The way he sings “no direction home” is one of the greatest things in popular music. He’s not just the greatest writer but the most interpretative original singer.
Greatest "rock" song, maybe. But even that is a subjective statement. What criteria was used to determine the song's "greatness"? It was culturally ground breaking, I guess I'd have to agree with that. To some degree anyway. Or maybe Rolling Stone magazine was a bit biased because of the similarity of the name of the song and the name of their magazine? LOL I know some people say the lyrical content of the song was what made it so great. Can't deny that, for sure. But what about "The Eve of Destruction" (written by P.F. Sloan and recorded by Barry McGuire) which came out the same year as Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". That definitely contained powerful and significant lyrical content.
"Rolling Stone" was considered by most of us music lovers in England at the time a bunch of pretentious wankers from London who couldn't tell a good song from dog shit. Nonetheless it is a great song that reflected the times perfectly.
@@Code9 I agree "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire doesn't sound "dated" even today. Perhaps the wars and skirmishes are different, but still wars nevertheless! I love Barry's forceful gravelly voice that makes you listen. So many great artists and great music to enjoy!
Another vote for Tangled up in Blue - got that as a neon sign on my kitchen wall. Also Buckets of Rain. Anything from Blood on the Tracks, actually. So hard to choose!
Springsteen, when asked if there was an artist or group that fueled his desire to make music, he said Elvis made him curious, the Beatles were amazing, but it was when he sat in the car with his mom the radio played Like a Rolling Stone, he said THAT blew his head off, and he never turned back. The are seminal moments that change EVERYTHING. Bob Dylan was an absolute game changer.
I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it, but Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
I knew he had won it, i think i mentioned it in one of the first reactions i did. I know a bit about him from reading an article hear and there. And he is mentioned in a lot films and other media. Glad i am finally checking out his music.
Funnily enough in 1965 at 24 years old he's saying "When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose." But age and experience take hold, and in 1997, age 56, he writes "When you think that you lost everything; You find out you can always lose a little more" in 'Tryin' to Get to Heaven' on the album 'Time Out of Mind'.
And the following line: "You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal." ... "How does it feel,.." To me the song almost ends on a slight upbeat. You've lost all the artifice and you can finally be yourself - how does that feel.
@EdwardGregoryNYC Neil Young wrote a song about Bob Dylan called Bandit and Young quotes that Dylan line "You're invisible now ...." in the song. Dylan also mentions Neil Young by name in his song Highlands on Time Out Of Mind.
There is a great antidote on the Sicorse film on how this was made. Dylan had his studio group all aligned but one of the guitarists was late or something. Al Cooper, was hanging around looking to hook up with a new group. He sees Dylan and asks if he could sit in. Dylan figured if the other guy didn't show up, Cooper could fill in. Bloomberg shows up and after it starts, Cooper sees an empty organ and starts playing. The thing is, Cooper never played the organ professionally. He messed around with it before during practice but nothing more. He just follows what the others are doing. The record producer is pissed, he ruined the session. Dylan says, "Let me hear the tape." If you listen closely, the organ is slightly out of synch, a split second behind but fits perfectly. Dylan goes, "Leave it in." What it does is to give it a haunting effect, like a mini echo, which fits in the theme. Dylan was known for spontaneously doing things like improvising new lyrics on stage. It would drive Joan Baez, who worked with him crazy.
After Dylan broke through with folk music and evolved to electric expressions for his evolving thought dreams he began to be aware of other musicians in his age group who were unique, special if you will, and one of these was Micheal Bloomfield, out of Chicago, a blues savant like no other. Micheal was a diamond in the rough, playing lead guitar for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. When you hear his work on these Chicago blues albums, you won't wonder why Bob said "I never heard anyone who could play like him. I knew when I imagined my new sound, there was nobody else I wanted playing on MY new music. He was just the best I ever heard." Bloomfield was short lived, a heroin user from a strongly religious background, who's Jewish roots belied his singular grasp of he blues. Bob brought him to the studio and got a unique artist savant to discover his talent and destiny. Bob was hearing things, imagining sounds that nobody had ever created before. That was his unique vision. Bob, stands alone in many ways.
My very favorite Bob Dylan song.This is the first song I ever heard from him when I was 11 years old. This song will always have a special place in my heart. ❤❤
@@SaeedReacts.are you familiar with Andy Warhol’s Factory, the art & films created there, the litany of characters that were his muses? Andy had numerous Siamese cats always around him and some artwork even had paw prints on them. This is rumored to be about Edie Sedgwick, who dated Bob. Bob’s a tad bitter, albeit brilliant.
I always played this song to my very young nephew. He loved this song. He was/is German like me. He always want me to play 'Like a Rolling Stone ' and called it 'Kidding You'.....and I used to say: Yes you must always think in your life that you don't let other people kidding you......... DON'T LET KIDDING US ❤🎉
I always assumed "Queen Jane Approximately" was the lead-up to "Like A Rolling Stone" He's warning a woman that she will lose everything, then "Like A Rolling Stone" is him saying "I warned you"
There is an absolutely epic performance of this just after Dylan went electric. The folk music fans were very angry with him. An audience member called out to him that he was a Judas. Bob turns to Robbie Robertson (The Band was backing him) and says Robbie play it fucking loud. He then just spits the lyrics out in anger, it is just the best. I love your reactions, so insightful!
This Album and Blonde on Blonde, the next one, were the greatest leap forward in pop music that there had ever been. That is why at the hight of their fame, the Beatles were honored to spend time with Bob. They cavorted in England, taking acid, smoking pot, all these things were new to the greater public than. All these mingled influences and music genres were so new that they caught the world's attention and vaulted Dylan into a new level of fame that nobody had ever experienced before. Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, all these new stars in the sky were clamoring to get some of Bob's time so they could aspire to be hip too. And, at the end of the day Bob is still out there at 82 years old, playing and giving his all to squeeze every bit of the juice from the talent and vision that God gifted him with. Did you know maybe 30 years ago, Bob traveled to Rome and gave a private concert for the Pope? Who else could have imagined doing that in their lifetimes? He got the Nobel Prize, man. Who else but Bob has squeezed more out of the talent and vision that God gifted him with? He is a unique artist, person and whatever else we can sy about him. I am 77 in a couple of months, and I have been listening to him since 1963. Go Figure.
