Post #12 - "Blowin' in the Wind"

It's finally getting to be windy and cold in the DC Metro area, so I decided "let's take a contrived approach and choose a song meaning that's literal." That and I haven't chosen one of Bob Dylan's recordings yet, and "Blowin' in the Wind" was the song that introduced me to his music.

This song is off Dylan second album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, which was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The song itself is considered one of Dylan's greatest, and indeed, one of the greatest ever, ranking number 14 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

I will assume that many of you (if there is anybody reading this) are unfamiliar with Dylan's works and the reason why this song sounds so familiar is because you saw Robin Wright Penn playing this song in Forrest Gump naked (remember that scene where they start grabbing her legs and then Tom Hanks comes in and beats the crap out of them?). Anywho, this song is your quintessential protest song, which is self-evidentiary in its lyrics, where Bob Dylan asks different questions, yet gives the same answer:

"The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,/The answer is blowin' in the wind."

Off YouTube, the following video (the sound might be off-sync with the video, but good nonetheless) is from No Direction Home and from about four decades back. Anyway, hope you enjoy and go pick up some more Bob Dylan while you're at it.