I am 72 years old and have watched a number of your engaging analyses, and here, I especially appreciate your heartfelt, enthusiastic analyses of Bob Dylan and his contribution to society as an artist. It is exhilarating to see such raw enthusiasm so correctly placed.
I just found this channel. I really like watching the analyses videos. It's like listening and talking about music with a good friend. Thanks Fil - you're great.
@John Adams and a very knowledgeable friend that makes you think perhaps about an aspect of the musician, song, the era in which said video Fil is giving us his pov! He's the best imo and then a few others. Don't forget to check out his own videos of him and his band!! 👍🏿
I remember my dad telling me when he was in college one of his literature professors played a record for the class and said, "This isn't my kind of music, but one day Bob Dylan will be remembered as one of the greatest poets of this generation." And that was the first time Dad had ever heard Dylan's music and he never forgot it.
I sat in the front row of Wilson High School around 1963 and enjoyed Bob Dylans performance of this song. My young children couldn't stand " that old man's singing" but grew to appreciate him years later. I still have my harmonica rack and old Martin nylon string guitar.
You are a true gentleman as well as being talented at musical analysis. Your ability to be accurate in describing a musical act without being insulting or unrealistically complimentary is a rarely seen bit of honesty and silver tongued brilliance.
Got to respect the man for changing his sound constantly. His music doesn’t get the credit it deserves during his gospel years, In the Summer Time, Heart of Mine, Solid Rock. Three outstanding albums that are massively underrated because of the message. Bob Dylan is unparalleled, bet he could do a rap album and it would great.
@@jayedwards1205 There are MANY remakes of his songs. No he wasn't that political but he made history in the music arena. Listen to this video and you'd hear that. You need to study his career and catalog a bit more. "Just a guy playing guitar" doesn't really cover who Bob is or what he did. If you went to see Bob in concert you'd be surprised at what he does with his songs. He doesn't play them like the recording you heard on the radio. He is a major talent.
Jay Edwards what he changed was music and the ability of song writers to get out of Tin Pan Alley and finally make real money and own the rights to their songs. There’s a lot of things that he and Johnny Cash did in bucking the industry besides changing the world with their music. The songs he’s written are beyond what anyone else has. There’s so many that have never been heard! Heck, Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes is an example!
Fil, you are a good observer, and you always surprise me with your analysis. It opens my eyes a little bit every time. I really enjoy your analysis because of that.
"He's doing exactly what he needs to to get his point across as an artist." Yes! Thank you, Fil! That is it exactly--and so many people don't understand that--about Dylan and about other artists, some of whom do too much.
His observations about popular culture and attitudes has deepened throughout the years. He does through with humor, sensitivity, and an almost prophetic accuracy. The music he wrote can be mystical, evocative, and thought provoking. An observer, performer, poet and the best example of what it was like to grow up during the 1960’s. He continues to evolve and challenge us. Thank you, Fil, for mentioning his later achievements.
I adore Bob Dylan i have everyone of his albums ! So very happy someone did this!!!!! Would love to see more with Bob!!! Love watching this channel !!!!!! This makes me happy !!!!!!
You have a gift to analyze and help us appreciate what this and other artists are trying to communicate. Whether vocally, instrumentally, or philosophically you give all a reason to acknowledge and welcome music and musicians in many forms. Thank you
Such an amazing songwriter and truly the voice of a generation. My oldest brother played Bob's early albums a lot; I was just a kid in the 1960s but I remember those songs well. Bob Dylan has been incredibly prolific. Bob, along with Jeff Lynne, are the last surviving members of the Traveling Wilburys which was the supergroup of all time. Thanks, Fil!
That the folk universe went nuts is a bit exaggerated. It was one prominent journalist of the folk music scene who made a big fuss about it, plus some people at the show who voiced their disapproval that they weren't getting the familiar songs they were expecting to hear. That's really all there was. Later journalists and music historians interpreted it as some sort of major turning point. But artists were changing styles and their sound all the time in the 50's and 60's.
Wow Fil you are at 86K!! thats epic.. I subscribed when you were at 14k and that wasn't very long ago.. your channel is exploding! thanks for all you do!
First learned the lyrics in music class in eighth grade and remember the fascination in my 13 yr old mind only six years after this recording. So expansive compared to other songs of the time!
Almost got tears in my eyes! I saw this video as a kid, and it made me take up the guitar, and it was the first song i learned. Now 7 years later i really thank Bob Dylan for his amazing music! I would never have started playing guitar if it wasn't for Blowin In The Wind. Thank you so much Bob Dylan!
I was glued to my computer after watching your take on Chrissy hynde's, "brass in pocket". From there Joni, to Dylan, to several of Roy clark. The climax was without a doubt "the odd couple" performance. He was doing things I didn't think we're humanly possible. Anyway, really cool stuff man. I definitely appreciate what your doing, and look forward to more.
This is great timing. I’m currently working my way through his entire recorded works, I even forced my father-in-law to listen to Blonde on Blonde in the car earlier this evening. Absolutely the best songwriter of my lifetime.
You can see Bob's still in his Woody Guthrie stage. The way he holds his guitar so high and the tilt of his head back and chin up. Just like Woody. By the next year and and half he would be starting his hipster phase.
Phil, your analysis is always spot on and in depth. Your demeanor is calmly and humble, you would be good at narrating any subject. I would listen. I'm glad I found your channel.😀👍
I'm 73 . I've followed Bob's career from the beginning . Thank you so much for your insight and analysis of Blowin in the Wind . You give great insight to the musicianship as well as the lyrics . Bob had a pretty good success rate in picking the right talent for his records and tours . You have a niche Fil . I wish you much continued success .