The former greatest song of all time (ranked by Rolling Stone magazine in 2004, an update in 2021 put it on No.4) is no fluke! You are right that there's electric organ in the instrumentation, and the piano and organ twin keyboards line up is one of the key in the wall of sound in this song. What's amazing is that the organ player, Al Kooper, had not played organ before! Kooper at the time was a music student in New York, and thought he played electric guitar well enough that he could join Dylan's recording session. But when he came to the studio uninvited, and saw Mike Bloomfield, the guy who played all the great guitar fills in Desolation Row played, he hid up his guitar and waited for chance to join in. And that moment came when the original organ player had to take a phone call and left the studio. Kopper sneaked in and used his piano skill to play organ, the others felt it's nice, and the rest is history. Lyrically I think instead of telling a story of someone falling from grace, the key of Like A Rolling Stone is disillusion. The usage of "you" throughout the song in fact speaks to the listeners, and powerfully strips all their illusions of feeling well and privileged. When a generation of young people resonate with that, you know it must be a turbulent time.
As a young woman during Bob Dylan's heyday, I had a friend who was also a huge Dylan fan. We would take long rides in his van, smoke pot, have a couple of beers. Then we played our "guess what song this is" game. I would say a verse of one of Dylan's songs and he would have to guess the title of the song. Then he would do the same and I had to guess. We listened to so many of his songs over and over again and practically had them memorized.
Three of Bob's longest story songs: Brownsville Girl ua-cam.com/video/ttCgDB4XqYQ/v-deo.html Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul (Lyric Video) // Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)- released as a single too ua-cam.com/video/ZWtzNJz1Q-c/v-deo.html Bob Dylan - Highlands (Official Audio) ua-cam.com/video/BxDU9Q2RDBc/v-deo.html When someone in Bob's band indicated that he thought the song Highlands was just to long and couldn't they do a shorter version. Bob replied, this is the short version. No one will ever do a cover of any of them. Together you're talking maybe 35-40 minutes.
There are many layers to this song, but largely inspired by a beautiful young model that Dylan had considered marrying. She came from a rich family, and was part of Andy Warhol's "Factory" scene. Dylan felt that Warhol was exploiting her, and he didn't like competing against all the drugs and distractions she was involved with. The song is a brutal warning to anyone that feels entitled or superior. Also on this album is "Queen Jane", a gentler take on this same theme. When Dylan toured in 1965-66, his Folk fans were BOOOOing! him for going "electric". Dylan sang "Rolling Stone" to put down those judgemental fans.
I was waiting for you to get to this song! It's considered the quintessential rock song , a masterpiece of songwriting. That is indeed an organ you heard. The almost supporting organ background explains a lot why this song is captivating from the start and you can listen over and over to it. Musician and singer Al Kooper (member of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears who you also need to add to your list to react to) improvised the Hammond organ riff which Dylan loved. The legendary Mike Bloomfield is on guitar. I remember when I first heard this song in '65 and how different it was from what came before it; not to mention that it’s 6 minutes long and still got airtime on commercial radio. The impact of this song was how it influenced what came after and how it liberated song writers to expand their vision of what they could write about. Exactly who if anyone it was written about is not known. There have been many suggestions, but none appears to have been verified by Dylan (not unusual) and perhaps it’s just a metaphorical story of loss of innocence and downfall of someone living the Bohemian life. You certainly don't want to be in Dylan's lyrical crosshairs but only be inspired by his writing.
@@cfoley1014 It probably is her and Bob did know her but he denies having a romantic relationship with her. She did have one with his good friend Bob Neuwirth. She had drug addiction and mental health problems. I read that Warhol was "the diplomat" mentioned in the song. So either way he probably knew her and her story well enough to base this song on her.
Say Hey Saeed, I remember where I was standing the first time I heard this when it first appeared. I happened to hear the song's first airplay on New York radio. You are hearing organ played by Al Kooper and Dylan is playing harmonica between the verses. Al Kooper lives on the next street from me by coincidence. Loved your reaction. Cheers from Boston.
Yah, well, there's a reason that Bob Dylan is the first musician/lyricist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature, ya know? 🙃 Oh, and also yah, that's Al Kooper on the Hammond B3 electric organ. If memory serves. it was his first time playing the B3.
Dylan started writing protest songs during the folk era in the early 1960s, mostly just him with his guitar and a harmonica. When he began to have a backup band with his music, as with this song, the folk music purists went bat sh*t crazy condemning him for straying away from the folk music and going commercial!
I love how you really interpret dylans lyrics. The best songs are a hall of mirrors circus wall of imagery where each listener can often come out with a different interpretation. Art is always subjective. Too me when the fallen rich girl who suddenly finds herself trying to live on the street, "stares into the vacuum of his eyes, n says do u want to make a deal..." has always hinted to me that she was selling herself to get by. Again, all is subjective and maybe I'm darker than most. (Actually I'm pretty sure I'm darker than most) anyway keep diving into dylan, you're my new fav n love hearing others interpretations of a song.
The song was written about the Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick and Warhol himself is referenced in the lyric "Napoleon in rags.. She was a high society debutante who appeared in Warhol's films for a short time. Vogue named her Girl of the Year 1965 and she was a counter-culture superstar. She spent her inheritence of over 60,000 dollars in just six months but was a drug addict. She quickly fell out of favour with Warhol and was ostracized from the Factory. Dylan had a brief affair with Edie and kind of let her down. She was on a downward spiral and she eventualy died just a few years after her Factory heyday. She is still an influential image in fashion and culture.
That's the backstory, but the beauty of Dylan's writing is that, while it can be analyzed, it transcends mere deconstruction. You don't *need* any of that history to understand what is going on, or how it can impact individual listeners.
