“Watching the world change in 6 minutes.” This is the first time Bob Dylan played live with an electric guitar. He would ALWAYS play an acoustic, until this festival. People booed at him and didn’t like it. As he said himself “I electrified half of the audience and electrocuted the other half.” Awesome reaction.

It's hard to imagine what it was like in 1965 without being there , but this song and Dylan opened up a new world for musicians and songwriters ....

Bob Dylan “sings so clearly” 😂. That’s usually the opposite of what people say about him! But yeah he’s definitely my favorite musician.

Released in the summer 1965. There was no significant FM radio, no I tunes, no MTV, no social media to spread the message. Somehow this song struck a chord and almost over night was playing on every AM radio station across a changing nation. It quickly became an anthem for a generation..........

Turning to his band, Dylan instructs, “Play it fucking loud!” The greatest response to an audience catcall ever made by an artist (after being called “Judas” by a fan in England on his 1966 Tour with the Hawks). In fact, you should check out that version, Ewan, as Dylan sneers out the lyrics, “How does it feeeeeeeeel?” Hell, yeah!

It’s great that you discovered Dylan, it it’s a hobby that will keep you busy because there’s so much to discover. His first album came out in 1962, but he was playing cover tunes mostly. His second album “The Freewheeling Bob Dylan” came out in 1963 and that’s really where it all began with him writing profound songs. He’s put out an album or two almost every year since then, and all of them are great. He never followed trends in music or fashion, he was always himself and never comprised. Although it might be too long for you to react to, you might want to listen to his 17 minute song about the murder of president Kennedy called “Murder Most Foul”, that will have a huge impact on you. It also will make you want to watch the movie “JFK” by Oliver Stone if you’ve never seen it.

Even if this song throws some of the darkest shade ever written (probably about Warhol star Edie Sedgwick), I feel that the song softens at the end. He sings the last lines before the final chorus: "When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose/You're invisible now, you've got no secrets to conceal." Once she's hit bottom, she no longer needs to hide and pretend.

I would love seeing a reaction to It’s Alright Ma I’m Only Bleeding.

Incredible and I was lucky enough to be young along with Mr. Dylan!!!!!!!!!!

On his 80th bday, nice Tangled up in Blue- would be a good one. There are also a couple hits from when he was in the "Traveling Wilburys" supergroup years later, if you haven't heard them.

Best live version: Like a Rolling Stone (Live at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK - May 17, 1966)

I am SOOOOO envious of you I remember hearing Bob for the first time 55 years ago. " Like a rolling stone" really is an anthem he always ended his concerts with it and I've seen a few, so "How Does It Feel" ? Thank you sir it was a delight listening to your comments.

Congratulations young man, does my heart good to see young intelligent people discovering some of the best music ever made 😎✌️❤️

Mike Bloomfield and other members of the Paul Butterfield band were here backing Dylan.

Dylan was THE folk hero of the beatnik folkie set. When he showed up with a Strat and big amps and drums he was booed, almost off stage. The folk godfather Pete Seeger actually unplugged the amp.

I thinks it's great that your into Bob. He's not just music he's a way of life.. and I'm 65!

Have you thought about reacting to The Traveling Wilbury’s? It’s a supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lyne (singer from Electric Light Orchestra)

I'm glad that you're going to hear the studio version, because I think it's better, but it's such a good song that this somewhat lesser version still sounded good. This is my favorite Dylan song. My 2nd favorite is "Visions of Johanna". "Blowin' in the Wind" is a good choice for next Dylan song because it's a great song and will show you a different side of Dylan. It's folk, while "Like a Rolling Stone" is rock.

YES! Finally Bob Dylan. Please please please do a full album reaction to his classic albums. In my opinion Blood on the Tracks, The Freewheelin Bob Dylan, and Highway 61 Revisited.

Need to listen to the studio version first, before digging into live versions. This is true for almost everything, with a few exceptions. The studio version is the template.

Great pick - and happy b'day Bob!

My fav Dylan song is Only a Pawn in their Game. Really powerful lyrics

Dylan had such a societal impact by making so many of us in the 1960s politically and socially conscious.

No one tells a story better Bob Dylan a legend.

I have always liked his ballads, Isis - Black Diamond Bay, - Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts - Tangled up in Blue - If You See Her, Say Hello. Take your pick. I think any one of them will blow your mind.

Early folk era stuff you should listen to would be Masters of War, Hard Rains Gonna Fall, Talking Workd War III, his eighties masterpiece would be Jokerman, one of his later records A Murder Most Foul, about JFK’s end. Nobody can match his writing. Thunder On the Mountain is a good one if he’s more recent.

Heard the song before, but never seen the video of the song until I seen your video reviewing the song that's the video.