1963 was a fabulous year. As you mentioned, topical music was very much underground. We were very much into folk music and had to wait until midnight on Friday, when a local college station would play it, and that is where we first heard him. His records were not available in the big commercial record chains, we had to go to the Village to get them. Dylan was pretty much unknown then, and was free to walk the streets of Greenwich Village and just pop into clubs and play. You just never knew when he would show up, it was a very exciting time. I had the original Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album, which included an extra track, as well as his bootleg and basement tapes. We were on our way to the Newport Folk Festival when we heard on the radio that he was in a motorcycle accident where he fractured his vertebra and would not be performing. He recuperated in Woodstock and he hooked up with The Band, and we had some of his bootleg tapes from that time as well. When he first went electric, he was boo’ed off the stage by the folk purists. Nevertheless, he stayed true to himself, constantly evolving, changing direction, and writing lyrics that can be interpreted in a million ways. Thanks for taking me for a trip down Memory Lane, Fil, it was the time of my life!
Bob Dylan you can't say enough about Bob. A great poet, musician and song writer. I wish I could write lyrics like Bob and I'm sure others do as well. I don't really like his singing but his rhythms are amazing and his lyrics had deep meaning. Thanks for sharing Fil and a great analysis as always. 86K subscribers wow Fil you are rock'n the house.
Yet another terrific analysis full of information and insights. I always imagined that the "blowing in the wind" line was also a reference to fallout from all the atomic blasts that were going on in the early sixties.
To think that a song written 60 years ago means more today then it did when it was written is a testament to the sheer brilliance of the greatest songwriter of all time, Bob Dylan.
Another great lesson. Thanks Fil. I picked up my strat today and the first song I played was Jefferson Starship "Miracles". Lots of cool elements in that song had me thinking about Wings of Pegasus doing a classic analysis.
Bob is one heck of a diverse talented person and I love that he's still on a 1980's tour called "Never Ending Tour" Thanks for giving a great analyses. ✌^m^✌
Bob was an 'old soul' right from the beginning of his unparalleled career. Now well into his seventh decade, he is still relevant. The test of time has proven his ascent into one of the greatest artists of all time.
Unfortunately, you couldn't tell it by attending a live concert of his after about 2000. I had just gone to see Tom Petty about that time, and Bob could have gotten a clue or two from Tom about giving his fans a playlist worth going to hear. If there were three of his many great hits that he performed, it was one more than I remembered. He played so much absolute CRAP that it was as if the arrogant bastard's attitude was "I'm the greatest thing that ever happened folk-rock/pop music, I'll play whatever crap I want, and you are privileged to be here, so shut up and listen!" One of the very greatest songwriters/performers, yes. Someone who shows his appreciation of his fans, hell no. This was the second concert I had experienced this fan-abuse at, so I booed him about as bad as he was booed in England when he went electric. It was a small venue in Dallas, TX, and he looked up in my direction with a startled & angry look on his face. Well what the hell else did he expect, serving up shit sandwiches like that to his paying patrons? And I had bought every one of his albums through "Oh, Mercy," and yes, I had front row seats to his performance at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, MO in 1964 or 1965 and clapped and yelled till I was hoarse in appreciation. It was right after "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Positively 4th Street" had come out. As I was saying, for an arrogant fuck with NO appreciation for his fans, he is truly one of the greatest things to ever happen in pop music.
@@rjscat4235 I get where you're coming from. But I don't think even great art can please everyone all the time. And not everything he does is great, great. Dylan stays true to his intention of being a troubadour, although in the modern sense of traveling from city to city, country to country in style, making lots of money, but always staying true to honoring his roots (and to the one above, since he believes in that), constantly experimenting with form and presentation. That's why he's Dylan, for cry[n out loud!
I saw the studio logs from Nashville Skylines. Bob Dylan was good. He did everything in one or two takes. I said to Bob Johnston who recorded the album. "Dylan was so good that anybody could have recorded him." Johnston looked at me and this is what he said "I did it, and I didn't fuck it up." I looked at Bob Johnston and I said "that's the perfect answer." Pretty cool. Sometimes leaving something alone is the hardest thing to do.
@dmt People study the artist and look at the product. Also look at the recording chain. Bob Johnston did Dylan's first six albums. He did Leonard Cohen. Johnston did Johnny Cash. He did Simon & Garfunkel, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, The list just goes on and on. Google Bob Johnston super producer. Somebody had to be there, working for the entertainment companies, controlling the equipment, capturing the signal. Johnston was to CBS, what Chet Atkins was to RCA. Listen to who Sam Phillips recorded. Look at who James Burton and Carl Perkins worked with. I was hanging out with Bob Johnston and Roy Buchanan in June of 1974. I was 15 years old, setting mics, running the vacuum cleaner, taking out the trash, soldering cords, and going for sandwiches. The problem with young artists is they think they're going to do it all themselves. They're not smart enough to take advice, so it's hard to help them. "oh I do it all.." Nobody does it alone, you meet people along the way. You get there by sharing. Step over the ego, and learn to be successful. If you're ever in a major recording studio ask to see the call list. There are a lot of good comedians out of work.. That's an old joke and I like the way you tell it. .
Bob's early work was all done in that chatty protest voice. He only started using his actual singing voice on Nashville Skyline. Interesting person with a lot of phases.
@@DougRayPhillips Bob was a jewel thief. Even stole his last name. He was coached. Compare Girl From The North Country to Scarborough Fair. Both on CBS both recorded by Bob Johnston. Johnston was also a jewel thief. Most of the language you speak you got from somebody else. Newton discovered gravity. Columbus discovered America. Bob Dylan discovered folk-rock. Rabbis have the best pork.
