Dylan is a very very deep rabbit hole. There are entire college courses devoted to his lyrics, and Dylan’s fans are possibly the most fanatical of them all, infinitely obsessing about the songs, his differing lyrics to the same songs over the years and what the subtle shifts and changes mean. It’s no wonder he’s the only songwriter to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, he really is that great, that profound. I always took this song to be aimed directly at the heart of the American complacency and stagnation. But the brilliance of Dylan is that he often deliberately leaves room for multiple interpretations, he leaves room for you to inhabit his songs too. He can also be incredibly tender, and yet not at all sentimental - Love Minus Zero is a good concise example of that.

I love Dylan's voice and delivery. It's sublime.

It's fantastic that a young (hip hop) & dare I say Millennial guy is listening to & appreciating the genius that is Bob Dylan... I am 65 & live in UK England a place called South Shields... I have 49 Albums & various bootleg recordings on cassette tape of him & He is my all time MUSIC HERO I was just a mere 12 yr old boy when I first heard his music coming from my older brothers bedroom on the record player he had... & It just blew my mind full stop.. from that day I literally fell in love with the guy, his words, lyrics, music, the whole concept of him all together... Right up until this day... So Keep on listening to his music & albums ( not all r brilliant) but lyrics wise incomparable... & 1 day when your 65... You can tell ur story of how you became A Bob Dylan Fan .. young man I applaud you.. 👏🏽

His voice is like whiskey, it’s fine if you don’t like it, but it’s wonderful…. It burns and cuts through….

I said it then and I’ll say it now. Bob Dylan’s music was so hypnotic because it had soul. It was not just his lyrics, it was how he phrase his singing style. It made you recognize and feel every line like, “yeah, I lived that. I know exactly what he’s talking about.” It’s just a gift.

"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" is a Dylan song you should definitely check out. Rapping before rap existed.

His voice is iconic, it was unique and memorable, wouldn't be the same without that strangeness; those wishing someone else had sung it are too critical for their own good, or being unreasonably judgmental!

I love his voice. It serves his poetry and songs well. It's certainly unique. When he sings, you know it's Dylan.

This song is from "Highway 61 Revisited" album. It is mostly an electric blues album. This is the transformation for acoustic folk to electric blues rock. I think Dylan could see that the time for folk music had faded out and electric rock was the wave of the future. He was ahead of his time as a folk musician.

Your ears have now been officially blessed with one of the greatest rock songs EVER. Period. 😊

I'll ALWAYS click for Bob Dylan. Literally anything by him is worth listening to at least once. I think reactions to his material tend to get claimed a lot, though, unfortunately. For truly scathing lyrics, I'd suggest 'Idiot Wind.' I don't think I've ever heard another song that's quite so derisive. For a different vocal style, I'd say try almost anything from his album Highway 61 Revisited, as it's really more of a blues album instead of folk. 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry' features what I think are some of Dylan's best vocal style. Dylan has always gone through phases in his career. He left his "strict folk" phase around 64 or 65, and then went into some country-folk in the late 60s for a bit, then leaned into more rock/folk-rock in the 70s, then got into a heavy Christian Revivalist phase in the late 70s and through part of the 80s (which most people hate, but I don't mind at all). In the late 90s he had a huge comeback Grammy winning album called Time Out Of Mind, which doesn't have 1 single bad song on it - you've probably heard Adele cover the song 'Make You Feel My Love' from this album. In the 2000s he went into more of a blues phase when he did Together Through Life - I'd recommend 'I Feel A Change Comin' On' as it's probably his best track from this period I think. Point being, his voice is definitely an acquired taste, but there are also a lot of different flavors available.

This is the music that jump started 60's folk into rock-n-roll. Hail, hail Bob Dylan.

