When Thinking Of Bob Dylan

Other than being a musician, he also did many other things. He often enjoyed soccer and even played professionally for a while. Another thing he liked to play was table tennis and it was said for him to be pretty competitive. One thing that many people did not know about Marley was that he was a vegetarian, most likely because of his beliefs. Many people also didn’t know that he lived in the United States for a short period of his life, mostly for his early jobs. Bob was also a huge ladies man. Much so that the number of children he had was unknown. Some say that it is around thirteen. Even with the whole manager stealing his money occurrence, Bob still managed to drive around in his BMW. Even with being so rich, his morals were still always there. He was a very much family orientated person, who wanted nothing but the best for them. But also keeping in mind where he came from. Which is part of the he was so liked for being very humble and

While it is widely rumored that many of Bob Dylan’s songs were written while he was under the influence of various drugs, I’m not so sure that those rumors are accurate. Following a 1991 interview conducted by Paul Zollo with Bob Dylan, Zollo stated that “There’s an unmistakable elegance in Dylan’s words, an almost biblical beauty” and that “Dylan’s answers give you a lot to think about while not necessarily revealing much about the man”. (Zollo 2) The same can be said with regard to many of the lyrics of Dylan’s songs. The lyrics to “Mr. Tambourine Man”, for example, are wildly descriptive and sometimes confusing and can leave a listener (or a reader) open to many different interpretations, some more complex than others, with no real meaning ever being clearly stated.

At only 22, he was crowned the voice of a generation. His audiences became mesmerized with his expressive lyrics and soulful harmonica. He changed the way the world looks at songwriting and protest, and inspired countless future musicians from the moment he stepped up on the stage in his railroad hat, denim jacket, and harmonica brace. However, it is clear that there is so much more behind Bob Dylan than just a rough voice and a collection of poetic songs. As one man said about Dylan’s early days in Greenwich Village, “There’s a quality of determination and of will that some people have that when they’re doing something, they’re really doing it and you

Arguably one of the most powerful of Dylan’s social issue charged song is The Death of Emmet Till, a young black man who was unrightfully killed by the Ku Klux Klan. By 1963, Dylan and his on and off lover Joan Baez were both very well known in the civil rights movement. Baez and Dylan would sing together at rallies including the famous March on Washington. Dylan was on stage with Martin Luther King Jr. when his gave his infamous I Have a Dream speech. Though Dylan sang of American injustices, he was never incredibly interested in politics and he was ultimately frustrated by people defining him solely as a protest singer. Dylan’s frustrations with the unsought political branding are expressed in It Ain’t Me Babe, which “appears to be a song about rejected love, [it] was actually his rejection of the role his reputation and fans had thrown on him” (Carlson).

he was also nicknamed the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll because he pretty much invented it himself. He also made a big difference in history. He was one of the most important cultural forces in history. He’s definitely someone to remember because he created Rock ‘n’ Roll. He’s remembered for creating rock music, his generosity and his talent.

     Bob Dylan’s song, The Hurricane, brings to surface several of the themes covered in class this semester. The song explores general themes like community and responsibility, while also focusing on many of the sub-themes, such as justice and injustice, appearance and reality, and loyalty and abandonment. Throughout the song, the main characters constantly battle with the above themes in attempt to frame an innocent man. While the song brings up many of these themes, Dylan’s characters show little consistency with the texts covered, as the texts tend to try to find reconciliation in the characters, while Dylan’s characters feel no remorse in their actions.

This stanza a few repeats of literary devices we've already seen in earlier stanzas. Line 30 has another example of assonance using the words "around" and "frowns". Another repeat of a literary device is in line 33 with internal rhyme; "You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you". There are two examples of metaphors with "the chrome horse" in line 34 and line 35, "who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat". These strange, difficult to understand lyrics are very common in Dylan songs. Sometimes entire songs are made up of these vague metaphors, such as "It's All Right Ma, I'm Only Bleeding," and "It's a Hard Rain That's Gonna Fall".

Dylan, Bob, and Jonathan Cott. Bob Dylan, The Essential Interviews. New York: Wenner Books, 2006. Print.