@@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312 Elvis Presley changed everything. I can understand your appreciation of Bob Dylan. I've read most of his lyrics. I've worked with guys that have worked with him. I've never met him. I grew up with the Kingston Trio. Pete Seeger helped my mom pick her first guitar. My personal tastes are a little more rock and roll. I've known some friends that have done very well at It. When you grow up around something you're no longer in awe of it. Kind of like working in the candy store. You make and sell candy, but you don't eat it. It's a job, there are good days and bad days. Some guys are better at it than others. Some guys are only good at one thing. Something happens when you are no longer a member of the audience. My master said to me "we make and sell music, we don't buy it." I do listen and I enjoyed hearing what you had to say. Take care and be well.
Brilliant songwriter/ poet! No mistaking Bob's voice. A truly amazing artist with his brilliant lyrics and social commentary. An influence on so many who followed him. Thanks for a great review on a music icon.😎🎼🎶🎵
I just love your enthusiasm and positivity. There are lots of people on the Internet who know a lot about something, but it is uncommon to see a high level of knowledge combined with such generosity, excitement, and seeming lack of ego. I would guess there are musicians and songs that you don't personally enjoy, but you don't seem to get anything from complaining or second guessing others. It would be all too easy to highlight the limitations of Dylan's voice or guitar skills, but the whole point you're making is that those things don't matter in the kind of songs he writes.
Bob Dylan has always been my number one! What else can you say about the great one? A musician, poet and songwriter. I never saw him live, but my daughter had the opportunity to meet him. She said he was a kind, generous gentleman. The Basement Tapes is one of my favorites! Don't forget the Traveling Wilburys! Thanks, Fil. I love your enthusiasm.
Your analysis is the only sense I’ve ever heard of Bob Dylan . Still I don’t know what exactly I love about his work - I just do Thanks for this gift of information You Rock Fil !!!
You are hitting it out the park!!! WOW I am so glad I clicked this!!! You are in a class all your own at this point... I have decided to binge watch going forward... you know your Field... and you own it as well!!!
It must be hard, to me, to give such an in-depth analysis on such a great artist. But you have done it. Again, I am so impressed by all that ability that you have.
Thanks Fil. you do a terrific job in your analysis. Love all of your videos. Worked with a guy who went to high school with Dylan. He said Dylan rode a motorcycle in high school and was always a rebel.
Thanks Fil -- as always, a thoughtful analysis!... Bob is in a category of his own -- completely standing in a universe all his own but, consistently, tapping into the common challenges humans face within the social & political landscape. One of my favorite Dylan tunes is the lesser known "Don't Think Twice, it's alright" such a beautiful song of love & loss. Bob is a true poet who is able to capture deep universal themes, with such humble simplicity -- what an incredible impact Bob has had on music & the arts, in general... Great work, Fil! From Harlem, New york -- rock! ✌🏼💖🎶🎵
Excellent analysis, Fil...you are so thoughtful and spot on with your reactions!.. You seem to articulate very well what music lovers, such as myself, appreciate of the talent and uniqueness in all these musicians!...
Your appreciation of music embraces so many genres. Thanks for your wonderful channel, I really enjoy hearing songs from my youth and your analysis. You're an old soul, for sure.
I hate these kind of “opinion videos” - except on those rare occasions where they are OUTSTANDING. Great job bloke. Thank you. Dave, over here: stateside.
WOW. For trying to distill Dylan down in 20 minutes or less you did a tremendous job and you really impressed me by your analysis. Here I thought you might make fun of Dylan like many seem to think is fashionable but you clued right in to him musically socially vocally and seemed to really get what Dylan's trying to do and for getting Dylan like you did and being able to and analyze him in a musicians technical terms I just got to tell you I really appreciate it. Tracy Chapman was looking through his songbook for the Bob fest back in 1992 and she was staggered she said the breadth and width of the subject matter that Dylan has covered in that was back in 1992 was far and away the most diverse of any songwriter she had ever heard and mind you again that was 27 years ago and he's only expanded that since. P.S. I also loved your analysis of Ronnie Montrose Town Without Pity you got him as well perfectly distilled him down to his essence end obviously you are extremely well educated about music and the musicians you are analyzing thank you thank you thank you thank you very much!
Revisiting this today and enjoying your analysis even more. I am not going to write another novel like I did a year ago! Lol I have learned so much more about Bob since then thanks to some great Dylan channel hosts, listening daily, reading and research! Bob is a complete phenomenon! Thanks again Fil, fantastic analysis yet again! ♡
Once again, Fil, I'm amazed at your analysis and overview of such a prolific songwriter. And still going! Heard this great cover by Guy Davis of "Sweetheart Like You" only to hear its Bob Dylan's. His version is cool too. Kudos for tackling a huge project with the start of one song analysis!!
Bob was the wordsmith to evoke a sentiment for certain. He still touches on social issues, maybe he is saying more than I'm hearing but I've long since ceased my dissecting deeper meaning than what dawns on me. It can be maddening. I have a lot of respect for him still and would love to see him if he ever swings back to my town. He has before and I do believe there is a possibility he may. good Vid.
Ahh..,,finally!! Masters of War-Positively 4th Street- What lyrics! The Song Poet! Got to stand at his feet in 1978! Great concert!! Probably at his best vocally then! But will always be great! Good analysis Fil. Once more 👍👍👍
Oh yeah... Bruce and about a hundred other major singer-songwriters wanted to be Dylan you should see some of the things Bruce Springsteen says about Dylan he said the way Elvis freed our bodies Dylan freed our minds! Wow! Bruce also says Dylan so many times wrote songs that you jumped up and said that's the way I feel I just can't put it into words like that and you kept doing it every song every line and every song etc yes Bruce Springsteen is a huge huge Dylan fan...