If you want too hear a dude rapping many years before rap was even a thought, then check out from his 1965 Lol "Bringing It All Back Home" "Subterranean Homesick Blues" an electric number and he's doing some serious rapping on this one and "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) which is just him on acoustic guitar and his harmonica. This album was the first one where he went electric. The album is like half acoustic folk and half electric. I promise you that these two songs will blow you away. In 1964 when he heard The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" on the radio he said it was a revelation and he knew right there that this was the wave of the future. Dylan and The Beatles were huge influences on one another. In September of 64 when The Beatles were on their first US tour and were in NYC, Dylan wanted too meet them. They were staying at the Delmonico Hotel where he went to meet them and he brought along his good friend named marijuana and introduced The Beatles to reefer for the first time. There are some great funny stories about this first meeting between the two. The Beatles became huge potheads after this meeting and their music changed almost overnight after that. They all became pretty good friends but Dylan and George Harrison became really good friends all the way up until George's Death in 2001. When George did his Concert For Bangladesh in 71 he had all kinds of famous musicians there that night but Dylan was his special guest and on the three album set one side is all Dylan and it's incredible. This was the first concert in history held to raise money for a humanitarian cause. Go down the Dylan rabbit hole, but be warned, it's a deep one. The man is amazing ! Dylan has been awarded "The Pulitzer Prize" for his contributions to popular music for his powerful lyrical content. He was awarded "The Nobel Prize" in 2016 after turning it down for years. President Obama put the "American Medal Of Freedom" around his neck in 2011. Name the award and he has it. He was named America's Poet Laureate in 1963 and still has that title. This man is easily the greatest American poet of the twentieth century and no doubt the world. ☮️✌️💕👌

PISSED OFF is often a great co-writer. So glad you did this one, Syed. Enjoyed your reaction and discussion. Few people know Dylan’s only #1 hit came out just 2-3 years ago and is 17 minutes (!) long. It’s called “Murder Most Foul.” It’s about the Kennedy (JFK) assassination and is thorough romp through culture and history from about 1950 forward.

Nice enjoying this song with you. I remember watching a TV documentary on Dylan, and an Irish musician ( I believe one of the Clancy brothers) recalled when Dylan first arrived in Greenwich Village - the epicenter of beat poetry and folk music- from his home Minnesota, with his guitar on his back- he said when Dylan first sang into a microphone: “how many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man”, he was so shocked and awed, he began to weep.

I think Dylan’s voice absolutely fits with the songs he writes. It makes the song what it is along with his beautiful and unexpected way of phrasing. That is one of his trademarks and is apparent in so many of his songs.

The Rolling Stones covered this song in the mid 90s and it’s a pretty damn fun rendition.

The way Dylan expresses emotion is so raw and real. His cadence is unique and part of the way he does his storytelling.

I think, as do many others, that this is the most important song in the history of rock music. In an era where songs on radios were usually 2 minutes long, this was over 6 minutes. It was released the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of high school and it amazed me.

He was a fierce social critic and he even took his own generation down for being shallow and took them down a peg. I guess he didn’t care for people who think they are superior or better than other people. Dylan’s aim was true and he was merciless. This songs a classic and one of my favorite lines is your invisible now you got no secrets to conceal. And you went to the finest schools but you only got juiced in it. In other words, you didn’t take school and life seriously and blew your opportunities and now you’re on the street hustling and poor with no direction home. Brutal but honest criticism by Dylan. He didn’t mince words or sugarcoat anything. In other words, you weren’t ready for the real world and the real world is ruthless! Good reaction and you got the lyrics right as usual. Good analysis!

Dylan's voice changes with the song he sings. Check out such songs as Lay Lady Lay, Girl From the North Country - a much smoother, finer delivery. In this song, and many others, his cadence and delivery change to more dramatically bring home the meaning of the vocals. His poetry is unparalleled and recites the times of our lives.

Often shows up from #1 to #5 on lists of greatest song of all time. Not era-specific or genre-specific song, just song period. Of all time.

It sounds the sincerest when Mr. Dylan sang his own songs! Singing not always about impressing fans; sometimes the imperfections are a key factor in telling the tale! Hendrix knew this very well, also! Just ask Janice; I think she'll know😉

I just recently discovered your SyedRewinds and have been pleasantly taken in with your reactions to Dylan. Your reaction to his music is how I still react when I listen to any of his music. Having older sisters who constantly listened to music I was exposed to a variety of styles. I was 10 or 11 when I first heard him and although I was too young to understand what he was talking about I understood, on some level, that he was worth the listen. Almost 72 now and one of the blessings I count in life is being able to still listen to him. I indulge in his music on a daily basis. Thanks for doing this on your channel.

Hope you get back in the KZfaq groove again soon. Listening to and watching your Dylan reviews adds another dimension to my personal Dylan universe. I listen to his lyrics and let them wash over me like a wave at the sea shore. After several listens, the meaning becomes like a baptism into another world. Much love, brother!