Dylan later sued Grossman for ripping him off financially. Try "Pawn in Their Game" -- a live at Newport video is available on youtube. And "Chimes of Freedom".

Dylan is the greatest songwriter of all time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎸

Yo "Lily,Rosemary,and aJack of Hearts'"

@Ewan Reviews ...Subscribed. But I did so BEFORE you asked listeners to consider subscribing! Very impressed with your approach and reaction. So much to appreciate about Bob Dylan. He's a brilliant writer and poet, and is superb at integrating the instrumentation and the atmosphere of his music with his lyrics. Do listen to his best-known of his many, many critically acclaimed pieces, but also to lesser known works to see his many sides (one case in point, the song "If Dogs Run Free," which has jazz piano, a sprinkling of quirky scatting, and Dylan lyrically musing in beat). (Ithink it's from his "New Morning" album.)

The band behind him is "Paul Butterfeld Blues Band".

In retaliation to the booing and heckling Bob came back on stage and performed a very emotional It’s All Over Now Baby Blue. His last freebie to the folkies.

Would like to hear what you thought of the iconic studio version with Al Kooper on the Hammond organ.

A brilliant timeless song

This Song is a watershed in popular-Music!

Nashville Skyline is my favorite Dylan album - it's very melodic and bluegrass/country-influenced. And Bob's voice is not as preachy as in earlier albums.

If play Dylan I listen every time. No one can ever compare to DYLAN.

He has so many songs hard to have one favourite. To mention a few Lay lady lay ,Forever young ,Don’t think twice it’s all right , The times they are a changin , All along the watch tower 👍,Tangled up in blue ,Jokerman , Hard rains gonna fall ,hurricane. Many many more .

If you want to do a great song that nobody else has done you won't go wrong with Tombstone Blues or Aproximatly Queen Jane... all from the same album as Like A Rolling Stone.

#1 By Rolling Stone magazine of the top 500 songs of all time. Studio version is amazing. If you do some background checking on Bob Dylan you’ll realize the original composition of the song was much much longer. He still cut the song significantly to get it on radio. I would recommend watching his documentary. No direction home. Trying to figure out the meaning of any Bob Dylan song could take you a lifetime. Bob himself has said many times he didn’t even know the meaning of the songs or where they came from.

I’ve seen him 3 times. 78, 80 and 88. In 88 it was with Tom Petty in an outdoor stadium. This song was heard throughout the city along with 40,00 plus stomping their feet.

Bob goes electric. . . again. Happy birthday, Zinny.

This was uploaded right on Bob's 80th birthday! I would like to see your reaction to Positively 4th Street, Dylan's revenge to those who rejected him when he went electric. There's a lyric video somewhere in youtube.

This song is fabulous! It ain't me babe it ain't me your looking for. Review that one. Great lyrics!

You really need to listen to the album version, if you haven't already. Musically more powerful-tighter.

I prefer his 60s/early 70s output to his later stuff. Watching the river flow, Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again. Desolation Row. Chimes of Freedom. Tambourine man. So many good things from back then.

Jimi Hendrix did this at the Monterey Pop Festival…I implore you to hear his version. Jimi thought Bob was a god.

1965. That’s the year I had a job as an elevator operator at the Detroit Sheraton Cadillac Hotel. Dylan came to town for a concert. Not being a fan, I was already aggravated by my supervisor telling me to pick up “the special” on 25 and give him an express to the ground floor. I knew it was HIM. A snob, with his nose on the ground as I expected. When I got to the ground floor I deliberately stopped my elevator serval inches from the ground and snickered as he tripped off in his elevator shoes.

The most importent song in Rock'n Roll, ever.

Check out Positively 4th Street…….. One of the many Greatest ! Long live Bob Dylan

The books about and by Dylan are well worth your time.

When you got nothin you got nothin to loose

Love Dylan? You’ll dig the eerie vibe of this anti media song that Bob roasts the critics ( Mr Jones) for not recognizing the shift in popular music. 🎵 “Ballad of a thin man”🎶 is a Dylan lovers song.

Bob Dylan is a prophet..

Guns and Roses did cover, "Knocking on Heavens Door" so did Jimi Hendrick. Bob said Jimi's version, he liked better than his own, on the Guns and Roses version he was silent. When Dylan first started, they made fun of his singing voice.

Positively 4th Street. The lyrics don’t just sting, they lacerate.

I had a longtime friend (passed away recently) who was at that Newport concert. He said that about half the audience were upset at Dylan doing electric music...or they were simply upset that the sound of the band was "too loud" and "distorted", so they were having trouble hearing the lyrics.............and the other half of the audience, including him, absolutely loved it. The press the next day only talked about those who didn't like it....because newspapers love controversy. This was the song that really got me interested in Bob Dylan, and actually changed *everything*.

