Bob Dylan has always been a beacon highlighting the way forward. Most of the people my age heard what he was saying. He’s always been ahead of his time and a warrior for understanding and clarity. Goat from day one.
The lyrics of this song - so poetic and prophetic. But that harmonica though. It emphasizes the lines like a trumpet being used for a royal proclamation. Hear ye, hear ye!
Dylan was definitely noticed when he came on the music scene. But it was a time when we had so much great music, it was hard to stand out when there was so many Giant! And we were Naïve, we were accustomed to all the brilliant music. Didn’t realize we were living with musical legends.
@@Caperhere well, if they had a big hit single on the radio, they become known FAST. But of course, Dylan didn't cater to the singles market. Like The Beatles did at the beginning of their career.
When we were in high school in the 60s we were big fans - all while trying to match James Brown's moves at dances and sharing the Beatles' latest records. Huge variety of music then. However, our parents weren't fans of Bob Dylan - "THAT'S NOT MUSIC!". We would listen to his songs and talk about what the lyrics meant. He performed in our city in a fairly small auditorium and we got tickets. So glad our parents let us go and we got to see him in person.
Yessir great reaction again bro.. Wow .what a song... SHAKESPEARE WITH A GUITAR.. P.S.you are correct..ive seen Bob live..AND 15,000 people and you could hear a pin drop! Everybody truly listening!!
I was about 16 or 17 when the song came out. The country (U.S.A.) was in the beginning stages of what was clearly becoming a bona fide "cultural revolution" the likes of which had never happened before. For the first time in American history (or in the history of any country, actually), there was a growing "youth culture". Young people (mostly the age range from around 12 to 30) had money to spend and, therefore, had some degree of social relevance and impact. And we (the youth of America) realized we had ideas and Dylan was one of the most articulate voices for expressing what we were all thinking and feeling. I've often thought if he had been a great singer (in the traditional concept of what a great singer) the messages in his songs may very likely have been overshadowed by his vocal talent and may never have had the social and cultural impact that they otherwise would have had and, in fact, did have. His vocal delivery was more like he was talking rather than singing and people found themselves captured by his words. The times they were, indeed, changing.
Well, Bob came from the late 50's when I was born. The Beatnik society of young people was being born which later on turned in to "Hippie society." The Beatniks met in Coffeehouse where they smoked, drank, coffee, recited poetry or made up poetry and expressed it, and randomly played instruments and made up songs about Life and the unawareness of society. This is the background of Bob Dylan. We called him the Prophet back then. Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Brown were all considered the Prophets of our time back in the 60' and 70's That's why Bob Dylan received a Nobel Prize in Literature for his Lyrics of the 60's and 70's.
I agree. Viet Nam and then the Civil Rights Movement with Joan Biaz. Then Jackson Browne with No Nukes. All Poets with political causes. The only problem with Bob Dylan is that he tended to be too brutal.
Bob came out of the coffeehouses in Minneapolis in the late 50’s playing a lot with Spider John Koerner and Ray and Glover before he moved to Greenwich Village in the early sixties and was nearly instantly magnificent.
See the new film, “A Complete Unknown” which chronicles the four years from Bob showing up in the NYC folk community and when he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Saw a screening and it was great!
It is said that Sam Cooke, who was already successful, but mostly in front of white audiences with a benign sound, heard this song by Dylan and was inspired to write A Change is Gonna Come.
Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition": 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (born 1941) "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
Merry Christmas, Saeed, and thank you for the gift of your reactions/reviews of the music I grew up with. I don't think at the time of Dylan starting out that we realized how important he was to become but we certainly enjoyed these early (to become classic) songs.
Dylan was successful from the start. He was very young and he wrote these songs. He did an interview once and his comment to their questions was something like "why are you asking me all these questions about life? Do you think I have the answers?". He was totally confused and to why they thought he knew!! There is a video out there of him saying things like this. He not only wrote songs in the 60s for himself and other people, but he continued on. He is still writing and winning awards.
his first album was embraced by a niche audience only. The real devoted "folkies". I and my best friend were among them. it wasn't until his second or third album that he became the phenomenon we now know.
This came out in 1965 and was commentary on Vietnam ( Senators, Congressmen, the choice of the word command) & the Civil Rights movement & the new path youth wanted & needed to go down to change society.