Good Job Mate. If you want lyrics, hit up Desolation Row. 🔥

one of my favorite lyrics from Dylan came from his song "Highway 61 Revisited". God said to Abraham, kill me your son, Abe said , man you must be putting me on, God said no, Abe said What, God said you can do what you want, Abe, but the next time you see me you better run. Abe said where you want this killing done? God said out on Highway 61.

"Tangled Up in Blue" is one of my favorite Dylan tunes, also, "You Gotta Serve Somebody", studio versions

There's a great clip of Dylan live in Manchester in 1966. This is the infamous incident where a member of the audience (part of the contingent that didn't like him playing electric music) shouts out "Judas!" Dylan replies: "I don't believe you, you're a liar", then turns to the band and you can see him mouthing: "Play it fucking loud!" And then they go into this song. He gives a pretty intense and obviously angry performance...It's pretty cool...

He may not have a great voice, but he is a great singer.

There's probably multiple reasons Bob Dylan wrote this song. Though the story I heard, he wrote it about a NY socialite named Edie Sedgwick. She was a protege of the late Andy Warhol. While she was riding high it was said she looked down on those who were less fortunate. Andy, the silent genius, used her for what he could and dumped her as she fell deeper and deeper into drug addiction. It was said Dylan wanted to rescue her from the destructive scene but she rebuffed him, so he moved on. I think he had mixed feelings about her but was ultimately turned off by her snobbery and self destructive ways.

Some of the best lyrics ever written. This is where you see Bob's "Folk" roots show. There is simply no one like this man, who has influenced so many other artists and Bands of the 1960s and 70s.

This track and the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" were released at almost the same time. I have often heard it said that they were the first two rock songs (as distinct from rock ´n´roll). Like many such claims, that can be disputed, but they certainly had an enormous impact on the way music developed afterwards.

This is Dylan telling his generation to grow the fuck up. In 1965. Yes, it probably was spurred on a personal level by his relationships with women from rich families who frustrated him and broke his heart, but it was really directed at his fans. It was revolutionary, but in a way completely different from what that word meant to any other rock musician at the time. This was not about sex or love or drugs or surfing or nature or politics or war or peace or some simplistic distillation of “eastern” religion: it’s about being honest with yourself, stopping thinking that you’re someone special or magical for whom the rules of life don’t apply, being honest and respectful in your relationships, and being conscious of your class privilege and how that skews your judgment and perspective of others. It was the song that ushered in his electric phase, and he did it for a reason: he realized that his acoustic guitar was lulling people into a sense of self-congratulatory complacency, no matter how blistering his lyrics were, and he needed to raise the volume and differentiate himself from the other folkies. While pop songs were generally associated with alcohol or drugs or hedonism, this song is stone-cold sober. It’s clearly what everyone needed to hear at that time, and still needs to hear.

Love this…takes me back. Dylan has to be listened to--the words are important. Love it all- his voice, the words, the harmonica, the tambourines….nothing else is like him.

Glad you found this to react to. I've only listened to the hiphop you have suggested. I always imagined hiphop as being very much a product of the mean streets so I thought this song would be close to the content in some hiphop.The song is an attack on the 1%. It's tearing away the fancy clothes and mansions to reveal, at heart, they're just like the rest of us. The band is all top flight musicians of the time. BTW - I'm faveddave05.

You should do The Hurricane next, its a true story.

One of those songs I've heard my whole life. It evokes a definite period in time for me. I think you would get a kick out of his song, " Positively 4th Street. " I've actually sang it to annoying people ! haha...

