Punk and Grunge I say.... This period of time especially in Dylan's life it seems to me that the press came at him with callous and rude attitudes. Dylan always seemed to handle it but would have preferred not to talk to those men & women in their stuffed business suits. However at times even the younger press people would also be rude or passive aggressive to him. Many times he would give that vibe right back. I.E. The male reporter asking how many musicians sang protest songs... Then Dylan leads him on and answers "136 or 142 " ... The press back then really didn't do their homework before Dylan interviews or press conferences . His attitude towards the press was born out of the way the press was towards him. I give him a lot of credit for sitting before those "squares" who were rude , snide and just plain ignorant about Dylan's music and the whole world scene and trying to wrap their oxford polished limited edition brains incapable of expansion to include students that protested the wars and policies both in the US , the UK and Worldwide. Kudos Bob Dylan.

It's kinda like all part of the job. I do know what you mean though. I liked his attitude towards them & his replies

Or perhaps Verlaine while they played "follow the happy trail" games

or 142. lol

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As others have said.. "He's like the first Punk Rocker, and Grunge rolled into one" He's been way better than the Rocker's of late. He's still going. My wife saw him in New London , CT in June ( I forget the dates) at the Garde Theatre. So it was in either 97 or 98 because I helped the old Garde Theatre . SRO tickets were $20 each. Nice to you ? LOL.. Cuz you probably weren't talking to him as a Press agent in 1965

@@jussitikkuri6991 something like that you can say.

I would love to have a 16mm print of this interview.

I know right ! I can understand the voices better at times

more like a surrealist masterclass, true poets work of art. Painterly imo.

I've seen him get snippy & defensive with some of the uptight press people

well that and he almost died in a motorcycle crash in 1966

The biggest reason for him leaving for 8 years was the motorcycle crash in July 1966. But yeah he was also tired I suppose

He had that great straight face. A real dry sense of humor which was and still is in Upstate NY and in Minnesota . I wonder if he had some "Kind & Familiar" faces in the crowd he could lean on at times..... 🤔

That was not Dylan's job to uplift the press in interviews . He did them a courtesy just by showing up. Most of the press was rude to him, and almost clueless of the world scene and ignorant of why would people want to protest against the wars and social injustices both in the US, UK, and worldwide. I think the gave Dylan lots of passive aggression because they were not understanding those scenes. So Dylan enters "Live" and he's the target.

@@jussitikkuri6991 everyone knows Dylan was a genius but he was not ingratiating with people who really cared about his process, what was meaningful to him, Etc. That's just poor manners as far as I'm concerned