor  5 років тому

      Thanks for noticing. Yep, it may not get many views, but it was fun to make.

  • @riadhcherif9233
    @riadhcherif9233 5 років тому +6

    Hey can you explaine Sound Of Silence

  • @maddieyay
    @maddieyay 5 років тому

    last year in my English class we did a unit on Bob Dylan for rhetorical analysis, and the assignment was to write our own stanza in the style of a Bob Dylan song, and this was the song I wrote to!! We think on the same wave Cliff lol

  • @tovamain3960
    @tovamain3960 Місяць тому

    The answer is the flag that is blowing in the wind. It's at the heart of the nation state where we must change direction from conquest to peace.

  • @pato2200
    @pato2200 3 роки тому

    The answer is blowing in the wind means these things in our time perhaps for the first are attainable and we need only to reach out anď grasp the answer.

  • @Ty-mu7gl
    @Ty-mu7gl 5 років тому +5

    Could you do "Northern Downpour" by Panic! At The Disco ? It's such a beautiful song and so complexly written, if that makes sense.

  • @nicocas3583
    @nicocas3583 4 роки тому +1

    Choosing the last name Dylan is important yet no one mentions is. After Dylan Thomas.

  • @liammoynihan2187
    @liammoynihan2187 4 роки тому +1

    This is a pretty good song explanation. However, most of Dylan's early career was as a folk musician in New York. He had a huge influence from Guthrie and about half of his first two albums were covers of old folk songs.

  • @iamjohnlocked3783
    @iamjohnlocked3783 5 років тому +1

    I love Peter Paul and Mary's cover of this. 💙💙💙💙

  • @aliciasaracino1233
    @aliciasaracino1233 4 роки тому

    Well done on explaining the meaning of his lyrics... much of these songs have very deep meanings.. this is unfortunately missing in today’s music.

  • @CousinJustice15652
    @CousinJustice15652 5 років тому

    I was only familiar with Joan Baez's version of this song until today, though I knew Dylan wrote it. But you have inspired me to go listen to the original.

  • @derelictegrasshopper
    @derelictegrasshopper 4 роки тому +2

    you forgot one possible meaning for "the answer my friends...". To "blow" air with your mouth, like in making bubbles or steam for sunglasses, one might clean with the hem of a cotton shirt... to blow air like that in the wind is insignificant compared to the wind. The wind takes your minuscule exhale of air and completely dissolves it into itself and swirls it away. You can't recapture that breath of air ever again. It is hopelessly elusive to even try. So it could mean that 'THE ANSWER" (to all these previously posed questions in the song) will be near to impossible to ever find. Trying to find it is like, "...BLOWING IN THE WIND"

    • @dankasper5104
      @dankasper5104 2 роки тому

      o for gosh sake take a hike sheethead

  • @oneofmanybychance2742
    @oneofmanybychance2742 3 роки тому

    It becomes more and more appropriate and relevant to these days.

  • @phoenixsays4016
    @phoenixsays4016 3 роки тому +1

    “BLOWIN’ in the wind “ .. may be by this he is trying to say that’s the FLAG of a nation probably ... ???

  • @avtarpreetsingh7090
    @avtarpreetsingh7090 2 роки тому

    Thank you ❤

  • @bonkousmcnaughty4604
    @bonkousmcnaughty4604 3 роки тому

    The answer is in the air... you probably had to be there at the time to understand what the mood was "in the air" at the time. But like all good songs - its open to interpretation

  • @chuongtran238
    @chuongtran238 3 роки тому

    Beautiful song, nice explanation

  • @AndrewKennyBelfast
    @AndrewKennyBelfast 3 роки тому

    I love your idea of critiquing great lyrics. Thank you. My query is : are do you avoid copyright infringements while using his lyrics? Many thanks .

  • @valentinamartucci
    @valentinamartucci 2 роки тому

    Thank you!!!!

  • @lesdodoclips3915
    @lesdodoclips3915 3 роки тому

    Straight to the point

  • @cod4lover123321123
    @cod4lover123321123 5 років тому

    Great help thank you!

  • @macroberts6910
    @macroberts6910 4 роки тому

    Pleeeeaasssee do more bob Dylan lyrical analysis

  • @JeanCuillerier
    @JeanCuillerier 3 роки тому

    TIMELESS

  • @rohanbose7275
    @rohanbose7275 5 років тому +1

    Could you explain the lyrics of Politik from Coldplay?