Dylan did not like Warhol with good reason Warhol used everybody. The last person Warhol used was Jean Michel Basquiat. I never liked Warhol as a person and he was a bit of charlatan as an artist, jealous of Basquiat who was purely a true artist and prodigy.
Rhyme schemes/lyrics Once upon a time you dressed so fine Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you? People call say 'beware doll, you're bound to fall' You thought they were all kidding you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hanging out Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About having to be scrounging your next meal How does it feel, how does it feel? To be without a home Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone Ahh you've gone to the finest schools, alright Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you're gonna have to get used to it You say you never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say do you want to make a deal? How does it feel, how does it feel? To be on your own, with no direction home A complete unknown, like a rolling stone Ah you never turned around to see the frowns On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you You never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discovered that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal How does it feel, how does it feel? To be on your own, with no direction home Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone Ahh princess on a steeple and all the pretty people They're all drinking, thinking that they've got it made Exchanging all precious gifts But you better take your diamond ring, you better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him he calls you, you can't refuse When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal How does it feel, ah how does it feel? To be on your own, with no direction home Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
1965, the song changed everything, it was one of the first to last well beyond AM radio's rule of 2 1/2 to 3 min length. the lyrics kick butt and leave you wondering if he's only talking about one person or upper society snobs in general. I'll take the latter. I was only 9 when it came out, and I got it after a few hearings on the radio. Real life example: Once I was in Chicago, ca 1990, this young rich woman in a fancy fur coat outfit and her husband walk into a family restaurant and says loud enough for everyone "Oh this place...how midwestern!" A cabdriver sitting at a table said out loud back to her "Lady don't be stupid, you ARE in the Midwest with honest, hard working Midwest people. If you can't treat them with respect, get the fuck out of here." The restaurant all cheered, and the bitch left. My wife and I laughed our asses off the whole rest of the day over this.
Really enjoying the walks down memory lane you are taking us on - the music of my youth! (harmonica you heard) I think we had the greatest music ever in the 60's and 70's.
If you think that this is a diss track, check out "Positively Fourth Street" for his ultimate put down song, where he says (paraphrasing), if we could switch places, you'd know what a drag it is to see you.
Some songs I'd love you to listen/review: 1. Stuck Inside of Mobil (With the Memphis Blues Again). 2. Brownsville Girl 3. To Ramona 4. Most of the Time 5. No Time to Think Off the top of my head. You msy have done some or all of these. Keep up the good work.
That album is one of his best, always in the top 5 Dylan albums. The song is considered one of the finest rock and roll songs ever made. Check out some later stuff too: Tangled up in Blue, Isis, Changing of the Guard, Jokerman, Political World, Things Have Changed....
Check out “Positively 4th Street”. He spews some serious venom on whoever he’s talking about. As far as I know that’s the first “dis track”. It’s a great song.
This is the first Bob Dylan I heard, at age 11, and it is still my favorite. My step-mom was a huge Dylan fan, so I heard a lot of his music all through the 60s. My interest drifted away from him after that, but I still love his 60s music. I know there is about 50 years of his music I could be checking out.
This was the first 45 I ever bought at the tender age of 10, I listened to it over and over. I don't think I ever listened to the B side. So that makes me Dylan fan for nearly 60 years. Him and the Beatles started it all 😄 Keep up the good work Saeed PS my next suggestion would be IT'S ALL OVER NOW BABY BLUE....nice little love song
This song is iconic from the 1960s. It really became an anthem for the Hippie and Flower children movement in the late 60s. Lots of truth in these lyrics. Typical Bob Dylan, such great artist.
Although I do love so many of Dylan's older classics, I actually prefer so many of his "newer" songs. "Mississippi", "The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar", "Up to Me", "Everything is Broken", "The Man in the Long Black Coat". But nobody else will ever recommend them because they are stuck in the '60's. To each his own.
It is a brutal takedown and visceral. But a recurring feature of Dylan's work is a kind of redemption or swerve in the final lines. It happens many times, notably in Idiot Wind and Love Sick. For me, here the last verse doesn't sound so accusatory. It can be taken more as saying to embrace the freedom, you're no longer trapped in the cage of your own making. "Like a complete unknown", "no direction home", can take on a whole new, positive meaning.
He wrote One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) as sort of an apology, I think. Both songs are about the same woman. And he wrote She's Your Lover Now to her new boyfriend, who was also Bob's friend. But he didn't finish that last one, there's only a unfinished version on the Bootleg Series.
I agree. I grew up in a very small (200 people) town in Northern Minnesota in the 50's and 60's. Every one knew everyone in the town and you felt always watched. When this song came on the radio it intrigued me and alarmed me a bit (the idea of leaving the security of a home) ...getting into my late teens and leaving home to go to college. After listening many times, I was hit with a surge of exhilaration... "You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal How does it feel, ah how does it feel? To be on your own, with no direction home Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone" I would be able to know the blessing of anonymity, where I would be free to discover who and what I am and how I want to grow without having to conform to a small town's expectations. And singing "how does it feel?" over and over, reminded me to be aware and joyfully alive.
Chrome horse diplomat had nothing to do with eye candy. He was dipping into the psychedelic, collective unconscious, where dreams and visions come from. He is speaking from the land of myth, soul and magic.
This album and his next one, Blond on Blond, were two high points in Pop music that may never be equaled. They were as far and as unique as Dylan went in one direction and when you see his overall career, it might be that if he allowed himself to evolve further down that path of creating abstract stories with his quickly evolving music, he might have spun off to another universe. When you experience Blonde on Blonde, you will feel that creative apex.
Bob Dylan recorded Highway 61 Revisited before his motorcycle crash after which he semi retired from recording then came back singing his spiritual awakening gospel phase which was misunderstood by many. 'Saved' album but it has some beautiful gospel inspired with Dylan on upright piano he's so good at Recording: Dylan recorded Highway 61 Revisited in August 1965, after going electric at the Newport Folk Festival. Crash: Dylan crashed his motorcycle on a road near Woodstock, New York in 1965. Highway 61 Revisited is considered Dylan's first "rock" album. It was recorded within a year of Bringing It All Back Home and Blonde on Blonde, and was fueled by methamphetamine.    
