Alex Carson
Did you know that Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” shares its melody with a 19th-century spiritual sung by formerly enslaved people? Dylan is celebrated for transforming music into poetic art, yet many of his songs also reflect creative borrowing.
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00:00 – Intro
00:52 – Blowin’ in the Wind and the Legacy of “No More Auction Block”
02:11 – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall and the Shadow of “Lord Randall
03:39 – With God on Our Side and the Ballad of “The Patriot Game”
05:12 – The Ballad of Hollis Brown and the Structure of Appalachian Tragedy
06:34 – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right and the Debt to Paul Clayton
07:55 – Love and Theft: Later Years and the Case of “Floater”
09:26 – Outro
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From lifting phrases from a Japanese gangster’s memoir to echoing Dominic Behan’s “The Patriot Game,” the origins of his inspiration are often complex. This exploration reveals how tradition and imitation intertwine in the work of one of music’s most iconic figures.
6 Songs That Bob Dylan STOLE From Other Musicians
