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Yes, the crowd was booing him. This was Dylan‘s first electric rock n roll music and the crowd wanted acoustic folk music. Dylan had some of the best musicians of the era backing him up.

Funny story: about 20 years ago, Dylan performed a concert in my area. He was staying at a luxury hotel on the water, in a town that was seeing a major resurgence. He was walking around by himself taking pictures of the numerous renovations. Because of his “scruffy “ appearance, someone called the police. When the young policeman arrived, he had no idea who Bob Dylan was! Apparently, Dylan had left his ID at the hotel. More police arrived and they didn’t know who he was either. Eventually, he was identified and Bob got a good laugh saying “ they used to say don’t trust anybody over 30…. Now I’m not sure about those under”.

During the late 80s, Bob Dylan was part of a supergroup, The Traveling Wilburys. It also consisted of George Harrison (from the Beatles), Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne (of Electric Light Orchestra). Two of their better known songs from that time are "Handle With Care" and "End of the Line". They recorded some good music during their time together.

One of the greatest songs ever written. A coming of age.

You know when a song is a timeless classic it plays on the radio decade after decade with a lot of radio airtime/internet radio stream time.

When Dylan went “electric “, it was heresy amongst his legions of folk rock fans…yes, he was boooed!! His backing band were the musicians that would later go out on their own as “the Band” . Check out the film/recording “the Last Waltz”….great episode Diane!

The fact that a guy with that voice could become so famous tells you he had to have something special. Possibly the best songwriter America ever had. He was a huge inspiration to many legends. One of Hendrix's greatest hits, All Along the Watchtower, was a Dylan cover. Probably my favorite Dylan song is Tangled Up in Blue. You might want to give it a listen

One of the great moments in popular music of the 20th century, this performance. We're so lucky that it was filmed.

The song was No. 1 in Rolling Stone's Top 500 Songs of All Time. It is currently No. 4.

Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stones is Definitely a Timeless Classic to Enjoy.

I've seen Dylan over 40 times, which isn't that many compared to a lot of his fans. He's still performing and touring at 82. Countless albums and songs. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. His voice grates for some while his fans love his inflection and subtle humor. Songs like Lay Lady Lay, sound like a different person singing. Things Have Changed from the movie Wonder Boys won him an Oscar. Many did boo him when he first went electric, but he ushered in a new era of rock and roll where lyrics became important.

I'm glad you enjoyed "Like A Rolling Stone". Definitely a great song. I'm glad others have got Diane caught up on the reason for the booing. A different version of this song from the same era is famous for the "Judas" incident. A person in the crowd shouted "Judas" at Bob Dylan. Bob responded by saying "I don't believe you. You're a liar" before turning to the Band and saying "Play it f***ing loud". He, and the Band, were routinely booed for the entire tour.

A songwriter and a poet Diane, you may not be aware that he won the Nobel prize for the poetry in his songwriting. Not only are you listening to the music, but you need to listen and think about his words.

Bob Dylan is from Northern Minnesota, USA and there is a huge mural of him in downtown Minneapolis. It's a very cool and colorful mural and covers the whole side of a building. The mural portrays a young Dylan on the left, a middle-age Dylan in the middle and an older Dylan on the right and the caption reads, "the times, they are a-changin' " which is one of Dylan's more popular songs in addition to "Like A Rolling Stone". Your next Bob Dylan reaction should probably be, "The Times, They Are A-Changin' ".

Very true! A good piece art, whether it is a song, a film, and play, a movie, or a painting can stand the test of time letting each generation experience it through their own situations. This is the song The Rolling Stones got their name from. Tangled up in Blue is my favorite Dylan song. Thanks Diane.

The Newport Folk Festival, 1965, is where Bob Dylan plugged in an electric guitar for the first time, and angered a lot of folk music purists.

I remember holding my nostrils closed to imitate Bob Dylan's vocal prowess on AM radio, but hey, I was 6 years old and did it to annoy my older brother who thought Dylan was some kind of a musical god. It still makes me smile today that I could sound like him at age 6 ...never got the harmonica thing though...