This song and Just Like A Woman were for Edie Sedgwick the famous high fashion model black sheep junkie from the old money elite family, she hung with Andy Warhol crowd in Greenwich village. Dylan lived there and was in the NY scene. She died young and beautiful from overdose I believe it was there's a book called Edie about that time
Making back to when I first heard this song The Ventures came to mind. Although the Ventures covered the song Wipeout a couple years earlier than this, the ventures performed Wipeout again in 85 with guest drummer Max Weinberg.🥁 It's surf music of the day and the drums was always killer in this song. The 1985 cover has two drummers 🚜🤠🐂
Keep doing 'what you're doing', Saeed. For my two cents, your reaction/review videos are among the very best on YT. I am a subscriber for many months, but have been busy with moving to a new apartment. At age 73 this was strenuous ... and hopefully my last! I am chiming in on one of your Bob Dylan reactions to recommend one of his more 'intense' songs - 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' from 1965. The style and theme of this are both somber and heartbreakingly sad. Link text: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Thank you so much for the kind words. That means a lot. Moving is definitely very difficult. I hope you are settled in now and have some rest. Thanks for sharign some recommendations too!
Saeed, your absolutely correct..."It's Alright Ma..." was the first RAP song and who else could do it but Dylan? This one is the first real dis song for sure.
"Carried on his shoulder a siamese cat" is just imagery. Imagine someone so "glamorous" that he has on his shoulders a siamese cat. It's something from a byzantine court or something. He's painting a picture.
This song changed rock music forever. It is probably the most important song in the history of rock music. The context is so critical. Written about a socialite fallen from grace it symbolised Dylan’s move away from acoustic protest folk to electric music. However it is immortalized in rock music history when in Manchester in the UK during his world tour Dylan was booed during the second half of the set (the electric half) as he was everywhere. This crowd was particularly angry though and as Dylan was preparing to play like a rolling stone, the last of the night, someone shouted ‘Judas’ from the audience at him. Clearly pretty offensive given Dylan’s background. Dylan’s response has gone down in history. Video is here. It would be a great thing to react to as it really contextualises Dylan as an artist. ua-cam.com/video/oXUTsWy4XSo/v-deo.htmlsi=xbk1Fo3zBsahB1NH
I love that you respect the lyrics, especially with an artist like Dylan. You MUST listen to Tangled Up in Blue, arguably his greatest song and IMO his most emotionally moving. Poetry set to music. Wait for it: the Italian poet from the 13th century. That verse breaks me down everytime. Love what you do. Peace.
The way he sings “no direction home” is one of the greatest things in popular music. He’s not just the greatest writer but the most interpretative original singer.
Rolling stone magazine voted this song the Greatest song of all time.
Greatest "rock" song, maybe. But even that is a subjective statement. What criteria was used to determine the song's "greatness"? It was culturally ground breaking, I guess I'd have to agree with that. To some degree anyway. Or maybe Rolling Stone magazine was a bit biased because of the similarity of the name of the song and the name of their magazine? LOL I know some people say the lyrical content of the song was what made it so great. Can't deny that, for sure. But what about "The Eve of Destruction" (written by P.F. Sloan and recorded by Barry McGuire) which came out the same year as Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone". That definitely contained powerful and significant lyrical content.
"Rolling Stone" was considered by most of us music lovers in England at the time a bunch of pretentious wankers from London who couldn't tell a good song from dog shit. Nonetheless it is a great song that reflected the times perfectly.
@@Code9 I agree "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire doesn't sound "dated" even today. Perhaps the wars and skirmishes are different, but still wars nevertheless!
I love Barry's forceful gravelly voice that makes you listen.
So many great artists and great music to enjoy!
@@martinellis7156 Rolling Stone magazine was based out of San Francisco not London.
“Tangled up in Blue” is yet another one of Dylans different styles.
So glad they decided to use it for the "Playing for Change" series. An incredible tune.
Tangled up in Blues is one of my favorite Dylan songs. I want to say one of the best, but he wrote so many *best* songs!
Another vote for Tangled up in Blue - got that as a neon sign on my kitchen wall. Also Buckets of Rain. Anything from Blood on the Tracks, actually. So hard to choose!
Springsteen, when asked if there was an artist or group that fueled his desire to make music, he said Elvis made him curious, the Beatles were amazing, but it was when he sat in the car with his mom the radio played Like a Rolling Stone, he said THAT blew his head off, and he never turned back. The are seminal moments that change EVERYTHING. Bob Dylan was an absolute game changer.
I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it, but Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
I didn't know that; that's incredibly unique and wonderful ñ
@@jeanmc4213 he was 75 when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is 83 now. His most recent album was released in 2023.
I knew he had won it, i think i mentioned it in one of the first reactions i did. I know a bit about him from reading an article hear and there. And he is mentioned in a lot films and other media. Glad i am finally checking out his music.
Funnily enough in 1965 at 24 years old he's saying "When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose." But age and experience take hold, and in 1997, age 56, he writes "When you think that you lost everything; You find out you can always lose a little more" in 'Tryin' to Get to Heaven' on the album 'Time Out of Mind'.
Another one of the greatest albums of all time, Time Out Of Mind. I listen to his bootlegs, everything he's done. He's the best.
And the following line: "You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal." ... "How does it feel,.." To me the song almost ends on a slight upbeat. You've lost all the artifice and you can finally be yourself - how does that feel.
Such a good take, bro, I've never picked that one.
@EdwardGregoryNYC Neil Young wrote a song about Bob Dylan called Bandit and Young quotes that Dylan line "You're invisible now ...." in the song. Dylan also mentions Neil Young by name in his song Highlands on Time Out Of Mind.
That is interesting! Hope i can get to that one as well!
There is a great antidote on the Sicorse film on how this was made.
Dylan had his studio group all aligned but one of the guitarists was late or
something. Al Cooper, was hanging around looking to hook up with a new
group. He sees Dylan and asks if he could sit in. Dylan figured if the other guy
didn't show up, Cooper could fill in.