  • @ericfreund3496
    @ericfreund3496 3 роки тому

    Well Done!

  • @graceebenezer6085
    @graceebenezer6085 4 роки тому

    Hello there, your account is great. I'm a literature student. For a project I thought of analyzing Bob Dylan's songs. Can you suggest the themes you find in his songs or the best lyrics from his songs. Thank you.

    • @steveharvey3582
      @steveharvey3582 2 роки тому

      Hey may I ask sir what does the "ears" symbolize in the song?

  • @chrisokin6673
    @chrisokin6673 5 років тому +1

    You never mentioned what Dylan means by "the answer is blowing in the wind."

    • @phish1
      @phish1 5 років тому +1

      Chris Davidson he certainly did

  • @raisethevillage8849
    @raisethevillage8849 5 років тому

    Blowing in the win

  • @biancamoore413
    @biancamoore413 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤❤ folk songs

  • @katherineweaver2417
    @katherineweaver2417 5 років тому

    I only know the Peter, Paul and Mary version.

  • @michaelbrownlee9497
    @michaelbrownlee9497 3 роки тому

    The moon and sun cause wind.

  • @lavenderw7617
    @lavenderw7617 5 років тому

    Yess

  • @queenbeauty6170
    @queenbeauty6170 Рік тому

    Ask 「War-Weapon Traders」and U.S. Presidents.

  • @hussein5372
    @hussein5372 5 років тому +1

    Please do more about Eminem

  • @tabsfornow
    @tabsfornow 5 років тому

    Will you ever do an explanation of a Jack White or White Stripes song?

  • @valdasvegelecuriousfish6460
    @valdasvegelecuriousfish6460 Місяць тому

    .. wind possibly means conversation ..

  • @BrevardCountyFloridox
    @BrevardCountyFloridox 5 років тому

    Whats the backgrounds music you use in your videos

  • @OddBall1958
    @OddBall1958 25 днів тому

    Maybe the Demo-Rats should listen and take heed in this song!

  • @Anna-jl7gy
    @Anna-jl7gy 5 років тому

    Amazing video! Could you maybe do it's alright ma by bob

  • @nobutigotasoulvoice8620
    @nobutigotasoulvoice8620 5 років тому

    "Writing ballads about a specific person"
    At least the person isn't a painting

  • @Anna-lw5hj
    @Anna-lw5hj 5 років тому +1

    Can you do It's all over now baby blue? :)

  • @graceepge2521
    @graceepge2521 4 роки тому

    Hi, loved your video. I'm doing literature. For my project I'm thinking a way to connect songs and literature. What do you think? Recommend me any songs or lyricist to analyze. Btw I'm from India.

  • @carrad123456
    @carrad123456 7 місяців тому

    Is Bob Dylan alive ?

  • @einsplus1
    @einsplus1 8 днів тому

    How can anyone talking about Dylan's music torture his audience with such terrible background muzak??? How many ears must he have, before he can hear people cry?!

  • @hannah5521
    @hannah5521 5 років тому

    Looking for something deep? Listen to Sawyer Fredericks new album, Hide Your Ghost. It’s incredible.

  • @dianapechova1673
    @dianapechova1673 5 років тому

    could you do something by King Princess please?

  • @theresasullivan3452
    @theresasullivan3452 2 роки тому

    I think ‘The Wind’ is the Holy Spirit

  • @bendrell6850
    @bendrell6850 5 років тому

    Thought this song was written about Vietnam?

  • @rakeshswain7345
    @rakeshswain7345 4 роки тому

    Explain tambourine man of bob dylon plz teacher plz

  • @AcornRiot
    @AcornRiot 5 років тому

    Elanor Rigsby lyrics explained

  • @nickshine5982
    @nickshine5982 5 років тому

    dude youshould really check out AJR, preferably burn the house down.

  • @greenflagracing7067
    @greenflagracing7067 10 місяців тому

    rock n' roll from the 1940s?

  • @rumrum4676
    @rumrum4676 3 роки тому

    Is there anyone writing SSLC IN india..🔥🙈

  • @JamesCovington01
    @JamesCovington01 4 роки тому

    ...you know that there was no rock music in the 1940's, right?

  • @sherlock766
    @sherlock766 3 роки тому

    😂😂😂😂 Its not a slave song.

  • @julian0man174
    @julian0man174 5 років тому

    First
    To say I’m not first

  • @MaxSiyuanMa
    @MaxSiyuanMa 4 роки тому

    The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind; the flag is blowing in the wind.