It's the fact that you weren't around that makes These reactions so fascinating. A joy to watch. Keep doing it!😊

Hi Diane, I was having lunch just now and for the first time came across your channel... I saw your reaction to Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" and now watching your reaction to a Bob Dylan's live "Like a Rolling Stone". Diane in order to get a complete understanding of these 2 legendary musicians, best would be to first read up about them on Wikipedia. They both been recording music for over 50 years now! They both have had storied careers, and they are best of friends. In a book about Neil, the author tells the story when Bob was in Canada he went to the house Neil grew up in, just to get a feel of his "presence" living there growing up. They have so much mutual respect for each other. On the flip side, once in a interview with Graham Nash, when he was part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, Graham mentioned how except for Neil, he, Stephen and David wanted to be like the Beatles and Neil like Bob Dylan. Bob throughout his career mostly acoustic, whereas Neil has been a combo of acoustic and electric. Want to hear Neil on electric? Just a couple of weeks ago, keep in mind he's 79 yrs of age now, he put out a cover of "The Star Spangled Banner" . Check it our Diane if you like. This way you get a taste of his electric side

Diane, you’re doing a real good job of hosting the show I’ve seen three of yours so far and I like your style so far😊

A lot of people covered Dylan's songs. Many of them had pretty "deep" lyrics. I remember seeing footage of an interview where he was asked what he thought about being considered the poet of his generation. He gsve a desdpan response that he had wanted to be the Elvis Presly of his generation. When I was in high school, he had moved to a small town across the river and about 10 miles north of where I lived. I found out recently that things got so much of a hassle in thst town because of people coming looking for him that he moved to an even smaller community. I didn't even know this place existed until I stayed in a motel there last year. Once someone asked me where he lived in my town. Newspapers announced he had bought an interest in a cattle breeding business there but because the word "farm" was in the name of the business, they thought it was his personal residence.

I agree with Bekka Noyb. Martin Scorcese's excellent documentary on Dylan (starting with his debut and ending with his 66 tour/motorcycle accident) "No Direction Home", will bring lots of things Dylan into context, especially why live recordings from the 1966 tour are so frenetic. He and his backing band, The Band, faced adversarial audiences throughout the tour unhappy with his rock music turn. Dylan and The Band turned up the amps and powered their way through the electrified sets. The studio recordings of the troika, Bringing it All Back Home, Highway 61 (which contains Like a Rolling Stone) and Blonde on Blonde must be listened to in their elementary, well recorded cuts. If you've drunk enough Kool Aid after this, read 'Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads by Greil Marcus (2005). It's about the recording session which produced one of the most significant songs in rock music.

Thx Diane. I grew up on Dylan and loved him from day one! Now 55 years later I still love him. You made my day. ❤

Hi there, Diane. I'm glad to see you discovering Bob Dylan. Having seen your reactions to "Mr. Tambourine Man" & now "Like a Rolling Stone", I'm going to implore you to react (or at least listen) to "Idiot Wind". Dylan wrote an enormous variety of poetry, most if not all of which later got set to music, but for some reason I really love his more fire-breathing work the most. (Well, I say that until I hear some of his not-so-fiery magic . . .) Thanks for your reaction here. Cheers.

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Thank you SO much for hearing the song through before commenting. You got my subscription

Great Reaction! Aways good to have lyrics handy for Dylan. His writing is so biting and clever at times. Another timeless song to check out is "the times they are a changin". Dylans catalog is soo big n deep I dont even want to start getting into all the amazing songs. Enjoy!

I remember hearing this on the static filled AM radio, I was six at the time. I leaned into the speaker trying to understand as many words as possible. I loved it. I’m sixty four now and the song still captures me.

actually got to see him perform a concert in my hometown in 1979 which I thought would probably never happen but seeing him live had always been on my bucker list⚛😀

Dylan rocked with a group of musicians which later became "the Band" during this concert. I recommend listening to The Band song called "The night they drove old Dixie Down" if you liked the vibe of this recording.

