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Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 1963 Columbia ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Blowin’ in the Wind 02. Girl from the North Country 03. Masters of War 04. Down the Highway 05. Bob Dylan’s Blues 06. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall 07. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right 08. Bob Dylan’s Dream 09. Oxford Town 10. Talking World War III Blues 11. Corrina, Corrina 12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance 13. I Shall Be Free —————————————————

Bob Dylan

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Joan Baez "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" BBC In Concert, June 5, 1965.

Bob’s dylan’s muse/ girlfriend from 1961-1964, Suze Rotolo

Pingu characters as Bob Dylan albums (1/2)

Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning as Bob Dylan and Sylvie Russo for A Complete Unknown (2024) Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo in the cover for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)

ME AND THE BOYFRIEND (NEW BOB DYLAN RECORD)

Bob & Suze, NYC, 1963

music review #2 - blowin' in the wind

rating: 10/10 song: blowin' in the wind album: the freewheelin' bob dylan (1963) artist: bob dylan

Originally published in the late May 1962 publication of Broadside Magazine, it is considered one of Dylan’s best compositions in his over 60-year career. Its iconic introductory line, “How many roads must a man walk down / Before you call him a man?”, has been sung by countless artists such as Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, and Mary Travers. This line can be interpreted in many different ways and contexts, but one way it can be interpreted is simply, how many experiences and how much life should a man have lived before he is considered an “adult”? Before he has the privileges that men have in our society? This can also be linked back to the Civil Rights Movement and how people of color, specifically Black people were not considered human and still are dehumanized to this day. The fact the tune is based off of an old slave protest song called “No More Auction Block for Me” emphasizes this idea even more. The next line I’d like to focus on is “Yes, and how many years can some people exist / Before they’re allowed to be free?”. Again, Dylan tackles slavery, and calls for the freedom of all oppressed individuals and groups. Dylan is clearly tired of white Americans and Europeans “deciding” when certain peoples are “allowed” to be free, and instead wishes that people who have existed for so long should finally just exist without prejudice. The next line of the song is also significant here; Dylan sings, “Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head / And pretend that he just doesn’t see?” -- and just a few lines later -- “Yes, and how many ears must one man have / Before he can hear people cry? [See Joan Baez’s “To Bobby”] / Yes, and how many deaths will it take ‘till he knows / That too many people have died?”. Here, he is actively calling out those who choose to ignore the oppressions that plague society. Within the context, it was likely written about the Vietnam war as Dylan was outwardly and adamantly anti-war in the early '60s, but can be interpreted to just about any atrocity in history. And finally, the refrain of the song; “The answer is blowin’ in the wind”. Dylan has said in reference to this song that people who choose to ignore the wars are the biggest criminals, and I believe here, he is saying that the answer is obvious, yet so many people actively ignore it. Obviously, from the very second one hears human suffering, their response should be to help, but so many stay neutral and act like they don’t have basic human decency or common sense. Neutrality is one of the biggest crimes in the eyes of 21-year-old Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Official Audio)

So good… when I get home from work I tend to play whatever I left on the turntable from the night before. So this is what I came home to.

The Freewheelin Bob Dylan - New York - 1963

Photo by Don Hunstein

Joan Baez "Blowin' in the Wind" 1985.

Suzanne with Bob.