Bloomberg shows up and after it starts, Cooper sees an empty organ and
starts playing. The thing is, Cooper never played the organ professionally. He
messed around with it before during practice but nothing more. He just follows
what the others are doing.
The record producer is pissed, he ruined the session. Dylan says, "Let me hear
the tape."
If you listen closely, the organ is slightly out of synch, a split second behind
but fits perfectly. Dylan goes, "Leave it in."
What it does is to give it a haunting effect, like a mini echo, which fits in the
theme. Dylan was known for spontaneously doing things like improvising new
lyrics on stage. It would drive Joan Baez, who worked with him crazy.
This changed the way. we listened to popular music
This was when Dylan went electric which pissed off a lot of the folkies.
As a writer you will enjoy a hard rains gonna fall. Look forward to you reacting to that masterpiece of work.
My favourite
I'd recommend a live version so he does more verses than the studio cut. Maybe the one from Bootleg Series Vol. 6.
Thanks for the recommendation! Will add it to my list.
"How does it feel?" is one of the most influential lines ever sung
This was a hippie street persons anthem back in the day. One of Dylans first electric songs.
If he hadn't written another song, this one here makes him a Genius.
From Nashville Skyline, "Lay Lady Lay"!
After Dylan broke through with folk music and evolved to electric expressions for his evolving thought dreams he began to be aware of other musicians in his age group who were unique, special if you will, and one of these was Micheal Bloomfield, out of Chicago, a blues savant like no other. Micheal was a diamond in the rough, playing lead guitar for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. When you hear his work on these Chicago blues albums, you won't wonder why Bob said "I never heard anyone who could play like him. I knew when I imagined my new sound, there was nobody else I wanted playing on MY new music. He was just the best I ever heard." Bloomfield was short lived, a heroin user from a strongly religious background, who's Jewish roots belied his singular grasp of he blues. Bob brought him to the studio and got a unique artist savant to discover his talent and destiny. Bob was hearing things, imagining sounds that nobody had ever created before. That was his unique vision. Bob, stands alone in many ways.
Thanks for sharing some info! Learning a lot!
I was a foster kid and music was my salvation. This song was an anthem!
Truth!
My very favorite Bob Dylan song.This is the first song I ever heard from him when I was 11 years old. This song will always have a special place in my heart. ❤❤
Al Kooper on the hammond b3 organ and the great Chicago Blue's electric guitar player Mike Bloomfield!
And Al had to sneak in to the recording session to play the organ. When they played it back Dylan said to turn in the organ part.
@@craigplatel813 yep, a long story with Al's whole experience that day.
This came out in 1965 which actually was the beginning of the 60's.
Thanks for letting me know
@@SaeedReacts.are you familiar with Andy Warhol’s Factory, the art & films created there, the litany of characters that were his muses? Andy had numerous Siamese cats always around him and some artwork even had paw prints on them. This is rumored to be about Edie Sedgwick, who dated Bob. Bob’s a tad bitter, albeit brilliant.
The upcoming Dylan biopic coming out at Christmas is actually called A Complete Unknown, from this song. I can’t wait to see it.
and Martin Scorsese's documentary is called "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" - again pulling from the same song.
I definitely will go see it!
Dylan is a poet first-- music is the vehicle he used to get his message to us all.
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Dylan is a category not yet described or defined … maybe “Dylanesque” fits best .. IMO
Positively 4th Street. Subterranean Homesick Blues. You will love both of these.
These are definitely on my to do list!
I always played this song to my very young nephew. He loved this song. He was/is German like me. He always want me to play 'Like a Rolling Stone ' and called it 'Kidding You'.....and I used to say: Yes you must always think in your life that you don't let other people kidding you.........
DON'T LET KIDDING US ❤🎉
Suggestion: Another great (diss) song by Dylan is 'Positively 4th Street'. I think this was the follow-up (single) to 'Like a Rolling Stone'.
@@mojo0307 The Ballad of a Thin Man is amazing as well!
That one is on my list!
I always assumed "Queen Jane Approximately" was the lead-up to "Like A Rolling Stone"
He's warning a woman that she will lose everything, then "Like A Rolling Stone" is him saying "I warned you"
There is an absolutely epic performance of this just after Dylan went electric. The folk music fans were very angry with him. An audience member called out to him that he was a Judas. Bob turns to Robbie Robertson (The Band was backing him) and says Robbie play it fucking loud. He then just spits the lyrics out in anger, it is just the best. I love your reactions, so insightful!
Oh really? Must find that one :) Thanks for watching! Have a great day!
"This is audibly pleasing", love it!
Great song!
This Album and Blonde on Blonde, the next one, were the greatest leap forward in pop music that there had ever been. That is why at the hight of their fame, the Beatles were honored to spend time with Bob. They cavorted in England, taking acid, smoking pot, all these things were new to the greater public than. All these mingled influences and music genres were so new that they caught the world's attention and vaulted Dylan into a new level of fame that nobody had ever experienced before. Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, all these new stars in the sky were clamoring to get some of Bob's time so they could aspire to be hip too. And, at the end of the day Bob is still out there at 82 years old, playing and giving his all to squeeze every bit of the juice from the talent and vision that God gifted him with. Did you know maybe 30 years ago, Bob traveled to Rome and gave a private concert for the Pope? Who else could have imagined doing that in their lifetimes? He got the Nobel Prize, man. Who else but Bob has squeezed more out of the talent and vision that God gifted him with? He is a unique artist, person and whatever else we can sy about him. I am 77 in a couple of months, and I have been listening to him since 1963. Go Figure.
The former greatest song of all time (ranked by Rolling Stone magazine in 2004, an update in 2021 put it on No.4) is no fluke! You are right that there's electric organ in the instrumentation, and the piano and organ twin keyboards line up is one of the key in the wall of sound in this song. What's amazing is that the organ player, Al Kooper, had not played organ before! Kooper at the time was a music student in New York, and thought he played electric guitar well enough that he could join Dylan's recording session. But when he came to the studio uninvited, and saw Mike Bloomfield, the guy who played all the great guitar fills in Desolation Row played, he hid up his guitar and waited for chance to join in. And that moment came when the original organ player had to take a phone call and left the studio. Kopper sneaked in and used his piano skill to play organ, the others felt it's nice, and the rest is history.
