1. Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind”
“You can hear in this a yearning and a hope and a possibility and a sadness and sometimes a triumphal proclamation of determination. The answer is blowin' in the wind means we will find the answer.”
–Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary
“Even now, more than forty years since the song's composition and after millions of renditions by innumerable singers around the world, the queries Dylan raises in it don't appear as if they are going to be answered anytime soon.…Perhaps they can never be answered properly.”
–Oliver Trager, Keys To The Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia
Both of these statements refer to Bob Dylan’s song “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1962). Listen to the song and/or read the lyrics. Which of the above statements do you agree with the most? Can we ever find the answers to Dylan’s questions? Why or why not?
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