Talk:The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan album)

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I'm tempted to change the genre of the album to 'folk' from 'folk rock'. Anybody who's listened to the album would know there are no rock numbers in it. Any objections? HWelles 04:02, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I would say that it is most definitely not folk-rock, and that changing it to that wouldn't be appropriate. Also, Dylan himself said that he did not ever play folk-rock, although most people agree that he created the genre. Ruckyou 02:55, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

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I see this has been done, and it's now folk. I'm relatively inexperienced when it comes to WP (and music), so I don't want to change it myself, but someone may wish to change it to folk/blues. Nothing sounds strictly bluesy, but the influence seems to be strong. Compare to, say, Joan Baez for the difference between this album and a more conventional folk sound. There is a lot more to Dylan's sound from this period than just folk. 203.129.128.114 21:58, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Zantzinger's father, Richard C. Zantzinger, was indeed a member of the House of Delegates - a much closer connection than his grandfather. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/pghouse.html

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it is unclear what the numbers 20 and 4 refer to in the introduction.

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Possibly adding a "in popular culture" part, given that it has been used in the movie Watchmen? KTHNX —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prethyn (talk • contribs) 21:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Best of me...................... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.26.175.90 (talk) 03:19, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

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At present the length of the album is listed as 36 minutes. This is far too short. Could someone fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.233.214 (talk) 22:46, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

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Some further "Restless Farewell" backstory

The song was Dylan's reaction to a Newsweek profile on him.

In the November 4, 1963 issue of Newsweek, Dylan was profiled revealing that his colorful stories of his background such as working in a traveling carnival and where he hailed from were false, that his background was that he "grew up in a conventional home, and went to conventional schools" in Hibbing, Minnesota.

Indeed, biographer Clinton Heylin reports that the first time Dylan’s name appeared in print relative to his music career was in the August 6, 1961 New York Mirror where Pete Karman reported as follows, “Bob Dylan of Gallup, New Mexico played the guitar and harmonica…”

Biographer Robert Shelton reported that Dylan "exploded with anger" and went "underground" for weeks after reading the Newsweek piece.

Sources:

"Revisit Our Infamous 1963 Profile of Bob Dylan," https://www.newsweek.com/bob-dylans-75th-birthday-revisit-our-infamous-1963-profile-462801

Heylin, Clinton, The Double Life of Bob Dylan: A Restless Hungry Feeling, 1941-1966. Little, Brown & Co., 2021. ISBN: 9780316535212

[Shelton is quoted in the website introduction to the 1963 Newsweek piece: "According to Robert Shelton's biography No Direction Home..."] M.mk (talk) 16:39, 20 October 2024 (UTC)