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Women on Bob Dylan

Edit The Guardian 16 Oct 2016
As Bob Dylan becomes the first singer-songwriter to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature, six female artists salute his genius. Suzanne Vega, singer-songwriter. ‘I see goddesses and queens and women revered in his music’ ... Twitter ... Twitter ... This was in 1964 and he wouldn’t because he thought that a girl shouldn’t be singing a Bob Dylan song! But it was the rest of the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album that really caught me and educated me....

Can lyrics be as important as poetry?

Edit The Hindu 15 Oct 2016
Bob Dylan’s name has been appearing on lists of betting odds for the Nobel Prize in Literature since the early 2000s. This year, Ladbrokes had him at 50/1 for the win ... But as Thursday’s surprise announcement shows, maybe the lads at Ladbrokes were onto something ... Bob Dylan ... When his sophomore The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan released in May 1963, he was instantly propelled to the forefront of the 1960s folk revival movement ... ....

What Kind Of Urbanist Is Bob Dylan?

Edit CityLab 14 Oct 2016
Here’s the real question. Is he an urbanist? ... Another tidbit ... The cover of his second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, now evokes nostalgia for the bohemian era of Greenwich Village folkies in coffeeshops. The New York Times quotes Suze Rotolo, Dylan’s girlfriend on the Freewheelin’ cover, to demonstrate his complicated but romantic relationship to the city ... Rotolo, an artist who died in 2011, wrote in “A Freewheelin’ Time ... ....

Bob Dylan's 10 Funniest Lyrics

Edit Billboard 14 Oct 2016
Bob Dylan. Singer, songwriter, author, actor, poet and Nobel Literature Laureate. The icon is known for crafting phrases that sum up the concerns, hopes and fears of a generation, as well as writing highly personal meditations on love and loss that cut straight through the soul ... "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake, recorded 1962) ... ... "Talkin' World War III Blues" (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963)....

Why I took the slow train to become a fan of Bob Dylan

Edit The Guardian 14 Oct 2016
How 1984 marked the start of my career as a poet and my admiration for the Nobel prize-winning songwriter. As a poet, I’m supposed to be attracted to Bob Dylan as a lyricist. Even as a fellow poet ... He also let me in on a fact that all Dylan fans have committed to memory. Namely, a man hasn’t found true love until he finds the woman who will hang on to his arm the way Suze Rotolo hangs on to Dylan on the front cover of Freewheelin’ ... ....

Listen to Tim Heidecker of Tim & Eric Impersonate Bob Dylan on 'Talkin’ Nobel Prize'

Edit New York Magazine 14 Oct 2016
America’s favorite freewheelin’ mumbling troubadour won the Nobel Prize for Literature today, a fact which inspired a lot of rumination across the media (and here on Vulture, naturally). Meanwhile, in comedy, Tim Heidecker of Tim & Eric fame was busy making beautiful music about it. Heidecker released a track on ... More » ... ....

“Every one of them words rang true”: The best Bob Dylan lyrics about reading, writing, and literature

Edit Quartz 14 Oct 2016
My high school poetry teacher couldn’t get enough of Bob Dylan. He had us pour over the lyrics to “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” in class, and brought in photocopies of the songwriter’s deliciously unreliable magazine interviews ... The iconic singer-songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature on Oct ... “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall,” The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, 1963....

Albums by Bob Dylan

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 14 Oct 2016
Recordings by Bob Dylan, as listed on his website. In some cases, no date is listed on the site. "Bob Dylan," 1962. "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," 1963. "The Times They are A-Changin'," 1964. "Another Side of Bob Dylan," 1964. "Bringing It All Back Home," 1965. "Highway 61 Revisited," 1965. "Blonde on Blonde," 1966. "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits," 1967. "John Wesley Harding," 1967. "Nashville Skyline," 1969. "Self Portrait," 1970....

Times They Are A-Changin. Dylan Rocks Literature Nobel

Edit The Times of India 14 Oct 2016
Bob Dylan, the beloved, rasping voice that defined a decade of rebellion, enthralled generations that followed, and remains a huge cultural influence till today, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday ... They were wrong ... Great choice." ... His first album contained only two original songs, but the 1963 breakthrough "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" featured a slew of his own work including the classic 'Blowin' in the Wind.' ... I croak....

Bob Dylan’s lyrics are pure poetry — that’s why he won the Nobel Prize

Edit The Miami Herald 14 Oct 2016
Bob Dylan is the songwriter who opened up the doors of possibility to all who followed ... Are rock lyrics poetry? ... They have lasted ... On the other end are Dylan’s love songs, some of them also vengeful, such as “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” (from 1963’s “The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan”) or “Idiot Wind” (from 1975’s brilliant “Blood On The Tracks”), or morose, like “Love Sick,” from the 1997’s late career tour de force “Time Out Of Mind.”....

20 iconic songs from new Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan

Edit Pioneer Press 14 Oct 2016
It’s official. Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan is a Nobel Prize winner. To celebrate that honor, here’s a look at 20 classic musical moments from his long, storied career. 1.) “Mixed-Up Confusion” (1962) ... Recorded with a full band, the song didn’t make the cut for his debut album, “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” which was mostly acoustic. 2.) “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1962) ... A ... ....

Bob Dylan wins Literature Nobel

Edit The Hindu 14 Oct 2016
US music legend Bob Dylan, whose poetic lyrics have influenced generations of fans, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the first songwriter to win the award in a decision that stunned prize watchers ... "... "Dylan has the status of an icon ... His first album contained only two original songs, but the 1963 breakthrough "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" featured a slew of his own work including the classic "Blowin' in the Wind" ... Read more....

Revolutionary poet: Bob Dylan upended foundations of pop with his literate lyrics

Edit The Miami Herald 14 Oct 2016
That's just the opening ... The way Elvis freed your body, Bob freed your mind." ... He quickly shot to the top of the folk music heap with his next album, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan," which contained several soon-to-be classic songs - "Blowin' in the Wind," "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and "Masters of War." ... You don't know what it means ... ....
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