Bob Dylan Reaction Father and Son First Time Listening to Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Full Album Review!

Bob Dylan's classic "Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" is up for review today, and we give our reactions to the Bob Dylan classic in a track by track format! This is the first time we have listened to “Freewheelin' Bob Dylan” in full, and are looking forward to listening to even more from his discography in the future as this the 4th album of his we have reviewed!

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Quick Facts:
• Released in May 1963, 2nd Studio Album
• Reached #1 on the UK charts and #22 on the US
• Ranked #97 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

His self-titled debut album contained only 2 original songs, this represented the beginning of Dylan's writing contemporary words to traditional melodies. 11 of the 13 songs are Dylan's original compositions. Dylan's lyrics embraced news stories drawn from headlines about the Civil Rights Movement and he articulated anxieties about the fear of nuclear warfare. Balancing this political material were love songs, sometimes bitter and accusatory, and material that features surreal humor.

1. Blowin’ In The Wind – Ranked #14 on Rolling Stone’s list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" has been described as " ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind". Has been described as an anthem of the civil rights movement.

2. Girl From The North Country – There has been much speculation about the identity of the girl in the song. Most likely candidates are an early girlfriend of Dylan from his hometown and Suze Rotolo, for whom Dylan was pining as he finished the song in Italy.

3. Masters of War – Protests not only the Vietnam war but war in general. It demonstrates the real nature of war—that the “masters” who initiate and orchestrate the wars are safe in their homes, while normal (and usually young) people are forced to go out to fight and fear for their lives. The song also discusses philosophical questions, such as whether a war can really be “won” when losses are sky-high on both sides.

4. Down The Highway – Dylan composed this song in the form of a 12-bar blues.

5. Bob Dylan’s Blues – Begins with a spoken intro where he describes the origins of folk songs in a satirical vein. Dylan said “Best way I can describe this one is that it's sort of like walking by a side street. You gaze in and walk on."

6. A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall – He wrote it when he was 21 and it was recorded in one take. Song is characterized by dark imagery and a message communicating injustice, suffering, pollution, and warfare. Dylan has stated that all of the lyrics were taken from the initial lines of songs that "he thought he would never have time to write."

7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – In the liner notes Dylan says it is "a statement that maybe you can say to make yourself feel better ... as if you were talking to yourself." It was written around the time that Suze Rotolo indefinitely prolonged her stay in Italy.

8. Bob Dylan’s Dream –The world outside is depicted as stormy and harsh, and Dylan's most fervent wish is to be reunited with departed companions and to relive the fond memories they represent.

9. Oxford Town – Dylan's sardonic account of events at the University of Mississippi in September 1962 when James Meredith was the 1st black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Mississippi.

10. Talkin' World War III Blues - Tackles the absurdity of the anti-Communist hysteria and apocalyptic angst that characterized American culture during the Cold War.

11. Corrina, Corrina (traditional) –.

12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance Dylan turned into a personal plea to an absent lover to allow him 'one more chance to get along with you.'

13. I Shall Be Free - Long crazy song!

Favorite Tracks: Blowin' in the Wind, Girl From The North Country, Bob Dylan's Dream, A Hard Rain a-Gonna Fall, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Overall Score: 9.25/10 (Trey) 9.0/10 (Shawn)

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