Such original thoughts enhanced by a deeper understanding of the songs ambiguity on the theme of the divestment of ego to achieve freedom by being one of the unknowns, unheard, unloved, and detached from ones former life of shallow consumerism . Wow, Diane, you have really opened my eyes to this song. I thought it was just a good "vibe".

Fantastic Diane, I saw Bob Dylan in concert in 1997. 🎼💚✌️

Yes this song and David Bowies song "HERO'S" to me are the two most iconic life's challenges that people all over the world can relate to, Very hip very historical and just dang good.

I started listening to Bob Dylan in the early 1960's. There are so many Dylan song it's hard to choose a favorite, "Positively 4th Street" a song that was sung about somebody that Dylan disliked intensely was my favorite for years, then "All along the Watch Tower", "Tangled up in Blue" "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man" right now my favorite is, "May you stay forever Young" although that might have something to do with my age as I'm over 80 now, lol If you only hear one of his albums make it, "Blonde on Blonde" IMHO the best album ever made by anyone, period. Have fun with your listening journey and thanks for sharing.

I was born in '67, and my music teacher in the mid-70's only exposed me to 'Blowin' in the Wind'. It took ages, but then I eventually worked at a library that had 'Street Legal and 'Desire' ready for anyone to borrow. From Street Legal, Senor is my absolute favorite! 'Desire' is so wonderful all the way through! But try Black Diamond Bay for a 'typical' mid 60's tragic novel! I still love that one!

Back in the day he was a giant and in my opinion still is but it saddens me that a whole generation is growing up who have never heard of the guy let alone know his music he was awarded the 2016 Nobel prize for literature for his contributions over the decades He was one of the major poets of my generation and was right up there with the Beatles the stones The Beach Boys and many other great acts of the 60s and 70s . He is now 83 years old but will live in the memory of my generation and hopefully more and more discerning young people will discover his music He is too good to be forgotten!

Like someone explained he was never just a folk singer but they, his fans, codified him into one. This tour he broke out. At one concert they booed, he turned to his band and said “play it f***ing loud”!

2:42 Dylan’s ability to multitask instruments always impresses me, but let’s see him SING & play the harmonica at the same time😜

Bob's unique voice kind of kept him from the mass broadcast audience. But he is a prolific, brilliant songwriter that has been covered by almost everyone in rock and folk. He won the Nobel prize for literature a few years back.

That brought back the memories of me as a young teenager away at school listening to a smuggled transistor radio and Radio Luxembourg.

According to Rolling Stone Magazine, the Bible of Rock n Roll, this is the greatest song of all time - written and sung by the only Nobel Prize winner for Literature as a song writer!

Fantastic song. Do more Dylan. “One of us Must Know” would be good and I think you’ll like. From the Blonde and Blonde album. Thanks for playing Dylan. Nice reaction. Very enjoyable

One of my favorite things about Bob Dylan is that I really wasn't a fan of his performances (although this one is iconic...and great) as much as his song writing. I've heard so many incredible covers of his songs (Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower"), that I came to love the brilliance of his writing. An old friend of mine used to do a cover of "Tangled up in Blue" that was so good that it became one of my favorite songs... until I heard it performed by the writer himself. Great reaction and please keep the great work going!

The Live Version of Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone does sound good with the live instruments in the background ground while He's singing.

What I think he's known for is songwriting first and foremost. He's so good at it that multiple artists have had hits covering his songs. I think this song is a great example of his work. It captures just about everything about his trademark sound, lyrics, and style.

I like Your Like a Rolling Stone in the Crowd Sway Dance. Far Out 60s Happy Vibes!

I enjoyed learning with You today what the song is about and what inspired Bob Dylan to write the song. The song is relatable early in life taking the easy way in life. All the good things in life are worth the work in the journey of life's goodness.

This is the most important song in the history of rock music. It changed the face of popular music. Longer than anything else on the radio at that time. The first song that was not lovey covey, but angry and bitter. I listened to this at the beach on Lake Erie in my home town of Ashtabula all summer long in the summer after my freshman year in high school.