Lyrically I think instead of telling a story of someone falling from grace, the key of Like A Rolling Stone is disillusion. The usage of "you" throughout the song in fact speaks to the listeners, and powerfully strips all their illusions of feeling well and privileged. When a generation of young people resonate with that, you know it must be a turbulent time.
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@@joannerichards1750 Thanks. I've corrected that
Thank you so much for taking the time to share this. Learning a lot!
I like the double entendre of the phrase "you shouldn't let other people get your KICKS for you" (THRILLS and PAYBACKS).
Awesome line!
As a young woman during Bob Dylan's heyday, I had a friend who was also a huge Dylan fan. We would take long rides in his van, smoke pot, have a couple of beers. Then we played our "guess what song this is" game. I would say a verse of one of Dylan's songs and he would have to guess the title of the song. Then he would do the same and I had to guess. We listened to so many of his songs over and over again and practically had them memorized.
Listen also to "Idiot Wind" "Positively 4th Street" amazing lyrics as always
“a rolling stone gathers no moss.”
Three of Bob's longest story songs:
Brownsville Girl
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Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul (Lyric Video) // Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)- released as a single too
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Bob Dylan - Highlands (Official Audio)
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When someone in Bob's band indicated that he thought the song Highlands was just to long and
couldn't they do a shorter version. Bob replied, this is the short version.
No one will ever do a cover of any of them. Together you're talking maybe 35-40 minutes.
There are many layers to this song, but largely inspired by a beautiful young model that Dylan had considered marrying. She came from a rich family, and was part of Andy Warhol's "Factory" scene. Dylan felt that Warhol was exploiting her, and he didn't like competing against all the drugs and distractions she was involved with. The song is a brutal warning to anyone that feels entitled or superior. Also on this album is "Queen Jane", a gentler take on this same theme. When Dylan toured in 1965-66, his Folk fans were BOOOOing! him for going "electric". Dylan sang "Rolling Stone" to put down those judgemental fans.
Andy Warhol with his Siamese cat.
Classic!
100%
Bob's the best. Great reaction.
Thanks for watching!
I could watch Saeed, his facial reactions and how he gets into these Dylan songs all day long lol😮
These songs are packed with great lines!
This was the first album I ever bought Highway 61 Revisited. I was 14 and loved that poet
I was waiting for you to get to this song! It's considered the quintessential rock song , a masterpiece of songwriting. That is indeed an organ you heard. The almost supporting organ background explains a lot why this song is captivating from the start and you can listen over and over to it. Musician and singer Al Kooper (member of the group Blood, Sweat & Tears who you also need to add to your list to react to) improvised the Hammond organ riff which Dylan loved. The legendary Mike Bloomfield is on guitar. I remember when I first heard this song in '65 and how different it was from what came before it; not to mention that it’s 6 minutes long and still got airtime on commercial radio. The impact of this song was how it influenced what came after and how it liberated song writers to expand their vision of what they could write about. Exactly who if anyone it was written about is not known. There have been many suggestions, but none appears to have been verified by Dylan (not unusual) and perhaps it’s just a metaphorical story of loss of innocence and downfall of someone living the Bohemian life. You certainly don't want to be in Dylan's lyrical crosshairs but only be inspired by his writing.
@@steveullrich7737 it’s likely Edie Sedgwick and many references line up re: her and Warhol
Brilliant song! Lyrical crosshair, i like that :)
@@cfoley1014 It probably is her and Bob did know her but he denies having a romantic relationship with her. She did have one with his good friend Bob Neuwirth. She had drug addiction and mental health problems. I read that Warhol was "the diplomat" mentioned in the song. So either way he probably knew her and her story well enough to base this song on her.
Say Hey Saeed, I remember where I was standing the first time I heard this when it first appeared. I happened to hear the song's first airplay on New York radio. You are hearing organ played by Al Kooper and Dylan is playing harmonica between the verses. Al Kooper lives on the next street from me by coincidence. Loved your reaction. Cheers from Boston.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing that!
This was the No. 1 song in the Rolling Stone Magazine Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. I think it got moved from that spot. Still No. 1 to me.
You gotta check out Dylan song - *Things Have Changed*
It won both an Oscar & Globe for best song!
Great reaction. Dylan's music is timeless.
So good! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful, thoughtful, enjoyable reaction and commentary. Enjoyed it!
Thanks so much!
Yah, well, there's a reason that Bob Dylan is the first musician/lyricist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature, ya know? 🙃
Oh, and also yah, that's Al Kooper on the Hammond B3 electric organ. If memory serves. it was his first time playing the B3.
Thanks for letting me know about that organ! Much appreciated!
The diplomat with the siamese cat is said to be Andy Warhol.
Dylan started writing protest songs during the folk era in the early 1960s, mostly just him with his guitar and a harmonica. When he began to have a backup band with his music, as with this song, the folk music purists went bat sh*t crazy condemning him for straying away from the folk music and going commercial!
This is the song that changed everything.
Order the CD, this hit when I was in my first year of college.
All things considered....lyrics, message, historical significance and of course awesome music, my #1 rock song ever.
I love how you really interpret dylans lyrics. The best songs are a hall of mirrors circus wall of imagery where each listener can often come out with a different interpretation. Art is always subjective. Too me when the fallen rich girl who suddenly finds herself trying to live on the street, "stares into the vacuum of his eyes, n says do u want to make a deal..." has always hinted to me that she was selling herself to get by. Again, all is subjective and maybe I'm darker than most. (Actually I'm pretty sure I'm darker than most) anyway keep diving into dylan, you're my new fav n love hearing others interpretations of a song.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It is definitely subjective, but i definitely learn a lot from other people's perspective. Very interesting!