OMG Fil....Bob Dylan's "Blowing In The Wind" is one of the main and many reasons why I kept playing guitar in my early struggles to keep playing guitar. It made me realize that I was able to shift from complexity to simplicity and from teeny bop melancholy to face the hard nonsensical realities of the world to poetic metaphors that could spearhead the heart and mind to seek out solutions with courage that was born out of fears and lies that "social, political, religious and personal programming" was oppressing and suppressing our lives with. I could play common open chords and actually emulate Bob's adnoid nasal sounding vocals easily and later I found my bluesy vocals by listening to blues artist like Albert King, Chalie Musselwhite then Soul artist like Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Sam and Dave and of course The Beatles and the Britiish Invasion of Blues and Rock heavily influenced my progressive learning of guitar. Much Thanks to Bob Dylan. 😎👍🏾🎶♥️🎶
Always loved Bob Dylan, a great, story teller, song writer, just a very relevant part of Musical History, And Master Of All.... Your commentary on Bob Dylan was exquisite...
As a singer/guitar player I really appreciate your insight into the sophistication of Bob’s timing i.e. the solid four four timing of his guitar and the loose timing of his vocals, where accents can fall on off beats. Part of his magic
socially conscious lyrics...brilliant! Edie Brickell's cover of a Hard Rain is Gonna Fall, wonderful! Thanks for this, Fil. (love that he went electric)
Ok Fil very cool Bob Dylan ! Now you can do is old back up band..... ( Request ) The Band playing The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down, Cripple Creek or The Shape I'm all from The Last Waltz concert ! Enjoyed the video and analysis.plus all of the cool back stories ✌😎 Well done mate ! I'll give you a break from my many,many requests for The Band... I just wanna make sure you have them on your list ! 😉 Thank you again for a great channel ! 😎🎸 " ROCK "
I REALLY appreciated this analysis. Most of what I know about music I learned from Bob Dylan. It was only once I started playing (guitar and mandolin) and singing myself, late in life, that I began to understand his truly astounding genius. Thanks, Bob.
One of my favorite performances is his appearance on the Steve Allen Show doing _The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol_ . The audience is shown in rapt attention watching this singer performer for the first time...
YES, YES AND YES. This man brought a consciousness to music as did Woody Guthrie before him. A genius that created a template of words and music that created anthems for the peace movement. WE OWE THIS MAN EVERYTHING STILL. THANK YOU FIL.
I am 72 years old and have watched a number of your engaging analyses, and here, I especially appreciate your heartfelt, enthusiastic analyses of Bob Dylan and his contribution to society as an artist. It is exhilarating to see such raw enthusiasm so correctly placed.
I just found this channel. I really like watching the analyses videos. It's like listening and talking about music with a good friend. Thanks Fil - you're great.
Perfectly put. Right on, brother.
@John Adams and a very knowledgeable friend that makes you think perhaps about an aspect of the musician, song, the era in which said video Fil is giving us his pov! He's the best imo and then a few others. Don't forget to check out his own videos of him and his band!! 👍🏿
I remember my dad telling me when he was in college one of his literature professors played a record for the class and said, "This isn't my kind of music, but one day Bob Dylan will be remembered as one of the greatest poets of this generation." And that was the first time Dad had ever heard Dylan's music and he never forgot it.
Father Knows Best.
Bob Dylan is one of the great American Poets. A true master song writer. Great analysis!
This young man takes me back to 1963. He's a real psychologist as well as musician. A true command of the English language. Thank you.
Lynn Cibelli - yet he seems to be down on Freud ( and Marx) . Against the interpretation of dreams ?
Great analysis? All he did is state the obvious. He basically said what’s been said for the last 50+years
America's greatest gift to Britain - Bob Dylan.
Yes, the greatest alive and the greatest of the 20th century.
I sat in the front row of Wilson High School around 1963 and enjoyed Bob Dylans performance of this song. My young children couldn't stand
" that old man's singing" but grew to appreciate him years later. I still have my harmonica rack and old Martin nylon string guitar.
You are a true gentleman as well as being talented at musical analysis. Your ability to be accurate in describing a musical act without being insulting or unrealistically complimentary is a rarely seen bit of honesty and silver tongued brilliance.
There have been many faces of Bob Dylan over the years. All of them are incredible.
Got to respect the man for changing his sound constantly. His music doesn’t get the credit it deserves during his gospel years, In the Summer Time, Heart of Mine, Solid Rock. Three outstanding albums that are massively underrated because of the message. Bob Dylan is unparalleled, bet he could do a rap album and it would great.
His genuineness is in his ingenuineness.
I don’t think there will ever be another poet who could put his words to music like Bob.
Probably Merle Haggard
@Lisa Eischens Phil Ochs
Captain Beefheart
You are very educated on musical composition and have a very well trained musical ear.
Great doesn’t cut it....... a poet, songwriter and singer.........and changed music and history
@@jayedwards1205 There are MANY remakes of his songs. No he wasn't that political but he made history in the music arena. Listen to this video and you'd hear that. You need to study his career and catalog a bit more. "Just a guy playing guitar" doesn't really cover who Bob is or what he did. If you went to see Bob in concert you'd be surprised at what he does with his songs. He doesn't play them like the recording you heard on the radio. He is a major talent.
He was a true story teller of the times.
Jay Edwards what he changed was music and the ability of song writers to get out of Tin Pan Alley and finally make real money and own the rights to their songs. There’s a lot of things that he and Johnny Cash did in bucking the industry besides changing the world with their music. The songs he’s written are beyond what anyone else has. There’s so many that have never been heard! Heck, Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes is an example!
@@Qwazier3 AMEN!
@George Rusch AGREED!
Fil, you are a good observer, and you always surprise me with your analysis. It opens my eyes a little bit every time. I really enjoy your analysis because of that.
Can you do a later Dylan off another kind of guitar?
Love you analysis. Bob Dylan is one of the most important artists of our time. He was unique and relevant and special.