In the early 1970s I was hitchhiking around the northwest US for about a year. This was my anthem.

The 70's brought a lot of this. Bob Dylan was fantastic.

My favorite is "A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall" that was recited for him at the nobel prize committee reception of his nobel prize.

Thanks for that, I did need cheering up because I woke up this morning feeling like a train had hit me 😔 x

It took me a long time to appreciate Bob Dylan’s voice. I loved his songs as long as somebody else sang them, lol. But over the years I’ve heard his biggest hits played on the radio w/out my knowing it was him singing & he just wormed his way into my liking him! Now I can’t imagine anyone else singing this song or many others that fit his voice so well. Live & learn, is my motto. 😜

Exactly Diane, timeless! The studio version is better if for no other reason than he doesn't forget some of perhaps the greatest lyrics in rock history. Great reaction😊

A little earlier song you might want to try is "Motorpsycho Nitemare". It references the movie "Psycho" and shows Dylan's humor, which is also later shown in "Maggie's Farm". One of the members of Dylan's electric band, Mike Bloomfield or Al Kooper I think, told about their touring. He said that when they got booed Dylan would just tell them to go on full steam ahead.

Highway 61 Revisited, Bringing it All Back Home, Blonde on Blonde.....those three albums in the mid to late sixties and gave birth to the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Flying Burrito Brothers and countless others!

So true Diane. Stay well and be happy.

Thanks for reacting to it Diane!

Besiides bitter songs he also wrote beautiful love songs and lost love songs, both early and later in his career. Adele’s “Make you feel my love” is his song. His version brings alot of emotion to it.

For my Irish friends who feel a bit lost lost today. The Pogue - by Duke Walker Shane seldom asked another, the direction he should take, he simply stepped his journey, for his own and heaven's sake, And when a bend before him, would confound his outcast soul, then a word or two escaped him, for words could make him whole, I never met the Pogue in life, that just wasn't meant to be, but when we meet, on up the road, the Pogue will be a part of me

Born and raised in Hibbing where Bob grew up - he’s a musical poet - just appreciate the lyrics

Funny how Bob Dylan, "mainly a song writer" tours incessantly, has sold a bazillion records, and always, always has a killer band. Note also that this has been going on for six decades. Has not stopped quite yet. Lovely reaction! Thank you! :)

Saw Dylan with Allyson Krauss as his opening act . Allison pumped the crowd up & Dylan left us in awe.

6:04 Dylan keeps getting me hooked in when he runs into chorus

This song had been voted the greatest rock song ever for many many years by Rolling Stone Magazine. He's the master song writer singer legendary iconic performer. It's a bit like watching a young contemporary person reading Shakespeare and saying " he's pretty good".

