Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin' at 60
Bob Dylan's third album The Times They Are A-Changin' was his darkest and most political, a modern folk landmark that remains a template for socially conscious music.
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Bob Dylan's third album The Times They Are A-Changin' was his darkest and most political, a modern folk landmark that remains a template for socially conscious music.
As Bob Dylan turns 80, let's look at some of his most powerful lyrics.
One thing you don't do is begrudge an old man his position or his place.
Bob Dylan expressed rage over the racist murder of Hattie Carroll and the official complacency related to it in 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.' Thanks to the song, although William Zantzinger is deceased, he lives in infamy. As Dylan tells the story, he repeatedly intones in the chorus: 'You who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears / Take the rag away from your face / Now ain't the time