"He's doing exactly what he needs to to get his point across as an artist." Yes! Thank you, Fil! That is it exactly--and so many people don't understand that--about Dylan and about other artists, some of whom do too much.
Couldn't grow up in the 60's, as I did, without hearing Bob Dylan❤thank you for another great anaylis ..
Love Bob Dylan. Like a rolling stone. Great artist. The best very talented.
His observations about popular culture and attitudes has deepened throughout the years. He does through with humor, sensitivity, and an almost prophetic accuracy. The music he wrote can be mystical, evocative, and thought provoking. An observer, performer, poet and the best example of what it was like to grow up during the 1960’s. He continues to evolve and challenge us. Thank you, Fil, for mentioning his later achievements.
In 1963 I was 19, a working pop musician, and heard this Dylan album. I soon went into the military, gave up music, but this changed my life.
I adore Bob Dylan i have everyone of his albums ! So very happy someone did this!!!!! Would love to see more with Bob!!! Love watching this channel !!!!!! This makes me happy !!!!!!
You have a gift to analyze and help us appreciate what this and other artists are trying to communicate. Whether vocally, instrumentally, or philosophically you give all a reason to acknowledge and welcome music and musicians in many forms. Thank you
Bob Dylan has always been awesome with a long career, and a once Traveling Wilderbury still hanging on. Good work again Fil. 👏
Such an amazing songwriter and truly the voice of a generation. My oldest brother played Bob's early albums a lot; I was just a kid in the 1960s but I remember those songs well. Bob Dylan has been incredibly prolific. Bob, along with Jeff Lynne, are the last surviving members of the Traveling Wilburys which was the supergroup of all time. Thanks, Fil!
Anything with Dylan is a treat
Nobel Prize Winner.!
When you get the time, check out "it's Alright Ma, I'm only bleeding". His best lyrics.
A truly great song.
Maggie's Farm at Newport.
Chimes of Freedom!!!!!!!
You could argue that song includes his best lyrics, but then again, you could also compare it to 100+ others he wrote.
@@Coldnewton, I think that it is more relevant today than when it was written.
Great series, you really make the emotion aspect of the musical performances you analyze come alive by your own enthusiasm!
You should do an analysis of when he first went 'electric'. The folk universe went nuts!
That the folk universe went nuts is a bit exaggerated. It was one prominent journalist of the folk music scene who made a big fuss about it, plus some people at the show who voiced their disapproval that they weren't getting the familiar songs they were expecting to hear. That's really all there was. Later journalists and music historians interpreted it as some sort of major turning point. But artists were changing styles and their sound all the time in the 50's and 60's.
Exactly!
Funny thing about it it got him new fans,and it really didn't sound that good i think he figure out how to do it when he was working with the Band.
Or in his Rolling Thunder Review days: ua-cam.com/video/ujgqOgMIwfA/v-deo.html
the big change came when the byrds used the electric 12 string rickenbaker to get the 'sound'
Thanks, I was eagerly awaiting one of your videos on Dylan.
A singer, a songwriter, a poet, a musical genius! What would the musical world be without him! Brilliant Fil! Cheers Mario!😀🤘🤘
Wow Fil you are at 86K!! thats epic.. I subscribed when you were at 14k and that wasn't very long ago.. your channel is exploding! thanks for all you do!
Thanks! Yeah it's cool!
First learned the lyrics in music class in eighth grade and remember the fascination in my 13 yr old mind only six years after this recording. So expansive compared to other songs of the time!
Almost got tears in my eyes! I saw this video as a kid, and it made me take up the guitar, and it was the first song i learned. Now 7 years later i really thank Bob Dylan for his amazing music! I would never have started playing guitar if it wasn't for Blowin In The Wind. Thank you so much Bob Dylan!
This dude is so on point. Just captivated by his analysis... Makes me find new ways to appreciate this music. Thanks so much
I was glued to my computer after watching your take on Chrissy hynde's, "brass in pocket". From there Joni, to Dylan, to several of Roy clark. The climax was without a doubt "the odd couple" performance. He was doing things I didn't think we're humanly possible. Anyway, really cool stuff man. I definitely appreciate what your doing, and look forward to more.
You did it again Fil, I was never a Bob Dylan fan, but I now have an appreciation of his accomplishments.
Great analysis.
He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys.
Always goosebumps. He was so young then but so confident.
This is great timing. I’m currently working my way through his entire recorded works, I even forced my father-in-law to listen to Blonde on Blonde in the car earlier this evening. Absolutely the best songwriter of my lifetime.
The best songwriter in history.
I have those synchronicities too❤️
Forced? He don't like Dylan?
your father in law is the best songwriter of your lifetime? :-)
B on B may be his best. Clever, deep, & funny.
Have never been able to appreciate Bob Dylan, but as always Fil covers it well and I learned something more about Dylan. Good one.
I'm with you here! In my personal opinion, I don't find his voice very good. But Fil ' s analysis is superb and adds value to Bob's performance.
Totally agree. Ribert Zimmermann was the Worst vocalist and guitarist of the Rock & Roll generation. His lyrics don't do it for me either...
This song never fails - no matter who sings it or when. Really nice work on this video ~Thanks!
You can see Bob's still in his Woody Guthrie stage. The way he holds his guitar so high and the tilt of his head back and chin up. Just like Woody. By the next year and and half he would be starting his hipster phase.
I figured he was holding his head back to keep some distance from the harmonica.
@@Lantanana the throwing the head back was an imitation of Pete Seeger, thrown in with his imitation of Woody Guthrie.
@@Lantanana Exactly, and the mic on it, to not get too close
You pretty much have to put your head back or turn your head a bit when you are wearing a harmonica holder it’s awkward.
That’s where the boom mic was.