This was written by Al Kooper 9 years ago today. It's a great story so we thought we would repost it: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY! On June 16th, 1965 the complete take of "Like A Rolling Stone" was recorded (Take 4) at approximately 3:30 PM in Studio A at Columbia Recording Studios on Seventh Avenue in New York City. Ten more takes were recorded until they realized that #4 was the one. It was the first take to be played all the way through the 6 minute plus lyric. I was a songwriter at the time and also a studio guitarist. I knew Tom Wilson pretty well and we were good friends. When he found out I was a Dylan fan, he invited me to this session as a guest to watch. I was 21 at the time. A song I had co-written had six months previously been the #1 song in the country (This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis & The Playboys) for about a month. I also got calls as a studio guitarist to play on recording sessions. Me and my neighbor from Queens, NY, Harvey Brooks played a lotta Top 40 club dates in various bands as well. We had previously played a place called Carousel Park at The NYC Worlds Fair about a year before six nights a week and made a nice pile of change for those days. Harvey got me that gig and i owed him big. At the time, I was trying to make it big in the music biz and I was about ten per cent talent and ninety percent ambition. I decided immediately I was gonna get to the Dylan session early with my guitar, plug in, and tell Tom Wilson I had misunderstood his invitation and thought he meant to hire me as a guitarist. The session was called for 1 PM and so I showed up about noon to pull off my ambitious caper. The other musicians knew me from other sessions and nothing seemed amiss to them. I was warming up when Dylan burst through the door with another guitarist in tow and that guy sat down next to me said hello and plugged in his guitar and started warming up as well. He looked to be about the same age as me and so I was quite surprised and disappointed to hear what an amazing player he was as he warmed up. I immediately took a cigarette break, put my guitar in it's case and went in the control room where I actually belonged. This happened before Tom Wilson arrived, so he hadn't seen my failed ambitious caper go up in smoke. The guitarist was, of course, Mike Bloomfield from Chicago who I had never heard of or met before. He had just joined The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and their first album was due to be released soon. An hour into the actual session they moved organist Paul Griffin over to piano instead. Here was another chance for me. I played keyboards early in my life but switched to guitar when Elvis Presley came along because by then it was hipper to play guitar. But I always still played keyboards i.e. for songwriting, sometimes on sessions, etc. So I went over to Tom Wilson and said: "Tom, why doncha let me play organ on this ? I gotta great part to play on this!" Actually, I had nothing but that ninety percent ambition. Wilson looked at me and said "You're not an organ player - you're a guitarist!" and then they called him away to take a phone call. I thought to myself - he didn't actually say NO - and so i walked into the studio and sat down at the organ. A Hammond B3 organ is very complicated to start up and I didn't yet know how to turn it on. Fortunately, Paul Griffin had left it on. Tom Wilson hadn't seen me go back in the studio and sit behind the organ. When he finished his phone call he said over the talkback mic - " Okay Bob - we got everybody here. Let's do one and I'll play it back to you and you can pick it apart. (Pause as Tom sees me sitting at the organ) What are you doing out there?(all the other musicians start laughing cause they knew me as a guitarist). Wilson laughs as well. This is where he should have said "Would you get your white ass back in the control room where you belong please ?" But because he was a kind man and also because he would have had to explain what i was doing there, after he laughed he said:) "Okay - stand by - This CO86446 Like A Rolling Stone remake Take 1." And so began my career as an organ player. Three takes later, I did miraculously come up with a part and the first full take of the song was recorded and everyone went back into the booth to listen to all six minutes and thirty five seconds of it. About a minute into the playback, Dylan said to engineer Roy Halee, "Turn the organ up louder" Tom Wilson quickly replied "Bob, that guy is NOT an organ player" Bob said " I don't care - turn the organ up!" thus cementing my career as an organ player. Another ten takes were taken but they were all much faster than Take 4 and so it was decided to return to Take 4 and use that as the final master. Nothing else was recorded that day but Bob came over to me and asked me to return the next day and play on the rest of the album. Within a coupla days, I talked Dylan into hiring Harvey Brooks on bass to join us. Years later Miles Davis had Harvey play on his Bitches Brew album. So we were finally even for that great World's Fair gig he had gotten me! Unfortunately and mysteriously, Tom was replaced the next day as producer by Bob Johnston, and never produced another Dylan track. But he did sooo much more - produced "Sounds Of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel, discovered and prodduced The Mothers of Invention and The Velvet Underground. And signed and produced The Blues Project with me playing keyboards as a session guy and I was asked to join their band - which I did for three years. So today I sit here at age 71 and am amazed at what a lucky and bizarre career I have had as well and bless Tom Wilson for inviting me to that Bob Dylan session because he was my friend and thought I would enjoy it.

This is one of your better reactions. Thank you.

Nice. One of my favorite songs.

Digging Yourself is what brings Happy Joy to the Universe to Bring Happy Joy for others to Dig Themselves too. Bob Dylan's very Poetic.

Not a huge Dylan fan but this is probably his best song. I am definately a Diane fan though (:Your song reviews are brilliant. I might cover this one on my channel. Love from Canada

Every time I listen to this song it looses me & finds me over & over, I end up enjoying though, always surprised how badly it gets stuck in my head.

dylan had this uncanny ability to make so many of his songs sound like EPICS! maybe its the melodies, maybe his voice or delivery or maybe all 3. this is definately a good example of that ability. just a wonderful song.