In our English Literature classes, in high school, we used to analyze his songs. I used to look forward to these classes. 😊
The greatest rock song ever recorded? Maybe. I do know it changed my life.
Such an iconic song of the times 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
The song was written about the Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick and Warhol himself is referenced in the lyric "Napoleon in rags.. She was a high society debutante who appeared in Warhol's films for a short time. Vogue named her Girl of the Year 1965 and she was a counter-culture superstar. She spent her inheritence of over 60,000 dollars in just six months but was a drug addict. She quickly fell out of favour with Warhol and was ostracized from the Factory. Dylan had a brief affair with Edie and kind of let her down. She was on a downward spiral and she eventualy died just a few years after her Factory heyday. She is still an influential image in fashion and culture.
That's the backstory, but the beauty of Dylan's writing is that, while it can be analyzed, it transcends mere deconstruction. You don't *need* any of that history to understand what is going on, or how it can impact individual listeners.
Wow..27 club..I never knew that about her!!! Thanx
OH WoW i just wrote about *MyBeautifulEdieSedgwick** in my comment as well Thank YOU for This!
@@Hexon66 This ia also true BUT i **Luv** **Edie Sedgwick** so to me it matters heh
Dylan did not like Warhol with good reason Warhol used everybody. The last person Warhol used was Jean Michel Basquiat. I never liked Warhol as a person and he was a bit of charlatan as an artist, jealous of Basquiat who was purely a true artist and prodigy.
Love everything bob
Thanks, I enjoy your Dylan reactions. Best on UA-cam!
Thanks so much!
Rhyme schemes/lyrics
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People call say 'beware doll, you're bound to fall'
You thought they were all kidding you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging your next meal
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Ahh you've gone to the finest schools, alright Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now you're gonna have to get used to it
You say you never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be on your own, with no direction home
A complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Ah you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discovered that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be on your own, with no direction home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Ahh princess on a steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinking, thinking that they've got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts
But you better take your diamond ring, you better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him he calls you, you can't refuse
When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel, ah how does it feel?
To be on your own, with no direction home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Hope you'll get around that song at the end of the video "Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues", a masterpiece among many others by Bob Dylan.
Will add this one to my list. Thanks for the recommendation!
Bob Dylan goes the electric and the world changed
1965, the song changed everything, it was one of the first to last well beyond AM radio's rule of 2 1/2 to 3 min length. the lyrics kick butt and leave you wondering if he's only talking about one person or upper society snobs in general. I'll take the latter. I was only 9 when it came out, and I got it after a few hearings on the radio. Real life example: Once I was in Chicago, ca 1990, this young rich woman in a fancy fur coat outfit and her husband walk into a family restaurant and says loud enough for everyone "Oh this place...how midwestern!" A cabdriver sitting at a table said out loud back to her "Lady don't be stupid, you ARE in the Midwest with honest, hard working Midwest people. If you can't treat them with respect, get the fuck out of here." The restaurant all cheered, and the bitch left. My wife and I laughed our asses off the whole rest of the day over this.
Really enjoying the walks down memory lane you are taking us on - the music of my youth! (harmonica you heard) I think we had the greatest music ever in the 60's and 70's.
So much great music from that era! Looking forward to explore more! Have a great day, Beth!
Doing a great job! Dylan is unique and incomparable,
Brilliant soing! Thanks for watching!
Love how you enjoyed this song. Always loved it too and never focused on the lyrics until watching you today. Good job!
Amazing song! Thanks for spending some time with me! Appreciate it!
@@SaeedReacts. always enjoy your reactions and enthusiasm!
If you think that this is a diss track, check out "Positively Fourth Street" for his ultimate put down song, where he says (paraphrasing), if we could switch places, you'd know what a drag it is to see you.
Will check it out!
Some songs I'd love you to listen/review:
1. Stuck Inside of Mobil (With the Memphis Blues Again).
2. Brownsville Girl
3. To Ramona
4. Most of the Time
5. No Time to Think
Off the top of my head. You msy have done some or all of these. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the recommendations.
Saeed, your obviously enjoying Dylan so you should listen to this whole album cause ever song on it is a banger.
That album is one of his best, always in the top 5 Dylan albums. The song is considered one of the finest rock and roll songs ever made. Check out some later stuff too: Tangled up in Blue, Isis, Changing of the Guard, Jokerman, Political World, Things Have Changed....
In my opinion this is the most important song in rock music history.
Check out “Positively 4th Street”.
He spews some serious venom on whoever he’s talking about.
As far as I know that’s the first “dis track”. It’s a great song.
Diss track? Okay, will add it to my list :)
This is the first Bob Dylan I heard, at age 11, and it is still my favorite. My step-mom was a huge Dylan fan, so I heard a lot of his music all through the 60s. My interest drifted away from him after that, but I still love his 60s music. I know there is about 50 years of his music I could be checking out.
Amazing song! There is definitely a vast amount of music to check out 😄
HUGE HIT AND TIMELESSSSS!!! 💯😊
This was the first 45 I ever bought at the tender age of 10, I listened to it over and over. I don't think I ever listened to the B side. So that makes me Dylan fan for nearly 60 years. Him and the Beatles started it all 😄 Keep up the good work Saeed PS my next suggestion would be IT'S ALL OVER NOW BABY BLUE....nice little love song
You never forget that first :) Thanks so much for watching and sharing a recommendation!
Love this song
This album is the most influential in popular music, og changed The Beatles, Stones and the hippie- movment, The 60s started here.
This is how far Rock'n Roll music can get, it's written books ( Greil Marcus) about this song, the gratest Song ever in popular music.
Incredible how this inspired so many other artists and even books.
This song is iconic from the 1960s. It really became an anthem for the Hippie and Flower children movement in the late 60s. Lots of truth in these lyrics. Typical Bob Dylan, such great artist.
Glad you got to this one. One of my favorites and you never disappoint. Great reaction.
Such a great song! Brilliant! Thanks for watching. Have a great day!