I love your channel and reactions. I'm so glad you got back to Dylan. I've seen a couple other reactions of yours to him and love and appreciate your interpretations. I've always been a huge fan of Dylan but sometimes struggle to figure out what he's trying to tell me and you've picked up on some things that I've missed for sure. I actually took classes in high school studying folk rock back in the 80s and love the genre. Dylan is a true poet and prophet and so creative even if his writing gets too complex at times for my simple mind lol. Anyway keep up the amazing analysis.
He was prophetic to say the least. He got so much criticism for political activism against those times. This song hit me the first time I heard! And all of lyrics still apply 60 years later. They will always be true.
To all: go see the movie(s), watch the docs, the live footage, listen to all his songs, read the books, learn about the reality of the man. He's truly a great.
burst on to the scene already a legend....the unwashed phenomenon...and wrote Blowin' in the Wind for a decent intro and mr. tambourine for a big hit...all before the masses awoke....but he has always been recognized as something special since anyone can remember.
well, when this song came out, we really DID think the times were changing...we were so idealistic. Well, yes, some things have gotten MUCH better....no denying it. But some things remain the same or have gotten worse. I feel badly about the world I'm leaving my grandchildren.
at first (prior to recording), he was just another voice crying for justice. But he found an audience, and they found him, pretty quickly. I notice that he had several voice styles over the first few records, and on the first record his guitar playing was more complex, in the style of a country blues player. he simplified soon to be more strum and less finger picking. I appreciated his guitar and voice more on the first two records, but his lyrics and messaging are without peer and I think that's what his core audience appreciates. to think he had this capacity at 20... remarkable.
I didn't mean to steal your thoughts😊 you are such a great reactor! You always say what I feel. I like the new coverage of lyrics, but your analysis are spot on to mine!
Timeless Bob. His whole catalog is like that... 1962 to 2020. He still has it, as proven in his last studio album in 2020 Rough and Rowdy Ways. Each album in his catalog is different, Bob always keeps moving, keeps reinventing himself.
I'm 77 now and when in our Local Bar we listened to ALL the GREAT MAN'S SONGS, I used to frequent all our local Bars aged 15 in 63. Amazing Days and I saw ALL THE GREATS. 😊 x 👍👍enjoy your stuff Saeed. 👍👍
Dylan won a Nobel prize for his poetry,which basically are his lyrics. He was at front of protest folk music in the 1960's. He has written some beautiful songs for other artists too.
this makes me feel like weeping. He was my first album in the 60's. He always said what we were yelling about then and unfortunately now we have to watch greedy people wanting to destroy others for trying to exist. I had such great music to live with. I get to live in a California forest..
The lyrics will hit you hard they certainly hit me hard when I first heard it. The sheer anger and hatred coming from Dylan is unmatched in any other of his song's.
Always appreciate listening to your take on these classics. Thanks The background context was adults in the 1950s wanted a quiet time. They’d been through the Depression and the War so chose the option of acceptance. My (early boomer) generation reacted against this. We did not accept societal status quo. We didn’t want to dress or behave like our parents. We didn’t want a government that was trying to recreate the 30s. “Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin’ “. I walked out of my family when I was 18.
As serious as I take Bob Dylan's songs, esp this one, it remnds me of my late brother when he was a kid, who made up new lyrics that cracked me up: "For your underwear needs a changin'..."
What I like about this is, as Bob Dylan said, even his protest or social songs had an element of universality in it, a poetic interest (which is interesting because Aristotle said that poetry is more universal than history because while history talks about facts and historical characters, the characters of poetry - in his time Tragedy -, even if they are historic, they represent general characters and expresses something general, even eternal, about human nature). So this can be seen in the context of the political ambient of America at that time, but also as outside of history so to speak. It doesn't get more general than "the first one now will later be last", since that in christianity is eschatological, which by definition is outside ot history 😅.
Does that mean the music of the 70s needs to move over for the music of today? I'll stay back and allow the young people to have their way. However, I will still be blasting AC/DC for everyone to hear. Rock-n-roll is not noise pollution!
Early on he was loved and hated and ridiculed. He made the Subterranian Homesick Blues video because so many complained about his incomprehensible singing.