Phil, your analysis is always spot on and in depth. Your demeanor is calmly and humble, you would be good at narrating any subject. I would listen. I'm glad I found your channel.😀👍
Sorry for the misspelling of your name.
You really have a great way of explaining the way things are, thanx Fil...
I'm 73 . I've followed Bob's career from the beginning . Thank you so much for your insight and analysis
of Blowin in the Wind . You give great insight to the musicianship as well as the lyrics . Bob had a pretty good success rate in picking the right talent for his records and tours . You have a niche Fil . I wish you much continued success .
Picked this up on a FB Dylan site, they were very impressed, as was I with your post, he's still performing today ...
This is such a wonderful series you have put together. I regularly share it with and recommend it to friends and family alike. Tks! 👍🎬
1963 was a fabulous year. As you mentioned, topical music was very much underground. We were very much into folk music and had to wait until midnight on Friday, when a local college station would play it, and that is where we first heard him. His records were not available in the big commercial record chains, we had to go to the Village to get them. Dylan was pretty much unknown then, and was free to walk the streets of Greenwich Village and just pop into clubs and play. You just never knew when he would show up, it was a very exciting time. I had the original Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album, which included an extra track, as well as his bootleg and basement tapes. We were on our way to the Newport Folk Festival when we heard on the radio that he was in a motorcycle accident where he fractured his vertebra and would not be performing. He recuperated in Woodstock and he hooked up with The Band, and we had some of his bootleg tapes from that time as well. When he first went electric, he was boo’ed off the stage by the folk purists. Nevertheless, he stayed true to himself, constantly evolving, changing direction, and writing lyrics that can be interpreted in a million ways. Thanks for taking me for a trip down Memory Lane, Fil, it was the time of my life!
Thanks W.O.P.
Yes, without doubt, Bob permeates life for most of us. Very influential artist. And he's still on his never ending tour.
Bob Dylan you can't say enough about Bob. A great poet, musician and song writer. I wish I could write lyrics like Bob and I'm sure others do as well. I don't really like his singing but his rhythms are amazing and his lyrics had deep meaning. Thanks for sharing Fil and a great analysis as always. 86K subscribers wow Fil you are rock'n the house.
Yet another terrific analysis full of information and insights. I always imagined that the "blowing in the wind" line was also a reference to fallout from all the atomic blasts that were going on in the early sixties.
To think that a song written 60 years ago means more today then it did when it was written is a testament to the sheer brilliance of the greatest songwriter of all time, Bob Dylan.
Another great lesson. Thanks Fil. I picked up my strat today and the first song I played was Jefferson Starship "Miracles". Lots of cool elements in that song had me thinking about Wings of Pegasus doing a classic analysis.
Bob is one heck of a diverse talented person and I love that he's still on a 1980's tour called "Never Ending Tour" Thanks for giving a great analyses. ✌^m^✌
I love all of your analysis of bands both new and old no one is doing this like you do keep up the great work
Bob was an 'old soul' right from the beginning of his unparalleled career. Now well into his seventh decade, he is still relevant. The test of time has proven his ascent into one of the greatest artists of all time.
Modern artists like Ed Sheeran cover Dylan. His cover of Masters of War is my favorite. Check it out. Great comment.
Unfortunately, you couldn't tell it by attending a live concert of his after about 2000. I had just gone to see Tom Petty about that time, and Bob could have gotten a clue or two from Tom about giving his fans a playlist worth going to hear. If there were three of his many great hits that he performed, it was one more than I remembered. He played so much absolute CRAP that it was as if the arrogant bastard's attitude was "I'm the greatest thing that ever happened folk-rock/pop music, I'll play whatever crap I want, and you are privileged to be here, so shut up and listen!" One of the very greatest songwriters/performers, yes. Someone who shows his appreciation of his fans, hell no. This was the second concert I had experienced this fan-abuse at, so I booed him about as bad as he was booed in England when he went electric. It was a small venue in Dallas, TX, and he looked up in my direction with a startled & angry look on his face. Well what the hell else did he expect, serving up shit sandwiches like that to his paying patrons?
And I had bought every one of his albums through "Oh, Mercy," and yes, I had front row seats to his performance at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, MO in 1964 or 1965 and clapped and yelled till I was hoarse in appreciation. It was right after "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Positively 4th Street" had come out. As I was saying, for an arrogant fuck with NO appreciation for his fans, he is truly one of the greatest things to ever happen in pop music.
@@rjscat4235 I get where you're coming from. But I don't think even great art can please everyone all the time. And not everything he does is great, great. Dylan stays true to his intention of being a troubadour, although in the modern sense of traveling from city to city, country to country in style, making lots of money, but always staying true to honoring his roots (and to the one above, since he believes in that), constantly experimenting with form and presentation. That's why he's Dylan, for cry[n out loud!
I've been waiting for you to cover Dylan. 🙂 Thanks . You could spend hours covering his work and I'd watch.
I saw the studio logs from Nashville Skylines. Bob Dylan was good. He did everything in one or two takes. I said to Bob Johnston who recorded the album. "Dylan was so good that anybody could have recorded him." Johnston looked at me and this is what he said "I did it, and I didn't fuck it up." I looked at Bob Johnston and I said "that's the perfect answer." Pretty cool.
Sometimes leaving something alone is the hardest thing to do.