Great reaction Saeed. Here's another Dylan track. " Boots of Spanish Leather" is a love song that not many reactors have touched. It is really good!
Don't think i had seen that one before. Thanks for the recommendation!
Although I do love so many of Dylan's older classics, I actually prefer so many of his "newer" songs. "Mississippi", "The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar", "Up to Me", "Everything is Broken", "The Man in the Long Black Coat". But nobody else will ever recommend them because they are stuck in the '60's. To each his own.
Definitely want to check out more recent stuff as well. Thanks for sharing these.
Edie Sedgwick. Another song written about her is Ciao Baby by The Cult.
It is a brutal takedown and visceral. But a recurring feature of Dylan's work is a kind of redemption or swerve in the final lines. It happens many times, notably in Idiot Wind and Love Sick. For me, here the last verse doesn't sound so accusatory. It can be taken more as saying to embrace the freedom, you're no longer trapped in the cage of your own making. "Like a complete unknown", "no direction home", can take on a whole new, positive meaning.
He wrote One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) as sort of an apology, I think. Both songs are about the same woman. And he wrote She's Your Lover Now to her new boyfriend, who was also Bob's friend. But he didn't finish that last one, there's only a unfinished version on the Bootleg Series.
I agree. I grew up in a very small (200 people) town in Northern Minnesota in the 50's and 60's. Every one knew everyone in the town and you felt always watched. When this song came on the radio it intrigued me and alarmed me a bit (the idea of leaving the security of a home) ...getting into my late teens and leaving home to go to college. After listening many times, I was hit with a surge of exhilaration...
"You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel, ah how does it feel?
To be on your own, with no direction home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone"
I would be able to know the blessing of anonymity, where I would be free to discover who and what I am and how I want to grow without having to conform to a small town's expectations. And singing "how does it feel?" over and over, reminded me to be aware and joyfully alive.
Chrome horse diplomat had nothing to do with eye candy. He was dipping into the psychedelic, collective unconscious,
where dreams and visions come from. He is speaking from the land of myth, soul and magic.
Shelter from the storm
HEAR YA GOHHHHHH!!! 👍😊 NIIIIICCCCCE SAEED! 💯 WAY TO GO BUD
This song was voted top best rock song of all time by rolling stone magazine. The great Al Kooper bluesman is on organ
This album and his next one, Blond on Blond, were two high points in Pop music that may never be equaled. They were as far and as unique as Dylan went in one direction and when you see his overall career, it might be that if he allowed himself to evolve further down that path of creating abstract stories with his quickly evolving music, he might have spun off to another universe. When you experience Blonde on Blonde, you will feel that creative apex.
Bob Dylan recorded Highway 61 Revisited before his motorcycle crash after which he semi retired from recording then came back singing his spiritual awakening gospel phase which was misunderstood by many. 'Saved' album but it has some beautiful gospel inspired with Dylan on upright piano he's so good at
Recording: Dylan recorded Highway 61 Revisited in August 1965, after going electric at the Newport Folk Festival.
Crash: Dylan crashed his motorcycle on a road near Woodstock, New York in 1965.
Highway 61 Revisited is considered Dylan's first "rock" album. It was recorded within a year of Bringing It All Back Home and Blonde on Blonde, and was fueled by methamphetamine.




This song and Just Like A Woman were for Edie Sedgwick the famous high fashion model black sheep junkie from the old money elite family, she hung with Andy Warhol crowd in Greenwich village. Dylan lived there and was in the NY scene. She died young and beautiful from overdose I believe it was there's a book called Edie about that time
Making back to when I first heard this song The Ventures came to mind.
Although the Ventures covered the song Wipeout a couple years earlier than this, the ventures performed Wipeout again in 85 with guest drummer Max Weinberg.🥁 It's surf music of the day and the drums was always killer in this song.
The 1985 cover has two drummers
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Dylan could be an enigma or light and charming, listen to the title song Highway 61 Revisited for something whimsical
Keep doing 'what you're doing', Saeed. For my two cents, your reaction/review videos are among the very best on YT. I am a subscriber for many months, but have been busy with moving to a new apartment. At age 73 this was strenuous ... and hopefully my last! I am chiming in on one of your Bob Dylan reactions to recommend one of his more 'intense' songs - 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' from 1965. The style and theme of this are both somber and heartbreakingly sad. Link text: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Thank you so much for the kind words. That means a lot. Moving is definitely very difficult. I hope you are settled in now and have some rest.
Thanks for sharign some recommendations too!
Saeed, your absolutely correct..."It's Alright Ma..." was the first RAP song and who else could do it but Dylan? This one is the first real dis song for sure.
Both amazing songs!
Not "what do you think", but "how do you FEEL. Redirected there over and over.
"Carried on his shoulder a siamese cat" is just imagery. Imagine someone so "glamorous" that he has on his shoulders a siamese cat. It's something from a byzantine court or something. He's painting a picture.
Thanks for shedding some light on that.
Masters of War and All Along The Watchtower...
Really look forward to these reactions now.
Thanks so much for watching! Have a wonderful day!
This song changed rock music forever. It is probably the most important song in the history of rock music. The context is so critical. Written about a socialite fallen from grace it symbolised Dylan’s move away from acoustic protest folk to electric music.
However it is immortalized in rock music history when in Manchester in the UK during his world tour Dylan was booed during the second half of the set (the electric half) as he was everywhere. This crowd was particularly angry though and as Dylan was preparing to play like a rolling stone, the last of the night, someone shouted ‘Judas’ from the audience at him. Clearly pretty offensive given Dylan’s background. Dylan’s response has gone down in history.
Video is here. It would be a great thing to react to as it really contextualises Dylan as an artist.
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I love that you respect the lyrics, especially with an artist like Dylan. You MUST listen to Tangled Up in Blue, arguably his greatest song and IMO his most emotionally moving. Poetry set to music. Wait for it: the Italian poet from the 13th century. That verse breaks me down everytime. Love what you do. Peace.
Al Cooper on organ. He wasn't particularly good at the instrument, but he said he did. Dylan loved and had it cranked up the recording.