This song was essentially about the civil rights and protest movement and basically Dylan prophesising that the young and the left of politics were taking over and how this would change the world. In a way listening now is sad because the hope and promise Dylan sang about in this simply never materialised. And Dylan just a few years later ended up on ‘desolation row’ in despair.
I perferred his other voice like on 'Lay Lady Lay' (1969) but still a great tune for sure. No one really got famous fast back then, always years of grinding behind those meteroric rises. Cheers.
Hi Saeed, I enjoy your reactions, I'man old English guy who knows a lot about Dylan, I hear that you live in Belgium, I live in Gent, are you close by?
The information that I am sharing with you now is on the internet on Google. The Nobel Prize stated why Bob Dylan was chosen and won>>>>"Bob Dylan's songs are rooted in the rich tradition of American folk music and are influenced by the poets of modernism and the beatnik movement. Early on, Dylan’s lyrics incorporated social struggles and political protest. Love and religion are other important themes in his songs. His writing is often characterized by refined rhymes and it paints surprising, sometimes surreal imagery. Since his debut in 1962, he has repeatedly reinvented his songs and music. He has also written prose, including his memoirs Chronicles." My next guess for nominations for poetry will be a black man called Stevie Wonder or A Rapper called "Genuine" or Simon & Garfunkel. Bob Dylan like the Beatles was very popular among ages 12 to 27, who were apart of the change in 60's and 70's.
Thanks for taking the time to share this. I have started watching interviews of him and a press conference as well. Hope to watch a documentary as well before i watch the movie.
Bob Dylan has always been a beacon highlighting the way forward. Most of the people my age heard what he was saying. He’s always been ahead of his time and a warrior for understanding and clarity. Goat from day one.
The lyrics of this song - so poetic and prophetic. But that harmonica though. It emphasizes the lines like a trumpet being used for a royal proclamation. Hear ye, hear ye!
Prophetic indeed!
Amazing song.
Good one..that's funny
Not so prophetic now with a Trump presidency and antisemitism is worse than it’s been in over aa decade.
Dylan was definitely noticed when he came on the music scene. But it was a time when we had so much great music, it was hard to stand out when there was so many Giant! And we were Naïve, we were accustomed to all the brilliant music. Didn’t realize we were living with musical legends.
Communication was much slower then, too. Artists took awhile to become known by the masses.
@@Caperhere well, if they had a big hit single on the radio, they become known FAST. But of course, Dylan didn't cater to the singles market. Like The Beatles did at the beginning of their career.
When we were in high school in the 60s we were big fans - all while trying to match James Brown's moves at dances and sharing the Beatles' latest records. Huge variety of music then. However, our parents weren't fans of Bob Dylan - "THAT'S NOT MUSIC!". We would listen to his songs and talk about what the lyrics meant. He performed in our city in a fairly small auditorium and we got tickets. So glad our parents let us go and we got to see him in person.
60s Folk Rap. We got it. Our parents didn't.
You can understand why he won a Nobel prize for Literature !!!
100%
A theme song for my generation, Saeed. He spoke for all of us.
For all generations......forever ❤🎉.......for all living people in our entire universe ❤🎉
Yessir great reaction again bro..
Wow .what a song...
SHAKESPEARE WITH A GUITAR..
P.S.you are correct..ive seen Bob live..AND 15,000 people and you could hear a pin drop!
Everybody truly listening!!
Bob Dylan was a superstar. Not from the start, but a few albums into his career. Once it happened, everyone was influenced by him.
OMG - I used to stand at the top of the staircase and sing that line very loudly at my parents down in the living room when I was about 15 or 16! lol
Hysterical!
I was about 16 or 17 when the song came out. The country (U.S.A.) was in the beginning stages of what was clearly becoming a bona fide "cultural revolution" the likes of which had never happened before. For the first time in American history (or in the history of any country, actually), there was a growing "youth culture". Young people (mostly the age range from around 12 to 30) had money to spend and, therefore, had some degree of social relevance and impact. And we (the youth of America) realized we had ideas and Dylan was one of the most articulate voices for expressing what we were all thinking and feeling. I've often thought if he had been a great singer (in the traditional concept of what a great singer) the messages in his songs may very likely have been overshadowed by his vocal talent and may never have had the social and cultural impact that they otherwise would have had and, in fact, did have. His vocal delivery was more like he was talking rather than singing and people found themselves captured by his words. The times they were, indeed, changing.
