Sunday, March 29, 2009

The Dylan Time Machine: Man on Fire

Basically through his tour of Europe in 1966, this is what you've got. A man on fire. A crazed maniac lighting up stages, not literally. You've got a guy, who arguably is making the Best Music Ever, 2 albums in the top 10, and is getting booed just for the notion of having a band behind him. And you've got this band who is also just tearing it up throughout this whole tour. Personally, I love this clip of Dylan. It's just him having fun with words. Which is a perfect notion for him. I think he switched to playing an electric set complete with a band, because he just wanted to have fun. After the traumatic experiences of Kennedy being shot, along with Martin Luther King Jr. Dylan was tired of it all. He saw the Beatles, and thought that looked like a good time. But what do I know, I'm not a doctor.

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