Bob Dylan
Created and edited
By
Noce Davide and
Tomei Pietro
Who is Bob Dylan?
Bob Dylan is an American songwriter, singer, artist, and writer.
He has been influential in popular music and culture for more
than five decades. Much of his most celebrated works dates
from the 1960s, when his songs chronicled social unrest.
Early songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind“ became anthems for
the American civil rights and anti-war movements.
In 2016 Bob Dylan was the first singer-songwriter to receive
the Nobel Prize in Literature " for having created new poetic
expressions within the great American song tradition".
Blowing in the Wind
How many roads must a man walk
down
Before you can call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white
dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the
cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the
wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some
people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
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How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man
have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till
he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the
wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Yes, 'n' how many times can a
man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in
the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind
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Blowing in the Wind
Interpretation:
According to us, in this song Bob Dylan imagines to talk to one
of his friends died in the war. He asks himself when the war
will finish and, not being able to know it, he realizes that the
answer is in the wind with his friend that knows when actually
there will be peace in the world.
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Mama take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark too dark to see
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock,knock,knockin’on heaven’s door
knock,knock,knockin’on heaven’s door
Mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Interpretation
This song talks about a man belonging to the military forces,
who asks her mother to deprive him of his badge and to throw
his guns away because he is dying and he feels like he is
knocking on the Heaven’s door.
In our view, the songwriter wants to tell us that when you
realize that, after many sacrifices, your life is over, the only
place where you can find peace is Paradise.
Come abbiamo potuto constatare, la maggior parte delle
canzoni di Bob Dylan parlano del suo odio verso la guerra e
del suo strepitoso sogno di un mondo in cui la pace sia
presente ovunque.
Al giorno d’oggi una cosa del genere è da definirsi un’utopia,
una cosa che non può essere raggiunta.
A nostro parere il pensiero di Bob è completamente giusto.
Vivere in un mondo in cui la guerra è presente non fa altro
che peggiorare la vita delle persone.