The music and sentiment of the music from the sixties and early seventies will NEVER be surpassed.
Well, Bob came from the late 50's when I was born. The Beatnik society of young people was being born which later on turned in to "Hippie society." The Beatniks met in Coffeehouse where they smoked, drank, coffee, recited poetry or made up poetry and expressed it, and randomly played instruments and made up songs about Life and the unawareness of society. This is the background of Bob Dylan. We called him the Prophet back then. Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Brown were all considered the Prophets of our time back in the 60' and 70's That's why Bob Dylan received a Nobel Prize in Literature for his Lyrics of the 60's and 70's.
I agree. Viet Nam and then the Civil Rights Movement with Joan Biaz. Then Jackson Browne with No Nukes. All Poets with political causes. The only problem with Bob Dylan is that he tended to be too brutal.
Bob came out of the coffeehouses in Minneapolis in the late 50’s playing a lot with Spider John Koerner and Ray and Glover before he moved to Greenwich Village in the early sixties and was nearly instantly magnificent.
See the new film, “A Complete Unknown” which chronicles the four years from Bob showing up in the NYC folk community and when he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. Saw a screening and it was great!
It is said that Sam Cooke, who was already successful, but mostly in front of white audiences with a benign sound, heard this song by Dylan and was inspired to write A Change is Gonna Come.
Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition": 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (born 1941) "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
Merry Christmas, Saeed, and thank you for the gift of your reactions/reviews of the music I grew up with. I don't think at the time of Dylan starting out that we realized how important he was to become but we certainly enjoyed these early (to become classic) songs.
This is a timeless song - I hope you get the chance to see the new movie based on Bob Dylan's life. Happy New Year -
Dylan was successful from the start. He was very young and he wrote these songs. He did an interview once and his comment to their questions was something like "why are you asking me all these questions about life? Do you think I have the answers?". He was totally confused and to why they thought he knew!! There is a video out there of him saying things like this. He not only wrote songs in the 60s for himself and other people, but he continued on. He is still writing and winning awards.
his first album was embraced by a niche audience only. The real devoted "folkies". I and my best friend were among them. it wasn't until his second or third album that he became the phenomenon we now know.
"Don't criticize what you can't understand" cuts BOTH ways..... "Your mothers & fathers are beyond your command" would've been a GENIUS line, too.....
such awesome lyrics~
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He helped liberate us all. Still listen to him all the time. He's been my troubador.
Dylan was musician and poet.
This came out in 1965 and was commentary on Vietnam ( Senators, Congressmen, the choice of the word command) & the Civil Rights movement & the new path youth wanted & needed to go down to change society.
I agree that it was mostly about Viet Nam.
Rough Xmas here, nice to hear Bob.
I love your channel and reactions. I'm so glad you got back to Dylan. I've seen a couple other reactions of yours to him and love and appreciate your interpretations. I've always been a huge fan of Dylan but sometimes struggle to figure out what he's trying to tell me and you've picked up on some things that I've missed for sure. I actually took classes in high school studying folk rock back in the 80s and love the genre. Dylan is a true poet and prophet and so creative even if his writing gets too complex at times for my simple mind lol. Anyway keep up the amazing analysis.
Another great Bob Dylan reaction Saeed👌✌️‼️ Wishing you a very Merry Christmas to one of my most favorite reactors and a Happy New Year💫✨🌟⭐️
Thanks so much, Harriet! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@ thank you so much🌹
The Sixties were a time of great change and Dylan's lyrics were a clarion call for many of the young people.
He was prophetic to say the least. He got so much criticism for political activism against those times. This song hit me the first time I heard! And all of lyrics still apply 60 years later. They will always be true.
I love your reaction to this prophetic song. After 60 years, I still feel it as times change so quickly.
Merry Christmas to you ❄️☃️
To all: go see the movie(s), watch the docs, the live footage, listen to all his songs, read the books, learn about the reality of the man. He's truly a great.
I have started watching interviews and the press conferences. Will watch a documentary before i go watch the film. Also want to read a book as well.
burst on to the scene already a legend....the unwashed phenomenon...and wrote Blowin' in the Wind for a decent intro and mr. tambourine for a big hit...all before the masses awoke....but he has always been recognized as something special since anyone can remember.