Bob Dylan was a significant artist and performer of songs of the “good times ahead” during the Civil Rights Movement. Bob Dylan wrote songs named “The Murder of Emmett Till” and “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” which both referred to specific events and murders of the time, while his songs The Times They Are A-Changin’ and Blowin’ in the Wind referred to the entire Civil Rights Movement as a whole (Edwards). He also was an active member of the protest community and would avidly participate in sit-ins and marches like the “March on Washington” which is where he gained most of his musical notoriety from the African American community of the time and this is where he help fuel the love of fans with his acoustic guitar and raspy vocal pieces (Edwards). Some say that Dylan was almost essential to the completion and victory of the Civil Rights Movement and others argue that without his songs of protest and remorse, the cause of civil rights would have been better off without him and may have ended sooner without the constant reminder of an end in the back of the government’s head (Ward). However, everyone can agree that music had an important part in the movement forward of the Civil Rights cause, whether or not the bias be in the direction of a negative connotation or a positive one.

Bob Dylan and the Beatles, two of the biggest music phenomena from the 1960`s up till today, has despite different musical styles and different target audiences influenced each other in several ways throughout their careers. The Beatles was arguably the main influence that lead Dylan to go electric, as well as writing a tribute to John (and the Beatles) in one of his latest albums. Bob on the other hand, introduced the Beatles to try pot on their first meeting and inspired Lennon and the others to change their music style and write more introspective, political and acoustic music. …..With similar backgrounds both from industrial cites, Bob Dylan from Duluth, a seaport city in Minnesota and the Beatles from Liverpool and both growing up with the same

Not only did Bob Dylan have a small, intimate influence on the people, but a

“The song has to be of a certain quality for me to sing…One aspect it would have to have is that it didn’t repeat itself” (Bob Dylan). Transforming into new people throughout his life, Bob Dylan reverted to the Bible and other religious findings in his songs. Dylan is able to reveal a fulfillment from spirituality as he perceives his music as a sacred landscape. Bob Dylan brings up a theme of religion, referencing the book of Isaiah in his 1967 song “All Along the Watchtower” as he writes a story about two people at the watchtower, where the significance of life is found. Dylan’s spiritual lyrics conceived his work as a an artist through imagination and religion that creates a hallowed dwelling for him to aqurie attainment.

To understand the sixties counterculture, we must understand the important role of Bob Dylan. His lyrics fueled the rebellious youth in America. Songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times are A-Changin” made him favorable to anti-war demonstrators and supporters of the Civil Rights movement. He was commonly hailed as the spokesman for his generation. Dylan used lyrics to allow the youth to find their own form of counter-culture. The youth generation began to see the effects racism, war, etc. effect the society in America. To combat this, the youth created their own form of counter-culture to promote a peaceful change within society. Some of their actions include forming anti-war protests that opposed America’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and supporting African Americans/women get the rights they deserve through the Civil Rights Movement. Bob Dylan’s music appealed to the young generation because he openly expresses his disapproval of the establishment in order to influenced his audience to move in a direction for change. Counterculture youth rejected cultural norms of the previous generation and their values and lifestyles opposed the mainstream culture present in the 1950’s. The folk music revival of the early 1960s, as well as the counter-culture movement played an important role in advocating change. Bob Dylan wrote songs that influenced the Civil Rights Movement, New Left Movement, and Anti-War Movement.

Bob Dylan is known to be one of the most influential artist during the American Folk Music. He change the way of music, especially for the American Folk Music Revival. Bob was born on May 24, 1941. His parents are Abram and Beatrice Zimmerman. His real name is Robert Zimmerman. He picked up the name Bob Dylan when he began singing in Greenwich Village. His songs are still played today, especially “Blowin in The Wind.” Bob was influenced by other artists before he became famous. His influences were Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley. Also the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie. Woody was hospitalized and Bob would visit him regulary. That same Bob dropped out of college.

Duluth Minnesota, May 24th 1941 Robert Allen Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) was born. 69 Years and over 45 albums later Bob Dylan has completely altered the face of popular music since his debut as a fresh faced folk singer in 1962. His early career forged him into an informal chronicler and then he later developed into an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest [Gray, 2006] and became a voice for a generation. His songs have been covered by many artists in a wide span of genres and he has remained a prominent and highly influential figure in the history of popular music over the past five decades. [Gates, David, 1997]