The band behind Dylan is "Paul Butterfield Blues Band".

React to Maggie's Farm from the same Newport concert. The great Mike Bloomfield on guitar.

'With God on our side'

great vid man! was just wondering how you're able to have these songs on your videos without trouble from copyright? :^)

Ewan, if you really want to be moved, listen to Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul” from his newest album. It’s a 16-minute song about the assassination John F Kennedy. Incredible lyrics and quite a statement!

I understand what you meant. Bob enunciates clearly. Lyrics meant the world to him. These lyrics are brutal. This song is about Edie Sedgewick, a rich girl who got involved with Andy Warhol and his crowd, did a lot of drugs, died young. It's a sad story. So is the song. The song continually asks, "How does it feel to; be a nobody" He pokes fun at the wealthy. Rolling Stone magazine once named this the greatest rock song of all time. I certainly won't disagree. This song was when Bob first went electric. Up till now, he was acoustic. People went apeshit. Who cares? He was a genius. Dylan has, of course, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his poetry. Some of us have followed him for decades. I'm one of them. I'm 69 and discovered him my freshman year in high school. I saw him recently. I agree with Ella Bell about It's Abright Ma, But I also strongly recommend Mr. Tangerine Man, both for its music and for its lyrics. Link: watch?v=oecX_1pqxk0

You absolutely need to listen to Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest from John Wesley Harding album.

I've never known Dylan to sing another's song unless it's the Traveling Willburys. They're booing because he's using an electric guitar. The Folk scene didn't like electric and especially didn't like 'their leader' to move away from what they wanted him to do. Dylan also didn't sing a song the same way twice.

The Stones did a version of this song too.

The only competition for best song writers to be in the same league as Bob Dylan to me are the Beatles and Kurt cobain. But Dylan is the best

Please react to and you and I by yes, symphonic live version

Itś all over now baby blue ---- Should be the next song you listen to. After getting booed off stage after ¨rolling stone¨, Dylan reluctantly comes back for an acoustic encore and lays it down --- spoiler alert, Bob cries during the song!!!

Bob never said "play fucking loud". It was a Band member...

'Marshall: The Book of Loud' by Nick Harper states that this song is about Andy Warhol.

yes yes yes i agree with ella bell, its all right ma, and dont forgret blowing in the wind! i cant believe all these young people who listen to protest songs and have no idea we listened to similar and sometimes better(dylan for1) stuff lol

I've always understood this song to be about a pretentious high and mighty woman who has been taken down several pegs and now "has to scrap for her next meal". "How does it feel".

the original lyrics were 16 PAGES long

You should check out Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios. He does acoustic and metal covers of popular songs like Toto's "Africa" and Adele's"Hello". Currently he has around 375 covers and it's growing.

He is talking about drug addiction and being homeless when you had everything

Hi could you please react to Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul' which was released in 2020!!!!

Did this sound as quiet in your earphones as it does on the video? If so, you have to a second response to this, because you're missing a huge percentage of the song.

not a standard mic of the 1960's.

Pick any song off that album

Did I hear booing at the end?

Thx for sharing. If you have time come check out my cover of The Lumineers - I'm an indie artist and think you may dig my sound. Really appreciate it!

Until his "Idiot Wind" this was the greatest put-down song of all time.

If you really want to get into Bob... last thoughts on Woody Guthry. Don’t do it if you need to pause.

If you listen carefully to the last verse Bob actually messed up with his lyrics - and he mumbled a little. Studio version definitely the best.

people usually react to and recommend the famous songs but the real treasures are harder to find. Would love if you would react to "Bob Dylans dream" or "north country blues" (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ps-UY7iVmd-XiI0.html)

I think when you first listen to a song you should listen to the original version first- just like everybody at the time did. I find millennials always look for meaning of songs, sometimes songs are just songs, sometimes free form poetry with no meaning, words or phrases that sound good to the music...

studio version WAY better.

A homeless person rolling like a stone. A rich person feels what its to be homeless .

The heart of the song is the word "hard".

Are you a model..

No, studio version much better! If you really want to hear a good live version of a song, listen/watch the video of him doing MEDITERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES! Now, that's a great song to listen to live. This one here, such a bad video selection, music wise, to listen to live. Hardly any of the instruments are tuned, so bad that even Dylan gets tripped up in some of the verses! The organ in the studio is a thing of beauty! Here, omg, lousy playing.

Listen to the studio version, much better, Dylan doesn't have a greatest song, here the crowd at Newport is booing him for going electric.

It helps if you play the original verion. This version sucks.

This is kinda ramshackle. Doesn't even compare to the original.

His voice is awful!