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In reply to the discussion: Has Bob Dylan ever spoken out against tRUMP? [View all]tetedur
(1,400 posts)27. I think the assassination of JFK marked a turning point for Dylan and "politics."
"Murder Most Foul" from 2019 was a long "commentary" on that act and our culture since then.
I always thought he was more spiritually driven than politically driven.
This is in the liner notes on "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", the second album, from a comment on "Blowin' in the Wind" :
In 1962, Dylan said of the song's background: "I still say that some of the biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and know it's wrong. I'm only 21 years old and I know that there's been too many wars. . . You people over 21 should know better." All he prefers to add by way of commentary now is: "The first way to answer these questions in the song is by asking them. But lots of people have to first find the wind."
The only other times he was "involved" with "presidential politics" perhaps was when he visited Jimmy Carter who invited him to the White House (they became friends) and when he was given the Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama.
I could go on . . .
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Yeah, and what's his position of right and left Twixt bars? Has he opined on egg prices yet?
marble falls
Jun 2025
#4
Why? Is he the one vote that'll break the tie to take Taco off the island or not? He hasn't mention the price ...
marble falls
Jun 2025
#9
I did a look on what he's said about the worst pRESIDENT we've ever had in the WH and guess what?
wolfie001
Jun 2025
#47
Listen to some of his songs- it's all in there. Start with Seven Curses, it describes an evil judge.
Blues Heron
Jun 2025
#59
Dylan sang "political songs" or "protest songs" for about 2-3 years in a 65+ year career
Fiendish Thingy
Jun 2025
#13
If the survival of our democracy depends on celebrities speaking out, we are already doomed.
Fiendish Thingy
Jun 2025
#21
Funny how many of the billionaires made their allegiance public during the inauguration
wolfie001
Jun 2025
#69
There almost was no Bob Dylan, when he empathized with Oswald at an awards dinner shortly after Nov 63
Blues Heron
Jun 2025
#24
He also said he ran away and worked in a carnival in New Mexico as a boy
Fiendish Thingy
Jun 2025
#67
A little "too plain" when the subject of fascism is thrust into America's face
wolfie001
Jun 2025
#97
He could say something in the microphone. He's still touring so quit with the "he's an old guy" stuff
wolfie001
Jun 2025
#104
Hagiographic is a perfect descriptive for the way the 1960s/1970s are looked at here on too many occasions. nt
Celerity
Jun 2025
#25
As a openly queer black female I can safely say my quality of life in 1960s USA would have been problematic at best
Celerity
Jun 2025
#34
Actually it started right after the 1964 Goldwater disaster (disaster for the RW). The groundwork for 2 major RW
Celerity
Jun 2025
#65
I think the assassination of JFK marked a turning point for Dylan and "politics."
tetedur
Jun 2025
#27
Bob is 80 and besides he put the town of Ashtabula in one of his songs so he has earned the right not ..
Botany
Jun 2025
#29
I can think of literally hundreds of people who deserve condemnation more than Bob Dylan
blogslug
Jun 2025
#31
Appears he hasn't. But can't imagine "Blowin in the Wind" Dylan cozying up to likes of trump.
Silent Type
Jun 2025
#33
Boomers would listen to his words. I remember him still possessing his vocal range in the 1970s
wolfie001
Jun 2025
#52