It was at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 that Bob Dylan “Has become electric” Alienate some members to the folk scene through which he came, but also to create a previous one for the kind of musical adaptation with fast change he held in the 80s. At the 1964 Newport Festival in Newport, however, all that was in the future. However, even then, the young Dylan was not shy to make controversial choices. Take, for example, the choice to play “M. Tambourine Man “, a song that – also far from the mid -1960s when it was heard today – would have been enough relevant to meet the expectations of folk fans who considered the news of music as its main strength.
At the top of the post, you can watch Colorized images of the performance of Dylan of “M. Tambourine Man »at the Newport Folk Festival of 1964; The original clip in black and white appears below. Consider the resonances he could have triggered in the mind of his young and clean audience: Rimbaud? Fellini? Lord Buckley? Tuesday fat? Confessions of an English opium eater? Dylanologists have suggested all these sources of inspiration and others. It is possible, of course, that – as Dylan himself said one day – the central image of the lyrics is that of the guitarist Bruce Langhornewho played on the song as recorded for Bring everything back to homeA musician then known for his property of a gigantic tambourine.
Despite his lack of references to the problems of the day, “Mr. Tambourine Man “reflects its historic moment with a clarity that few songs have ever had. (Some would say that it is even more true to The byrds cover versionA Hit Radio which was released a month after the original of Dylan.) Dylan himself had to detect that he marked not only the top of an era, but also that of his own composition and performative efforts in this particular musical style. Although he tried to write a tracking of the song, his failure in Cohere showed him the way to follow. Dylan still I play it in concert todayAnd at the enthusiastic reception of her audience, but in order to reinvent her each time – knowing that he is both and is not the same man who went on stage in Newport sixty years ago, and that “M. Tambourine Man “is at the same time and is not the same song.
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