@dmt People study the artist and look at the product. Also look at the recording chain. Bob Johnston did Dylan's first six albums. He did Leonard Cohen. Johnston did Johnny Cash. He did Simon & Garfunkel, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, The list just goes on and on. Google Bob Johnston super producer. Somebody had to be there, working for the entertainment companies, controlling the equipment, capturing the signal. Johnston was to CBS, what Chet Atkins was to RCA. Listen to who Sam Phillips recorded. Look at who James Burton and Carl Perkins worked with. I was hanging out with Bob Johnston and Roy Buchanan in June of 1974. I was 15 years old, setting mics, running the vacuum cleaner, taking out the trash, soldering cords, and going for sandwiches. The problem with young artists is they think they're going to do it all themselves. They're not smart enough to take advice, so it's hard to help them. "oh I do it all.." Nobody does it alone, you meet people along the way. You get there by sharing. Step over the ego, and learn to be successful. If you're ever in a major recording studio ask to see the call list. There are a lot of good comedians out of work.. That's an old joke and I like the way you tell it. .
Bob's early work was all done in that chatty protest voice. He only started using his actual singing voice on Nashville Skyline. Interesting person with a lot of phases.
@@DougRayPhillips Bob was a jewel thief. Even stole his last name. He was coached.
Compare Girl From The North Country to Scarborough Fair.
Both on CBS both recorded by Bob Johnston. Johnston was also a jewel thief. Most of the language you speak you got from somebody else. Newton discovered gravity.
Columbus discovered America.
Bob Dylan discovered folk-rock.
Rabbis have the best pork.
@@ericheine2414 "Good artists borrow...great artists steal"
-Pablo Picasso
@@dylanchangedeverythingfore1312 Elvis Presley changed everything.
I can understand your appreciation of Bob Dylan. I've read most of his lyrics. I've worked with guys that have worked with him. I've never met him. I grew up with the Kingston Trio. Pete Seeger helped my mom pick her first guitar. My personal tastes are a little more rock and roll. I've known some friends that have done very well at
It. When you grow up around something you're no longer in awe of it. Kind of like working in the candy store. You make and sell candy, but you don't eat it.
It's a job, there are good days and bad days. Some guys are better at it than others. Some guys are only good at one thing. Something happens when you are no longer a member of the audience. My master said to me "we make and sell music, we don't buy it." I do listen and I enjoyed hearing what you had to say. Take care and be well.
Brilliant songwriter/ poet! No mistaking Bob's voice. A truly amazing artist with his brilliant lyrics and social commentary. An influence on so many who followed him. Thanks for a great review on a music icon.😎🎼🎶🎵
Great job, you nailed it as did Bob. Take a look at his live performance in 1964 on the Quest program of the CBC, it is perfect.
Good one, Fil. Dylan opened my eyes about many things during the 60's and 70's.
Great, Fil.
Sometimes it cool to look .
i think it was a Hickory labeled 45 my sister bought in like '63. Blowin' In The Wind,,,,long time ago.
I just love your enthusiasm and positivity. There are lots of people on the Internet who know a lot about something, but it is uncommon to see a high level of knowledge combined with such generosity, excitement, and seeming lack of ego. I would guess there are musicians and songs that you don't personally enjoy, but you don't seem to get anything from complaining or second guessing others. It would be all too easy to highlight the limitations of Dylan's voice or guitar skills, but the whole point you're making is that those things don't matter in the kind of songs he writes.
Hendrix loved Bob Dylon so do I
thanks for the program on bob dylan a great artist.
Bob Dylan has always been my number one! What else can you say about the great one? A musician, poet and songwriter. I never saw him live, but my daughter had the opportunity to meet him. She said he was a kind, generous gentleman. The Basement Tapes is one of my favorites! Don't forget the Traveling Wilburys! Thanks, Fil. I love your enthusiasm.
I always Loved Bob Dylan Songs.. Awesome artist.. Great analysis ! ! ! !
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Your analysis is the only sense I’ve ever heard of Bob Dylan . Still I don’t know what exactly I love about his work - I just do Thanks for this gift of information You Rock Fil !!!
I like Bob Dylan . Fil, you are amazingly generous with your analysis.. Thank you for the wonderful history, too
You are hitting it out the park!!! WOW I am so glad I clicked this!!! You are in a class all your own at this point... I have decided to binge watch going forward... you know your Field... and you own it as well!!!
Thanks!
@@wingsofpegasus Hey Man Thank you!!! I am spreading the word about your work ... Olympia Washington is on board!!!
"IF you enjoy the video"? You know we will, you picked another winner.
It must be hard, to me, to give such an in-depth analysis on such a great artist. But you have done it. Again, I am so impressed by all that ability that you have.
Bob Dylan is one of our best voices.
Great analysis too. Thanks again, Fil, and lunch is on me if you're ever in Vienna.
Thanks Fil. you do a terrific job in your analysis. Love all of your videos. Worked with a guy who went to high school with Dylan. He said Dylan rode a motorcycle in high school and was always a rebel.
Thanks Fil -- as always, a thoughtful analysis!...
Bob is in a category of his own -- completely standing in a universe all his own but, consistently, tapping into the common challenges humans face within the social & political landscape. One of my favorite Dylan tunes is the lesser known "Don't Think Twice, it's alright" such a beautiful song of love & loss.
Bob is a true poet who is able to capture deep universal themes, with such humble simplicity -- what an incredible impact Bob has had on music & the arts, in general...
Great work, Fil!
From Harlem, New york -- rock! ✌🏼💖🎶🎵
Excellent analysis, Fil...you are so thoughtful and spot on with your reactions!.. You seem to articulate very well what music lovers, such as myself, appreciate of the talent and uniqueness in all these musicians!...
Great point about getting the point across with the abilities you have. There's hope.
Your appreciation of music embraces so many genres. Thanks for your wonderful channel, I really enjoy hearing songs from my youth and your analysis. You're an old soul, for sure.
I hate these kind of “opinion videos” - except on those rare occasions where they are OUTSTANDING. Great job bloke. Thank you. Dave, over here: stateside.