This is the first time I have had one of your videos recommended in my feed. And I can’t pass by a Dylan reaction, as he is my favorite artist, and I love seeing people discover him. And yes, it is his lyrics that I love the most about him. But I also love his raw nasally voice too! This song was a breakthrough for a lot of reasons. One of them was simply the length of the song. When it came out radio stations played pop songs that were formulated to be 2 1/2 to 3 minutes long. This song broke through that barrier and allowed artists to see that they didn’t have to stick to that limitation. I think you had a pretty good take on the meaning of the lyrics. Another feature of the song that I didn’t hear you mention was the electric organ. A young musician named Al Kooper, who didn’t have a background on the organ, joined in on the recording session. Dylan loved the sound of the organ and had it turned up in the mix. It is considered part of the iconic sound of this song. It also helped to make a reputation for Kooper as a sessions musician. He was later invited by Mick Jagger to play the French horn and piano on the Stones iconic song, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Dylan‘s catalog is huge and his style varies greatly over the years. I see that people have already recommended several great songs of his for you to check out. If you want to hear Dylan‘s voice at its best, I HIGHLY recommend my favorite Dylan album Blood on the Tracks. It came out a full decade after Like a Rolling Stone. I think that Dylan‘s voice is at its most melodic on that album and the instrumentation complements it, with what I consider a very lush sound. The album came out when he was breaking up with his wife Sarah. So it contains a lot of very emotional, but beautiful songs. It also has another song that people consider very scathing, in the same manner as Like a Rolling Stone. In fact, I would call it even more hard hitting. That song is called Idiot Wind. Whatever direction you go in, I believe that a hip hop fan will find a lot to love in Dylan‘s music. As far as the meaning of the title, Like a Rolling Stone, it comes from an old saying - a rolling stone gathers no moss. And you were pretty correct in your assessment of the meaning. It is about the fact that some thing in motion is not going to put down any roots.

"Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you're gonna have to get used to it" Like a dagger in the heart of the American dream.

Bob Dylan's voice is very powerful and capable. He has a tremendous ability to express emotion and wit. People who suggest Dylan could not sing well don't have an ear for his style. Dylan delivers his own songs better than any cover I have ever heard, especially Hendrix. Listen to "Idiot Wind" or heck, the entire Blood On The Tracks album. Dylan's vocal abilities and performance are truly sensational.

Positively 4th Street is another great Dylan song with mean lyrics and a good humor to it. I think you’d enjoy it.

John Sebastian, the leader of The Lovin' Spoonful, once said that Dylan in his folkie days was like a harsh truth teller, saying "Everything you know is wrong" and his job was to tell you why you were wrong (in regards to various social issues of the day). Sebastian added that Dylan then transferred that technique over to writing love songs, which is why songs like this one, Don't Think Twice It's Alright and Positively 4th Street (among others) are so scathing to the person to whom they're addressed.

Al Kooper playing that iconic organ line and Michael Bloomfield on guitar…

One of your subs made the comment that maybe she told him his poetry was lousy. That was actually a very humorous comment because it was quoting a line from a famous song by Joan Baez, a mentor and then a lover of Dylan’s. Dylan told HER that her poetry was “lousy” and she wrote that in a line from the song Diamonds and Rust.

From what I've read this song is about a girl (young lady) named Edie Sedgwick who was in with the Andy Warhol crowd and got used by a lot of people until she finally ended up on the street and unfortunately died young. Something like that

Either you love or hate his voice, but there's no denying that he's a great lyricist. Nobel prize winner. Poetry.

Mike Bloomfield on guitar. A good band to listen to would be the Paul Butterfield blues band. Which Bloomfield was in. The album east west a good one to start with and the song east west. A mix of blues and Indian inspired style. By the way Bloomfield's guitar is one of the most famous guitars from the era.

This sound was far from a typical "rock" track of the time when it came out, and not just for the fact that it busted the "two minute, fifty second" barrier for airplay, either.

"Scathing" perhaps the best way to describe Dylans lyrics.

Brilliant songwriter and singer.

Tangled Up In Blue tells a great story, really great lyrics and imagery. Positively 4th Street has perhaps his most savage lyrics.

His backup band was the famous group known simply as...The Band.

This is song is inspired by a very good and wealthy friend of his who fell in with the Andy Warhol crowd and got taken to the cleaners, losing everything she had.

Rumor had this was written about Edie Sedgwick, one of Andy Warhol's crowd. And it fits her time with Warhol, her affair with Dylan and her fall from grace with society. I wouldn't want Dylan to write a dis track about me!

So glad you found Dylan....truly has been the hippest guy on the planet for over 60 years. Changed/influenced everything, everyone, & the world. Welcome to the club sir.

I first heard this as a 16yr old in 1980 it quite simply blew me away, 40+yrs later it’s still the finest track I’ve ever heard. Listen to his voice it can spit snarl soothe amuse educate you. Who wants to listen to a karaoke singer. His voice is the perfect vehicle for his bard like penmanship. Fcukin love him

I am a big Dylan fan (old guy here!) and love to see younger folks at least give his music a try. Cudos to you for doing that. Great interpretation of the lyrics as well. Give Subterranean Homesick Blues a listen sometime. ✌🏼

Listen to them more then once, he owns these songs. His voice is perfect for these songs. his guitar playing is off the chart, a once in a generation talent.