He got the Nobel Prize here in Sweden.
well, when this song came out, we really DID think the times were changing...we were so idealistic. Well, yes, some things have gotten MUCH better....no denying it. But some things remain the same or have gotten worse. I feel badly about the world I'm leaving my grandchildren.
at first (prior to recording), he was just another voice crying for justice. But he found an audience, and they found him, pretty quickly. I notice that he had several voice styles over the first few records, and on the first record his guitar playing was more complex, in the style of a country blues player. he simplified soon to be more strum and less finger picking. I appreciated his guitar and voice more on the first two records, but his lyrics and messaging are without peer and I think that's what his core audience appreciates. to think he had this capacity at 20... remarkable.
Thanks Saeed, Happy New Year! ☮
Martin Scorcese’s “No Direction Home “ will show you how popular he became and what was going on in America at this point in time.
Everything changes, yet some things are timeless.
This song is timeless.
I didn't mean to steal your thoughts😊 you are such a great reactor! You always say what I feel. I like the new coverage of lyrics, but your analysis are spot on to mine!
I love this song so much. I agree with you. It's a meaningful message that will always be relevant.
Timeless Bob. His whole catalog is like that... 1962 to 2020. He still has it, as proven in his last studio album in 2020 Rough and Rowdy Ways. Each album in his catalog is different, Bob always keeps moving, keeps reinventing himself.
Thank you saeed....merry christmas...please not forget....chimes of freedom.....thanx
Merry Christmas.🎄
I love this song.
Excellent song. Merry Christmas!
I'm 77 now and when in our Local Bar we listened to ALL the GREAT MAN'S SONGS, I used to frequent all our local Bars aged 15 in 63. Amazing Days and I saw ALL THE GREATS. 😊 x 👍👍enjoy your stuff Saeed. 👍👍
Dylan won a Nobel prize for his poetry,which basically are his lyrics. He was at front of protest folk music in the 1960's. He has written some beautiful songs for other artists too.
Several great folk artists, but at the forefront for me has always been Dylan and Baez.
Merry Christmas all. I’d love to see the Dylan movie playing in theatres today.
Merry Christmas!
Definitely want to see the film as well!
One of the best songs of the younger generation back during Viet Nam. His Bio Movie comes out Today. A must see for any Dylan Fan
this makes me feel like weeping. He was my first album in the 60's. He always said what we were yelling about then and unfortunately now we have to watch greedy people wanting to destroy others for trying to exist. I had such great music to live with. I get to live in a California forest..
The lyrics of this are so profound! I feel like it means something different to me each time I listen.
To think that the guy who wrote and sang this 60 years ago is still recording and touring today.
all time classic Dylan! ♥ You gotta check out his song Things Have Changed
It won an Oscar & a Globe for best song back in early noughties!
Please do master's of war.as relevent and hard hitting today as it was back then. You can tell Dylan's pissed off.
That one is on my to do list!
The lyrics will hit you hard they certainly hit me hard when I first heard it. The sheer anger and hatred coming from Dylan is unmatched in any other of his song's.
Always appreciate listening to your take on these classics. Thanks
The background context was adults in the 1950s wanted a quiet time. They’d been through the Depression and the War so chose the option of acceptance. My (early boomer) generation reacted against this. We did not accept societal status quo. We didn’t want to dress or behave like our parents. We didn’t want a government that was trying to recreate the 30s. “Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin’ “. I walked out of my family when I was 18.
May I suggest you review and react to early Janis Ian such as “Society’s Child” or “At Seventeen”
…..shake your windows and rattle your walls…..Dylan flips words often. Widows rattle, walls shake.
As serious as I take Bob Dylan's songs, esp this one, it remnds me of my late brother when he was a kid, who made up new lyrics that cracked me up: "For your underwear needs a changin'..."
What really amazes me about this song is how the opening verse could be directly related to climate change. Nobody seems to notice that.
Take a listen to this song on that Album: Ballad of Hollis Brown
Thanks for the recommendation!