You get it Diane, and in your reaction the NAIL 🔨was hit right on the head! 👏Not bad for a young whipper snapper 😉😂

Everyone's music journey is different follow Your music journey and You will find Happy Joy in all the songs that you discover. The time table in the music journey is infinitely timeless.

A 'good song is always a good song's . Time a space melts away when following a beautiful melody .😊

❤ I was never a fan of his voice but his writing of songs were sometimes deep. I enjoy listening to others sing his songs.

Bob's a giant. He had the ear of at least three generations right across the Western world and now with KZfaq especially, new generations are discovering him. Fabulous!

I haven't seen any comments on it, but if you want to check out something very cool then may I suggest "The Traveling Wilburys", it was a supergroup comprised of Bob Dylan, Rob Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison (Beatles) & Jeff Lynne. Personal favourite songs are "End of the Line" & "Tweeter and the Monkey Man"

Hi Diane. There was a rebuff by the folkie fans towards Bob when he started playing electric guitar rather than an acoustic like the folkies all do, in that day!

This one really takes me back. Such a hippie song.

Jimi Hendrix was a big fan of Bob Dylan, and has said that he was an influence on his song writing. Plus, he did a cover of ‘All Along the Watchtower’ because he loved the song.

I enjoyed your comments at the end, and agree with you as to the timelessness of this song. It’s not often you get a chance to show your Trinity College intellectual side If you get a chance, listen to the whole album, Highway 61 Revisited. I think you will find many of the songs are timeless

Diane as music critic!😁👍

Hi Diane! Ah yes, Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan. I grew up listening to him. I remember singing along with the song Everybody Must Get Stoned, when I was 8 yrs. old on the way to school at St. Paul's Catholic school. His best album, I think, is Blood on the Tracks. He was in a relationship with the beautiful singer Joan Baez, her voice is as beautiful as his is bad(sorry Bob). She just completed a European tour, at age 80+. You ought to do a video on her song Diamonds and Rust. It is about her relationship with Bob Dylan. It's sad, but beautiful. Hope you and Mr. Chewie are doing great, I love you, and I'll catch you later! Bye-bye.

9:41 very relatable, good poetry

I recommend that you listen to Van Morrison song Into The Mystic and Then the second song by him is Domino. He's kind of a blue jazz type of music. Then we're a song place the guitar and also the saxophone. You like it

All of Dylan's work is great but my favorites are Subterranean Homesick Blues and The Hurricane, as well as Maggie's Farm.

maybe his most important song is 'Blowin in the Wind". Been covered a million times. Dylan writes his way, people cover his songs, almost always way different than his version. Still singing.

02:20 Yes Diane, you hear some Booing! this was filmed when Bob Dylen switched to electric instruments instead of the old folk non electric. Many of his fans thought this to be a Betrayal, of his folk music era!!! But he sallied forth and of course the rest is history. :D

Bob...imagery language mysterious. My favorite songwriter ever.

Oh No, I missed the Premiere! Great song review, Diane! Glad you have SurfShark back as a sponsor, I need to get a new VPN.

Beautiful blue eyes ever seen 💙

DIANE, another excellent Bob Dylan song also from 1965 is “Positively 4th Street”. That will make a great reaction video, or just listen to it for yourself. The rhythm of the song is very upbeat, but the lyrics are about fake friends.

Today is also Turkey leftover day. If there any turkey left from thanksgiving today is the day to get creative to make it into a dish or make a sandwich.

There were people back then who were angry that Dylan went electric. he started out doing only acoustic as part of the folk movement. They felt betrayed. Al Kooper on the organ I believe.

Bob Dylan is a Nobel and Pulitzer prize winner

You should watch more of Dylan at Newport. "Pawn in Their Game," as example.

Zeitgeist. Thank you.😉. Dig it!

It’s looks easy for Bob Dylan , his performance is so effortless and yet absolutely breathtaking .