"A rolling stone gathers no moss". I think first used in music by Smoky Robinson.

That "how does it feel?" hits SO hard...

Dylan's vocals are an acquired taste, but it doesn't take long to acquire it. A little context from the folk scene he emerged from can be especially helpful. You can't really get early Dylan without listening to some Woody Guthrie first. But when you do get where he's coming from, and you realize what he was creating, yeah, his entire existence in the early sixties becomes mindblowing.

I like the way you get into the lyrics----good job

Good stuff dude.... saw your visions of Johanna first and ended up here cos I loved your breakdown. I usually only watch the American reactors, but just found the first brit I'd watch again. Great to see others discovering music you already love. ✌🇬🇧

Brilliant take on this song. I love Dylan. Thank you!

I heard him play this live in maybe 2006 and it was expressed entirely differently. I have always loved how angry the song is, but the way he sang it in concert was gentle and caring. Like he was actually asking how it felt. I was amazed to hear someone “cover” their own song and I couldn’t believe how much compassion there could be in these lyrics.

For sure! A scathing wit!

It's an amazing perspective on life and it has depth to it. He is like in the Hall of Fame from the most incredibly beautiful written songs about real stuff.. there's so much puff today and empty lyrics

Great to be reminded of what a good song this is. Brings to mind the Pulp/ Jarvis Cocker song: Common People, which has a similar attitude but focusses on pre-downfall. Some could argue that both are mysogynistic.

Dylan could be scathing. Check out "Positively 4th Street" , "Idiot Wind" or "Don't Think Twice" for more disses!

One of the harshest songs I've ever listened to, but also a masterpiece. The last two verses, where Dylan takes things from the specific to the universal are incredible. And his delivery is terrific too.

I didn't love Dylan's voice when I first heard it and honestly, I still don't. But the fact that it's not slick... not "right" for the recording industry.. is, to me, what make it right for the incredible lyrics. There's something very Dylan to "f* that the voice isn't perfect, it is what is". Especially now, when we have way more perfectly packaged, unoffensive fluff than we need anyway.

ps- i was there in real-time when this came out: was quite simply the most exciting thing to hear at the time, all over radio. some stations even cut it in half, due to radio's 3-min. time-limits! (& kudos to the ones who played it in full)

Congratulations on finding the great Bob Dylan, I would recommend "Mr. Tambourine Man" next. It was Dylan who plays the Harmonica.

One word for this song: MAJESTIC! ❤

Like a rolling stone - gathers no moss. Always on the move with no roots, no anchor. Complete comedown. Great tune.

Fifty-seven years later, it still gives me goose bumps...every time I hear it. "If you get Dylan, he's very important," said Joan Baez, "and if you don't then pffft." She was right. And as you indicated, his style, lyrics, and voice can grow on you. You mentioned a stylistic difference in his delivery of lyrics. Perhaps the word you were looking for is "synchopated", as they don't fall where you expect them. Thanks for your content.

Dylan's very good at savage writing but he's also good at tender writing. He's good at creating moods. I prefer Bob Dylan singing All Along the Watchtower to Hendrix but Hendrix is better musically. I don't think Dylan needs a lot of complicated music though for his type of singing. His minimalism is good. The song got a bit jumpy there at the end.

I've said it before Dylans lyrics are parables... There are "things" that need to be learned spiritually speaking & they can be learned the easy way or the hard way. Here Bob is showing us all what the hard way is like.

I was a young teen when this Album was released. Bobby was doing and writing authentically, which no one else was doing. In that context, the Beatles, the Stones and others were rebels, too. We played that "Album" over and over ... I still know it , and can sing it, by heart.

You ought to check out “Don’t Think Twice. It’s All Right.”

I saw him in St Louis, he came out with the band, played for quite awhile, then took a break. The rest of the concert was all electric - I was new to Dylan so didn't get the significance, but the audience was stunned, there were even boos, some people walked out. I was hooked on him from that point. One odd thing, was when they started the electric part of the show, Dylan turned his back to the audience and it was more like a jam session that we happened to be attending. A defensive move was how i took it then: this was late 1965 or early 1966. Great reviews as always.

