So I'm not that old but this album brings me back to my youth. I can't describe it but evertime I listen to this I feel this amazing calm and peace, like you know, everything will be alright, that the human race isn't so bad, like the sun is shining, like even though it may be cold outside I still feel warm. I'm not some Bob Dylan expert or anything like that. I just really like this album of his and don't know many other albums that put me in such a sound state of mind as this one does. If you're looking for a little piece of mind, this seems like a pretty good place to start.
November 21, 2006 |  | The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind |  |
Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.
"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."
September 4, 2006| | | As Important Now as it was Over Forty Years Ago | |
This is Bob Dylan's second album, recorded way back in the early Sixties, when he was barely twenty years old. It includes "Blowin' in the Wind" which I'm told took America by storm when Peter, Paul and Mary sang it. Then it became sort of the anthem of those protesting the Vietnam war. What a burden all this must have put on a young man's shoulders. Fortunately Bob Dylan was up to the task and didn't crack under the pressure of it all. Now, it's over four decades later and Dylan is still pumping out songs, though they don't have the rage you can find in "Hard Rain," one of the best songs Dylan has ever done. The images just pour at you from every line. This is a must own album and if you look at the situation we find ourselves in today, you'll see that not only has this record stood the test of time, but that it's as important now as it was over forty years ago.
September 4, 2006this album took bob dylan from folk singer to the voice of the 60s.1st off,"blowin in the wind" comes on.thats one of my top 5 favorite dylan songs.then the hits keep on keepin on with,"girl ftom north country".also a top 5 song,despite ges redo on a later album with johnny cash is way better.a few more then my moms favorite,"a hard rain is gonna fall".bob dylan really shows off his lyrical symbolism in this one.the great songs keep coming with "dont think twice its alright"-vintage dylan,man.a few songs later theres "corina corina",a love song.and no one writes a love song like bob dylan.theres 2 silly songs also where hes just playing with words called "bob dylans dream" and "i shall be free".a top 5 dylan album.
August 28, 2006| | | A Young Poet Who Grabs You With His Words | |
This is Bob Dylan's second album, but it's the one that made him known to the general public at large. He penned most of the songs on the record, including the famous, "Blowing in the Wind," a song that would live on for generations. Also included on this record is the very long and very good, "A Hard Rain Must Fall," which tells the story of a man asking his young son questions. The answers, if you listen to them, will really move you and get you to asking a lot of questions yourself. "Girl From the North Country" is a terrific song where a young and soulful Bob Dylan asks anybody traveling to the North Country if they'd remember him to a girl who lives there. I can't help it, I picture a coal miner's daughter. Even back then, Bob Dylan was a poet who could grab you and make you think with his words.
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