WOW. For trying to distill Dylan down in 20 minutes or less you did a tremendous job and you really impressed me by your analysis. Here I thought you might make fun of Dylan like many seem to think is fashionable but you clued right in to him musically socially vocally and seemed to really get what Dylan's trying to do and for getting Dylan like you did and being able to and analyze him in a musicians technical terms I just got to tell you I really appreciate it. Tracy Chapman was looking through his songbook for the Bob fest back in 1992 and she was staggered she said the breadth and width of the subject matter that Dylan has covered in that was back in 1992 was far and away the most diverse of any songwriter she had ever heard and mind you again that was 27 years ago and he's only expanded that since.
P.S. I also loved your analysis of Ronnie Montrose Town Without Pity you got him as well perfectly distilled him down to his essence end obviously you are extremely well educated about music and the musicians you are analyzing thank you thank you thank you thank you very much!
Incredible analysis and synopsis of Bob's long career, Fil!
Revisiting this today and enjoying your analysis even more. I am not going to write another novel like I did a year ago! Lol I have learned so much more about Bob since then thanks to some great Dylan channel hosts, listening daily, reading and research! Bob is a complete phenomenon! Thanks again Fil, fantastic analysis yet again! ♡
Thanks!
Thanks Phil! Love your channel!
Ahh found it. Such a great video. Full of very interesting information and insight. Well done.
Once again, Fil, I'm amazed at your analysis and overview of such a prolific songwriter. And still going! Heard this great cover by Guy Davis of "Sweetheart Like You" only to hear its Bob Dylan's. His version is cool too. Kudos for tackling a huge project with the start of one song analysis!!
Bob was the wordsmith to evoke a sentiment for certain. He still touches on social issues, maybe he is saying more than I'm hearing but I've long since ceased my dissecting deeper meaning than what dawns on me. It can be maddening. I have a lot of respect for him
still and would love to see him if he ever swings back to my town. He has before and I do believe there is a possibility he may. good Vid.
Ahh..,,finally!! Masters of War-Positively 4th Street- What lyrics! The Song Poet! Got to stand at his feet in 1978! Great concert!! Probably at his best vocally then! But will always be great! Good analysis Fil. Once more 👍👍👍
Just getting around to this now.
Your very choice of musicians to consider/honor as always brings a tear to my eye. Thank you, Fil. ❤
From this video, I can see what a strong influence Dylan was on Bruce Springsteen.
Bob was strongly influenced by Woody Guthrie.
Oh yeah... Bruce and about a hundred other major singer-songwriters wanted to be Dylan you should see some of the things Bruce Springsteen says about Dylan he said the way Elvis freed our bodies Dylan freed our minds!
Wow! Bruce also says Dylan so many times wrote songs that you jumped up and said that's the way I feel I just can't put it into words like that and you kept doing it every song every line and every song etc yes Bruce Springsteen is a huge huge Dylan fan...
@@p.g.u.d TRUE UP!
Lennon was his hero tho
@@benpietrzykowski9216 Vladimir Lenin.
An incredible career BD has had!
Another good upload :)
Love your enthusiasm and insight. Not a fan of Dylan but I like your take on his work and career.
His guitar playing is so underrated. Especially in the 90's and early 00's. Thanks Fil. Great channel.
Just found your channel Fil! Amazing 😉 just love the mix of music 👍🏻
OMG Fil....Bob Dylan's "Blowing In The Wind" is one of the main and many reasons why I kept playing guitar in my early struggles to keep playing guitar. It made me realize that I was able to shift from complexity to simplicity and from teeny bop melancholy to face the hard nonsensical realities of the world to poetic metaphors that could spearhead the heart and mind to seek out solutions with courage that was born out of fears and lies that "social, political, religious and personal programming" was oppressing and suppressing our lives with.
I could play common open chords and actually emulate Bob's adnoid nasal sounding vocals easily and later I found my bluesy vocals by listening to blues artist like Albert King, Chalie Musselwhite then Soul artist like Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Sam and Dave and of course The Beatles and the Britiish Invasion of Blues and Rock heavily influenced my progressive learning of guitar.
Much Thanks to Bob Dylan.
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Always loved Bob Dylan, a great, story teller, song writer, just a very relevant part of Musical History, And Master Of All.... Your commentary on Bob Dylan was exquisite...
As a singer/guitar player I really appreciate your insight into the sophistication of Bob’s timing i.e. the solid four four timing of his guitar and the loose timing of his vocals, where accents can fall on off beats. Part of his magic
socially conscious lyrics...brilliant! Edie Brickell's cover of a Hard Rain is Gonna Fall, wonderful! Thanks for this, Fil. (love that he went electric)
Outstanding job explaining the significance of Dylan's music, Fil ... rarely done well. Erudite analysis. "Deeper than music ..." Nice!
Ok Fil very cool Bob Dylan ! Now you can do is old back up band.....
( Request ) The Band playing The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down, Cripple Creek or The Shape I'm all from The Last Waltz concert ! Enjoyed the video and analysis.plus all of the cool back stories ✌😎 Well done mate ! I'll give you a break from my many,many requests for The Band... I just wanna make sure you have them on your list ! 😉 Thank you again for a great channel ! 😎🎸 " ROCK "
Your analysis is so perfect there’s no place for comment Thanks Fil
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I REALLY appreciated this analysis. Most of what I know about music I learned from Bob Dylan. It was only once I started playing (guitar and mandolin) and singing myself, late in life, that I began to understand his truly astounding genius. Thanks, Bob.
One of my favorite performances is his appearance on the Steve Allen Show doing _The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol_ . The audience is shown in rapt attention watching this singer performer for the first time...
Oxford Town was such a beautiful song on the Free Wheeling Album.
YES, YES AND YES. This man brought a consciousness to music as did Woody Guthrie before him. A genius that created a template of words and music that created anthems for the peace movement. WE OWE THIS MAN EVERYTHING STILL. THANK YOU FIL.