Definitely the #1 rock song of all time. What is particularly creative is how in verses 2-4 Dylan uses heroin slang to imply the young lady’s fall from grace is drug related. To wit: Verse 2 You say you never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He’s not selling any alibis As you stare in the vacuum of his eyes And say, “Do you want to make a deal?” Like the term the junk man, mystery tramp denotes a drug dealer, hence she asks him, “Do you want to make a deal?” Verse 3] 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 discover that He wasn’t really where it’s at After he took from you everything he could steal? Chrome horse refers to a needle (chrome) full of heroin (horse). Verse 4] You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls ya, ya can't refuse When you ain’t hit nothin’, you got nothin’ to lose You’re invisible now, ya hot not secrets to conceal Napoleon in rags is another nickname for a dealer, and hooked in junk, she can’t refuse when he calls. Pure poetry. Pure Dylan.

'positively 4th street' aka 'like a rolling stone, the sequel'!

Great reaction again.. That voice...it's the clarity of tone... And the words he uses, just draws you in... Shakespeare with a guitar!!! G.O A.T.. Not Brady, not Lebron, not Jordan... THIS MAN..

Just great to see it fresh, through your eyes. You've made it fresh for me, too, and I'm only 12 yrs. younger than Dylan.

Back in the 60's I listened to the Highway 61 Revisited for hours, playing harmonca.

Your perception as the song progressed was spot on. I'm hoping you'll try some more Bob.

Some think this song is about Edie Sedgewick, who Dylan had an interest in, but she apparently was more interested in Andy Warhol and his social circle of rich and famous hipsters of the era. Evidently she got caught up in the substance abuse that was prevalent and ruined her life.

The song may be about a former girlfriend, Edie Sedgwick, who then hung out with Andy Warhol. After her trust fund was exhausted (funding Warhol's films), Warhol (the 'diplomat on the chrome horse') and Sedgwick had a falling out. Dylan never confirmed or refuted this.

Thank you for being faithful to the requests/suggestions. Very few American songwriter/musicians stay in the music business longer than 10 yrs. This man who is considered by many to be the Shakespeare of the 21st century has been singing songs for over 58 yrs, written over 600 songs in various musical genres (folk, electric, rock, country and western, ballads, etc). I could be wrong but I think he is the only songwriter/poet to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature for his contribution to music and literature. Many have spent their lives writing about him and many more about his songs. Literally every song is different from the other might be similar but different. Many about social injustices to personal recollections but all from the pen of a genius.

Great great song.....love his voice.......you have a lot to learn and enjoy!

Two Legends Together…. Doubleday Field Cooperstown N.Y. August 6th 2004. Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson. Two of the greatest song writers/story tellers in music history shared the same stage on a incredible night with the Masters Of Their Craft. I was only 25 feet away from them and like everyone else in a trance from the immensity of the event. I have so many awesome pictures and memories from that show. 4th time seeing Bob Dylan, 2nd time seeing Willie Nelson.

I wouldn't want Dylan mad at me.

A few of my favorites from Bob, "Jokerman" and "A Series of Dreams" and his latest "Murder Most Foul" (among many others) are great tracks with lots to unpack! Cheers!

I love this song so much. One of my favourite Dylan tracks is Just Like A Woman.

Hendrix also did great live versions of this as he was a HUGE Dylan fan. Monterey Pop Festival performance is amazing.

Never got into Dylan, but it's hard to deny he's a master lyricist. If you liked this, check out the phenomenal "The Times They Are A-Changin'." Really a profound song. (His voice actually fits that one!) Edit: Dylan always struck me as being in the same category with Leonard Coen: legendary singer-songwriters who's music sounded infinitely better sung by other artists.

Love the harmonic

When I was in kindergarten or first grade we were begging for my parents to get us a Bob Dylan album because we heard him on the radio and we even sang one of his songs in church. It was called, blowing in the wind. So they got us his first greatest hits album which was amazing and it was still pretty near the beginning of his career and he already had a greatest hits album! In fact I think it might have been a double album. And my Mom hated his voice so much, she just cringed but she loved his lyrics and his songs. She loved them. But since my sister and I were so young it just seemed like another interesting texture to us and so I loved it right from the start. And when I listened to it now as a more mature musician, wow, I love his flow I love how he does these kind of controlled yells and the way his voice falls off and a lot of it is about conveying attitude. But then there's some songs where he sings quite beautifully on, particularly later in his career. Fascinating individual and a great poet.