An apropos selection, as many are on the midst of significant change right now. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Canada!
he performed this song at the white house a few years ago at, also worth a listen
What I like about this is, as Bob Dylan said, even his protest or social songs had an element of universality in it, a poetic interest (which is interesting because Aristotle said that poetry is more universal than history because while history talks about facts and historical characters, the characters of poetry - in his time Tragedy -, even if they are historic, they represent general characters and expresses something general, even eternal, about human nature). So this can be seen in the context of the political ambient of America at that time, but also as outside of history so to speak. It doesn't get more general than "the first one now will later be last", since that in christianity is eschatological, which by definition is outside ot history 😅.
In my experience, the only "constant" is change. This can be difficult for many to accept. Nostalgia is a great impediment.
This is a special American Folk song
More accurately a theme song for my generation.
@@Shari225 Bob Dylan has said that is not the case.
@@Lebowski55 It is for me.
@@Shari225 I guess your opinion is more valid than his.
@@Lebowski55 It's not a question of validity, but of perspective.
A true poet 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just as relavent now as it was back then
"Chimes of Freedom" please.
Does that mean the music of the 70s needs to move over for the music of today? I'll stay back and allow the young people to have their way. However, I will still be blasting AC/DC for everyone to hear. Rock-n-roll is not noise pollution!
I don't think this song was about musical preferences.
Early on he was loved and hated and ridiculed. He made the Subterranian Homesick Blues video because so many complained about his incomprehensible singing.
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love Dylans early stuff, have you done... Blowing in the wind ? its a classic. and Masters of war, is so relevant today. Happy new year to you.
I think I heard somebody say that Bob recently quoted that he didn't remember how he managed to write many of those songs.
I saw a similar thing in an interview. Also said he is not able to do it thay way anymore. Might have been the 60 minutes interview.
@@SaeedReacts. Artists usually reach their peaks early on in their career. It was that energy that propelled them to fame, but slowly runs out.
The lyrics have talked to me singe the 70's.
Amazing lyrics!
This song was essentially about the civil rights and protest movement and basically Dylan prophesising that the young and the left of politics were taking over and how this would change the world. In a way listening now is sad because the hope and promise Dylan sang about in this simply never materialised. And Dylan just a few years later ended up on ‘desolation row’ in despair.
a civil rights anthem. A generational clarion call. Talk about generation gap. This song gave words to that.
Man saeed I would love to read ur books....u said u wrote some....I think ur a really neat guy and I think u care a lot about what u say
P s
React to..
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts... or
Black Diamond Bay..or
"Lonesome death of Hattie Carroll..or..etc..lol
Try Peter, Paul @ Mary's version - the best
I’d love to hear your view on Hurricane by Bob Dylan please x
I perferred his other voice like on 'Lay Lady Lay' (1969) but still a great tune for sure. No one really got famous fast back then, always years of grinding behind those meteroric rises. Cheers.
Bob. Our modern-day John the Baptist.
Wow. I would never have put those two in the same sentence.
Jan.6th rattled some walls.
Hi Saeed, I enjoy your reactions, I'man old English guy who knows a lot about Dylan, I hear that you live in Belgium, I live in Gent, are you close by?
Thanks so much! I was born and bred in Ostend 😃
Joan Baez really helped him get his start she was more popular than him at the beginning of their relationship
Saeed, could you please do “A Change is gonna come” by Sam Cooke?
"easy to dissect."???? Let us hope you meant that as a joke!
The information that I am sharing with you now is on the internet on Google. The Nobel Prize stated why Bob Dylan was chosen and won>>>>"Bob Dylan's songs are rooted in the rich tradition of American folk music and are influenced by the poets of modernism and the beatnik movement. Early on, Dylan’s lyrics incorporated social struggles and political protest. Love and religion are other important themes in his songs. His writing is often characterized by refined rhymes and it paints surprising, sometimes surreal imagery. Since his debut in 1962, he has repeatedly reinvented his songs and music. He has also written prose, including his memoirs Chronicles." My next guess for nominations for poetry will be a black man called Stevie Wonder or A Rapper called "Genuine" or Simon & Garfunkel. Bob Dylan like the Beatles was very popular among ages 12 to 27, who were apart of the change in 60's and 70's.
Thanks for taking the time to share this.
I have started watching interviews of him and a press conference as well. Hope to watch a documentary as well before i watch the movie.
Thanks for passing that on ! I highly recommend Chronicles. Read it when it came out and of course loved his stories and mastery of the written word.
It’s self explanatory …spare us